Rangers banter 10

28 Oct 2026 23:15:45
Right back and centre mid the main issues for me today along with the fact we were outfought all over the park and Hearts seemed to be the ones on every second or loose ball in middle of the park.

I struggle to be too disheartened by the result tonight, I was happy to take a draw and fully expected Celtic to win, so to. be on same position we were and no 6 behind is a bonus

We really need some more options back fit up top, can see we are really struggling up top when we can't bully teams.

28 Oct 2026 23:52:11
Full team second to balls all night apart from Makanya , we just never got ball down to play football and when we did we looked like an amateur team at times with our control , good draw at end but that miss from Stirling was a killer.

28 Oct 2026 22:48:43
Think that we would be not too unhappy coming away from Tynecastle with a point with Celtic being held at home makes the result bad but remember that they have still to go there and bye the way thought that the referee was absolutely awful no wonder Nico was having words with him asking how the same type of fouls were treated differently 🤔.

28 Oct 2026 23:07:29
Scrambled, we've been away at Hearts, Dundee Utd, Celtic, Falkirk, Dundee, we'll be in this fight until the end, mate.

29 Oct 2026 00:54:56
And Aberdeen star. Some harder games but still need to win more than 3/6 away games if you want to be in it until the end. Weve got 2 more away games to play after cup game.

28 Oct 2026 22:43:12
Well, that was worse than atrocious tonight. I cannot believe the lack of enthusiasm shown by us tonight. I would drop Sterling, Fernandes and, Gassama, and play Rommens and Penrice as the two FB'sand start Bouanani.

28 Oct 2026 22:47:35
A lot of that was on DM for me.

29 Oct 2026 07:23:46
Sterling like the majority of our players had a poor game last night but has been terrific in general this season, so absolutely wouldn't be dropping him newirvger 🤔I would absolutely drop Fernandez and Gassama for saturday and bring in godfrey and bouanani from the start with minsu playing in his best/most natural left wing position 🤔I agree with Pieter Huistra and said the exact same on here after the game last night that McInnes started the wrong team for me and took far too long to react when we all could see we were getting outplayed/overrun in the midfield 🤔.

28 Oct 2026 22:10:02
Not having a dig at them but can anyone let me know what is seen in Kelly & Naderi?
For the money they cost they don't look too comfortable with the ball at their feet. They seem to bundle their way forward rather than looking natural.

Not being negative about them but would appreciate people's input to make me see them in a different light.

28 Oct 2026 22:31:07
I honestly don't think any of the forward line were the problem this evening.

Similar to the Dundee game, scoring 2 goals away from home should result in all 3 points.

Hearts targeted our right hand side, Fernandez and Sterling gifted them chance after chance.

On the few occasions Sterling or Fernandez came out on too, the second ball dropped to Hearts as Where's Wally was playing find Captain in the middle of the park.

We need to drop Sterling, Neil and Fernandez and go back to 433 - unless we're playing a bottom 6 side at home on a lovely sunny evening.

28 Oct 2026 22:42:50
I agree with Ehl.

28 Oct 2026 22:56:33
I wasn't just meaning tonight's game. I've thought this all season.
Naderi just seems unorthodox and I don't see great control from Kelsy but just looking for opinions from people with more football knowledge than me.

28 Oct 2026 22:58:53
100% on Neil & Fernandez. They have struggled every game when it turns into a battle. Sterling was poor tonight but wouldn't drop him he's been playing well mostly and nedelkovic would probably have struggled tonight as well.
Another game where attacking changes are made too late. It was clear all 2nd half something had to change.

28 Oct 2026 23:00:47
Fernandez is going to cost us points, some of his decisions are shocking. Take him out of the team and give Godfrey a run, he is experienced and will hopefully bring some calm to the team going to away grounds.

28 Oct 2026 23:04:08
EHL, atm the formation isn't the biggest issue it's the personnel and DM's reluctance to change things early. Fernandes has been poor for weeks and tonight was as bad a defensive performance you will see from a player. He should be dropped for the weekend.

Gassama should not have seen the 2nd half.

As for tactics, when we have the ball in defence he needs to bring the wingers back into midfield and give us some numbers in there. Naderi and Kelsy should be able to occupy a back 4 on their own.

When we play the wingers so high up the pitch, if we don't win the 1st or 2nd ball we surrender the midfield with 4 players in the wrong side of the ball. It was the same at the weekend! And we've not learned which is a bit worrying.

28 Oct 2026 23:18:09
Zikos, what Hearts did, they also had four forwards on the park, but they dropped deeper when required.

28 Oct 2026 23:20:44
Agree EHL. Godfrey, Kosta and Drago all in for me and as for Gassama, he would be getting a spell on the side lines as well. What disappointed me tonight was as individuals only one player performed, big makhanya, he looks like he strolls every game. It was a massive game and another chance to make a statement. We lost far to many individual battles and second balls.


The team actually looks like we are missing a captain someone who can step up when we need to dig in and rally everyone. Bitterly disappointed with the performance, happy we rescued a point.
Watching a McInnes team I'm still not confident we can go out a blow a team away and feel like we are still very fragile.

29 Oct 2026 05:40:48
So drop Sterling, Neill and Fernandez and go to a 433. So where is Naderi and Kelsy playing then if it's a 433 and none are dropped?

29 Oct 2026 07:27:23
We are wide open , far too easy to play against . Fernandez needs dropped , decision making and gets ball watching all the time , never seems to sense danger . Our captain seems not up for a physical battle , that's the last 2 away games he's been anonymous.

28 Oct 2026 22:05:24
You can look at Sterling or Fernandez being terrible but it's got much more to do with this formation. You cannot go into these games with two central midfielders And two lightweight wide players. (Gassama is too terrible.)

Rankin and Neil aren't an away from home two. We keep losing points away from home and it's the main reason. They need a third player in there.

I think the reason lies more in having limited attacking threat from fullbacks. Sorry, zero. He feels he needs wingers and it then leaves us so light in the middle.

Someone needs to put me in touch with McInnes so I can fix this for him before he completely blows the season.

28 Oct 2026 22:14:39
It was obvious we need a third player.

28 Oct 2026 22:24:34
Definitely needed another midfielder. Young Dragojevic must be sick watching that. He surely must offer more than was shown tonight. Can't believe I was roaring at the telly for McInnes to make changes. Why did he wait so long when it was clear whatever we were doing wasn't working? My wife was convinced I was going to have a heart attack 😞.

28 Oct 2026 22:26:42
Totally agree we need more strength in the middle, and I would be leaving out Neil for a few games anyway. However, we should remember that we have already played all the other top 6 teams away from home. I would have taken this position when the season started, given we weren't looking good at all pre season.

28 Oct 2026 22:26:49
Totally agree John 👍🇬🇧 Makhanya the only one above pass marks in the Rangers team for me tonight 🤔🇬🇧.

28 Oct 2026 22:00:42
Disappointing not to win, Sterling needs to score at the end but good to come back and get at least a point.

A draw away at Hearts isn't a terrible result, them dropping points at home is a worse result for them.

28 Oct 2026 22:06:48
Bee, the way the results have went tonight we can only be happy, lucky not losing that game.

28 Oct 2026 22:18:54
My Star for me derek McInnes got the starting 11 wrong tonight imo and should have seen early doors we were getting overrun in midfield 🤔.

28 Oct 2026 22:27:12
It was a plain as the noses on our faces, coops. Why did he wait so long ti make changes? Couldn't believe it, he just stood there, arms folded.

28 Oct 2026 22:46:52
Sws, We win 3 nil he got it right, mate, Gassama was very poor tonight, McInnes can't see that before the game, if he could he'd have Minsu left and Bouanani right, he's obviously went for Gassama pace.
Hearts also had 4 forwards and 2 central midfielders.
Our team were poor tonight, it certainly won't be the last time we drop points, Tynecastle is a very hard place to win, something 18 months undefeated, but Celtic will also drop many more points, hopefully we don't drop as many, fancy our chances of getting 7 points from our three games against them, Hearts can't be ruled out though, doubtful but you never know.

28 Oct 2026 21:42:07
Rangers have been rotten in this game. We need better in the middle of the park and Fernadez needs taken out the team.

28 Oct 2026 21:56:28
Neil anynomous again, Fernandez shocking intact all apart from makanya were piss poor.

28 Oct 2026 21:58:46
Totally overrun in middle off park, Gassama and minsu very very poor

Minsu sells the second.

28 Oct 2026 22:02:33
Can't believe he wasn't replaced at half-time. He's a liability. Was hoping for Godfrey to replace him.
Also we have no creativity. We rely so heavily on Minsu & Gassama. BouAnnani for me doesn't live up to his price tag.

Reminds me of Skov Olsen as in not wanting to run at a man. Too easy to keep him on his wrong foot because he allows defenders to get close to him.
I'd have liked to have seen Vanja on in the middle because he has more energy than Neil.

28 Oct 2026 22:04:20
I hope that's the last week see of 442, Fernandez, Sterling, Neil and triple subs on the 85th minute.

Apart from that, all is well.

28 Oct 2026 22:04:35
Yeah makanya only one with pass marks such a poor performance. Don't know if it's just not
Working in the middle of the park
Or it's Fernandez who slows the play down so much it allows the opposition team to get on top of us so easily.

How Sterling hasn't scored that at the end is beyond me. Usual from us Celtic slip up and we fail to capitalise.

28 Oct 2026 22:15:11
Hearts dominated us. With respect, we have a team littered with Internationals but we did not pass well or close down properly.
Think because we were being over-run it impacted our widemen.

28 Oct 2026 22:20:45
Gers, Celtic will drop many more points.

28 Oct 2026 22:22:54
I agree gersman, our midfield was well off it but McInnes should have seen the problem early doors and for me started the wrong team 🤔.

28 Oct 2026 22:33:08
My star hope you're right but so will we. Sir Walter I think he's always to slow to react in games when it's not working anyone could see this changes should've been made earlier.

28 Oct 2026 22:50:16
Gers, we'll beat them in our games.

28 Oct 2026 23:00:53
Last ten games 8 wins 2 draws, few easily wins, still very confident we will be right up there in May, because of rivals from the darkside ain't all that.