Press Conference Them v Rangers - pre match press conference

[IsaacClarke]

Not a must win for Clement

I genuinely believe people like you want to see people fail as it gives you a sense of enjoyment and purpose as it means they'll be as miserable as you.

 

[Neilston Unionist]

He used an analogy that footballers are the modern day gladiators. They enter the arena and the crowd is baying for blood and it's live or die by what happens. His players tomorrow need to be gladiator's entering the colosseum.

See if you've not even watched it, why are you straight on here bitching about it?

Whatever mate, I'll post what I want. It's a discussion forum and rather than replying to a quote from Super scoreboard I figured I'd ask other Rangers fans on here to get that "extra context" provided.

By the way I have watched it now and I still don't like the comment

 

[Ten Ton Tony]

Whatever mate, I'll post what I want. It's a discussion forum and rather than replying to a quote from Super scoreboard I figured I'd ask other Rangers fans on here.

By the way I have watched it now and I still don't like the comment

Ah well I guess you're just an out and out dafty then.

 

[Pioneer]

Not a must win for Clement

On paper but can only hope he’s just managing expectations and is coming across differently to the players. It’s win or bust in reality.

 

[Neilston Unionist]

Ah well I guess you're just an out and out dafty then.

Shut the %^*& up mate asked a question and you're getting your knickers in a twist. I don't like our manager calling their pit that and your explanation doesn't really add up as if it was live or die as you patronisingly explained then he wouldn't be saying a thing about drawing. I've defended his post match interviews on here after Dundee and County but I find that puzzling.

 

[temperance]

I just can’t see us changing our system for this one unfortunately.

If we don’t, it’s poor management to continue with the same mistakes.

 

[TriggersBroom]

Balogun being doubtful rather than out is as good as it gets regarding the teamnews unfortunately.

Balogun won’t be involved tomorrow.

 

[bluetonic]

I’m out at the moment so not watched but I’ve just seen Phil quoted saying we can still win the league if we draw on Twitter? Surely he’s not said that? Calling the piggery the colosseum as well?

I don’t think he called it a colosseum but did mention gladiators

 

[bluetonic]

No Sima then

Looks like it

 

[Ron Swanson]

I’m out at the moment so not watched but I’ve just seen Phil quoted saying we can still win the league if we draw on Twitter? Surely he’s not said that? Calling the piggery the colosseum as well?

The clip I’ve seen he doesn’t say colosseum, he just compares football to modern day gladiators going into a stadium with people shouting and booing with the thumbs up and the thumbs down….but we we can’t be killed now.

Aye, I know…

Edit: Here is said clip:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1788940539301175693

 

[laudofan]

The clip I’ve seen he doesn’t say colosseum, he just compares football to modern day gladiators going into a stadium with people shouting and booing by with the thumbs up and the thumbs down….but we we can’t be killed now.

Hopefully Todd Cantwell will get a thumbs up from the Green Brigade when he scores at their end.

 

[Cletus Kasady]

Borna, Davies, Lawrence starting tomorrow.

 

[The Goalie]

Finally some common sense

https://twitter.com/x/status/1788945025444753515

 

[julian candy]

Shut the %^*& up mate asked a question and you're getting your knickers in a twist. I don't like our manager calling their pit that and your explanation doesn't really add up as if it was live or die as you patronisingly explained then he wouldn't be saying a thing about drawing. I've defended his post match interviews on here after Dundee and County but I find that puzzling.

What did he call it?

 

[julian candy]

Borna, Davies, Lawrence starting tomorrow.

Surely Yilmaz will be fit enough to start?

 

[Goldsonbauer]

Not a must win for Clement

He said "we go to win, absolutely"

 

[HandsomeHead]

Sounds like it's going to be the same team as the Killie game with the possibility of Ridvan starting instead of Borna.

That’s the only change I see.

 

[King Albertz]

After that I would go
Butland
Tav
Souttar
Davies
Ridvan
Sterling
Lundstram
Diomande
Lawrence
Cantwell
Dessers
4-3-2-1 narrow

I'd go with that as well

 

[Cletus Kasady]

Surely Yilmaz will be fit enough to start?

Just what I've heard.

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

Not a must win for Clement

Of course he’s going to say that. If he said it was a must win and we drew the first question he would be asked after the game is if that’s the league lost then. He’s hardly going to concede the title if we are 3 points behind with 2 games to play.

 

[laudofan]

I don't like our manager calling their pit that.

It's a bit harsh on the Colosseum - it's in better nick.

 

[IsaacClarke]

Our support have become very cynical and less than charitable when it comes to the things managers say in press conferences.

They also like to pretend they can't read between the lines, and that everything said is literal in nature. It's bloody tedious.

We are heading into yet another summer, with a very vocal section of the support, having their hands hovering over the 'sack button', ready to press as soon as we face any adversity. Anything short of a treble come the end of May, and you can bet there will be attempts to discuss Clement’s future. There's a good reason a lot of coaches don't take jobs mid season.

It's so blatantly obvious that there are a good few on here absolutely desperate to start the 'Should we replace Clement' discussion. You see them liking each others barely literally posts and already getting their digs in.

 

[BigBadJohn]

This will sound like another moaning negative post to join the others but the players press conference really adds nothing. Same banal questions, same professional polished answers.

Maybe I’m just anxious for tomorrow to get here

Sterling certainly my didn't hold back a few weeks ago to be fair.

 

[Deckard]

Yes he did say that

Not the first and won’t be the last bizarre comment from the manager.

 

[Valley Bluenose]

Borna, Davies, Lawrence starting tomorrow.

Your info is normally good. I assume from that Cantwell will be benched?

 

[Erik Bo Selecta Anderson]

Who is the guy who asked about the "injury sit-uation" (as opposed to sitchoo-ation).

Every damn week Clement has to stare at him as if to say "You're back again ya idiot"

Hes probably the worst of the lot and that saying something

 

[Nopapacnoparty]

Surely Yilmaz will be fit enough to start?

I was kinda banking on it!
Disappointing if not, suppose its all down to how he was after his first minutes back last week.

 

[SilvaBear]

Or he could at least firm up the midfield for once.

Clement needs to box clever with what he has. On occassions he has got it very wrong.

Line up in midfield like he normally does and we will get dominated and overrun.

Tomorrow is a chance for him to put these wrongs right.

But i won't hold my breath.

My expectations are set very low. I've not even got any nerves about this one. And that's a rarity.

It's crazy that Phil Clement is manager of our club, whilst the tactical genius that is Cooper's left peg thrashes away at his keyboard in his bedroom day after day, being roundly ignored.

Serious questions need asked of our board and DoF

 

[KJ_Rozental]

I liked his comments re: must win. I wouldn't want anyone giving up the ghost until it was mathematically impossible.

Who knows a draw and a quick turn around for them against Rugby Park could be enough.

 

[Ten Ton Tony]

Hes probably the worst of the lot and that saying something

Honestly mate every single one of these pre match press conference he just drawls on and on about some slabbering shite. It's mental what passes for a journalist up here.

 

[Blue 9]

Surely Yilmaz will be fit enough to start?

Looking at him against Killie ,I’m not so sure .

 

[bluetonic]

I'd go with that as well

I would play Raskin instead of Lawrence who has more of an impact off the bench.

 

[Now and forever]

What did he call it?

Likened our players to Gladiators going into the Colosseum.

Play their dive down don't big it up ffs

 

[Jelle1880]

No Sima then

This has me convinced we won't win tomorrow imo. He's our best threat against them, he changed the game last time

 

[CaptainCourageous]

I feel for the gaffer; going to a gun fight with a knuckle duster.

He’ll have shot himself in the foot if he doesn’t change that midfield up. A two man midfield will get out played, out matched, over run and lose the midfield battle.

 

[CaptainCourageous]

Its a sad state of affairs when our 'saviour', according to many on here, is shifting a full-back to central midfield. A position that, by his own admission, earlier this season he had to watch YouTube videos of other players playing in order to learn what the role involved.

I like Sterling. I hope, and think, he has a big future with us. However, Patrick Viera he is not. It reflects our poor recruitment rather than the quality of the player, who's being asked to play in a position that is alien to him.

Let’s watch Diomande and Lundstram struggle against their 3. Maybe throw in Lawrence to make it even worse.

We don’t get a grip of the middle of the park and it’s long ball pish up to Dessers who will be second best 9 times out of 10.

 

[Bigbluebear]

What did he call it?

He didn't call it anything.

He like likened football to gladiators and said tomorrow they have to walk into the colloseum and win.

He was just using a metaphor for modern day football, not their stadium in particular.

 

[Partickger]

Borna, Davies, Lawrence starting tomorrow.

Well, that’s depressing.