DMCs Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 9 minutes ago, AJF said: A pleasing win and glad to see us dig out a result after falling behind twice. Priority now has to be the league and we should be looking at resting some key players v Lech Poznan. Whether you finish top or second you’re going to get a decent team in the next round regardless. A very strange game to be honest - thought we were really poor at times but a lot of character shown. Last year we finished 2nd but got an easier draw than Porto did. It does mean potentially avoiding Real Madrid if we win though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 11 minutes ago, AJF said: A pleasing win and glad to see us dig out a result after falling behind twice. Priority now has to be the league and we should be looking at resting some key players v Lech Poznan. Whether you finish top or second you’re going to get a decent team in the next round regardless. Gerrard pretty much said he was going to do this in the post-match interview. Would expect to see McLaughlin, Bassey, Patterson, Zungu, Jack, Itten. Hopefully Dickson gets on too, he showed enough in his run out on Sunday to get some minutes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted December 3, 2020 Author Share Posted December 3, 2020 50 minutes ago, Distant Doonhamer said: Loving the use of a yard as a unit of time As in “he went a yard early there”. Always the case such as, "He's lost a half-yard of pace". It's football commentary - not a New Scientist monograph. Anyway, that was the apotheosis of 'a game lasts 90 minutes'. 2-2 at HT flattered us but, by the end, 5-2 would have been a fair result. We also looked much fitter in the last 10 minutes than our big Belgian pals. That was a 10 roll-ups first half but, by the final whistle, I was hoping the game could go on longer. A thoroughly professional performance by us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 (edited) 16 minutes ago, The_Kincardine said: Always the case such as, "He's lost a half-yard of pace". It's football commentary - not a New Scientist monograph. Anyway, that was the apotheosis of 'a game lasts 90 minutes'. 2-2 at HT flattered us but, by the end, 5-2 would have been a fair result. We also looked much fitter in the last 10 minutes than our big Belgian pals. That was a 10 roll-ups first half but, by the final whistle, I was hoping the game could go on longer. A thoroughly professional performance by us. Yep I get that. Just as easy to say he's gone a fraction of a second early. It amuses me rather than bothers me. Certainly doesn't surprise me. Anyway, to move on I thought Rangers did well tonight. Difficult first half where in all honesty as you suggest they were fortunate to be level at HT but well deserved victory overall. Edited December 3, 2020 by Distant Doonhamer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted December 3, 2020 Author Share Posted December 3, 2020 54 minutes ago, G51 said: That's the game. Really interesting from our perspective. Liege surprised us with the 3-4-3 and it took us 35 minutes to make anything of it. The adjustments at half-time and the switch to 4-4-2 swung the game in our favour, and as soon as we went in front there was only going to be one outcome. Shows just how important the pre-match preparation is for us, and how important it is to have guys like Beale and Culshaw who know how to fix these things. We went to a formation we haven't played all season and were miles the better team. Our 4-3-3 set up was definitely found out by a team playing deft and fast football and much of the first half was a bit embarrassing to be honest. Over the whole game, though? We deserved the win. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Just now, The_Kincardine said: Our 4-3-3 set up was definitely found out by a team playing deft and fast football and much of the first half was a bit embarrassing to be honest. Over the whole game, though? We deserved the win. I think it was more that we expected them to play 3-5-2 - that's the formation they've played all season, including against us. To go 3-4-3 was a proper curveball, and fair fucks to them for doing it. We didn't really know how to deal with it at the start but we eventually worked it out. And once we did it was comfortable. We definitely deserved the win overall. They did nothing in the second half. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 I've nothing to add to this formation chat. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted December 3, 2020 Author Share Posted December 3, 2020 5 minutes ago, Distant Doonhamer said: Anyway, to move on I thought Rangers did well tonight. Difficult first half where in all honesty they were IMHO fortunate to be level at HT but well deserved victory overall. Good summary and the Tav penalty let us off the hook - possibly undeserved. The last half hour, though, was pretty impressive. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 2 minutes ago, KnightswoodBear said: I've nothing to add to this formation chat. You'll be delighted to know we won the xG game. Rangers 2.66 - 1.82 Standard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted December 3, 2020 Author Share Posted December 3, 2020 6 minutes ago, G51 said: I think it was more that we expected them to play 3-5-2 - that's the formation they've played all season, including against us. To go 3-4-3 was a proper curveball, and fair fucks to them for doing it. Formation is one factor. That they had nippy, pacey wee fuckers to execute said formation is what made it work and they executed it well. Thank f**k we only played Standard Liege. Had we played Grande Liege it may have been a different matter... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanFan Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 If Rangers and Benfica are tied atop the group who has the tiebreaker? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 I’m genuinely shocked when a Scottish team wins a game in Europe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted December 4, 2020 Author Share Posted December 4, 2020 1 hour ago, AmericanFan said: If Rangers and Benfica are tied atop the group who has the tiebreaker? Your big new Scottish team - The Rangers of Glasgow. If we and Benfica match each others' results (win,lose or draw) next week then we top the group by dint of our better head-to-head - with us having scored three away goals vs them scoring (only) two in Glasgow. Pleased to see you're following us... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Rangers at home would give any of the teams qualified so far a game IMO. Looks like they can score at will at times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Big result for Rangers last night. Tactical change at HT changed the game. The concern for Gerrard will likely be that the game could have been gone by half time. Really impressive 2nd half by Rangers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Fair play Rangers,,doing well 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanFan Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 16 hours ago, Theroadlesstravelled said: I’m genuinely shocked when a Scottish team wins a game in Europe. Happened close to 10 times this year, I think. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted December 8, 2020 Author Share Posted December 8, 2020 High stakes on Thursday as I believe winning the game and, thus, winning the group nets us £1.5M. Not sure it necessarily makes it an easier draw for the Last 32 round as we could well face much better-fancied opponents whichever side of the draw we're in. I expect us to field a strong team, though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanFan Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 16 hours ago, The_Kincardine said: High stakes on Thursday as I believe winning the game and, thus, winning the group nets us £1.5M. Not sure it necessarily makes it an easier draw for the Last 32 round as we could well face much better-fancied opponents whichever side of the draw we're in. I expect us to field a strong team, though. The extra cash alone is why I think y'all should go for it and play your strongest 11. Hard to find another scenario where one game nets you that many pounds. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted December 9, 2020 Author Share Posted December 9, 2020 2 hours ago, AmericanFan said: The extra cash alone is why I think y'all should go for it and play your strongest 11. Hard to find another scenario where one game nets you that many pounds. Agreed - and we know Stevie G reads these threads so I expect him to follow our advice... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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