Sands tonight

[goldson bollocks]

I thought he had a cracking game tonight, but in a few group chats half saying he was great and the other half saying he was poor, so thought I'd ask for opinions on here, no doubt it'll be 50/50 going by what folk have been saying already.

 

[Mols9]

The group chats probably sum it up. He was excellent in a lot of what he done but gave away at least 3 sloppy passes which could have cost us.

 

[Ranger]

I quite like him, but he had a couple of potentially catastrophic passes tonight.

 

[Iloverangers87]

I said when he went off I thought he was excellent. Couple of shakey moments giving the ball away, but had a couple of incredible last minute challenges.

 

[Valley Bluenose]

Was a weird performance. For much of the match I thought he did really well, but he had a couple of real howlers. Thought he was going off, not when the Referee f*cked it up but when he lunged into a tackle not long after being booked for the same thing earlier.

Strange performance from him. I like him but he was very erratic tonight. Real mix of good and awful.

 

[Clubdeckg]

Don't think his future is at centre half

 

[Sir Know it All]

Not sold on him at all.

His pass in the first half was absolute nonsense

 

[MilngavieLoyal]

Thought overall he played well covering from mistakes others beside him and in front of him were making.

Gave me the fear when he was diving into tackles when he was on a booking.

7/10

 

[RFC56]

Thought he was good at times then really sloppy at other points. Plus he was diving into some dangerous tackles on a yeallow. Purely because I feel more comfortable having a left footer and lcb, I’d be bringing Davies in to play next to Goldson. Also thought Davies came on and looked quite assured.

 

[TerrySilverLoyal]

JM almost crucified him with that pass

 

[colourofsnow]

Passing was very poor at times although in fairness he wasn't the only one guilty of that.

 

[scooter70]

Pretty slack at times and rash at others, his partner at the back wasn’t any better to be fair

 

[club175]

Some really good but against better teams his mistakes would have been costly. Goldson was similar in that

 

[goldson bollocks]

The group chats probably sum it up. He was excellent in a lot of what he done but gave away at least 3 sloppy passes which could have cost us.

Aye, that's the general consensus, couple of sloppy passes, but strong in the tackle and timing, if he can cut out that side of the game, then hopefully can do a job for us.

 

[Glasgow Rangers (Sco)]

I like him

That said, he gave me the shits 3 times tonight

 

[Coisty09]

He gave away the ball in dangerous positions far too often for my heart’s liking.

 

[Fergie90]

The group chats probably sum it up. He was excellent in a lot of what he done but gave away at least 3 sloppy passes which could have cost us.

He saved us more than he cost us.

End of story imo.

His last ditch tackles were huge in us progressing.

 

[Baconshepherd]

His poor passes were bookended by poor passes from others. Seem some want any excuse to dislike him.

 

[Camy]

I thought he had a great game but first couple of comments rightly called out some missed placed passes - i think some of his colleagues played more poor passes than him

 

[Realger34]

I thought he struggled tonight, it’s strange how we see the game differently.

Few really bad passes.

 

[Bluetou]

Both him and Goldson gave the ball away a few times under no pressure, he's not a centre half.

 

[Born a Barras Hick]

By no means the worst of our back 4. All of them were sloppy at times but Sands compensated for his howlers with some goal saving tackles.

 

[Donsky]

I thought he did better than Goodson tonight

 

[Punpun]

Wasn't comfortable with the ball tonight, but his tackling was outstanding

 

[Daviedoy]

Sands has a great game today , 3 rangers players put him in awkward positions to be sent off mind you .

 

[CumbrianBear]

Was a weird performance. For much of the match I thought he did really well, but he had a couple of real howlers. Thought he was going off, not when the Referee f*cked it up but when he lunged into a tackle not long after being booked for the same thing earlier.

Strange performance from him. I like him but he was very erratic tonight. Real mix of good and awful.

Both lunges were as result of mistakes by others. The 2nd which I think was due to a poor pass from Tav was a perfect tackle. Takes some balls to make such a challenge when already on yellow.

 

[Never-surrender]

I quite like him, but he had a couple of potentially catastrophic passes tonight.

So did Goldson

 

[1914-18]

I like the fact he is aggressive in the tackle, his passing tonight was abysmal but the same could have been said about the rest of the team at times!

I like him

 

[Davie Weir]

Looked good and then poor at times. A few poor passes straight to the opposition but so did Goldson again, Tav, Lundstram and Kent. My guess is Sands will get more criticism than them however.

 

[WalterSandy]

Thought he was a liability at times and could have got sent off ( bad ref ) gave me the fear plenty of times...

 

[der_hammer10]

Get Davies up to scratch and I wouldn’t be adverse to Sands having his turn in the midfield on occasion. There’s something about Sands that I really like. I think he can be coached into a top player.

 

[Alex_Bear]

He gave away a couple with sloppy passes but goldson was more culpable with that tonight and a few others, doesn't really get mentioned though.
Sands was left one on one quite a few times tonight and every time managed to stop the player. Was thrown under the bus with a pass from our keeper and recovered the situation really well, otherwise it was probably a goal. Overall he had a really good game in my opinion.

 

[vinnie]

I thought he had a cracking game tonight, but in a few group chats half saying he was great and the other half saying he was poor, so thought I'd ask for opinions on here, no doubt it'll be 50/50 going by what folk have been saying already.

Gave the ball away too easily too often for me. But besides that, I thought defensively he was excellent. Just needs to slow it down at times

 

[Hap Hapablap]

Let's not gloss over it because of the result. He was very poor, as was Barisic and Kent in the first half. Our left hand side was diabolical.

The latter 2 improved whereas Sands did not.

He is not a centre half in a million years.

 

[tazzabear]

The group chats probably sum it up. He was excellent in a lot of what he done but gave away at least 3 sloppy passes which could have cost us.

This for me.
A lot of good but a couple of calamities.
Not any more than his much more experienced partner.

 

[CumbrianBear]

Goldson was as as guilty as Sands tonight for mistakes. It happens and we will learn from it

 

[Sandbear]

His problem Is he tries the difficult passes , straight into midfield and as he is on his wrong foot they can be under hit. He has been told to do it no doubt .
I thought he was very good over the piece , quick , decisive, passed well except those two but tbh most players do that! If you focus on a player you will see mistakes and that’s what is happening with Sands.

 

[Blue-Knows]

Noticeable how often he took, or was given, the ball to play it forward. Has always been Goldson previously but Sands we making the plays from the back. A few worrying passes that he'll need to cut out but to be on a booking and play like he did takes some amount of composure. Can see why Gio likes him to play alongside Goldson.

 

[WDYGH]

We shouldn’t be experimenting with midfielders in defence in big games.

He had several potentially very costly passes.

Leon Balogun was sitting about 5 rows in front of me in the main stand tonight.

He should have been playing alongside Goldson, not Sands.

 

[Valley Bluenose]

Both lunges were as result of mistakes by others. The 2nd which I think was due to a poor pass from Tav was a perfect tackle. Takes some balls to make such a challenge when already on yellow.

They were. Balls indeed, and it turned out he timed it well, but it was a gamble going for it. The wiser decision was to simply hold his man up.

 

[derbybear]

Was a weird performance. For much of the match I thought he did really well, but he had a couple of real howlers. Thought he was going off, not when the Referee f*cked it up but when he lunged into a tackle not long after being booked for the same thing earlier.

Strange performance from him. I like him but he was very erratic tonight. Real mix of good and awful.

He gave the ball away twice - hardly awful.

 

[Main Stand]

Some really good moments, a bit overly keen to win the ball at times but doesn’t shy away from responsibility - that’ll come with more experience.

7/10 for me.

 

[Rfc-Sam-B-M]

Similar to Goldson, Tav and Kent in that he did good thingss, but also gave the ball away needlessly. He reads the game well and there are things to build on with him, for sure.

 

[Ted Rangers]

He doesn't seem to evaluate risk well at all.

 

[jnloyal]

Hes actually a very able defender but as others have said it was his use of the ball that gave me the gary glitters. Mind you Goldson and McLaughlin were the same. I thought too many sloppy passes throughout but fantastic result given we were far from our best.

PSV a definite upgrade but I think we are at our best when we are underdogs.

 

[tottie beck]

He looked shaky to me tonight. He had a couple of bad passes that seemed to knock his confidence. He started pre season in excellent form, but the last week he hasn't maintained that form. He's is worth sticking with though as he might settle down. .

 

[MaxMK]

Not sold on him at all.

His pass in the first half was absolute nonsense

Mind you Goldson had a brutal pass too which could have led to a goal. Not just the inexperienced defenders having brain farts

 

[Xtal]

Meh

 

[Southseager]

The stray passes were in bad areas, saying that I think he looks composed and had a decent game, prefer him in front of the CB's

 

[Leo_Ger]

Sometimes good, sometimes shit.

I'd want to get Davies fit asap.