[Trusevich]

Like I said before my first ever game North of the border. What can I say?

I'm still trying to work out if Rangers were poor or Queen of the South were good. Now I know this is the second division of Scotish football but for some reason I was expecting Rangers to be better than what I saw, maybe it was just the nerves kicking in but time and again I saw misplaced passes that put Rangers under pressure when they simply didn't need the pass. It's safe to say I wasn't impressed.

Rangers were poor and QotS were quite good. QotS have a fair reputation for passing football, and they aren't scared of possession. Their style is one to be envied, copied and developed further.

Rangers, as you say underperformed, much as we have been doing for the last two seasons. The disastrous plan of packing the team with former players and letting them dictate the style of play has been McCoist's undoing, and remnants of that ethos still exist. That along with the obvious deficiencies in our team - a woeful lack of pace in midfield and defence and a chronic lack of confidence in both themselves and each other - has been at the core of all our poor performances in recent times. I thought - well, we nearly all thought - that McCall coming in would address these glaring deficiencies, but it seems while he's plugging the leaks in one area, he's letting water in somewhere else. The team desperately needs a clear out, and rebuilt with a fresh perspective.

Although fairly dominate in the first half a combination of trying to walk the ball in and taking a pass or touch too many was Rangers downfall and the QofS keeper had very little to test him and what did was mainly at him, likewise the only thing the Rangers keeper had to do was pick the ball out of the back of the net after Rangers backed off too much and allowed QofS to just stroll forward unchallenged.
Second half better from Rangers, and were it not for the QofS keeper it could've been 3 or 4, a couple of decent saves and one that just struck him as the header seemed destined for the back of the net but still they made hard work of it. Initially I thought the equaliser was offside but on the replay it seems to show he was level. After that It was going ho from both teams especially in the last 10minutes, Rangers were defending deeper and deeper and having to defend corner after corner, one that was headed off the line(good last ditch defending) but they had chances to kill the game off. 3minutes of added time and for some reason RFC are still trying to score instead of running the ball into the corner and kill time...they have to learn to kill the game rather than getting carried away by the crowd.

A fair summary, Wakey.

I was baffled by the substitutions McCall made, throwing defenders on and sitting back inviting trouble onto an already shaky defence, although the deep defensive line wasn't part of the plan going by McCall's actions on the touchline.

Mohsni's 'horse-has-bolted' burst up the pitch was destined to end with either a stunning goal, a comedic tumble over his own galloping hooves, or a tame shot at goal. The idea of retaining possession clearly never entered his stampeding mind. As a comedy aside, he's a wonderful horse. As a footballer though, he's become a pantomime donkey.

Anyway, cheers for your summary WakeyTerrier, and I hope you enjoyed the whole Ibrox experience.

[Amelia Chaffinch]

You've been to a friendly in Scotland, Wakey!

[WakeyTerrier]

You've been to a friendly in Scotland, Wakey!

True but the Hibs game was only a friendly

[El Car]

I think McCall's plan was to switch to 3-5-2 and control the midfield, but we kept giving the ball away cheaply so our whole midfield spent most of its time chasing back to pick up runners. I really don't get the logic in Cammy Bell repeatedly punting the ball up to their keeper and inviting them to have another go at us.

To be fair to Mohsni, he didn't get much wrong when he came on. Given the options when he charged forward I'd have much rather see him have a go from 30 yards than try to keep possession himself. Free kick near the end wasn't really his fault either when the attacker ran into him deliberately.

[Trusevich]

I'm beginning to share your opinion of Bell. Another to add to the 'Not Good Enough' pile.

When we look at the squad, there's none of them that would have been good enough for Rangers in the past except for Wallace.

[Fredstersafool]

Wallace wouldn't have got a game in those sides Trus

[Trusevich]

Yeah, except he did.

[Fredstersafool]

I was meaning yer really good sides when yer left backs were Robertson,Numan and Van Bronkhorst and ye were winning 9 in a row he'd have never gotten a sniff,He came to yous when ye were on the way down and the calibre of Rangers player was 60% short of what ye were used to,so to say he did is clutching at straws Trus,I have always thought him a good player but nowhere near good enough for those teams.

[TheWorthinGer]

There's not a player in Scotland would have got in any of our 9iar sides.

[Fredstersafool]

Agreed Worthing.

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Infact since then is there any players since then would have made those sides??