Bit out of the loop here - that's Friday Night games for you.
Happy with the win against St Mirren, well deserved it was too. Full-backs playing a stormer and Walsh and McKay both doing really well. Waghorn has great movement and instinctively switches play really well. Holt was great on the ball, setting up Wallace's second goal with a perfect slide-rule pass. Overall, lots of things to be positive about.
Negatives though - chance conversion rate isn't good enough. That's why I suspect a new striker will be procured soon, and slack play in defensive midfield by Halliday allowing his man to run off him to score St Mirren's goal. Kiernan didn't recognise the threat quick enough either it has to be said.
Lots being said about Foderingham's lack of composure with the ball at his feet - I don't buy into that though. Far too often the back pass to him was to his wrong foot - or when he was already being closed down - and until our defenders sort that out he'll struggle.
Interesting stat there from a new stats site called
www.therangersreport.com -
http://www.therangersreport.com Wrote:Outside of one howler, this was a brilliant example of Foderingam beginning possession from the back & then his teammates either carrying the ball into the offensive half or sending precise passes from the back into attack. Foderingham went short with his distribution 74% of the time & Rangers turned that into possession in St. Mirren’s half 88% of the time. Ridgers relied on a long ball 100% of the time & Rangers were able to gain control of the ball 74% of the time.
Seems there's undeniable evidence to support the 'keeper playing out from the back. Y'know, like most modern football teams do?
Seriously, Warburton is bringing an absolutely wonderful breath of fresh air to our club.
