der Berliner
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Well, maybe it is not all done and dusted yet. He was and is obviously on U21 international duty this week and may still sign up next week, if Arsenal free him. We shall see.
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Well, we can always sign a few freebies still ... not that there are many about. Then again, EHC might want to walk up to Ibrox and sign up ...
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And Beattie is much like EHD now a freebie.
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Text messages to deal in Siphiwe Tshabalala ... I doubt it. The sums and all involved in the reports screams "hoax" to me.
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Very much so. The point with debts is how they are "stored" and whether someone wants them back and if so, what time-requirements have to be met. The bank did, Whyte does not. Essentially, it is much like a bank or your dad gives you a credit/loan/you name it. The bank sure wants it back, either in instalments or with interest by a certain date. Daddy on the other hand may want it back or simply write it off. As for new investment et al ... as far as I see it, it is still there. We did not get the people we wanted or they chose not to come and replacements were hard to come by. After all, we are not the only club intereseted in players. As of new ways of income, the suggested Fox Sports deal might be a way ahead. In the end, we have to wait and see. If those other buyers were true with their interest, Park, Murray or King, they still can come to Whyte and offer their money too.
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That's what I'm posting :-D
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So that's that then.
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Mind you, he's an ex-England youth and now u21 ROI international!
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Well, I'll be out of the house from 6 p.m. till roundabout 11.50 p.m. German time, so I'll miss all the fun and my F5 button gets some rest. That said, I hardly use it anyways since the evolution of the PC mouse ...
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Let's try to keep this thread for transfer rumours, at least today. ;-)
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Rangers reject �£6.5 million offer for Jelavic
der Berliner replied to 26th of foot's topic in Rangers Chat
Hope we only sell if the price is right and we have replacements lined up. And I do not see Diouf and (sic!) Murphy not as replacements. Once he's gone, we should move quickly for Jamie Murphy (at least!), but IMHO we will not sell him before x-mas. Squeaky bums time ... -
Look what we've found here: Where does this rumour come from, Frankie?
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Rangers reject �£6.5 million offer for Jelavic
der Berliner replied to 26th of foot's topic in Rangers Chat
Looks like the BBC is at it again ... -
The comparrison was solely about money. Arsenal sure did not want to lose their star man, for that's what he is, as he will be one of Barca's. On a sidenote, some Rangers supporters and press hacks alike will like the fact that Rhys Murphy did play for England's youth team and declared himself for the ROI later on. For the latter, he is playing an u21 international this very evening. (And IMHO, the Irish international teams aren't that bad.)
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IMHO, no-one will leave before x-mas. We are all very edgy and thus our view is somewhat tainted. But we are not in any financial doldrum these days. Nonetheless, no matter what, if silly money is being offered, the club will consider it. Essentially the same with Arsenal and Fabregas. The Gunners needed Fabregas and badly, while being financially sound (I think?). Getting far over the odds for their star man made more than sense on a financial point though.
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Not now. Before he joined them a second time, it was mentioned that we were considering him too. Nothing more, nothing less. Danny was just musing ...
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Ahem ... nowadays, I see no reason to bid for him. Before he rejoined them perhaps.
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For 8m, we would have and will sell any of our star players. IMHO, should somesuch occur, we should only sell if we have a real (sic!) replacement ready.
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Nope. Decent enough footballer and much like Riordan and now Stokes, you wonder how the Hooped Horrors manage to get such talent and don't use it properly. Long may it continue, of course. Obviously, it hates me to see that for some reason there are still clubs about who are willing to offer over the odds for their players, be that Traitor O'Gheady, Ki, or Kayal.
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Remember January, when we had no money at all and still came up with 3 loanies on the last day. We'll have to wait and see, of course. I do expect some movement, one way or another. Maybe that link to Chelsea will bear some fruits.
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Goodwillie has a greater chance of money and some experience with EPL footie with a low key team like them. It was his decision to sign the extension and this contract, his comments after leaving weren't very encouraging either. So far he's played one game, no goal, no assist.
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Ahem, what? Six month ago, we were essentially in the hands of the bank, had some 20m debt and were bound to lose our 3IAR backbone, most likely for peanuts compared to others. Now though, we've "lost" one player of the 3IAR backbone, send the loanies back home, got the rest of the backbone on long term deals, signed 6 players, secured others on short term deals and bar a few better results (football is not always predictable, you know), we would all be smiling. That not every player we were looking to get wanted to come to us is not exactly Whyte's fault. But if you need to vent your anger ... try to be a touch more objective. Aha. Look forward to your commentaries next May. (Then again, by your current stance, you expect us to get relegated or be at least 20odd points behind the Hooped Horrors.)
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If you sign Juan Manuel Ortiz, you'll struggle.
der Berliner replied to Danny's topic in Rangers Chat
On the day. Clubs in Norway and Sweden play summer football. We were some 3 weeks into pre-season, had one competitive game under our belt. Malm�¶ - who is by default no pub team either, no matter how often our football experts want to tell us* - was 18 weeks into our season, so you would have to compare their fitness/sharpness levels to ours in November. But let's lay into our team, players, and management first and foremost. An easier entity to target ... On a sidenote, clubs like Malm�¶ and Maribor contribute to their countries' international squads throughout the seasons, as do we with Scotland and Northern Ireland. Had reporters and fans alike took a look at tables who matter, not relied on some illusionary feeling of greatness, they would have spotted Scotland and Northern Ireland at position 55 and 59 in the FIFA rankings respectively. Sweden and Slovenia are head and shoulders above "us" though, taking up places 18 and 23 on that list. Those figures don't tell you much about the clubs we play against, but they show that at a certain level Swedish and Slovenian football has to be superior than their British counterparts. At least at this day and age. -
So essentially no news whatsoever, he looks to be back at Arsenal for the time being. Thought it was mentioned that he's actually released by them ...
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IMHO, Rangers have - in recent seasons (make that a dozen) - been overprotective of their youths as well as not willing to play them ahead of seasoned (and better paid) professionals, even though the latter were being used out of position or having a purple patch. The point why we look "longingly" at the Dorrans and Murphys and Goodwillies is the simple fact that their clubs simply had to use them, for they had and have no money to buy folk from elsewhere. Thus, their talented (and - granted - untalented) youth players get competitive football under their belt from 19 or 20 years onwards. Some develop, some remain at SPL level, and other don't make it. Obviously, at Ibrox, all our youngsters would come under intense scrutiny. If they show their mettle though, like Hutton, Ness, Wylde and Perry of late, they should get their games ahead of people who are not performing at their peak (even if temporary), such as Whittaker, Edu, or the like. For IMHO the club cannot and shall not risk poor results and poor play by veterans because of the possible harmful effects of a bad game by one of the youngsters. As for the rest, we should start to develop some tactics and have line-ups ready for different games, utilizing our players to the best of their ability and to the utmost effect. Rotate the squad, so all get competitive footie under their belt, and use systems that suit the game of the day. E.g., 3-5-2 at home (especially against weaker teams), 5-4-1 or 4-4-2 away. And ... use substitutes!