Comments on: What formation should Rangers play?

By: costablancabear

costablancabear — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:19:42 +0000

Also depends on what players we have on pitch – If we have Naismith and Novo with pace – they are good for the wide midfield and with Miller feeding Boyd – At the back Kirk is back soon for the R/B and again Whitty gives more options for the midfield wide areas – central midfield Mendes is a must – the man controls all in that engine room without getting the just rewards he should from fans – also sorry Thommo – Davis – I would take in Edu to play as a front man sweeping in fron t of the back 2 and also giving the wing-backs/full backs the chan ce to go up front – he then stays back and covers – whilst Edu is now up – with his lightning pace…..behind Mendes is Wilson and Bougherra with Papac L/B and Jordan until Kirk is fit at Right Back………….this is off the top of my head but Edu and Mendes are looking for the World Cup place – so they will be trying more than ever before……but we have to concentrate on every game is important……we have the players OK we looked like schoolboys on Wednesday – but it will come and we may find cash by Summer( hehe you never know) even so, we will win the SPL and Cup Double this year – so again we are Champiuons League next season – great insentive for the doubters that aren’t blue noses – YET – OK and may God be with you and all the Bears – We are the People and we shall not be moved !

By: Stuart_F

Stuart_F — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:14:56 +0000

We don’t have any midfielders who can play down the wings and if we go 4 across the middle we sometimes get outnumbered and out muscled. We need to play Boyd but he can’t play up front himself and score goals. I think we have to go back to one of Walters old favourites and play 5-3-2.
Naismith is the one player who has been performing this year and Miller doesn’t score enough so up front I’d go with Boyd and Naisy to rekindle their killie partnership. In midfield Mendes and Thomson would be in if it wasn’t for their injuries so I’d go with McCulloch in the holding role Davis right and Fleck left, where he can use hi energy get wide and interchange with Naisy.
Whits and Stevie Smith on the wingback positions and a central defense of Papac Weir and Wilson.
Gives us width, keeps us strong in the middle to dominate posession and gets Boyd some help in scoring the goals

By: Stephstar

Stephstar — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:11:07 +0000

hi guys great points why dont you join or log into the forum and give us your thoughts

http://dothebouncy.com/smf/index.php?topic=20259.0

By: jim

jim — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:42:16 +0000

a mcall,albertz,gio,arteta,durie,mcann,ian ferguson ,barry ferguson ,durrant ,guttuso, to name but a few , we were spoilt now weve got rothen and beasley

By: costablancabear

costablancabear — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:21:36 +0000

Jim totally agree and I was leaning towards the same as your pick but couldn’t nail down certain players in a position until I know who is fit. Like you say Mendes is back as is Edu so that is like 2 new players – Edu has a lot of promise and some fans don’t realise exactly how good Mendes is – here’s a clue he was playing for Portugal in a World Cup Qualifier a week or so back !
We seriously need to get a free kick and corner kick taker as mentioned but we don’t seem to score from this opportunities – I was watching clips of Laudrup and Gazza and De Boer the other day and you forget the high standards we are used to and should have.

By: jim

jim — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:38:34 +0000

we need a hard man in midfield and a fast winger who can beat a man and somebody who can take a free kick or even a corner [whens the last time we had a good goal from a set piece]

By: jim

jim — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:29:31 +0000

since mendes has been injured davis has the burden of being the only midfielder as thomson just isnt back to the player he is ,lafferty is a striker wee flecky playing left mid does the boy no justice naismith is not doing it. rothen is the slowest french player ive ever seen beasley would get blown over in a draft . if we dont get midfielders we will struggle . whity has no big game bottle like a rabbit caught in the headlights boughy played right back for his country id keep him there the diamond mid would work until mendes is back magregor ,sasa,weir,wilson,boughy right back ,mcculloch holding davis right mid thompson left wee fleck top of diamond miller boyd ,subs naismith novo lafferty and bring back edu mendes as quick as poss

By: costablancabear

costablancabear — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:46:12 +0000

sorry i never left the formation – well at the present moment I cannot really play the formation I would feel the team could benefit most from – with Bougherra – who is out the window as soon as a half decent bid comes in for his lack of respect from Walter picking him up from the gutters in Charlton – to high profile matches and a call up to his world cup squad -then he shoites in the mans, clubs and fans faces – adios
I would go with a 4 at the back – with no Whitty – Kirk or even Bougherra until Kirk is fit or Jordan Macmillan – so 4- Diamond 4 – 2 – the midfield right as Davis/Rothen/Beasley / with the sitter as McCulloch or Thomson and the left as Lafferty/Fleck/ Rothen with the atacking midfielder as Davis/ Fleck/Lafferty – and then up front Miller / Boyd – Lafferty/ Boyd etc.etc you get my jist !
Now after this weeks if’s and but’s we shall have clear Mendes and clear Kirk and clear Edu to pick when we can play numerous formats we want to on the day !

By: costablancabear

costablancabear — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:32:23 +0000

Until we can get the full back situation sorted we must go with a hard back 4 – two wide midfielders and 1 sitting and 1 attacking – also up front mix n match the two un til we get another connection that works !
When we get Kirk back and sort out the CD’s we can then work around the Davis and Kirk relationship they used to have on the right etc.etc – but also we are going to gain 2 on loan from Man Utd and 1 from the USA that are meant to be decent players – so again we will have Mendes and co. fit and these kids – it will be like 5 or 6 new players – yee-haaa LOL