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you could sell him the next day for 10. if we don't buy him we are off our heads.

Belgian media suggesting pre-contract for Raskin is done but deal to push through transfer now should be completed imminently for around £1m.

Raskin has played a fair bit of first team football for a 21 year old (22 next month). Ticks many of the boxes Talent Age Player Trading Model prospect Manager wants him and sees him as a first team starter I approve 😁

Today the wee man will be celebrating his 79th birthday, a great winger one of the best , happy birthday wee man

Thats excellent business even at 1 mill

You're not a social media "Influencer", then. Surprised, me.

Still mighty in my eyes, may be I'm a tad "naive"

Still mighty in my eyes

Hopefully he is as impressive on the park.

What’s wrong with that? Had a great career at Liverpool.

And it was a complete failure

If we get those 3 it will have been a very decent window - to all intents and purposes it seems that Raskin is about to be announced to go with the Cantwell signing - and we could be doing with another RW option so Whittaker may be what is needed. Our spine has been the part that has been lacking in the last 18 months and I think both Raskin and Cantwell can help there. Positive shoots

Get your finger out Alex Lowry or this is what happens

and ruined our wingers. Too little space and too easy to double up.

FWIW, I think Whittaker will also be confirmed over the next few days with perhaps one more on top of that. Not a bad window should all that business come to fruition.

That's what GvB tried to implement...

None of us know if that's true, it's an opinion based on a statement made by a manager who either wants to keep the player, or drive the price up, or get the press off his back. It could also be argued that this shows drive, character and the persistence that we require from a player, to make a move happen. Or it could be that you've a history of writing a player off before you see them in the flesh. We'll see.

A great deal is made about our attacking fullbacks delivering crosses and on their day they can make a huge impact. However the truth is that in most games the quality of their deliveries in actually very poor and the ratio of goals to crosses is very low and certainly scant reward for having fullbacks whose defensive capabilities are so inadequate.

I'm finding it really hard to stop laughing.

Yes, except nobody else plays that slot anymore either. Beale wants Barisic getting higher up the pitch to become the "winger" on that side - so nobody is playing LW, as it merely brings more bodies into the space he wants Barisic occupying

RANGERS players of the present will be able to heed advice from club legends of the past after new posters featuring inspirational quotes were placed around the club's training centre. Kitman Jim McAlister has given an inside look at spine-tingling words of encouragement from the likes of Walter Smith and Bill Struth that players will be able to see every day - plus a cracker from Jimmy Bell. 3 The Gers kitroom now features inspirational quotesCredit: INSTAGRAM/@JIM_MCALISTER_ 3 There's one from the iconic Bill StruthCredit: INSTAGRAM/@JIM_MCALISTER_ Morton legend McAlister, who also turned out for the likes of Hamilton and Dundee, retired from playing in early 2021 to take up the role at Ibrox. And posting to his Instagram story, he's revealed a behind the scenes look at the kitroom revamp at the club's Auchenhowie training facility. The first one features the great Walter Smith, and features a picture of the legendary former boss holding the SPL league trophy aloft. Below the image are some stirring words for the stars of today from Smith, who passed away in October 2021. The quote reads: "Rangers Football Club. Do not enter unless you are prepared to put yourself second. "This should be the one and only time second best is good enough for you." There's also one featuring the iconic Bill Struth, the manager who led Rangers to 18 league titles during a three-decade long spell in charge. Carrying a similar ethos to the words from Smith, Struth's quote reads: "No one man is bigger than Rangers Football Club." A third poster features another Ibrox legend and former colleague of McAlister's, Jimmy Bell. Bell achieved legendary status at the club he initially joined in the mid 1980s. He sadly passed away last year at the age of 69. Bell was a formidable and popular character behind the scenes at Ibrox and often received plenty of credit for helping to withhold the high standards that Rangers want around the club. Former manager Steven Gerrard once joked that Bell was in fact the actual "boss" when it came to the club's backroom team. Such is Bell's iconic status within the club, he too has been given a poster with an inspirational quote. But the quote isn't quite like the others, and is perhaps fitting for the man who many Gers stars often said was the hardest person in the building to get into their good books. 3 Jimmy Bell's quote isn't quite like the other ones!Credit: INSTAGRAM/@JIM_MCALISTER_ The quote on Bell's poster simply reads: "What the f**k do you want?" Alongside the post, McAlister jokes that of all the new additions to the Gers kit area, it's "the most appropriate one." Former Rangers striker Jermain Defoe paid an emotional tribute to Bell after his sad passing, describing him as "a friend" and "amazing person." Defoe left Rangers a year ago, and he's just about to embark on a brand new career adventure. Since hanging up his boots after a brief spell at Sunderland, Defoe has rejoined former club Tottenham in a coaching and ambassadorial role.

Maybe it’s the SFA that should be investigated

Very articulate confident young man for a hand wringer. Although I'm appalled he was so negligent in the removal of facial hair. The lack of short back and sides for his first press appearance is also unforgivable! Brylcream & Old Spice sponsorship deals may now be in jeopardy? I have on good authority however, that Todd was wearing a pair of Alfie Conn's Stylo Matchmakers.

Just read that EUFA are to change fair play transfers to paying over five years from next season. It says this will stop e.g.Chelsea from signing players on long extended deals over which they can pay off a massive transfer deal.

Aye. Don’t confuse might with fame. Rangers are still famous but their might is considerably reduced. Can’t compete with Southampton in money terms. Southampton! Good God. I expect @compo is thinking of a time when the Arsenal at their mightiest could just about compete with Rangers.

Comes across well from that. Impressed.

Nathen Patterson will soon have a 5th different manager that has spanned his 15 senior league starts at Rangers and Everton. Gerrard Gio Benitez Lampard ?

Is anything real anymore?

Perhaps there are two debates on wingers The Haves The Have Nots

Yes, but you have to take your fleeting opportunity when it presents itself. That is all he will get.

He was a very particular player, as well as wonderfully talented. Rangers best post war winger would be one hell of a debate. We have had some fantastic players grace that role and today we have Matondo !

Disagree. When used properly the "inverted winger" stuff works very well indeed, better than just getting past a player and sending a ball in. With the inverted winger model you have a full back who gets into the space on the wing and then sends a cross in - but he also has the option of passing inside to the inverted winger who has played him the ball and then cut inside - plus, the inverted winger now also can be an additional body in the box for any cross or second ball.

McLean could literally land the ball on a sixpence such was the accuracy if his deliveries into the box

and Hagi

Raskin and Cantwell alone would make it an excellent window. The talk seems to be that Whittaker will be done too. Quite surprised there aren’t senior outgoings because that would leave us with a big squad.

Yes, you very rarely see that in the modern game; too much of this 'inverted winger stuff.' I liked to see the winger go past the FB on the outside and drive a cross in for the CF to bullet home.

"Jeezy Peeps man"! Simply Darvelous!

In keeping, I would give him a plate of Ershur Electric Soup.

I remember a couple of years past, the Slug aka Mark Guidi was constantly reminding his beloved Sellik that Neil Lennon's name was gaining considerable purchase inside the Everton Boardroom. I believe Neil is currently available?

“Borrowed” this from elsewhere September 9th 1914 the members of the Rangers Football Club formed a Rifle Club and learned to shoot and handle arms.

Creepiest mascot....ever.

Looks like a very straightforward "do not touch with a barge pole" to me. If he lacks the character to board a bus for his team I think it's very unlikely he'll be able to shoulder the weight of a Rangers shirt.