Nile Ranger

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Is Tino still knocking about ?

Mind fkn hell would he be the best influence on Nile

 

 

Could imagine that working out, actually. Ranger would be shown he's mediocre as fuck off the pitch in comparison, so he might start focusing on his football.

[TaylorJ_01]

As usual folk are being too harsh on him. He was no worse than anyone else on the field and made himself available. Give him a few starts and he'll bang in his first goal.

[Tachikoma]

He couldn't even hold the ball up.

 

If he can't hold the ball up shouldn't the team try to play to his strengths instead of his weaknesses?  Asking him to hold the ball up whilst holding off experienced Premiership defenders most of whom will be much stronger & more experienced than him is an exercise in futility.  But that's not his fault, that's how he's being played and he's totally unsuited to the role.

 

Why not try playing to his strengths instead?  Let him stay on the shoulder of the defenders & play balls in behind so he can use his pace to beat defenders instead of hoping that he can play in the same way as much more experienced players like Shola.

 

To be fair he looked a lot better when he concentrated on holding up the ball and getting other players involved, as opposed to trying to do everything himself. It wasn't that long ago when people criticised him for being too unselfish.

[Guest Heneage]

He couldn't even hold the ball up.

 

What has that got to do with what I posted?  The service to the forwards was s****.

The ball was played into him and he couldn't hold it up, to purely blame the service is being ignorant to the fact he can't do what he's supposed to be good at.

[The Prophet]

We've seen Ranger isn't much better when he is getting service, ala West Ham.

[Skirge]

As usual folk are being too harsh on him. He was no worse than anyone else on the field and made himself available. Give him a few starts and he'll bang in his first goal.

[Guest Tdeans]

The funny thing is Ranger is a LOT better than Carroll was at his age, after all Carroll iirc couldn't even run with a ball and 19 AND he had for a season to play. Ranger is fast, strong and tbh VERY unlucky not to have scored. I'd take him over Lovenkrands and Best any day.

[Punk77]

Ranger is fast, strong and tbh VERY unlucky not to have scored. I'd take him over Lovenkrands and Best any day.

 

Got to disagree with you. Ranger is first and foremost an impact-player. He got a physical awareness that scares the opponent. But he got few other abilities to the games right now. The game against Fulham showed that he got a lot to learn, especially when it comes to making the right choices on the pitch. He made the wrong initiatives and only taking runs when the ball was passed in his direction. He got no technique (yet) and his finishing skills are just horrendous. Lovenkrants on the other hand is very good in beating the offside trap. He will have a clean breakthrough during the game. The problem is that our midfield is not able to play on this particular strength of his. He never or seldom gets any breakthrough ball. I've seen some good runs from his side that would have taken him straight to  the goal, but the pass never arrives.  However, Loven needs to play in a 4-4-2 system, preferably with Sholadinhio, but he's now injured.  Best on the other hand got technique, but he obviously suffers from some mental problem: His body is on the pitch, but not his mind, his not focused enough, which I think has hindered his development.

 

However, I agree that Ranger got potential. But he needs to play day in and out on a lower level to hone is skills. Carroll was rubbish before he got one whole season in Wankership, and this is also the solution for Ranger. We have no attacker with possession skills to play with Loven in 4-4-2, and when Ben Arfa, Gosling and Ireland is back, we have no attacker to play in a 4-5-1 role, because that formation also requires an attacker that is able keeping the ball so the rest of the midfield (and Nolan in particular) can move upwards. In other words, we to strike gold on the free transfer market asap

 

 

[Guest Tdeans]

Ranger is fast, strong and tbh VERY unlucky not to have scored. I'd take him over Lovenkrands and Best any day.

 

Got to disagree with you. Ranger is first and foremost an impact-player. He got a physical awareness that scares the opponent. But he got few other abilities to the games right now. The game against Fulham showed that he got a lot to learn, especially when it comes to making the right choices on the pitch. He made the wrong initiatives and only taking runs when the ball was passed in his direction. He got no technique (yet) and his finishing skills are just horrendous. Lovenkrants on the other hand is very good in beating the offside trap. He will have a clean breakthrough during the game. The problem is that our midfield is not able to play on this particular strength of his. He never or seldom gets any breakthrough ball. I've seen some good runs from his side that would have taken him straight to  the goal, but the pass never arrives.  However, Loven needs to play in a 4-4-2 system, preferably with Sholadinhio, but he's now injured.  Best on the other hand got technique, but he obviously suffers from some mental problem: His body is on the pitch, but not his mind, his not focused enough, which I think has hindered his development.

 

However, I agree that Ranger got potential. But he needs to play day in and out on a lower level to hone is skills. Carroll was rubbish before he got one whole season in Wankership, and this is also the solution for Ranger. The conclusion is that we do not attackers. We have no attacker with possession skills to play with Loven in 4-4-2, and when Ben Arfa, Gosling and Ireland is back, we have no attacker to play in a 4-5-1 role, because that formation also requires an attacker that is able keeping the ball so the rest of the midfield (and Nolan in particular) can move upwards. In other words, we to strike gold on the free transfer marked asap

 

 

 

I do agree with you about the loan bit, but seriously Lovenkrands??? He is crap,really crap and has no impact on the game what so ever when he comes on unlike Ranger who you've gotta say does. Fulham have a very good defense and you can't blame him for struggling against a defense the likes of Van Der Vaart struggle against. At this stage I would say we need an impact player like Ranger, at least to keep teams on their toes so that the Likes of Ireland and Ben Arfa can go about their thing and grab a goal or two. I think that he could be vital in a lot of 1-0 wins against weak defences and to be honest at this stage in the season we need any points we can.

[TRon]

Harsh to judge Ranger against the Fulham defence, I was there when Fulham played us at home and Carroll didn't get much change out of them either, and they were a lot weaker then.

[Punk77]

Harsh to judge Ranger against the Fulham defence, I was there when Fulham played us at home and Carroll didn't get much change out of them either, and they were a lot weaker then.

 

Valid point, but I think both attackers should have had much more movement. To dismantle a good defense, you must have move continually. But Best and Ranger seemed uninterested in that department. Because the attackers did not move, they created no room for the midfield and the midfield had few passing alternatives because Best and Rangers did not create space between themselves and the defense. Both did not move at all unless the ball was heading towards their direction. An attacker must make a run, regardless, because when he moves, he stretches the defense and makes room for others. And that requires football intelligence, which Best and Ranger do not have, for now.

[Mick]

The ball was played into him and he couldn't hold it up, to purely blame the service is being ignorant to the fact he can't do what he's supposed to be good at.

 

He had the ball in the box 4 times and had our best shot when he had no right to have even bothered the keeper because he had two defenders between him and the keeper.  It was the only time that he was in a position to get a shot in on goal.  Most of the time he was given the ball was in ineffective areas of the pitch because the midfield rarely supported the forwards.  Ranger was given the ball once when facing goal and that was when he managed to trouble the keeper.

 

If our forwards are going to have a chance then they need to be given something to work with and that means giving them something close to the box to run on to. 

[Guest Recoba]

I dont think Ranger will start tomorrow, can see Best up front with Nolan off him.  Guthrie and Tiote also in a five man midfield.

 

I like Ranger off the bench, his physical attributes make him a useful impact player.

[Guest BlacknWhiteArmy]

I dont think Ranger will start tomorrow, can see Best up front with Nolan off him.  Guthrie and Tiote also in a five man midfield.

 

I like Ranger off the bench, his physical attributes make him a useful impact player.

 

Pretty much what I expect.

[relámpago blanco]

Best Ive seen from ranger was start of last season when he played up front on his own for a few games.

[TRon]

I dont think Ranger will start tomorrow, can see Best up front with Nolan off him.  Guthrie and Tiote also in a five man midfield.

 

I like Ranger off the bench, his physical attributes make him a useful impact player.

 

The problem with having a five man midfield is which midfielder out of that lot will actually get beyond Best to score? Nolan's goals come mainly from set pieces where Shola/Carroll cause havoc and he picks up the pieces. Unless we are going for a 0-0 draw I would use Lovenkrands alongside Best and stick with 4-4-2.

 

 

 

[Guest]

I dont think Ranger will start tomorrow, can see Best up front with Nolan off him.  Guthrie and Tiote also in a five man midfield.

 

I like Ranger off the bench, his physical attributes make him a useful impact player.

 

I'd probably go with that anyway tbh.

[Disco]

Brilliant when he came on today.

[Pilko]

He changes games when introduced at the right time

[Taylor Swift]

Has to start.

[Dr.Spaceman]

NR9

[cubaricho]

I like when he's brought on just as the crowd comes to a nice boil, he's really affective that way because the crowd love him and I think his confidence goes through the roof when he hears it rockin'.

[YankeeToon]

Has to start.

 

Better as an impact sub IMO.

[Guest dover]

Definate impact on the game, improving every game, first time he scores I think we will see how good a player he really is

[johnnypd]

Has to start.

 

Better as an impact sub IMO.

 

agreed. was excellent today, and has been a real impact off the bench in other matches, but he's not performed when started.

 

however ranger and best seem to be close friends  and i think they could build up a good understanding pretty quickly. might be something to consider.