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Can't see Ridvan leaving anytime soon, the same "outbound" news on him were also told about Borna and he's still here. It looks like the Kieran Dowell transfer is essentially sealed, 3 year contract.

Straits are no wider than at 3 o'clock. I would know better than to let Wright go in the summer. Just throw him in against the Scum alongside Sakala, Ridvan on the left, Cantwell on the right. At the moment, we don't have much better than Raskin, Hagi, and Lundstram (DM), though I would be tempted to play Arfield instead of Raskin at the start, and three at the back. Let them have fun. What was Kamara supposed to do? Ach well ...

Wright looks more willing and able than Matondo and Morelos put together ...

The plague of the one-striker-trash strikes again. That's again at least three times when the ball springs loose in the area and no predator is there. Sakala has some good shots and blocks by the goalie, and IMHO there's no doubt that Morelos would have squandered just as many shots. No matter what Beale is up to this summer, we need another couple of Colak predators. How many passes and tackles has Tavernier completed successfully thus far? Hagi ... hasn't played that much, but so far the game has bypassed him. Every now and then, you want some cohesion to a team, not just another chicken run. Matondo, Sakala, Cantwell, Hagi are all over the front line, so everything that happens seems more like coincidence than planned strategy. It's fine if you want to confuse the opposition, but so far it also seems to confuse our players, as they seem sort of unsure where to play next. Thus, everything around the area looks totally disjointed and happenstance.

Unless there is anything like a Helicopter Sunday collapse over at the Scumhut, there is virtually nothing to play for now. You do wonder whether the "veterans" can be bothered to play for the Gersey now, given their lackluster season thus far. It is - injuries aside - totally up to Beale to change tactics and personal (perhaps with a view to next season) now and show that he ain't doing the same mistakes that SG and Gio did over and over again. I can't say that I envisage any changes happening, so we'll do what loyal Bears do and support the team even though the straits are narrow.

Rangers winger Ryan Kent, who is out of contract this summer, has agreed to join Fenerbahce at the end of the season after the Super Lig club offered the 26-year-old a deal earlier this week, according to reports in Turkey. (Daily Record) ... which in turn opens the door for Luis Palma: However, with Kent headed to Istanbul, the Gers are now in pole position to sign Palma with their interest becoming more serious as a result of Kent’s imminent exit. Honduran newspaper Diario La Prensa reported in its print edition on 29 April [pg 227] that the Light Blues are ready to submit a £4.4million bid for the left-sided forward. Palma’s had a good season in Thessaloniki, there’s no doubt about that. He’s scored 13 goals and supplied eight assists in 35 appearances across all competitions. He’s found the back of the net against bitter rivals PAOK and twice against Olympiakos so he hasn’t shied away from the big occasions in Greece. ... muses Ibrox News. Meanwhile regarding Tillman - STV: Malik Tillman’s loan spell at Rangers has ended through injury as boss Michael Beale revealed Alfredo Morelos and Ryan Kent have not been offered new deals. The 20-year-old attacking midfielder joined the Ibrox club on loan from German giants Bayern Munich last summer with the cinch Premiership outfit having the first option to buy with the fee reported to be around £5m. Tillman had to come off in last week’s Scottish Cup semi-final defeat by Celtic at Hampden Park which effectively ended hopes of silverware, with the hamstring injury which rules him out of the last five fixtures. Ahead of the cinch Premiership game against Aberdeen at Ibrox on Sunday, Beale said: “Unfortunately that is the end of Malik’s season. “He has got a hamstring injury, he has gone back to Bayern for them to have a look at him as well. “He has had his scan. It is a hugely sad ending to the season for him because he is obviously a fine young player and he has performed well for the club so far this season. “That (talk of permanent deal) is all still on-going in the background as well. “Me and Malik are in a great place on a personal level. “He’s been brilliant for the club and I think brilliant for me in my time here. “He’s a player I think has a really high ceiling – as high as anyone I’ve worked with in my time here at Rangers. “There’s areas of his game that at 20 years old he certainly has to brush up on but that’s why he’s come on loan. “We said we’d park the conversation until the middle of May because there’s a lot around it. We want to get to end of the season. “And Malik has got a say in this as well. Obviously the two clubs have been talking back and forth and there’s agreements between them. “But the most important person is Malik. If Malik wants to be here in Glasgow then it’s something we can make happen. “Likewise if he’s unsure… “We’d said we’d park the conversation until the middle of May and nothing has changed on that.” After the Hoops defeat Beale promised the “biggest rebuild in years” and gave a strong hint that striker Morelos and Kent, both out of contract in the summer, would depart the club. The former QPR boss said: “They have been two fantastic players for the club. “We haven’t come forward with a contract offer, both have been free to speak to other clubs for a while now. “But in terms of the next five games they are Rangers players and they will continue to be so until anything announced officially.”

Yes, even though the manager somehow managed to screw this season up too. It has often been a point of debate why he replaces the best players rather early and then we lose a goal or two and valuable points. Yesterday, we ended the game without any striker ... again. Great moment for Bluenose Kirsty Howat nonethless!

Rhats win it ... scored one chance more than we did. Dunno whether that sending-off was correct, from what I saw, it was a tackle ... and there was "contact" and this "he had every right to go down" as per Kevin Thomson. Anyway, just more "icing" on this horrible season ...

5-6 ... honestly, they might win this, but it could have gone either way.

Two decent enough chances or us now, not enough composure, so it goes high and wide ...

And another rat tips in a goal that he'll never score again. 4-6

4-5 now in first half of ET

A bit strange ... season's still running for one weekend. Well, who cares.

Rangers transfers: 8 players linked with move to Ibrox - Scotsman Kieran Dowell - Jack Butland - Morgan Whittaker - Chris Willock (i.e. MB refutes signing rumour) - Marcus Coco - Jonathan Panzo - Tim Iroegbunam - Luis Palma 6 potential Rangers transfer striker options from Ligue 2 livewires to Serbian sharpshooter as Beale search hots up - DR They had a look at what is available and might interest us (or has): Christian Kouame (see OP) - Djordje Jovanovic (Macc. Tel Aviv, 1 year left) - Jean-Phillipe Krasso (Saint-Etienne, freebie) - Jerry Yates (Blackpool, 1 year left, "heavily linked" before ... ) - Josh Maya (Bordeaux, freebie) - Ge-Sung-Cho ( Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) ... I leave most of them out of the OP for the time being The relevant info on most of these players are now in the OP, so no need to hand clicks to unwanted media outlets.

One player alone never is. I still wouldn't mind having him here for another season, yet we also need a fit Lawrence, Colak, Roofe, Jack et al, as well as replacements for people who simply have gone past their sell-by date. You see Raskin and Cantwell and think: wow, just wow! And that is not just an indicator of what is out there and available to us, but also an indicator what sort of level we have become accustomed to - and as Rangers should never have.

I saw two of the three they scored last time around, and they rank amongst the worst I have seen against them. BTW, that assist by Tavernier back in the day of our first post-xmas collapse still sticks to the memories too. A few weeks ago, I came to the conclusion that in my time as a Bluenose, i.e. since roundabout 1985, I have read and heard about and seen Rangers teams that gave me so much pleasure and joy, NIAR, the first ever Champions League campaign and all that. So, by any standards of your "average" football supporter, this club has gained a lot of credit "on the good side" of the game, so one can't always complain about what happens all the time. Obviously, Rangers is something special, and our environment too. We've been through the most vile depths of the game thanks to our neighbors and their machinations, and have suffered at their hands for (felt) ages. For certain reasons, we have not managed to get a grip of the Scottish game for the best part of 5 years, even when we won 55. I simply ignore the European campaigns, as they were always a neat bonus, for the return where it matters, i.e. in the Ibrox trophy room, was de facto abysmal. Watching us last and this season could almost drive you away from football. No matter what he does, but Beale needs to get the house in order, cut ties with people that won't help us any longer and get people in who do. Whether they come from the 4th tier of England, Kazakhstan, or whatever, we need guys who play for the Gersey 24/7, give their all, and strive for the better. (The "quality" the Scum has assembled is not that much greater than ours, but they have the players to do the job where it matters - and we simply don't.) And we need to so some acceptance in the brain-department that this one-striker garbage will not get us anywhere in the Scottish game, unless you have the players who whip in with a dozen goals each from either flank and midfield. We hardly ever had that ever since SG took over, and we still lack that - even though this season has been ravaged by injuries (namely Lawrence, Roofe, and Colak). Seeing Morelos jogging about make me cry for Defoe. On hindsight, what a guy we had there ...

Straight after the one regarding the Nordstream bombings, rest assured. BTW, it is always sort of interesting to note the silence about "bigoted" or "sectarian" chanting and songs et al, when it is not of importance to the mhedia or relevant for someone's political agenda. (Then again, maybe there are news and they just escaped my attention ... )

Matondo has had 23 "games" this season for Rangers. I can remember only a handful or two - even though that could be said about a lot of players and games this season. If it was up to me, of those whose full-time contracts are up this summer, I'd give Jack and Arfield another year.

Maybe we don't sign Tillman for the quoted 5m ... or, what I would assume, we "simply" have a transfer window budget of x million anyway.

IN Luis Palma (23) - LW, Honduras, Aris Saloniki, contract til 2026 - LINK - TM Rangers ready near-£4.3million bid to sign Luis Palma as transfer hurry emerges from Greece Rangers are pushing to close a deal for Honduran attacker Luis Palma “as soon as possible” ahead of the competition, according to The Transfer Geek. The 23-year-old has been attracting widespread attention with multiple bids from different countries are already thought to have been rejected. But after scouting him a number of times it appears the Gers are pressing ahead to secure an agreement with a €5million bid expected imminently [£4.3million]. ... https://www.ibroxnews.com/2023/04/28/rangers-ready-near-4-3million-bid-to-sign-luis-palma-as-transfer-hurry-emerges-from-greece/

Murillo and Kouame links to TM added now.

Frankie mentioned a couple of players (strikers) in the MB thread, Murillo and Kouame, TM is seemingly down right now, so I will add info on them later.

I saw decent players arriving, too bad that e.g. Lawrence and Colak suffered injuries, while Hagi's turned out longer than expected too. Cantwell and Raskin look really well, even Tillman (though I doubt we will have him here next season). I would assume MB knows what he wants and where to look for it, and one would hope that he has the guts to cut ties with some "veterans" who simply don't get to the next or currently required level.

Will be away to work, after last Sunday, that's probably a blessing in disguise. On paper, MB has done well, won a large percentage of all his games, yet, the important ones all went against us - and IMHO also due to wrong tactics. Gio's season suffered from that, but also from a host of injuries to and lack of form by his best players. One can but hope that MB will turn them over at the weekend, and thus save some face for this current squad. And truth be told, we didn't look that bad against them last time, but handed them 3 really really bad goals, like we did against St. Mirren a few days later. That's why I also agree that we need to build from the back, team-wise, for next season (and I for one still can't believe that we gave Goldson a new deal ... on hindsight mainly because we didn't find a better replacement). So unless we send out a team with fire in their gets and focussed on the game, that will be that. Here's hope ... I would like to write, but I've done that about 25 times before this season and nothing came of it. Hence, expectation levels are minimal, thus disappointment levels will also stay low.

Working on the font and size over the coming days. As per usual, if you find any errors, you can keep them 🤪