MOTM Poll Rangers v Real Betis - 20:00 Thursday - TNT Sports

[Barisic's Bandage]

Anyone expecting a win tonight needs their head examined.

No surrender bud

 

[Cooky RFC]

Spanish team with two WC winners and a 5 time CL winner in their starting 11.

We were shite for half an hour but showed fight and some good signs for the other hour.

Not a great game but I’ll take it. 3 points

Absolutely spot on mate.

 

[RandyMac]

Where’s the guy that said we’d need our heads checked for thinking Rangers would win tonight?

 

[steve84]

On Paper our hardest opponent and home game. 3 points, back it up in the next 3 games and some more improvement ( passing first half was dreadful) and let’s see where we are!

 

[Iain04]

Nice £500k or just higher added to the finances

 

[WeeStephen]

Will admit I wasn’t too confident about tonight. Voted for Butland as man of the match, but whole team deserves credit tonight. Great performance and hopefully builds the confidence to take that into our domestic game.

 

[I believe in Eli]

Smashing performance and result. Hopefully that will get us going.

 

[uml]

Great second half. Hopefully we push on from this as there are players in some of the new signings. We were stronger when we harassed them more.
Downside is I stay in the sticks, no street lights and I have a very large glenmorangie by my side, sitting in the garden and the sky is clear as feck.
Might bring the bottle out.

Can’t beat that

 

[KingCarlos72]

I’ve got £5 at 66/1 sickener

He should be docked his clean sheet bonus for not claiming that

 

[Fuertebear]

Let me think now how many Rhecord pundits got this correct.

 

[Gladstone]

@Three-in-seven

45/49 pass completion, or 90%

I thought he was good tonight. Up against the quality of someone like Isco he really drove us on.

Sofascore App very good for stuff like this gents.

Tav lost possession 28 times according to SofaScore, far more times than any other player, Borna was the next highest losing possession 16 times.

 

[MiseryHatesCompany]

Ooft. Enjoyed that.

We’re on our way…

 

[Jman2626]

Let’s celebrate a very good result tonight, no negatives should be added tonight

 

[noucamp72]

Smashing performance and result. Hopefully that will get us going.

Hope so mate.
On a night when i thought we would be up against it we came through with a fantastic 3 points.
It's a brilliant start in this group.

 

[HowdenEnder]

Did Emma just say Archie van Toot?

 

[BertyYarder]

I think it's maybe dawned on Beale that we need pace in the team.

In Europe. Its less useful against a low block like almost all of our league games.

 

[Big Joke New]

Tav lost possession 28 times according to SofaScore, far more times than any other player, Borna was the next highest losing possession 16 times.

That’s the spirit. What else did we do bad?

 

[Private_joker]

Lammers did well when he came on, finally we have found a role for him.

Yep, think we have to be fair. The boy has taken some pelters recently but he was very good when he came on. Think MB got the subs right tonight.

 

[CooperStoleMyPen]

Was reasonably pleased at HT, pretty even half against a decent team with a good last 10 mins. Came on the match thread and couldn't believe the negativity being spouted.

Really pleased for the team, they've had a lot of criticism of late but thoroughly deserved the win tonight. Barasic had a hard shift tonight and done well, Matondo nowhere near as bad as made out, thought Lammers was great when he came on.

Good to be a Bear tonight

 

[Derek76]

Anyone expecting a win tonight needs their head examined.

it's fans like you that are not needed at Ibrox

 

[instructor]

That was with one striker so we should stick with the 4-3-3.
A great win tonight.
Team showed loads of spirit.

 

[I believe in Eli]

Voted Lundstram mom. Thought he was sensational.

 

[Chris the Bandito]

This has been a fine performance in Europe. All that's missing is a goal.

This thread is absolutely barking of Timothy

I think the overwhelming negativity on every thread has just chased off the more optimistic, positive, objective, reasonable or even just negative with a hint of constructive criticism posters on here.

This is the first time I've even logged into the Bear Pit in about a week when I used to spend hours every day on here and it was still depressingly poisonous even when we were winning tonight.

I don't doubt these posters are Rangers fans but they aren't supporters.

 

[Crown_Defender]

Tav lost possession 28 times according to SofaScore, far more times than any other player, Borna was the next highest losing possession 16 times.

That will be because they take set pieces and corners mate. If a defender heads it away, it goes down as lost possession.

 

[strathavenbear]

Had a read at this thread at half-time and there really is a large amount of negative fuckers that pollute this site.

 

[RJ RFC X2]

RANGERSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

 

[Monster]

Dog shit first half but we grew into it as Betis conveniently smouldered out. With our form as it is we just needed to win in any way possible. Butland proving to be a massive signing already.

 

[noucamp72]

RANGERSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

Geez a clue

 

[TheDerryend]

Im sure I read we haven’t beat a Spanish team at home since the mid eighties

Sounds about right mate. We need portugese teams all the way and we'll win the trophy.

 

[Ballynahinch Loyal]

This post is quite possibly the mentallest one I’ve seen on here yet. I’d recommend applying for a guide dog.

 

[NewtonFarmer]

Solid second half performance. Really hoping we can take some confidence from that and kick on now.

 

[yardie]

Where’s the guy that said we’d need our heads checked for thinking Rangers would win tonight?

Heading to the chapel for midnight mass.

 

[asialoyal]

A credit to the young bears getting the National Anthem going at the end.
Love it when they do this.
Great night all round.

 

[hms]

Real bipolar game, one minute we looked like we’d just met the next it was slick fast attacks.
I’d take a 1-0 in every game if it guaranteed the points and pounds.
There’s still a huge amount of work to be done but it’s small glimmers of hope.

 

[Ballynahinch Loyal]

I thought lundstram was completely bi polar mate moments of brilliant quality followed by mistakes that nearly cost us

Totally agree. When he drives into midfield he looks superb, few times he tried it he got caught out with a bad touch.

 

[PGATour]

Butland is our only world class player and tonight he showed again why.

We could see funny money bids in January if he keeps this up.

 

[EOS]

Great second half, our passing improved and the team put a shift in. We're better playing on the front foot than sitting back, I hope this shows Beale we can be braver in these types of games.

 

[SenoraCuellar]

I'm still a stunned tbh. Looks like the bears had a great night.

 

[IslayGer]

Where’s the guy that said we’d need our heads checked for thinking Rangers would win tonight?

Away to submit his report for the morning pape rs

 

[El Jock Grande Sabia]

I voted Butland as he had an almost Shagger-esque euro performance tonight & I think I might whisper this, but I thought Lundstram came onto a very good performance.

 

[Ballynahinch Loyal]

Good win in the end against a decent team.A bit heart n mouth the last 10 but Butland made some excellent saves.Luckily Betis didn’t have that final ball quality pass that most Champions League teams have .Where is the venue for the final this year?

Dublin I think

 

[Danny Wilde]

Fantastic result tonight. All down to the players, so credit to them.

 

[TheDerryend]

First time I’ve ‘watched’ a match via a game thread and my god it was brutal.

Some of the comments from some would have you thinking you weren’t on a RFC forum.

I’ll not be rushing to be repeating that experience again

Android, I'm going to give you some serious advice. As someone who depends on the match thread for the game, it's too late for me, but I beg you to not be lured in ever again.

 

[Cooky RFC]

Match thread amount of posters severely declined after the goal.

What a result. Super jack butland in goals!!!

I've said it plenty of times, the place is full of tims, fucken cesspit sometimes.

 

[Bear72]

That'll help the confidence of the team. Onwards and upwards from here on.

 

[Sam English]

Fantastic result tonight.

Onwards and upwards.

 

[Est1872]

Anyone expecting a win tonight needs their head examined.

Booked in with the neurosurgeon

 

[Todd The Prod]

Good result tonight, rode our luck at times.

We need to cut out the slack passing, there was far too many times we were putting ourselves under pressure. Our own worst enemy at times.

 

[fmp]

This post is quite possibly the mentallest one I’ve seen on here yet. I’d recommend applying for a guide dog.

I assume you mean the post I was quoting and not my post.

@DadosDado is an utterly clueless moron.

 

[Ballynahinch Loyal]

Ibrox played its part tonight. Before kick off this was a team who expected to coast the group and go into the late stages of the tournament. Tonight will give them something to think about.

Hahaha they’re anchored to the bottom of the league. Deserved for their colours alone.