Title presentation days at Rangers have often involved dropping points.Only this Rangers team could make it a slog to enjoy a birthday party.
Title presentation days at Rangers have often involved dropping points.Only this Rangers team could make it a slog to enjoy a birthday party.
Goldson, Bassey (when at centre back) and Kamara are doing my head in with this.Team were brilliant pushing up and being in Borrussia Dortmunds faces making them look very ordinary.....move on to SPL matches and it's back off back off back off. Why the tactics are changed for league games against dross is a head scratcher. We are great moving and passing at speed but the players seem determined to slow it down every chance they get.
he has been doing it for a while , jogs towards the keeper but never close enough to get hit on the arse by the clearance like he managed last season against dundee i think it was. As you say , roofe has a sprint in himSomething that I've noticed in a few recent games is how Alfie "closes down" on opposition goalies -- he runs at them and then slows down as he gets near (in other words, doesn't get right in front of them to block a kick).
It's quite odd.
It was noticeable today that as soon as Roofe came on he charged down every ball that he could, and indeed Arfield did the same as the game went on too.
This is a tactic that although it can gradually sap the energy from our players, it pays dividends because most Scottish keepers when under pressure usually hit poor kicks out (yes, I know), some even going straight out.
It was the first real difference that I saw when Roofe came on.
And it's nice to have a goal-scorer being in the one place where we actually need him when the ball is bouncing around in front of the goalmouth.