Graham

1 hour ago, Frankie said:

Customer service from Rangers right now seems to be getting worse instead of better which was promised by those in charge over the last six months.

They still know how to take your money though. That came off my bank straight away.

3 hours ago, the gunslinger said:

yeah but you are rich and can afford lump sums. 

 

 

This.

I considered investing in the last share issue but it had a minimum buy in of £500. Considering your shares are likely to decrease in value its a lot to ask fans for. A share issue witha minimum buy in of £100 would have been more successful IMO. I would certainly have subscribed

I  ordered a print of this two weeks ago and have heard nothing since from Rangers. I know these were available at the Old Firm match in the fan village so they must be available to send out to people.

Has anyone else ordered one of these and revceived it?

I've emailed Rangers but the email address in the confirmation email was for the ticket office so I'm not holding my breath for a reply.

I went for Bassey as well, he's really turning into a player for us. He has great feet for a big man and great strength too. I'm beginning to think left back is the better position for him than CB, though weve probably not seen enough of him to know. There were many outstanding candidates though. Morelos could also have got MOTM his strength holding the ball up was excellent and he did really well for the goal that was wrongly disallowed by VAR.

16 hours ago, ascender said:

So we now have the same set of players underperforming with two different managers and tactics.

 

I really hope Jack is back properly now and Gio makes changes at the weekend based on last night's performance and some others recently. Last night wasn't the time to do it, but I think he needs to do it now.
 

To be fair we were 6 points clear at the top of the league and thats with a manager whose heart was not in it for a few months while the Aston Villa job was on his mind. I've heard that was on the cards for a long time before it happened, you only need to look at the speed with which it did happen once the rumours were made public. 

Gio played the wrong midfield if we were going to adopt the sitting in approach. We surely needed Davis and maybe Lundstram if we planned to defend (assuming Jack wasnt fit enough to play the 90 mins) playing defensive football with a midfield of Aribo, Arfield and Kamara was just plain wrong. 

I still feel there is enough in that squad to win the title. Celtic arent as good as we made them look by sitting off them. They struggled past Dundee Utd at home only a w eek ago.

I also really hope Jack is back for the season, he and Ramsay could be the heart of a terrific midfield for us. We'll soon have Morelos back and with Balogun back at Centre back instead of Bassey and Helander on the way we are good enough to win this league provided Gio learns from his mistakes. 

I wonder if part of the problem with Gio is that he never brought in a Scottish assistant. Somebody like McCann or KT could have given him more up to date knowledge of Scottish football and the Rangers squads strenghts and weaknesses for that matter.

1 hour ago, der Berliner said:

 

 

And, BTW, it beggars believe that people lay into Gio and "his tactics" when it is essentially the same formation and personal we had for months and years under SG. It is not the manager`s fault if people crawl into their shell out on the pitch or single-handedly throw games away.

 

it is Gio's tactics though. The fact that it is the same personnel doesnt mean we are playing the same way. He is keeping the fullbacks back and not pressing teams the way we did under Gerrard. Under Gerrard we had a great defensive record by pressing high up the pitch and keeping opponents away from our goal. Also the fullbacks overlapping with the wingers caused opposition defenders problems. Kent and Diallo were pretty ineffective last night and I think would be better with the support of  a running fullback. Also Kamara, Aribo and Arfield is too lightweight a midfield. We really need a Davis, Jack or even Lundstram in there to do the ball winning. In the second half when we let Tav forward more and got bodies up the field we dominated possesion albeit the game was over

For me Gio just got his tactics wrong, not necessarily the formation but just the fact that we sat off Celtic and allowed them to have the ball in our half of the field. We invited pressure onto us and you cant afford to do that with Celtic's attacking options and our defensive frailties. Our defense was at its best under Gerrard when the full backs pressed forward and we pressed teams high up the pitch to keep the ball away from our goal. I hope Gio learns to adapt his system and not just instill his way of doing things. He has taken the main strenght of our team under Gerrard (the fullbacks) and turned them into a weakness. 

I know the game was over but when we attacked Celtic in the second half we actually dominated the game, I just hope Gio learns that sitting in is not the best way for Rangers to play. Weve done it in a few games this season, normally after we go ahead and its brought a lot of pressure onto us. I can honestly see Hearts beating us if we start the same way as last night.

47 minutes ago, Yorkie Bear said:

 

 

On the other side, Hearts are making all the noise now and talking up the price for him to go now. This is standard fare in this type of situation. As the deadline nears, common sense usually takes over and he goes for a reasonable sum. As the Hearts fans have taken against Soutar, this will only get worse if he stays and Hearts will end up not playing him. From Hearts point of view it makes no sense to keep him.

 

I think you are right, a modest fee for Souttar is better than an unhappy player between now and the end of the season. Although they are probably aiming for a Europa spot in the league they know they will never qualify for the group stages so that wont achieve anything for them financially. 

I read on Twitter that a Birmingham newspaper reported that he turned down Villa to stay at Rangers. Stevie G started poaching already.

17 minutes ago, der Berliner said:

Thus, it might look to be the end of the road for Simpson, whereas it is anyone guess with regards to Balogun beyond the summer. Goldson is a bit of a conundrum, yet we have yet to hear of any solid interest from England et al.
 

Probably the end of the road for Katic as well

2 minutes ago, Sutton_blows_goats said:

In the summer I would. Not now. Crucial period coming up and that CL spot is very big for us financially. Sakala is still hit and miss, Roofe is struggling with his fitness (that idea of deciding to take up international football at 28 was a great one).

 

Goldson, Kamara, Aribo and Morelos are the 4 we need to keep to win the league this year. Sell in the summer for 3 of them if we must. Obviously Connor will walk in the summer regardless.

I would sell him at that price. If we keep him and his form dips we won't get that fee in the summer. Clubs haven't exactly been queueing up to pay that kind of money for him. Porto and Lille were offering about half what's quoted here.

Rumour:

OUT - Morelos 

Apparently Newcastle, Everton and Leicester all interested for around £20m Evening Times Link

If true the fee could rise, with 3 clubs interested. I'd take it tbh, if we dont his head could get turned again then we have an unhappy Morelos for the rest of the season. Better to take the cash and with the Patterson money as well there would surely be some funds made available for a decent replacement.

Rumour:

IN - Xavi Simons

He's a 18 yo midfielder from PSG in the final year of his contract and keen to get first team football. He's Dutch so maybe we have a chance. He was at Barca up to the age of 16.

Evening Times Link

I'd say Goldson as well. Some of his longer range passing was excellent and he had his best defensive performance of the season so far I would say. GVB seems to have brought him back to form.

I actually don't think we played that badly. I think credit has to go to Hibs for us giving the ball away so much due to their pressing. If they put that much effort into every game they would be higher up the league. We dominated the game but we do need to be better in the final third. Im not convinced by Hagi in these kind of games where you arent getting any time on the ball.

The BBC Scottish transfer gossip column is saying Joe Aribo is a target for Brentford, Crystal Palace and Watford.

Yesterday it was saying Ryan Kent was a target for Villa. This was predictable.

Overall Im happy with the performance. If Goldson had done his job it would have been 3-0 away from home on a plastic pitch. I dont think we can expect full tempo for 90 mins, the players inevitably took their foot off the gas at 2-0 up, I dont have a problem with that but defenders should do their jobs and Goldson just isnt doing his job any more. 

The Goldson sittuation needs addressing either by bringing back Katic or by signing another centre half in January.

Nice to see Defoe on the bench. He can still contribute for us.

1 hour ago, Bill said:

I always wondered what Gary McAllister's role was under Gerrard, other than filling in at pressers and the like.

I dont think he did a huge amount. He was probably just there as someone Gerrard trusted for advice, someone who he could talk to. The fact that Gerrard's taken him to Villa suggests he had his uses.

Ive voted for Bassey. Was really impressed with his quick feet for a centre half.

On 21/11/2021 at 03:41, compo said:

I read that McCann is being talked about as his assistant,  we need far better he might talk a good game but was a dud as a manager 

You dont need a top drawer manager as assistant, just someone with knowledge of the Scottish game would be nice. If he was a top drawer manager he wouldnt want to play second fiddle anyway. 

21 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

My team for tonight:

 

Kent - Morelos - Sakala

 

Hagi

 

Kamara - Jack/Davis

 

Barisic - Balogun - Goldson - Tavernier

 

McGregor

 

I went with a front three to emphasise the wingers, but I think it'll be a 4-2-3-1. 

 

I get the feeling GvB will play a #10, but I could also see two #8s, which is a simple change.

 

That defence disappoints me, but I don't think we have too many obvious changes, here. I feel GvB will fall back on the 'first choice', to see what they can do; give them a fresh chance to impress. 

I would play Bassey in place of Barisic but other than that this line up would do me

54 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

I don't think van Gastel is joining? I read that he's still under contract in China.  

 

According to todays Express he's not.

They are also saying Makaay will be strikers coach, not assistant. I dont know if that means Defoe is on the way out. Also saying Gio does want a Scottish influence on his coaching team. Im not sure where they are getting their information though.

12 hours ago, the gunslinger said:

Monied lol. 

 

they dodge relegation and spend pennies. 

Sorry my mistake, I thought it was one of the big Chinese teams he was with.

16 minutes ago, the gunslinger said:

he has at most 6 months left on his contract. though reports are it's more like 2 weeks. Either way compensation will not be substantial. 

You're probably right but will he want to leave a head coach role at a monied club to become an assistant in the Scottish Premiership