| Defence 19:37 - Aug 5 with 2674 views | dutch |
First half was the worst defensive performance I have ever seen in 55 years of following this mob. I honestly think that a centre back pairing of Gus Caesar and Zesh Rehman would have been better than those two. How can you be that bad at your job? Having said that, both fullbacks were diabolical, poor Kakay might have had the worst afternoon in a Rangers shirt that I've ever seen. Who do we blame? Is it the manager or the youth team coaches? Who should I be furious with? |  | | |  |
| Defence on 19:47 - Aug 5 with 2559 views | Paddyhoops |
Spot on . Paal was my big hope today. He was decent last season.
He got tore a new one today .. time and time again. Kakay is never a defender, not good enough never has been . Gubbins is leauge 2 at a push . Fox gets a pass as he’s obviously not match fit.
Begovich was outstanding. Good signing | | | |
| Defence on 19:49 - Aug 5 with 2527 views | Damo1962 |
All of them. What you saw today has been coming for quite a while. I'd say that without at least two, and preferably three defenders who can do their job...these defeats could get to be the norm. Having a midfield consisting of one half decent player doesn't help the defence either. Add in a non existent strike force, and you have achieved and accepted 24th in the Championship already. The only question is how few points we manage. People who know more about modern football may be able to offer you some answers to your question...I sadly can't. | | | |
| Defence on 19:49 - Aug 5 with 2526 views | Boston |
| Defence on 19:47 - Aug 5 by Paddyhoops |
Spot on . Paal was my big hope today. He was decent last season.
He got tore a new one today .. time and time again. Kakay is never a defender, not good enough never has been . Gubbins is leauge 2 at a push . Fox gets a pass as he’s obviously not match fit.
Begovich was outstanding. Good signing |
Begovich - Rangers MOTM. | |
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| Defence on 19:51 - Aug 5 with 2501 views | PhilmyRs |
Well, the Manager has come out with some rubbish about hindsight being a wonderful thing (I.e. not going in with an extra midfielder from the start) and that he addressed the problem at half time. Should never have come to that, pretty clear numbers in midfield were required and to stop them easily playing between the lines as they did all half and exposing our limited defence. That’s on the Manager and the setup of the Team. That said, feel for him in some ways as a lot more new faces will soon be in the side and that’s when we can truly judge. But to answer your question on the feebleness of the defence and the one to blame, I’d say it should be shared around but the Manager deserves the majority of blame for the heaviness of the defeat, if not the defeat itself which was inevitable really. | | | |
| Defence on 20:09 - Aug 5 with 2368 views | CamberleyR |
Ainsworth should surely have realised with that defenders he had at his disposal that he needed to give them maximum protection which meant playing five in midfield with a screen for the back four in front so a 4-1-4-1 or even playing five in defence with a sweeper. Playing a four in midfield with Andre the Friendly Ghost as one of the four as well in front of that defence was asking for it.
Stay tight and solid and say to Watford, try and break us down. Not rectifying that extra body in midfield until you are four down is unforgivable. What were Ainsworth and Dobson watching at 2-0 down to think that was working? |  |
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| Defence on 20:22 - Aug 5 with 2267 views | mart_Goblin |
| Defence on 20:09 - Aug 5 by CamberleyR |
Ainsworth should surely have realised with that defenders he had at his disposal that he needed to give them maximum protection which meant playing five in midfield with a screen for the back four in front so a 4-1-4-1 or even playing five in defence with a sweeper. Playing a four in midfield with Andre the Friendly Ghost as one of the four as well in front of that defence was asking for it.
Stay tight and solid and say to Watford, try and break us down. Not rectifying that extra body in midfield until you are four down is unforgivable. What were Ainsworth and Dobson watching at 2-0 down to think that was working? |
You are spot on with this.
Anybody with any sort of football brain would have protected the 2 centre backs .
Make no mistake, Gubbins was poor today.
But imagine waiting and waiting and waiting to make your competitive debut and then the club throws you in away at Watford in one of the worst runs of form and Confidence in its history with another CB who you don’t even know who has never played Right CB, with no protection in front ina team set to expose you completely.
He must be devastated tonight .
I played for QPR for 5 years and that fear of making my debut and letting everyone down hung over me every day .
You never know , this might be the making of him.
Or we’ve just killed his career before it begun [Post edited 5 Aug 2023 20:24]
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| Defence on 20:26 - Aug 5 with 2203 views | dutch |
He's 22, he's not a kid, so why did he play like a 12 year old? | | | |
| Defence on 20:55 - Aug 5 with 2042 views | CamberleyR |
I don't blame Gubbins too much, he's clearly out of his depth, although why he's still here having just turned 22 only having ever made 12 starts at National League level is hard to fathom.
Surely if you've reached 21 without having played any serious level of league football, even in L2, you're not going to make it in the second tier of professional football. | |
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| Defence on 21:15 - Aug 5 with 1947 views | mart_Goblin |
| Defence on 20:26 - Aug 5 by dutch |
He's 22, he's not a kid, so why did he play like a 12 year old? |
No one said he was a kid. You missed the point .
The club have held on to him and held on to him and if he was’nt good enough then he shouldn’t be kept all that time . Experience wise ..he is a kid .
It’s ridiculous that the club would not play him and not play him yet retain him thinking he is good enough …and throw him in to the most difficult of experiences.
And yes he was poor, but not too many of the goals were actually his fault we’re they (I could be wrong) | | | |
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