FK Jablonec

Yeah, it was a bit of, um, arrogance, it looked like.

The, um, Rangers, you obviously look at some of their, their previous results this season, crashing out of the Conference League to, to Jablonec.

They've obviously won their last four domestic games leading into this one, but before that, some of the performances and results weren't entirely convincing.

But they put that aside and, and Derek McInnes, fair play to him, come up with a game plan to, to target Celtic's weaknesses, and he did it well.

No

... as I, uh, had to utter after the, the Jablonec game, but that is, uh-

Oh.

Uh, yeah, uh-

Life in a one-club city with a sizeable fan base is one thing, but life in his new home from home is quite another.

On Thursday night, Neil was replaced at the break and had to watch on as Derek McInnes' side were beaten by Jablonec in the Conference League.

On Sunday, he played his part in a Premiership victory that has raised the spirits and started to change the narrative around Rangers as Aberdeen were overcome at Pittodrie.

McInnes' side returned from Czechia and checked into a base in the north-east on Friday morning.

I think you're seeing the connections that we've built over the last few days out on the pitch.

The win over the Dons was only the third that McInnes' side have recorded in their eight outings across four competitions this term.

Time will tell if it proves to be a foundation to build upon or another false dawn, like the triumph against St Mirren and the first leg against Jablonec.

Any team with a dozen fresh faces under the guidance of a new manager will naturally need time to form relationships and build momentum.

And as you can see, I'm also recording...

this part one on my bicycle so what is this vlog going to be about well of course football and of course I will attempt to teach you some English because I'm an English teacher after all English teacher passionate about football so the idea here is that I'm gonna tell you about the two games that I have been to or one of them I'm actually on my way to live right I have already attended one game this was the conference league qualifier between Jablonec, Nadniso and Glasgow Rangers and now I'm on my way to the Slavia Prague Zbrojovka Brno game, which is a game in the Czech league, in the first Czech league.

You know what, I'm actually quite lucky that I teach people in football, because both of these games, actually I got tickets for free from my students.

Because in the first case, in the case of Jablonec, I teach someone from the Jablonec staff.

Okay, I'm not gonna say his name here publicly, because I don't know if I have his permission.

But now you know, it's a man.

And so Jablonet managed to score a goal in, I believe, around the 70th minute.

And then nothing happened in the extra time.

Yeah, absolutely.

I think the, the one you mentioned last week, uh, Jablonec, um, to leave him out against that.

Now, there's obviously discussions ongoing, but if the discussions were that to be a loan deal to Besiktas, I don't think that's something you would be kind of too keen to entertain.

But I don't think it favors Rangers.

The value of the player also diminishes, uh, because he's going into the last year, so.

But I, I don't have any reservations about Nico Raskin firing any tackles tonight.

Is it a frustration for you, Ross, that he didn't play in those Jablonec games, you know, which were so vital? It's not to say that Rangers definitely would have had European football if he'd started those games, but would Rangers have had a better chance? Do you wish he had played in those games?

Of course I would, aye.

He's won the extra class with them.

Rangers, meanwhile, lost to the Czech side Jablonec in the Conference League playoff round.

a team who are only in Europe because the winning cup finalists, Carvino, were punished for match fixing and will miss out on Europe entirely.

So that didn't end well, did it, for the Scottish side?