Was gutted for James Tavernier tonight

[wsb&warmy]

Poor penalty and it set the tone for his night unfortunately. Going through a bad spell of form just now but he'll bounce back, no doubt about it. Onwards and upwards.

 

[JW1988]

He’s been average to good most games
He’s just not hitting his top form
He’s been far from as bad as some are making out. He’s suffering from his own high standards but some people need to get off his back a bit

 

[grascots]

AGREE

Didn’t recover well from the miss at all. Hasn’t looked himself for weeks now in all honesty.

agreed

 

[jdm1873]

Thot he had a howler in general tbh.
Nothing seemed to come off for him inc the pen obviously

Totally agree. Caught out of position a few times and his passing was poor. Also cannot take. Throw ins - constantly throws it to a player who has no chance to react as he has a player on his back.

 

[Captain_Buns]

A penalty wide of the post isn't great but it aint a poor penalty.

If not hitting the target isn’t a poor penalty then what would be?

 

[ssblue]

I don't make the rules brother, but the post is a shot on target going by UEFA. . .

Ridiculous then.

 

[standardbarger]

Not just

There’s a narrative now building around Tav when he turns in a performance that’s below what we know he’s capable of, and that’s that he both misses Candeias and that he’s been poor this season.

I’m calling BS on both counts, he’s been absolutely fine this season but because he isn’t scoring or assisting (yet) to the level he was last season it’s a stick to beat him with.

As for tonight, a penalty miss so early on clearly shook his confidence and affected his game. He still put in a sublime cross for Arfield in the 2nd half who should have done better.

Tonight I'm afraid but this season he has been average at best I've got to say.

 

[snoopyboymason]

He’s not in good form I’d take him off the pens he’s missed too many

 

[YOGI_GER]

Had an absolute howler of a game

 

[Calico Jack]

His ru

His run up was poor.

N up was too short, I just knew he was missing it, his body language was all wrong and his confidence was just not in it.

Still though, the result is what counts.

 

[dt17]

Think Tav has suffered from the new setup we're using, especially Arfield being the man who's usually in front of him.

Tav is normally our most creative player whereas that's been stifled a wee bit now and it shows.

 

[Jim Denny]

Enough is Enough with Tav , missed too many pressure penalties ; cost us a lot I=F lib







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[Portrushbear]

Emotion aside, was a poor pen and didn’t look confident walking up

I thought the same

I think he's taken that many now, with all the footage available that he's second guessing himself, because keepers will have studied them so much

 

[Duranman]

He was absolutely rotten tonight and has been more or less all season. Ill never question his determination to keep going but his passing has regressed terribly this season.

 

[rossgers]

Hasnt started the season well. Looks a bit subdued. Still one of our biggest threats going forward though. Get tore in son.

 

[Diego Maradona]

He was unfortunately dreadful tonight, but it doesn’t matter - 3 points is 3 points

 

[Lurgan Loyal]

Imagine having him 1st goal at 14/1.....

 

[SuperGers07]

In general hes been under performing last wee while. He should be removed from spot kick duty

 

[Moreloslaces]

Id take him out of rotation for a few weeks. A fully fit and focused James Tavernier, is a ridiculously good weapon to have. Give the American dude a run. (Apologies for not remembering his name)

 

[Vamos_buffalo]

Morelos from now on.

Must admit I wouldn’t be too confident in Morelos

When he’s got time he doesn’t seem to have much composure

I’d be giving it to Arfield

 

[Alpagers]

Notice most of the criticism is about his forward play. He's set very high standards for himself, but first and foremost he's a defender and we didn't lose any goals. Second he's one of our longest serving (if not longest) serving player and our captain. He's also improved probably beyond what he thought he could himself achieve. There was a reason we paid so little for him at the time and what club he came from.

He was unlucky with the penalty tonight

 

[babaji]

It happens, the main thing is the team did not let it bother them and we dominated the game from that point

 

[exeterbear]

Nearly cost us with about fifteen minutes to go, switching off and getting caught wrong side of his man. In the big games doesn't look too confident and passes the buck instead of taking his man on.

 

[GeckoBear29]

Morelos from now on.

Have to agree. That’s what? 4 in his last 5. Think there was added pressure of scoring for Fernando tonight tho

 

[Earl of Leven]

Thought he was poor all night.

 

[kbotw]

I’m a massive Tav fan, but he had a shocker tonight. He was wrong side almost every time

 

[Battle Fever's On]

We miss his partnership with Candeias, even though he could frustrate, Tav felt confident going forward knowing Candeias was covering.

 

[sandyinroyalblue]

Camera panned on him at end of game and he seemed to be in some pain, possibly back injury

 

[StephenHawkinsfitbawboots]

I don’t think he did recover to play well,thought he was poor tonight

 

[Skyy Bluenose]

When he missed the penalty, I was more gutted for me.

 

[DJ_RFC_1872]

1/3 home games down.
Let's win the home games.

 

[Valley Bluenose]

Camera panned on him at end of game and he seemed to be in some pain, possibly back injury

Just what I was going to post. He was virtually the first Rangers player off the pitch and appeared to be wincing in pain as he headed towards the tunnel.

 

[sregnar]

Rangers captain wearing the number 2 jersey and he misses his penalty.

He recovered to play well but you could tell at the end and in his BT Sport interview how upset he was.

Football can be cruel but his team mates rallied to get the win.

He didn’t.

We won though, that’s the main thing.

 

[babaji]

His 2nd touch was, by & large, a recovery tackle, more so in the 2nd half

 

[Andrew webb]

Poor penalty

 

[Applepine]

Rangers captain wearing the number 2 jersey and he misses his penalty.

He recovered to play well but you could tell at the end and in his BT Sport interview how upset he was.

Football can be cruel but his team mates rallied to get the win.

Play well,you having a laugh???

 

[rangers for life]

Huge emotion behind that penalty tonight,I could sense the nerves from Tav.

 

[Forth Bear]

If I'm correct, he's missed four out of the last six penalties he's taken.

It's time for Morelos to be on them.

 

[The Royal Standard]

Thot he had a howler in general tbh.
Nothing seemed to come off for him inc the pen obviously

He’s not playing well just now

 

[Derek76]

He was dreadful tonight, Candieas covered his back side so many times, he's been dreadful all season.

Absolute nonsense

 

[Prso09]

He definitely misses a candeias or another player down his right to help him out as arfield is a totally different player

 

[47blue]

Tav carries a huge load in terms of games played. Hopefully he gets a wee rest soon. Seems to be over thinking his penalties.

 

[daven37]

We played a narrow game tonight so it was not a night for Tav bursting up the flanks.

Thought he recovered well from the penalty.

 

[DamBuster72]

Win as a team lose as a team. Well played everyone of us.

This.

He has won us games in the past and will do so in the future.

 

[Jaws II]

He and Goldson were poor again.

 

[Edmond Dantes]

It used to be you miss penalties you get them taken away! Barry did and Tav should as well. He should focus on bringing his own game back up to his high levels.

 

[TheGarageFlower]

I think people who are saying he hasn't been the same player without Candeias need to remember having Candeias (or anyone for that matter) sticking to the right wing like glue is always going to afford him the opportunity to get further forward and in behind on the underlap/overlap.

Since the tail end of last season we've adopted a more central style of play with almost two inside forwards (or inverted wingers). Of course it's going to have an impact on his now famous marauding style.

Regarding tonight I thought he done well. Achieving pass marks. I thought in the first half especially he caused them some problems.

He also tucked inside a few times helping out Goldson in defence.

I'd agree Alfie should be on Pens for a while though.

 

[Blue Skies At Night]

Id take him out of rotation for a few weeks. A fully fit and focused James Tavernier, is a ridiculously good weapon to have. Give the American dude a run. (Apologies for not remembering his name)

Careful with those kind of suggestions mate.

Step up Matt Polster

It's time Tav sat out. He's been diabolical recently & if he can't produce much going forward then we're as well as a man down. Give the captainship to Davis & with Barisic on the other side will give us the forward minded full back that Tav won't be providing. EDIT: Jesus christ this was...

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[LD5]

There’s a narrative now building around Tav when he turns in a performance that’s below what we know he’s capable of, and that’s that he both misses Candeias and that he’s been poor this season.

I’m calling BS on both counts, he’s been absolutely fine this season but because he isn’t scoring or assisting (yet) to the level he was last season it’s a stick to beat him with.

As for tonight, a penalty miss so early on clearly shook his confidence and affected his game. He still put in a sublime cross for Arfield in the 2nd half who should have done better.

Tav put in plenty of great performances last season and this season without Candeias. The notion that he needs him to be at his best is ridiculous.

 

[tazzabear]

They were wide open several times down his side and should have scored on at least one occasion from it.

Which was his fault?
Is he expected to do it himself.