3 of them have been making waves in the Podcast game over the last few months.
They're very funny if you haven't listened to them, most of it is a laugh but they do talk about serious issues at times and last nights was quite serious, focusing firstly on Scotland and the lack of chances taken in games, forward passing, through balls, crossing and 1 on 1 situations.
Midfielders are too quick to pass the ball to the full backs and the centre halves to make their stats look good and they pinpointed McTominay in particular as someone who plays for stats, countless balls sideways and backwards and how he dupes you in with his ball retention and yeah I do agree he did dupe me on Monday night (however he did look for forward passes at times but our movement in front of him was shocking)
Ferry said he plays against a McTominay(he was being overly harsh on McTominay but I do agree in the main) every week in the lower leagues, big tall athletic boys who have no interest in trying to make things happen, they don't tackle, they don't shoot, they don't assist, they basically don't try and be Kevin De Bruyne who isn't afraid to look stupid by giving the ball away by trying to make things happen.
He said nowadays he'd want to be a full back or a centre half because they see more of the ball now than any in the team and I 100% agree with that, it really reminded me of us under Rodgers 2nd and 3rd seasons but its the same with mostly every team now in the European football except the good teams have players who can hurt you from any position.
So are we trying to hard to be a nation that we shouldn't be, should be just be happy to be different and play the old fashioned style of football that we're renowned for or maybe a bit like Celtic were a few weeks ago, try and play football but know when not to i.e. get the ball into space at the other end of the park and squeeze the game the other half as far away from trouble from your goal as possible.
I thought Clarke might be the one to take us back to that style but it seems to me that he maybe feels somewhat of a need to try and play this possession football that everyone seems to be playing now and we just aren't good enough to do it.
It's probably a point that's been made before but it was interesting to hear Ferry who still plays talk about how Tommy Burns (who was known for playing expansive football) go mental if players passed the ball back the way or turned down the chance to take a man on if they were one on one which seems to be the way these days.
The other serious point that was made was the easy ride Gerrard gets and if Lennon had lost that game a few weeks back in the same way Gerrard did he'd of been out on his bum in the papers the next day.
Sorry for boring you all on a Wednesday
Si Ferry, Paul Slane & Kevin Kyle
posted on 11/9/19
comment by Ed, Edd and Edouard (U12969)
posted 9 minutes ago
The youtube cup!!
Kent is the new hazard!!
Gers fans whank over Stevie G singing!!
Morelos better than Eddy!!
All released from the Sun/ Record since we won at Ibrox to make things seem wonderful at rangers.
Before that -
Davis compared to Ronaldo!!
Aribo just like Yaya!!
The big centre half is the new van dijk.!!
Just a constant stream of pash to appeal to the hard of thinking to make things look more even than they are
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Timmy started a new profile?
posted on 11/9/19
It's better that gerrard gets an easy ride. He's not exactly proving to be a good manager
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posted on 11/9/19
Yip Rangers fans lap up pundits saying Rangers would win 4-0
Only decent of them to give them a few positive stories since whoever predicted that was on magic mushrooms.
posted on 11/9/19
Cant mind the last time I bought a paper to be honest, see it getting shared on twitter all the time.
Just baffles me that these guys actually earn a living from writing schiedt like that
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posted on 11/9/19
comment by Ed, Edd and Edouard (U12969)
posted 20 minutes ago
Cant mind the last time I bought a paper to be honest, see it getting shared on twitter all the time.
Just baffles me that these guys actually earn a living from writing schiedt like that
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Probably because folk keep on reading and clicking on it, then some eejit rehashes it and posts it on here without context
As Lex said , the sooner these rags shuffle off the better
posted on 11/9/19
comment by I'm not as think as you drunk I am.......Schizophrenia was my idea!.....No it wasn't!.....You are never alone with a Schizo :D (U2115)
posted 50 minutes ago
comment by Ed, Edd and Edouard (U12969)
posted 20 minutes ago
Cant mind the last time I bought a paper to be honest, see it getting shared on twitter all the time.
Just baffles me that these guys actually earn a living from writing schiedt like that
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Probably because folk keep on reading and clicking on it, then some eejit rehashes it and posts it on here without context
As Lex said , the sooner these rags shuffle off the better
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No really without context though was it ya balloon, the OP was about Gerrard getting a free ride
posted on 11/9/19
Gerrard didn’t get an easy time, was rightly called out for his tactics and selection. He had an easy time till then as it was all good up to then. None of this desperate for players chat, needing big improvements etc you had on at Celtic.
Lennon has a squad that costs twice as much, and Celtic are obviously the team to beat. Or are they trying to say Gerrard should be judged to the same standard as Lennon? Till the old firm we’d surpassed expectations in Europe, the opposite for Celtic.
We’ve also just had Kent called a panic signing fs, as if we weren’t trying to sign him all summer. Can’t stand Sportcene these days nothing insightful between them.
Heard the Athletic is a quality read so tempted to subscribe to that
posted on 12/9/19
Are Celtic fans really getting their nick nacks in a twist because Gerrard hasn't been slated enough in the press after the OF game?
You are all being more than a bit selective about IMO.
There was universal agreement across all the media that Gerrard got it badly wrong against Celtic and that Lennon got it spot on.
What more do you want? Are there not enough hysterical Rangers fans on the phone ins calling for SGs head like we had with Lennon? You want front page headlines with Gerrards head replaced by a turnip?
Seriously - I am not sure what you really expect to happen. Rangers have had a strong start to the season - we have qualified for the EL again and went into the Celtic game with a 100% league record - a significant improvement on last year.
And because everyone had a bad day in the first OF game you all want SG hung out to dry? Maybe we are just showing a sense of perspective?
In the past week we have had plenty of stories criticising Rangers.
'Kent is a panic buy'
'Rangers are now 1 defeat away from a crisis'
'Gerrard must stop throwing his players under the bus'
'Rangers EL ticket prices amongst the most expensive in Europe'
etc etc.
How exactly are these all feel good Rangers stories to appease the tubby slavering masses?
So is the suggestion that despite all of this - because there were some positive reports around the fact we brought the PFA young player of the year back making him our second most expensive signing ever or because someone is singing the praises of a Rangers player who scored four minutes into his international debut then Scottish media is pyoor at it?
As a great man somewhere once said 'whit a pyoor riddy'.