Bighuggybear
Well-Known Member
Let’s give the boy a chance to bed in, when you join a new team players tend to play it safe till they get comfortable with the system and teammates especially defenders.
Rangers players are judged on a game by game basis.After playing 2 games, I don't think anyone can make a judgement on that.
Although a number of people have done that on here already
And then they wonder why the government score cheap points or have nothing to lose by punching down on our support. The thing I find most insulting is when people say drinking heavily, being intimidating and acting like bams is just the working class behaviour to be expected. It's definitely underclass or whatever the socially acceptable word is.I think we need to face up to the truth and accept that a significant section of our fanbase is utterly toxic. For me it's one of the biggest challenges we face as a club. The state of some of the guys at Ibrox on Wednesday. They don't deserve a successful team to support, let's be honest.
Except his part in the goal against the sheep you mean? You’re talking pish.Looks a safety first type
Can’t beat a man can’t thread a ball through isn’t big isn’t strong isn’t quick not seen him intercept balls not seen him bully anyone not got a high work rate doesn’t make angles for passes
Can’t see anything that will make him stand out to be honest
he hasnt influenced the games at all so far either defensively or attacking. He lloks well of the pace of our game so far.I don’t know what’s worse, the people who’ve written him off already or the people who are arguing he’s been MOTM.
His performances and stats have been very poor, but it’s very very early days. And that’s about it.
Feel like people should get a tag on their profile picture every time they post one of these kind of hot takes. How much attention would people be paying their hot take on transfers or the team if it showed;Starting a thread to say "look at me, I was right!" two games into the Rangers career of a player is egotistical fannybaws behaviour of an extreme nature.
It might, or might not work out for the player. In the event that it doesn't, the OP can start another thread to remind us just how prescient his initial hot take was.
Particularly prevalent on here…always has been.People want to be the first ones to say "called it" when a player doesn't succeed. Why they need to do this is beyond me. For them if they're wrong, they probably chuckle at their temporarily stupidity then move on to the next target without learning a thing. While the player who should be getting more support in the first place has to win these absolute oddballs over, the toxic negativity that comes from people like that permeates group chats, pub and bus discussions and pretty much eventually into the stands. I don't get it. If they're wrong, they don't reflect on the experience. I realize it's always been the way but I would like it if these people were called out for being emotionally stunted more often.
You are spot on in your assessment. Contributed nothing against the sheep and was a virtual onlooker against Livingston. Anonymous start to his Gers career but GVB obviously see’s something in the lad so everybody should support him when he starts.I got pelters for questioning his contribution against the Sheep.
I saw nothing to change my opinion tonight!!
He was anonymous and the game was passing him by.
The American Jack Grealish2 games in and he's hardly had a disaster, would say two steady 6/10 performances without really doing anything risky just safe possession play side to side
To paraphrase Richard Gough, your judged in a pass to pass basis.Rangers players are judged on a game by game basis.
Always have been, always will be.
I don't see how it can be any other way.
People are looking for status on here, always been the case with these kinda posts, status and " ah telt yeese"Feel like people should get a tag on their profile picture every time they post one of these kind of hot takes. How much attention would people be paying their hot take on transfers or the team if it showed;
Always been shitlist:
Kamara
Tav
Goldson
Hagi
I missed this thread at the time because I was travelling home from Ibrox. Looks like you couldn’t wait to come on here and try and give it “I told you so” after the guy’s second game.I got pelters for questioning his contribution against the Sheep.
I saw nothing to change my opinion tonight!!
He was anonymous and the game was passing him by.
I hope I’m proved wrong but it’s the same feeling I had about Lundstram as soon as I saw him in a competitive match in a Rangers jersey.I missed this thread at the time because I was travelling home from Ibrox. Looks like you couldn’t wait to come on here and try and give it “I told you so” after the guy’s second game.
Pretty sad and very pathetic.
If you're such a great judge of players, why are your talents being wasted on an internet message board when clubs up and down the land could use your immense hindsight?I hope I’m proved wrong but it’s the same feeling I had about Lundstram as soon as I saw him in a competitive match in a Rangers jersey.
I put that down to him not being match fit.
Unfortunately, that was not the case. He was just not good enough
Sands is a young lad who has just moved to a different continent, a different style of league, it's absolute lunacy to start writing him off after just 2 appearances.I hope I’m proved wrong but it’s the same feeling I had about Lundstram as soon as I saw him in a competitive match in a Rangers jersey.
I put that down to him not being match fit.
Unfortunately, that was not the case. He was just not good enough
If they’re lucky. Some don’t even get a full game.Rangers players are judged on a game by game basis.
Always have been, always will be.
I don't see how it can be any other way.
But he’s not shown any signs of being rubbish either. So people with a bit of sense will put the lack of moments of quality down to being just in the door and thrown into a tough debut, and any signs of not being rubbish as being quite a decent positive for the same reasons, until we get to see more of him.He’s probably been thrown in earlier than the manager would’ve ideally liked but it’ll be good experience for him.
I try not to judge players too early and I’m definitely not writing him off but he’s not really shown any moments of quality as of yet.
It’s sheer stupidity to judge a player on his very first game for the club the same way you’d judge a player playing his 100th game for the club. A player whose been at training for a few days learning a system is never going to look as good as somebody whose been playing the same system for over a season.Rangers players are judged on a game by game basis.
Always have been, always will be.
I don't see how it can be any other way.
But he’s not shown any signs of being rubbish either. So people with a bit of sense will put the lack of moments of quality down to being just in the door and thrown into a tough debut, and any signs of not being rubbish as being quite a decent positive for the same reasons, until we get to see more of him.
But why would some people do that when it might mean there’s no thread to bump to tell us all they told us so and they can see things in football that nobody else sees.
Stupid or not, it's simply how it is at this club.It’s sheer stupidity to judge a player on his very first game for the club the same way you’d judge a player playing his 100th game for the club. A player whose been at training for a few days learning a system is never going to look as good as somebody whose been playing the same system for over a season.
I suspect anybody judging Sands already had Barisic written off a very long time before he showed the player he really is.
True but the BB comparison is a totally different situation as he had moved to Rangers and was ultimately a Rangers player. His motivations for settling and working hard to get into the team were far more pronounced than someone here for a loan period.It’s sheer stupidity to judge a player on his very first game for the club the same way you’d judge a player playing his 100th game for the club. A player whose been at training for a few days learning a system is never going to look as good as somebody whose been playing the same system for over a season.
I suspect anybody judging Sands already had Barisic written off a very long time before he showed the player he really is.
Kent, Davis, Defoe, Hagi and you could argue the case that Worrall and Kamberi were useful signings.True but the BB comparison is a totally different situation as he had moved to Rangers and was ultimately a Rangers player. His motivations for settling and working hard to get into the team were far more pronounced than someone here for a loan period.
The problem with Sands isnt whether hes good enough, he seems a prospect and will surely get better, its whether he will actually play because without a run of starts hes never going to get the rythmn of the team and showcase what he can do.
If you consider Ranges loans over the last 5 years how many have actually worked out well? Its a transfer market strategy thats been a disaster really.