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Since Alexander and Kettlewell? Or our wins at Ibrox under Wimmer and JBA? I don't know what team you have been watching, but if you haven't seen a fundamental change in the past 18 months, it's certainly not us you've been looking at. Even if you were being very generous to us by saying we were on a par with Rangers despite their massive investment compared to ours, losing 1 - 0 on their patch doesn't seem to be unlikely any more than us beating them 1 - 0 at Fir Park would be.

I think a lot of the disappointment also shows how far we have progressed in past 18 months. Any trip to ibrox always filled me with dread but we have win 3 times there in past 18 months and we don't go to park the bus. We didnt play well yesterday but all teams have off days. I am still very upbeat about this season and strength of bench shows you that competition for places is fierce. You don't perform and you are on bench next game

Not sure I would describe the gap as massive between us and bang average European sides. Might just be a case of plays well enough on the day. Yesterday we didn’t play well enough but I’ll be looking for us to play much better in the return fixture at Fir Park.

Conceding the way we did was obviously a huge red neck, and the efforts we had in their box were underwhelming, combine that with the hysteria before the game and you get embarrassed disappointment, don't think the ref was bad or good either, we have the look to be better than last year once we hit stride.

I think the disappointment comes largely from the realisation that in the grand scheme of things nothing has fundamentally changed. Rangers have been abject failures in Europe this season They have had several attempts at qualifying for the group stage in European competition against really average European sides and have fallen short every time. We on the other hand won in two ties and lost to a very good German side. It is natural to think that there may have been a shift in momentum, that our gains of the last year have significantly closed the gap to Rangers in particular. To see a display and result like yesterday that mirrors so many Ibrox performances of the past is a real kick in the teeth and a significant reality check. The harsh reality is that these bang average European sides that we have never heard of are still significantly better than us and the gap in quality is still massive. This is not to criticise the progress our club has made in the last year. It simply highlights the enormity of the task to transform our small club into a European standard team than can consistently perform against clubs with bigger resources than our own. I think yesterday brought us all down to earth with a bit of a thump. I hope it does not completely derail the early season positivity.

The bad news from this game is that we just weren't at it yesterday. The better news is that even under those circumstances, we only conceded one self-inflicted goal. Also, while Paulsen was obviously at fault, the pass back was also a little under hit which meant he wasn't quite as set as he should have been. So he only takes 90% of the blame from me.

Cheers Spike ! 🤣🤣

Again, with expectations…… AJ will not fix everything in the next 10 days !!!

Definitely more "Ted" from Hi-De-HI, than Dick Emery, or John Inman .

Oooooo you are awful.........but I like you Now shut that door! 🤪🤪

Exactly well said the camp comedian 👏

Excellent post. Most on here talking sense ( unlike Facebook....jeez!!!) Considering we had 6 European games and this is our first league defeat in 5 its been an encouraging start. Also remember AJ has 11 new players and a horrendous injury list to deal with and hardly any proper training sessions. We now have a 10 day break to work on training ground and then start to establish what best line up is but loads of options off bench. RCC and Sparrow main fall guys yesterday. I've never been fully impressed with RCC but still very important part of squad. Sparrow unlucky as had to fill in a position which isn't his main one but with plauers coming back he can play further forward. Said has went off boil a bit but we know will bounce back and JT just needs to knuckle down and work away. I would really like to see Longelo and Williams on left side, they could interchange and that would be huge asset. Final point is remember where we were 18 months ago. The phrase "night and day" springs to mind. COYW

I must admit I was disappointed with yesterday result, but I have to put it in context of where we are just now with effectively a new manager and a new team, having as others have said travelled across Europe, been put out by the team sitting 2nd in the German top tier who sold 3 players for £120m to our 3 players for £9m, started the SPL with just 1 defeat more points than last season at this point and to a team admittedly not playing well, but having spent well over £30m in transfer fees and at home in front of the knuckle dragger fans. We have to remember that the season in long and we have started well, we have 10 days now for injuries to ease, players to re charge and AJ finally a chance to bed in his ideas and come back with a fresh impetus. I agree JT is no No9, Thor cannot be judged on 25 minutes of football after an injury, I think with AJ style he could flourish in the middle with Palmer and Tom Sparrow gives his all wherever he’s asked to play, yes JK is my preferred RB but he’s injured…again, and it’s a fact fir me we miss Oscars energy in midfield although Hodge n Lowry have been good, so on overview we have for our wonderful wee team a great squad of talent that I’m sure we will mostly agree is the best for decades that I feel will do well this year. We could be like Killie with McCann at the helm shipping goals for fun but no, we score more goals in our first 4 games than we have since the 1920’s. We need to be calm and be realistic with expectations, AJ and the team will do well this year just give them a chance, we ain’t going to win the league it looks like the horrid Selic will, but let’s win our own league within the league. Let’s see what a break does for the team and hopefully come back n pump Robbo’s sheep!

Yup, part of the paw paw and prickly pear family 🤪

Is an adequate not an exotic fruit?😂

I didnt think they carved us open with good plsy, we looked knackered in 2nd half, that's a bang average team Rangers have , as results in Europe have shown.

I think this squad is about where last years squad was at the League Cup semi final. They have done a lot of good things. They have made a few mistakes and are struglling with the balance between possession based football and attack. If we ignore set pieces (which ironically we dealt with much better yesterday) we are giving up the majority of chances on the transition. Its something Jens took a bit of time to get on top of before we went on that insane run of clean sheets. Hoping the next 10 days on the training ground will allow Alfred to work on our rotations and allow us to firm up at the back.

You're 100% correct and as we saw yesterday and against st mirren teams have recognised that and are exploiting it. He's been given a torrid time in both games. Surely JGR is the better option at right back with either SOD or JKL partnering Moormann in the middle.

When fit he’s very good - last season he was superb (when fit) i think he’s played something like 30 games since 2024 so he must have missed c50% of games . from what I can see that’s a similar trend throughout his career . that for me is the rub of it - we need someone who we can rely on .

I agree that the Society doesn't run the club, but it does own the club on behalf of the members i.e. the fans. I don't think folk on here, including myself, want it to get involved with mundane issues like the cost of a bovril or the plumbing in the POD. However, I'd say that a study into the pros and cons of replacing the POD versus moving to a new stadium is of great interest and a summary of the findings should be made public. Now, we don't need to know detailed costings or a line by line account. All we need to know is the conclusions with some basic reasoning behind it. The report was received back in February, about 7 months ago. Surely the Club Board and the Society have got a good grasp of what its recommending and why? If that isn't a major strategic issue then I don't know what is. Finally, the POD seating. There is widespread concern amongst inhabitants of the stand about the seating and Brian Caldwell, under pressure directly from fans, was forced to issue a statement. That was helpful up to a point. However, the Society, as representative of the fans, has, ostensibly, taken no part in the issue apart from passively passing on complaints. We have no idea, despite asking, if the Society has even discussed member concerns, let alone expressed them to Brian. The Society has been great for the club and lets not forget it has saved it and I'm a firm supporter, but it isn't above criticism.

Can’t believe you are suggesting a guy who broke his wrist putting on a polo shirt is made of glass…. You should hang your head 🤣 I do get your point, I just like Koutroumbas, any time he played last season…. And his cameo this season, I felt he did well.

Overall, we are doing not too badly in the league despite our hectic early season schedule. We didn't win all 5 games so far, so there is scope for limited and positive criticism. There's nothing wrong in airing concerns, so long as its kept within reason. Falkirk also carved us open a few times and I'm sure AJ will be examining this, along with other deficiencies. Yes, some players did look like they were rabbits caught in the headlights yesterday and AJ will likely know why. Maybe they were overly nervous playing in front of a huge crowd in a strange new stadium; maybe they were mentally exhausted from our Euro campaign; maybe they were carrying injuries. For whatever reason, their mentality was in doubt. The next 10 days will allow them to recover and for AJ to get them on the training ground. Robsterwood commented on 3 players, with some justification. I think RCC is talented but perhaps his time at Dingwall was an outlier. I was pleased when we signed him but he's been an exaggerated version of Stuart Elliot, and just hasn't shown enough. Tom Sparrow, I feel sorry for. He's helped out at RB, a position he's not suited to, in an emergency and probably carrying an injury. He's an out and out midfielder end of. So we can't really judge him so far. Thor? Suffered from an injury and he hasn't been given a straight run of games. I'd like to see him get more gametime before we judge him.

I don't think expecting a result yesterday was entirely hype. We were up against a Rangers team who have had a mediocre start to the season and by all accounts have been rotten in every game they've played. That plus we've become accustomed to beating McInnes teams sometimes fairly easily in the past. Their form was always going to improve and we were on the end of it yesterday. Beat but we move on.

we didn’t look like a team who believed we could win but also worth noting this was a much better Rangers team than we’ve seen . overall we have a really strong squad , better than we’ve seen in many a year. RCC and Sparrow are good players and add value - but perhaps neither played in their natural position. I agree SOD could have come on yesterday , as could Jamie KL or even Williams and play at right back . re koutroimbis - aka mr glass . He’s missed far too much time in his time at FP. We need a perm solution in RB.

Cmon now. We have just finished a two month run of two games a week traveling all over Europe. In the process playing some outstanding football. Nearly a with a new team and new manager. Lost once in the league yesterday to a team with a massive budget and away from home . The team is knackerd Your concerrened ? Good grief some people are hard to please.😂 The team is doing exceptionally well and the way we are playing is so enjoyable it's unreal. We have signed well and sold well . Full houses at Fir Park, Enjoy it while it's happening .