Coza
Well-Known Member
Yes its a somewhat Americanised phrase but I think it did tell on them last season and could play a vital part in the title destination this year also. They had 3 games in hand for ages last year and the more prudent amongst us just took it as read they would pick up 9 points - in the end I think get 2-4 points from that possible 9. The gap was artificially large but it just piled heaps of pressure on them every time they faced adversity in a game situation.
So this season. We are 4 points ahead and after a shitter of a weekend we don't have a cup final to contest.
The Downside: they will likely win some silverware and get a real surge of belief from the win.
The Upside: we should get a league game their cup final weekend and be able to make it 7+ of a gap assuming we match or better their results.
Then on Thursday we qualified for the Europa play off round while they tumbled into the Conference league play off round.
The Downside: There is a strong chance with a 3rd place UCL team to play we will be one and done in the KO stages of the competition while they will probably now go deep in the Conference versus a lot of dross until the last 8 or so.
The Upside: Assuming they do have more Thursday ties to face than us then we will likely play before them in a number of weekend fixture lists. Again this gives us the great chance to apply real pressure onto them to keep matching our results. And that's before we factor in the Conference has teams in the back of beyond competing in it so quite possibly they will have long travelling to factor in too
Starting tomorrow at 12 I want to see this Rangers team build real scoreboard pressure on the scum. I think we get it right they will crack big time.
So this season. We are 4 points ahead and after a shitter of a weekend we don't have a cup final to contest.
The Downside: they will likely win some silverware and get a real surge of belief from the win.
The Upside: we should get a league game their cup final weekend and be able to make it 7+ of a gap assuming we match or better their results.
Then on Thursday we qualified for the Europa play off round while they tumbled into the Conference league play off round.
The Downside: There is a strong chance with a 3rd place UCL team to play we will be one and done in the KO stages of the competition while they will probably now go deep in the Conference versus a lot of dross until the last 8 or so.
The Upside: Assuming they do have more Thursday ties to face than us then we will likely play before them in a number of weekend fixture lists. Again this gives us the great chance to apply real pressure onto them to keep matching our results. And that's before we factor in the Conference has teams in the back of beyond competing in it so quite possibly they will have long travelling to factor in too
Starting tomorrow at 12 I want to see this Rangers team build real scoreboard pressure on the scum. I think we get it right they will crack big time.