A good turn out from Rangers fans being just after Xmas. A fair few fans I didn't recognise. There was a massive group of Norwegians and Japanese at the game. The mob of Japanese behind me were singing all the songs and spent most of the game giving it to the Swansea in their own language which was rather bizarre.
Stewarding was over the top and very different to Cardiff last season where I thought it was excellent. Common sense is lacking in Swansea. The home side really get behind the team and you can see why many teams will struggle to get points there.
Their goal as we all saw was handball. My instinct was that Fitz Hall should have cleared his lines and when I saw it on the replay at half time that seemed to be the case. Swansea had a fair bit of possession throughout the game but never seemed to do anything probing. The 2nd half was mainly Rangers and we deserved our equaliser. Mackie scored, but bar that there was nothing else that he did during the game. He is very much one of Warnock's favourites.
My feeling coming out of the game was one of frustration again with Warnock. It was good to get a point after going a goal down, but once we got our equaliser I wish Warnock was a little braver with his subs. Someone like SWP or Bothroyd playing against Swansea could have got a winner and us the 3 points. Swansea were there for the taking. It was bizarre to play the whole game without any subs.
Tarabat was buzzing and was my man of the match. We have lacked so much creativity lately and having him back in the side saw us moving the ball quickly and looking threatening.
We still have to find another 7 wins to see us stay up. This is achievable, but it requires the manager to do the right things at the right times. Too much lately Warnock has made decisions which I struggle to understand.
Once again we saw with his team selection that different players get treated differently. I could understand Gabbidon and Connolly being dropped from the last game. But somehow someone like Barton who has been far worse lately doesn't. He is just moved to a different position so he can play. I am all for Warnock changing the team if players are out of form, but it has to be the same for everyone. Mackie is another example. He has scored 2 in 2 now, but apart from that he has done nothing in the games.
We have had favouritism under previous managers like Holloway and that has been part of their downfalls. Warnock will need to be careful as he could lose the players and ultimately the fans. The jury is still out at the moment on him if he has the tactical nous to survive in the Prem. I am on the fence with this one at the moment.
Stewarding was over the top and very different to Cardiff last season where I thought it was excellent. Common sense is lacking in Swansea. The home side really get behind the team and you can see why many teams will struggle to get points there.
Their goal as we all saw was handball. My instinct was that Fitz Hall should have cleared his lines and when I saw it on the replay at half time that seemed to be the case. Swansea had a fair bit of possession throughout the game but never seemed to do anything probing. The 2nd half was mainly Rangers and we deserved our equaliser. Mackie scored, but bar that there was nothing else that he did during the game. He is very much one of Warnock's favourites.
My feeling coming out of the game was one of frustration again with Warnock. It was good to get a point after going a goal down, but once we got our equaliser I wish Warnock was a little braver with his subs. Someone like SWP or Bothroyd playing against Swansea could have got a winner and us the 3 points. Swansea were there for the taking. It was bizarre to play the whole game without any subs.
Tarabat was buzzing and was my man of the match. We have lacked so much creativity lately and having him back in the side saw us moving the ball quickly and looking threatening.
We still have to find another 7 wins to see us stay up. This is achievable, but it requires the manager to do the right things at the right times. Too much lately Warnock has made decisions which I struggle to understand.
Once again we saw with his team selection that different players get treated differently. I could understand Gabbidon and Connolly being dropped from the last game. But somehow someone like Barton who has been far worse lately doesn't. He is just moved to a different position so he can play. I am all for Warnock changing the team if players are out of form, but it has to be the same for everyone. Mackie is another example. He has scored 2 in 2 now, but apart from that he has done nothing in the games.
We have had favouritism under previous managers like Holloway and that has been part of their downfalls. Warnock will need to be careful as he could lose the players and ultimately the fans. The jury is still out at the moment on him if he has the tactical nous to survive in the Prem. I am on the fence with this one at the moment.
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