Team selection

Davie Weir

Davie Weir

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Weirdly we created far more chances with 10 men but questions must be coming to Clement regarding his team selection.

Yes, you can only piss with the cock you have etc. However, anyone could see that we had to change our selection and tactics today. Anyone could see that we couldn’t go into a 3rd old firm with the same midfield that got ran over in the previous two.

The selection of Diomande, Lundstram and Lawrence in the 10 was terrible. Midfields win Old Firm games and it’s no surprise that when we’ve played with that midfield 3 we’ve won 0.

We need to take control of these games and that just doesn’t happen with our best midfielder playing on the wing and then playing at center half.
 
Lawrence is the definition of powderpuff.
Raskin is your holding midfielder away from home.
But for some reason, he has fallen out of favour.
 
He needs a serious result in the cup final. Being unable to win any of your first four OF games is intolerable for a rangers manager
 
Davie Weir said:
Weirdly we created far more chances with 10 men but questions must be coming to Clement regarding his team selection.

Yes, you can only piss with the cock you have etc. However, anyone could see that we had to change our selection and tactics today. Anyone could see that we couldn’t go into a 3rd old firm with the same midfield that got ran over in the previous two.

The selection of Diomande, Lundstram and Lawrence in the 10 was terrible. Midfields win Old Firm games and it’s no surprise that when we’ve played with that midfield 3 we’ve won 0.

We need to take control of these games and that just doesn’t happen with our best midfielder playing on the wing and then playing at center half.
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Hampered by injuries, pathetic people can't see that.
 
Davie Weir said:
Pathetic that people can’t see the alternatives to how we could’ve played today.

Easy reply is that we’ve got injuries. His job is to get the best out of the players we have available and play to our strengths to counter Celtics weaknesses.
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Unlike you he is football manager and not a know it all on a message board
 
Ozbear72 said:
Unlike you he is football manager and not a know it all on a message board
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Yes, he’s a football manager who deserves to be questioned.

There was countless threads on here seeing he needed to do something different today, countless discussions on social media and plenty of discussions at Ibrox on Sunday. The fact that Clement did not feel the same is pretty baffling.
 
Davie Weir said:
Yes, he’s a football manager who deserves to be questioned.

There was countless threads on here seeing he needed to do something different today, countless discussions on social media and plenty of discussions at Ibrox on Sunday. The fact that Clement did not feel the same is pretty baffling.
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How many of them are football managers, Hampered by injuries and lundstram get's himself sent off not down to the manager.
 
Struggling to think of a time when he has done something tactically that has changed a game. We just play the same way every game, it is boring and predictable
 
Ozbear72 said:
You can all managers make mistakes, but you have to take circumstances into account.
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Of course, but even with context Clement got it wrong.

He hasn’t learnt from our defeats against them this season and it’s something he’ll need to do.
 
Davie Weir said:
Yes, he’s a football manager who deserves to be questioned.

There was countless threads on here seeing he needed to do something different today, countless discussions on social media and plenty of discussions at Ibrox on Sunday. The fact that Clement did not feel the same is pretty baffling.
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Oh well, if countless people have suggested he should have done something different, maybe we shouldn't bother with a manager and use a match day formation poll instead!

The injuries this year, coupled with the Mick Beale debacle, have hamstrung this manager.
 
I never understand sacrificing an attacking midfielder, who isn't a great tackler, to do a man marking job on McGregor. Why not play Sterling on him and actually have the chance of winning the ball in the midfield.
 
HarryBosch said:
Oh well, if countless people have suggested he should have done something different, maybe we shouldn't bother with a manager and use a match day formation poll instead!

The injuries this year, coupled with the Mick Beale debacle, have hamstrung this manager.
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Of course all these issues have hampered him but he’s hardly helped himself today. It’s head in the sand stuff not to question his decision making today. Same setup as our previous 2 OF games and again we found ourselves 2 goals down.

Let’s just not criticise managers when they’re wrong though!
 
We have had a horrendous recruitment and injury run and we have little left for Clement to work with. In hindsight rather than drop Goldson a few games back we should have probably tried drop Lundstram and see if that brought any improvement. We have no pace whatsoever which leaves us defending far to deep with 6 players. We are so scared of there pace and invite them to come easily through us rather than risk getting behind us and I think most of us would rather trying to take them on.

Clement will hopefully show a lot more with his lineup next season. Absolutely crushed today
 
Injuries are one thing.

That starting line up is another.

That half time sub is another altogether. As mad a sub I’ve seen since Pedro. Surrendered the first 20 minutes of the second half.
 
Davie Weir said:
Of course all these issues have hampered him but he’s hardly helped himself today. It’s head in the sand stuff not to question his decision making today. Same setup as our previous 2 OF games and again we found ourselves 2 goals down.

Let’s just not criticise managers when they’re wrong though!
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Ok, Davie. Given your in depth knowledge of the squads fitness and performance at training, what would you have done?
Remember, it's only based on your knowledge of their fitness and day to day training, not your best hunch in hindsight?
 
That starting lineup was a disaster and the substitutions were bizarre. Big question marks around Clement IMO.
 
HarryBosch said:
Ok, Davie. Given your in depth knowledge of the squads fitness and performance at training, what would you have done?
Remember, it's only based on your knowledge of their fitness and day to day training, not your best hunch in hindsight?
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The same as everyone was crying out for before the game. Play an actual midfield and we might win something.

Butland

Yilmaz/Borna
Davies
Souttar
Tav

Lundstram (with hindsight that’s definitely Raskin)
Diomande
Sterling

Silva
Dessers
McCausland
 
Davie Weir said:
The same as everyone was crying out for before the game. Play an actual midfield and we might win something.

Butland

Yilmaz/Borna
Davies
Souttar
Tav

Lundstram (with hindsight that’s definitely Raskin)
Diomande
Sterling

Silva
Dessers
McCausland
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Mcausland was dreadful when he came on, and has been for months.

So, that team you've picked. What difference does it make, given their opener came from the other side and their second a long ball from their right(our left) hand side?
 
Its the same as Beale last year in the league cup final. There was hardly anyone before the game thinking it was a good team selection. We needed 3 in midfield and Yilmaz at left back.
 
Ozbear72 said:
Is he, he wanted him to stay but so did a lot of fans, funny how people are fickle like that,.
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I'm not fickle.
I'm on record here saying we need much much better than a guy who couldn't get a single game for Everton and has spent his entire career at Yeovil, Doncaster and Leyton Orient before the heady heights of Sheffield United.
Like Lawrence who apart from 60 minutes for Man United has never played at a higher level than Derby County.
I could go on.
Do you honestly believe that level of player is going to restore us to the top?
 
HarryBosch said:
Mcausland was dreadful when he came on, and has been for months.

So, that team you've picked. What difference does it make, given their opener came from the other side and their second a long ball from their right(our left) hand side?
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Pretty obvious that a flatter midfield stops them from playing every time they get the ball. Stops giving McGregor and O’Reilly miles of space.

Lawrence was knackered from about 20 minutes in. Both goals were dreadful to concede and a better midfield can stop both.

It was yet another old firm where we failed to control the game and our best chances came from just hitting them on the break.
 
kirkiebluenose said:
Will be gone by Xmas he can’t beat Celtic
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Tend to agree on my bus group chat the feeling is win the Cup Final and he stays, lose it and sack him. Was Souness right after all in recommending Lampard? I thought not but I do have to admit to serious and increasing doubts about Phil. Tough one to call.
 
IbroxMainStand said:
Have never understood that mentality. As hard as it will be for people to take we have lost the league because in the big games the set up has been wrong and the January window was a mess. The manager plays the main role in those decisions so shouldn't be above criticism.
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The Manger had no hard cash to spend in January, Easy to be a know all on here when it means nothing.
 
This team can't do it against the absolute dross in the league, anyone thinking they could get a result today was wishful thinking, wipe the slate clean, build a new squad around Sterling next season.
 
HarryBosch said:
What would you have done?
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As someone else mentioned, its been discussed all week on here that we had to make changes. A blind man could have seen the gaping holes in our midfield in the first half.

How many times before they scored did they find a wide open player to get a shot off?

It was pointed out before the match about them pressing us, and we decide how many times to play the ball to players under pressure or play it around the back until they were on top of us.

He is supposed to be the guy who see's these things and makes changes to try and correct what's going wrong.

Its not just down to him of course, some of those players should be punted quick time, but when they are strolling through the middle of the park at ease and there is no changes to try and change that, then it comes down to him I am afraid.
 
Carsons Cat said:
As someone else mentioned, its been discussed all week on here that we had to make changes. A blind man could have seen the gaping holes in our midfield in the first half.

How many times before they scored did they find a wide open player to get a shot off?

It was pointed out before the match about them pressing us, and we decide how many times to play the ball to players under pressure or play it around the back until they were on top of us.

He is supposed to be the guy who see's these things and makes changes to try and correct what's going wrong.

Its not just down to him of course, some of those players should be punted quick time, but when they are strolling through the middle of the park at ease and there is no changes to try and change that, then it comes down to him I am afraid.
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Well I'll ask you then, what would you have done given the players at your disposal?
 
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