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We'll just close this thread. We can all agree that Bassey is a beast!

Goldson played every minute of every game (almost) we'll struggle to get that from any other CH. Given we can play 60+ games a season we need 4 or 5 CH. Balogun has experience and is a known quantity so less of a gamble and worth keeping IMO but not at the expense of signing a quality replacement for Goldson.

We both are wrong. Apparently it is June 10th - weird date but there you have it.

Cheap deal, known quantity, reliable, dependable, loves the club. Good enough for me.

Sometimes you just lose. There are always things to point a finger at when Rangers lose a game but “we blew it” suggests a degree of either intent or avoidable negligence. I doubt anyone who took the field in blue last Wednesday was aware of doing anything to contribute to our defeat. Sure the performance was less than it could have been but imo it’s wrong to say we blew it.

Exactly to sort of fellow who will help new arrivals to settle in the dressing room.

other than CB we are certainly well covered in all the defensive positions. What we really need are goals. Goals from Midfield, the wings and up front.

King should be getting games for the first team. He is good enough so should be used. Only issue is if Bassey is beside him then we have little experience through the middle at CB. King can be used in rotations

To me giving Balogun a year's extension is a no-brainer,as we have done with Arfield and hopefully Davis, I agree that we have to strengthen first team choices but to have players who are prepared to be of a strength on the bench is as important.

We need to get better quality but given Souttar has injury issues, Goldson is leaving, Katic is out of the picture, a 1 year deal for Balogun as cover might be a good idea (don't think he'd be difficult to deal with)

Oh, come off it r_s. It's blindingly obvious to any of us who have been on this forum for any length of time that you've deliberately cultivated an online persona and a style of posting that's designed to get under other people's skin. If that's what you want to do fair enough, although I have no idea what it is that you get out of it. What you've got to understand though, is that for most of us this forum is a leisure activity that we have a limited amount of time to enjoy. On the Rangers Chat section particularly, we're here for some friendly banter with fellow fans. I'm sorry to say it, but interacting with you (or even observing you interacting with others) carries with it a severe fun deficit. There are very few times when I find reading your needling, nit-picking and haranguing posts a worthwhile use of time. I doubt I'm alone in feeling this way. As I said, if that's really how you wish to post, fair enough, but don't be surprised if you end up on a few ignore lists.

Agreed regarding CH, that's why I think a 1 year deal for Balogan wouldn't be worst move.

we desperately need to finally find a replacement for Candeias. 3 years now that has dragged on. Then CH needs work. Very encouraged by Soutter on Saturday.

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The Summer 2022 Rangers Transfer Window Rumours and Deals - Thread LINK to a rumour source TM is the TransferMarkt stats side for that player SIGNED in Summer 2020/22: IN - John Soutar (25) - Heart of Midlothian, free IN - Antonio Colak (28) - ST, Croatia, PAOK, contract 6/2024 - LINK - TM - SIGNED 07/07/2022 IN - Tom Lawrence (28) - LW, Wales, free - TM - SIGNED 08/07/2022 IN - Rabbi Matondo (21) - RW, Welsh, Schalke, contract 6/2024 - LINK - TM - SIGNED 12/07/2022 IN - Malik Tillman (20) - AM, US/German, Bayern u23, contract 6/2024 - LINK - TM - SIGNED 15/07/2022 IN - Ben Davies (26) - CH, England, Liverpool, contract 6/2025 - LINK - TM - SIGNED IN - Ridvan Yilmaz (20) - LB, Turkey, Besiktas, contract 6/20 - LINK - TM - SIGNED YOUTH - IN - Lancelot Pollard (14) - LINK - TM YOUTH - IN - Zak Lovelace (16) - ST, Millwall u18s, contract 6/202x - LINK - TM YOUTH - IN - Cameron Archer (20) - ST, Aston Villa, contract 6/2025 - LINK - TM YOUTH - IN - Cameron Cooper (16) - ST, Partick Thistle - LINK - TM GONE in Summer 2022 Aaron Ramsey - loan expired Amad Diallo - loan expired Cedric Itten - Young Boys Bern, undisclosed - LINK Leon Balogun - CH/RB - OOC Lewis Mayo (22) - CH - season long loan to Kilmarnock - contract till 2024 Joe Aribo - Southampton - LINK - Official 09/07/2022 Tony Weston (18) - ST - contract 6/2023 - season long loan to Partick Thistle (January option) Calvin Bassey - Bayern and Chelsea - LINK - off to Ajax Nikola Katic (25) - CH - contract 2023 - to FC Zurich Stephen Kelly (22) - CM/DM - contract till 2023 - to Livingston RETURN in Summer 2022 Lewis Mayo (22) - CH - Partick Thistle loan expired - contract till 2024 Kai Kennedy (20) - LW - Dunfermline Athletic - loan expired - contract till 2023 James Maxwell (20) - LB - Ayr United - loan expired - contract till 2023 Jake Hastie (23) – LW/RW - Linfield loan expired - contract till 2023 Glenn Middleton (22) – LW - St. Johnstone loan expired - contract till 2023 Nikola Katic (25) - CH - Hajduk Split loan expired - contract till 2023 Stephen Kelly (22) - CM/DM - Salford City loan expired - contract till 2023 Mateusz Zukowski (20) - RB - contract 6/2025 - season long loan to Lech Poznan RUMOURS: IN - Abdoulaye Sissako (23) - CM, Zulte Waregem - LINK - TM IN - Oladapo"Dapo" Afolayan (24) - LW, Bolton Wanderers - LINK - TM IN - Jacob Brown (24) - ST, Stoke City, contract 6/2023 - LINK - TM IN - Scott Twine (22) - AM, MK Dons, contract 6/20xx - LINK - TM IN - Billy Gilmour (20) - CM, Chelsea, contract 6/2023 - LINK - TM IN - Mateo Cassierra (25) - ST, FC Sochi, contract 6/2023 - LINK - TM IN - Vladan Kovacevic (24) - GK, Rakow, contract 6/2024 - LINK - TM IN - Ross Stewart (25) - ST, Sunderland, contract 6/2023 - LINK - TM IN - Cameron Humphreys (23) - CH, Zulte Waregem, freebie in June 2022 - LINK - TM IN - Berke Özer (22) - GK, Turkey, Fenerbahce, freebie - LINK - TM IN - Cedric Kipre (25) - CH, West Brom, contract 6/2024 - LINK - TM IN - Erik Botheim (22) - ST, without club - LINK - TM IN - Stephen Odey (24) - ST, Nigeria, Randers, contract 6/2022 (?) - LINK - TM IN - Ivan Lepinjica (22) - DM, Croatia, Rijeka, contract 5/2024 - LINK - TM OUT - Borna Barisic - "2 Turkish sides" - LINK - now Trabzonspor OUT - Alfredo Morelos - Sevilla - LINK OUT - Joe Aribo - Southampton (and others) - LINK CONTRACT EXTENSIONS ... NON-STARTERS: IN - Josh Tyman (23) - LB, Stoke, contract 6/2025 - LINK - TM IN - Eric Martel (20) - RB Leipzig - going to Cologne IN - Mateo Cassierra (25) - from Sochi to Zenit IN - Angelo Fulgini (25) - AM, France, Anger SCO, contract 6/2023 - LINK - TM - went to Mainz OUT - Fashion Sakala - loan to Auxerre SQUAD as of 20 / 08 / 2021 Squad listed in order of remaining length of contract & primary position Full squad list at Transfermarkt Squad by primary and optional position at Transfermarkt Goal: Allan McGregor (40) – contract 6/2023 Robby McCrorie (24) - contract 6/2023 Jon McLaughlin (34) - contract 6/2024 Defence Filip Helander (29) - CH - contract 6/2023 James Sands (21) - CH/DM - loan till 6/2023 plus excl. buy option James Tavernier (30) – RB- contract 6/2024 Borna Barisic (29) - LB - contract 6/2024 Calvin Bassey (22) - LB/CH - contract 6/2024 Leon King (18) - CH - contract 6/2024 Jack Simpson (24) - CH - contract 6/2025 Connor Goldson (29) - CH - contract 6/2026 John Souttar (25) - CH - contract 6/2026 Ben Davies (26) - CH - contract 6/2026 Ridvan Yilmaz (20) - LB - contract 6/2027 Midfield Steven Davis (36) – CM - contract 6/2023 Scott Arfield (33) – C/LM - contract 6/2023 Ryan Jack (30) – CM - contract 6/2023 Ryan Kent (25) – LW/AM - contract 6/2023 Malik Tillman (20) - AM - contract 6/2023 (option to buy) Ross McCausland (19) - LW - contract 2024 Ianis Hagi (23) - AM – contract 6/2024 John Lundstram (28) - CM - contract 2024 Charlie McCann (20) - DM - contract 6/2024 Tom Lawrence (28) - LW - contract 202x Glen Kamara (26) – CM - contract 6/2025 Nnamdi Ofoborh (22) – (CM) – contract 6/2025 Scott Wright (24) - LW/AM - contract 6/2025 Alex Lowry (18) - AM - contract 6/2025 Rabbi Matondo (21) - RW - contract 2025 Strikers Alfredo Morelos (25) – ST - contract 6/2023 Kemar Roofe (29) - ST - contract 6/2024 Fashion Sakala (25) – ST – contract 6/2025 Antonio Colak (28) - ST - contract 2025 Coaching Staff Check out the club's home page Academy / B Side -> https://www.Rangers.co.uk/article/academy-restructure/4skGYIfqugwK1CvGZUHFH0 GONE - ... 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No disrespect or offence taken. I just wanted it to be fully, clearly stated, in unambiguous terms, as to why I disagree with you about the role Aribo played last week. I have no issue if you dont have time, or even dont have the desire to read it Kent has NEVER in his time at Rangers been deployed as a striker. Never. So I am not sure why that is even being brought into the debate. Who has called him a "left sided attacker" ?? I honestly have never seen that description of him. He is a winger, never been any different. A winger who likes to come in off the flank much the same way as Bayern have used Ribery and Robben over the years (though obviously not the same quality). But I honestly have never seen him described as a "striker" nor a "left sided attacker". Sakala has played much more game time through the middle than Kent has - quite simply because Kent hasnt ever played through the middle for us, at least from my recollection. You will need to educate me - how is Sakala coming in going to push Kent back a little to left winger ? That is where Kent plays anyway - and if Sakala comes in to this team then he comes in as either a replacement for Kent at LW, as a RW for Wright, or as a replacement for Morelos/Roofe. In each of those instances it doesnt change one thing about where Kent plays (other than replacing him obviously). Genuine question, how are you making that happen when Kent is already playing as a left winger ? Your thought isnt inventive, from what I can tell - all it is doing is bringing Sakala in as a striker and keeping Kent as a winger 🤷‍♂️ You are absolutely correct. We DO toil in Scotland, but not because of Kent. Kent gets double teamed every game he plays. We have toiled because we havent had anyone of impact on the right hand side (since Candeias), so our opponents can double team Kent and ignore the right hand side (though I suspect if Wright continues his improvement that changes next season). We also need more goals from the midfield areas - we aren't getting enough goals from the central midfield area. Would be great to get more goals from Kent. Reality is if we did he wouldnt be with us. But, and I said this elsewhere recently, Kent brings us so much more than goals and assists (his assists total is very healthy) - almost every team we play are so scared of his pace and directness that they double team him. Which opens space for others elsewhere - what our management team need to do, is find a solution as to how we then exploit those spaces elsewhere.

Perfect scenario

I would take that every year then Or..... make CL group stages, then drop out into EL, then go to EL final....

Hopefully OK to post this - The Rangers Review interview with Clive Tyldesley from sometime last week (Pre-EL final). Gives some insight into how he got the RTV gig during Covid, his friendships in football and friendships he's made durimg his time at RTV etc. Warning - contains some Stevie Gerrard content so might not be for every one....

Perhaps I should have mentioned that it was intended to be lighthearted rather than didactic.

Yeah. I think we need a CB (or two) to replace Goldson. We clearly need another striker given we had to finish the season playing a false 9. And we definitely could be doing with a creative "10" who also can find the back of the net. We don't need wholesale change - the nucleus of that team is still under 25/26 (Bassey, Aribo, Kent, Wright, Morelos) - we should be building around them rather than looking for wholesale changes.

If you want "visible by the most blind horse" here you go : 1. Aribo isnt a striker 2. Garner, Waghorn are strikers 3. Garner, Waghorn, even as strikers, havent played in a European final and never will. 4. I liked Waghorn but, yes, neither her nor Garner are Rangers standard 5. Aribo played the exact way he was asked to play last week. 6. We deliberately played a false 9, ergo we played without a striker, just as Man City have done this season 7. Aribo still scored on Wednesday night despite not being a striker 8. Aribo also went close in the first half with a curled effort just past the post, despite not being a striker 9. Aribo had more proper chances than any of his team-mates, despite not being a striker 10. Aribo wasn't being asked to chase around the Frankfurt defence, that job was clearly being requested of Wright and Kent to drop in and help the midfield 3 11. Aribo's job was to receive the ball, hold it up, bring others into the game, given we didnt have a recognised striker 12. If you have an issue with "10" above then it should be with Gio, not Aribo. He did the job he was asked to do, scored our only goal, and had more attempts at goal than his team mates. I would contend that he actually did the job he was asked to do. 13. I am not trolling. Just because you disagree with what I say or dislike what I say, doesnt make it trolling. 14. All of the points I make above, IMHO, clearly explain why I am not trolling, as I say at 13 above. 15. Aribo in the last couple of weeks has carried out that role well, he has grown into it. 16. You can say Aribo didn't suit that role or "hardly impressed" there all you like - who else was going to play in that position in the final ? A completely unfit Roofe ? An unfit Ramsey ? A fit Sakala who Gio seems to prefer coming off the bench when opponents are tired and can be stretched ? 17. What were you actually expecting him to do in that heat ? Were you expecting him to be chasing all across the back line or chasing down the keeper all night ? 18. Given we won the SC, were robbed (or robbed ourselves of the league), and made the Europa League final...... I would say that it is just as well that we have Gio in charge and not you... or indeed me. 19. Some of my "likers" - dB, I am not here for likes, that isnt my style. If people happen to agree with what I say so be it. Likewise if they disagree. Does it mean I (and they by extension) are right ? No, not necessarily. Does it mean I (and they by extension) are wrong ? No, not necessarily. I even like plenty of your posts To finish, I WILL partially troll...... the only surprise in your posts here is that you haven't, from what I can tell, gone after your preferred whipping boy of Ryan Kent yet.

So when is the transfer market open so we can start flogging and hiring

So much squabbling. It's the close season, time to take a moment and relax.

You need to be careful with your use of this term. You may end up regretting it.

We need a reliable robust CB to replace Goldson that can perform to a similar standard. Not an easy task. I think given we could potentially be playing Wednesday/Saturday for an entire season the players that struggle to play 1 game a week need to be overlooked.

I really want to see Lewis Mayo get a shot. He played a lot of games for Partick last season.

It wasn't an unreasonable loan deal at the time and it's hard to see any value of being a smart arse and sniping from the sidelines after the event.

Hogarth has a contract till 2023. Transfermarkt is your friend ...

Budinauckas has signed a new deal too

I read the thread in full. I am starting to think you are flogging a dead horse.

Not directly related to 1st team but Kane Ritchie-Holser has signed a new deal. Seen him a few times for B team and has shown some nice touches.

I'm probably wrong but I thought Wilson stated prior to January window that we didn't need to sell and had money to back the manager. Given my failing memory, I can't remember if that pre-dated the AGM! No matter, I think the board will find it difficult to defend not giving Gio money to invest in the squad during this transfer window (be it money we've made in Europe or from a sale of a player, or a combination or both).

For what it's worth, here are some snippets I heard today - not from in the know, but someone who does get info now and again - take it how you will. Maybe true, maybe a pile of dog doo ; Alfredo close to signing a 3 year extension. Kent and Aribo have been offered new 4 year deals. Kent and his partner have just purchased a new house in Milingavie area. Discussions to commence with Bassey on extending his current contract. We are interested in bringing Billy Gilmour on loan and discussions have commenced as Gio wants business done early.

He was a gamble that failed, simples!

Small discussion with my kid yesterday : Craig : The team did us proud mate, lots to be positive about Kid : I reckon we can reach another European final in the next couple of years Craig : I hope it isnt for a while as I can't afford us to be in the final too often Kid : It could be our annual holiday Rangers, what have you created.... from the depths of wondering when we would ever win anything again.... to the heights of winning the league, winning the Scottish Cup, being in a European final.... all within 10 years. And that is why we are Rangers - because our standards are greater than our rivals. We don't celebrate failure. As Fernando Ricksen famously once said, "First is everything, Second is nothing". We are proud of this squad for what they achieved, but we won't celebrate that failure to win, we use it as motivation to go one further.

Aye, my head is still currently lodged up my arse - think it'll be later in the week before I fully recover from Seville.

I don't know if I have ever heard Cosgrove in his Off the ball slot, to be so transparently bitter, contrived ('Barack Obama running a bus' involved) and desperate to push a customary narrative,......and that is saying something. After nineteen years, the batteries of the Suville calculator have finally run out. Yesterday, Cosgrove said the Suville calculator "...is dead, no-one cares about it anymore...". Apparently he is sick of over-exaggeration and it took 19 years until the threshold was reached, so he had to comment and call time on such a device. Obviously, he didn't send this memo to Jane Dougall and her line about 250,000 rioting in Manchester. They seem to want it both ways. For those who would like to hear exactly what was said (not compulsory and please don't bore the world with the repetitive 'why would anyone want to listen to that' line) it comes up at 1hr 44min 45sec into the link below) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0017l2q