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Do you think he remains as captain?

I don't think Tav is going anywhere so best for Martin to bring in an alternative to compete with him.

Bit of both - for the moment we have to gamble on young players who looking for a breakthrough, or older players who will bring experience buy no resale value. Our player trading model is broken, we need to find some young players who'll explode onto the scene and then sell them on quickly. Igamane is a prime example, cost us £1.5Mish so if someone offers us £6M or above, we sell and purchase 3 players at 1.5Msh and keep the cycle going. Those wanting Dessers sold for less than we paid or "break-even" don't get the transfer model we require, that's why Dessers would be the last striker I would sell unless we arw making a profit. It won't be popular, but it's our current reality. This will only change once the model is established and working.

Cammy, does that mean you think we can only attract older people now? Or this guy is around the budget we want to spend? Why can't we still attract younger experienced players still in prime? Is that a Rangers thing or a Scotland thing,

I'd like Kasanwijro back.

Well I get that, (sarcasm included), but again. Probably my own misguided high expectations

Yeah I'm sure we'll be first choice for the majority of CBs on the hunt for new club, and we'll be able to match asking prices and wages for the majority of them

I must admit. I'm getting mixed up with titles myself here. Writing head coach just is annoying 🤣

We don't have a DoF, you're giving yourself more to write there, we have an SD.

That will save me £25, thanks!

Didn't have channel 5 on ma bingo card @Rousseau

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At least he talks better than Stewart. But that's for another thread. Interesting to hear them claim he been working on this appointment for a while, despite only actually starting on Monday, hope his record ends up better than his time at Everton. Over to you Kevin

Fair point, I agree, but I think you see more connections to the manager than you might think in any signings.

Is it DAZN that has the rights for this? I'll need to look into signing up for this tournament.

He could suggest someone, but it would need to go through the football department. Relying on manager contacts is a different kettle of fish. It's not how things should be done.

So, on that basis, do you think we will won't bring in any players than RM worked with previously? And they will all just be dof found, and if they do find someone who played under RM. It will just be a complete coincidence?

I'm maybe jumping the gun a little, but DoF models have been around for decades now, which goes to show how far behind we are / have been. There are numerous variations of a DoF model, so the odd press conference question is appropriate, but I still think falling back on 'manager contacts' is out of date. I don't think that's a Rangers problem, it's a wider Scottish problem - I actually think we're ahead of most in this country. @blueflag

There must be discussions between DoF and Head Coach, surely. They don’t operate in separate units sealed off from one another.

New Rangers head coach Russell Martin says captain James Tavernier will be "hugely important" next season and, while there are a few positions that have to be strengthened fairly quickly, he is willing to "be surprised" by some players in the current squad. (Sky Sports) If he sticks with tav, he be gone before Christmas

In the same question. They said the head coach would have a large input to the players. So I'm not sure why you mocked someone asking if RM has good contacts. I'm just trying to make sense of the post that's all.

You asked me to compare 1 signing from 2007 mate. It's 2025 this year, and i had heard all the buzz how we will be into progressing players. Not topping up pensions. I fully agree. We need to really strengthen the x2 CB, but just disagree a 32 yr from Leicester fits that bill. Mabie my expectations are just simply too high.

I'm not sure it's a fair comment. We've never had a coach rather than a manager before, and we seem to have a more hand-on DoF. The club is obviously significantly changing the way that we do things and the support will take time to understand how it's now going to work going forward. The press conference answer suggested that the coach will have a 'yay or nay' on the signings but it's unclear how involved in the initial identification of targets he'll be.