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No doubt about that. IMHO, we had two good creative people in Cantwell and Hagi, able to split and/or unlock defences, as well as providing goals. Lawrence and Raskin can do that too, but (IMHO) lack the creative spark against tight defences. As soon as teams open up or actually want to play football, they are fine too. So, I just noted that Cameron will come up against a different setup while playing for us. Regarding Shankland, and right-winger Boyle (for a reasonable fee, one year left on his contract - 44 games, 20 goals, 11 assists), I'd take them both too. Our front line is far too thin, and we do need some powerhouses as well. Vardy ... IMHO, we SHOULD have kept Defoe, despite his age. He looked class and scored brilliant goals. I have not seen much of Vardy for the last 5 years, so can't really comment.

Maybe next season if used right Barron, Raskin and Lyall Cameron might form a solid midfield. 🤞 great things will come our way next season with the added addition of a new number 9 and a few new additions.

Nevermind that, in it's inception it was won by a guy that scored two (count it, 2) goals 😂

Reminds me of Alex McDonald a midfield workhorse who will get better

There is a very simple approach to matters like these with Dessers, Raskin, Igamane etc If you are a good competitive team, winning things, breaking even financially with a sustainable wage bill. Sell older guys on big wages if you can. With anyone else there is no real need to sell unless a player is desperate to leave. If you are rubbish, and have just had one of the worst seasons for years. Sell older guys on big wages as a matter of urgency. Sell guys running down contracts for as much as possible as a matter or urgency. Sell promising young players on low wages, with a good few years left for as much as you can get, then reinvest.

Maybe this is the powers that be playing 4D chess. Its all part of the genius masterplan of the board (which one, no idea) to condition us and the rest of the league to such poor performances at the end of the season that when we start next season, they just won't be able to handle how good we are. We've already won 56 chaps, lets go!

If anybody is actually interested in buying him then we must accept immediately. Even if it is only five hundred thousand pounds we must sell and reinvest. Apart from being rubbish Dessers is about to put his feet up for a couple of years.

I hope Ajax don't pinch Russell Martin...

Ange, it is then 😂

Farioli leaving Ajax. Linked with Spurs.

Agreed his stats were shockingly bad, yet he wasn't afraid to give stick when they were playing badly, I think Clement would often try and sugarcoat it. It does make me wonder though how Barry would have got on if he had been given another season with financial backing.

I'd take Shankland on a free, and if Boyle was available for a modest fee I'd take him. An ideal impact sub.

Yeah, I think its more of a 'don't want to' than 'cannot'. Football purists. Look at the list of top goal scorers in the 70's, 80's and early 90's where it died out. Guys were winning it with 15 goals. Catenaccio or bust. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capocannoniere

Ferguson ends his spell with a -0.13 average xG Difference. Negative! I was concerned with Clement's low average of +1.10...

We desperately need more goals throughout the team. Regards the numbers comparison, Cameron played more than double the minutes that McCowan did. However, he did so in a team who were generally struggling and helped them score more goals than most of the other provincial clubs.

We need a number 9 who can play back to goal, win high balls, be the focal point of our play. Anyone who has watched us win anything will know that at the heart of our great teams, we always had this. Doesn't really matter much if that is in addition to Dessers, or a direct replacement. But it is needed.

That is the only thing that makes sense. You can add that it wasn't an attractive sell to any decent manager with ambition.

Ferguson was appointed as a 'staunch' barrier to take any flak until this board could get the the end of the season. It was never meant to be a serious appointment that would result in any real outcomes.

Better numbers than the older and more expensive McCowan who They snapped up. Lyall Cameron is a common sense move.

I think he will keep up that cadence when at us. I think he has the ability to open teams up and find spaces like Arfield did.

Back 5 in general just nowhere near good enough.

It's a good job these two are not in a position to make the decision. No thanks. Former Ibrox hero Paul Gascoigne thinks Rangers could be the perfect fit for Jamie Vardy as the 38-year-old striker prepares to leave Leicester City. (CasinoBeats via Daily Record) Ally McCoist, who tried to bring Jamie Vardy to Ibrox in 2012, says: "I would take him in two minutes at Rangers, I really would" but reckons the veteran striker already has a move lined up. (talkSPORT via Ibrox News)

Keith Jackson in his opinion piece today, has Ferguson's back but is effectively making a c**t of himself and Barry. For me, Ferguson was interviewed by the club so as to massage his ego and was never going to get the current job. You at least have to hope so because if they were seriously considering him, it puts all this new owners/ modern footballing methods talk in doubt.