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We got there in the end with a goal at the start & one at the end. However I felt we fell out the game a bit after the first goal although Hearts created few clear chances.

Thought MacAusland had his best game for a while although injuries to Sima and Matondo will be a worry.

Good to see Dessers get a couple of goals. Hopefully that’ll boost his confidence between now & the end of the season.

Am I the only one who thought Shankland was largely anonymous against us again today? He’d find it harder to score against packed defences for Rangers than he does for hertz. Maybe I’m not the only one unconvinced by him

6 hours ago, Rousseau said:

I always had the impression that Cortes was a stick-on to be made permanent. 

 

In the brief spell he's had he does seem to be first-team quality. 

 

And he's only 20. 

And injured.

We conceded a goal to Celtic at ibrox inside the first minute after kick off and almost did the same against Ross County & last night too.

Am I the only one a bit concerned by this? 

30 minutes ago, CammyF said:

If we are serious about recruitment and player trading model then any offers for Butland over £7M should be accepted. 

 

Brought in on a free transfer, had a decent season (but like most, been shaky over last few games) and will attract interest from EPL. 

 

 

Replacing Butland like for like would be almost impossible unless we’ve got millions stashed away somewhere.

2 minutes ago, CammyF said:

Keeping Cantwell would be fine with me, but he needs to be more consistent as when he is in form, he is a good player. 

 

We can't rely on Ridvan, that's a matter of fact, not opinion. Just look at his availability / selection since he arrived. Plus his stats show that he is no better or worse than a declining Barasic (who'll thankfully leave at the end of the season).

 

I'd be agreeable to extending Sima's loan (as we won't be buying him). Same with Cortes but will depend on how he recovers from his injury. Silva should be sent straight back to Wolves.

 

The board are at a cross-road. The squad requires major investment / surgery this summer and that will come at a cost. 

 

It took SG 3 seasons to assemble a team that eventually won us the league, I'd say we are in a similar position now as we were when he took over. 

 

Recruit is key - we simply havent replaced the likes of Aribo, Kamera, Morelos, Kent, Helander and even the likes of Arfield.

 

We might not win another title with Tav and / or Goldson but moving them on / dropping them wouldn't  magically transform us into title winners. 

 

The issue is far more deep routed that just Tav and Goldson.

Remember too we could end up losing three GK’s at the end of the season. Just think of the problems that could cause 

1 minute ago, CammyF said:

That's the issue - people quote Beales transfer outlay, but in reality it was something like circa £6M net. 

 

He got rid of players we all.want rid off - Helander, Kent, Kamara, Morelos etc and they were not replaced by better players. 

 

We'll get rid of Tav, Barasic, Goldson and Lundstrum and their replacements may not be better.

 

Never ending cycle. 

 

We have to give Clement a chance, he's only had 1 window and apart from Silva, the players brought in have looked like they could offer something. 

 

However, they were all loans (with 1 obligation to buy and 1 option to buy). So £4.5M of whatever the board promised Clement is going on Diomande. 

I’m not so sure we’ll get rid off Tav and Goldson just so easily. They’ve both got contracts earning £30k plus pw with 2 years to run which I’d doubt they’d get elsewhere. 
We need to ship out all our forwards if possible. Roofer’s contract is up & Sulva will go back to Wolves. That leaves Dessers & Danihlo. 

2 minutes ago, compo said:

Manager must have tore into them after Sunday’s debacle told some of them a few home truth told some they won’t be hear next season and the dressing room leaders mustered the troops into some kind of go slow , it’s becoming a shambles they had a chance tonight to stake a claim for the title and played like they just didn't care . 

Much as though I hate to say it, the manager’s team selection these past few weeks haven’t helped. Constantly chopping & changing especially up front. 
I don’t think he did tear into them. I suspect he’s trying to protect them as their confidence is low & he knows some of them need to go. 

22 minutes ago, CammyF said:

This romantic notion that things will magically change for the better if / when we get rid of "certain individuals" is pie in the sky or wishful thinking. Unless those certain individuals are the vast majority of our squad. 

 

Struggling to think of any reason to keep any of them.

Beale more or less did this last summer. Got shot off players. Problem is the replacements mostly weren’t as good as those he let go. 
we will no doubt spend another summer looking for Bosmans & poundshop bargain signings hoping they improve us but probably won’t 

Middle to front was embarrassing to watch. Constantly giving the ball away under no pressure 

We were lucky not to lose a goal after 40 seconds after WE kicked off 

I think we’ve settled a bit more as the game has gone on but there’s a total lack of creativity. 
Roofes having a nightmare. Will Dessers come on? 🤬

Anything less than a win tonight and the league is as good as over. It looks like PC finally had enough of the wasteful Dessers 

Of course we can still do it but do the players believe they can ?

Watching yesterday I don’t think so. 

37 minutes ago, compo said:

Of course he does and he’s the only one the rest either pass sideways or back 

Well we agree to disagree. I don’t see McAusland dribbling past defenders and putting balls into the box for the forwards. Most of the time he’s anonymous 

8 hours ago, Franc Ergs said:

The post match interview he seemed to praise our defensive record , so can’t see any changes there.

No I don't think I here will be changes. We’ve no one to bring in who’s better than Golds & captain tav

3 hours ago, compo said:

McCausland was the only player we had who'd take opponents on now since he's been out it's the after you Claude tactics again a  few square passes and pass back for a Goldson diagonal blooter up the park .failure to win this league could mean a potential loss of up to £40,000,000 in next seasons champions  league money .

MacAusland doesn’t take opponents on. That’s a big problem with him in the team. He contributes very little.

3 hours ago, 26th of foot said:

The longer a player is out injured, the better he becomes.

 

However, two players with long term injuries are really hampering how the Gaffer wants the team to play.

 

Cortes is a real miss, he provided balance and necessary width. Yesterday, Ryan Jack's positional sense would have nullified one or two of the attacks that ended in County goals. Further, he would have been available for the short balls that ensure possession is retained and we move forward in gradations.. Those lumps up to the opposition's eighteen yard line and players flooding forward in support killed us.

Ryan Jack is finished at Rangers. His contract is up at the end of the season. He has missed far too many games this season 

Can’t see us signing Cortes for next season unless it’s another loan deal. He only played about half a dozen games before getting injured 

I genuinely wonder what Monsieur Clement does for Wednesday’s game against Dundee assuming it goes ahead

Will he persist with Tav & Goldson on the RHS of defence despite us clearly losing so many goals recently from that area? Could he play Balogen & Sterling there instead ? Maybe play Tav further forward on the right if he must play at all?

I don’t think doing nothing is an option 

39 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

He's just a loan.  We paid about £3m for Lammers, which is absolutely mental. 

Lammers won’t be back

30 minutes ago, CammyF said:

Meanwhile, in an alternate universe, Lammers playing as a "9", has scored 7 in his last 6 games helping Utrecht climb the table and closing in on a European place. 

Sign him…😋

1 hour ago, CammyF said:

But the issue is, both are under contract. If they aren't playing, they need to be off the wage bill. 

 

Two ways that happens, someone buys them, or we pay them off. Can't see either scenario panning out unless the Tav to Saudi rumours are true.

 

If we don't win the league, the transfer budget will be minimal and only topped up by selling players. 

 

£6M for Tav if the Saudi rumours develop into firm bids, couple of million for Ridvan to Turkey, same with Hagi and Butland will add another £6-£8M (no way we'll get more for him). So that's another circa £15M and some wages freed up when you add in the out of contract players. 

If Butland goes we will have a problem. 

1 hour ago, Graeme Ro55 said:

I would not want to keep any of the players we have on loan at the moment, and hope that shocking display by Lundstram puts a new contract for him in the bin. Our biggest issue for the monent has to be defence. I really feel sorry for the lad King who sits on the bench watching Goldson and Souttar who both suck.

FFS are you serious? King is garbage

2 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

I said it last week but some of our mainstays are not winners.  We need to look at getting rid of Goldson, Tav and Lundstram - they're all past it. 

How do we get rid off Tav and Goldson?

they’re both still contracted for another couple of years 

Just now, PoohBear said:

But they didn't clear the squad out. If Clement can't see that persisting with these players will cost him his job then he doesn't deserve to be here, just like the previous two. 
 

Like the old saying goes, "Fool me once, shame on...shame on you. Fool me—you can't get fooled again."

But he can’t clear the squad out if he’s got players on contracts.

We’re still paying certain players wages they’d never get elsewhere.

thats got to stop

3 minutes ago, CammyF said:

Correct - Gio and Beale also delivered a decent honeymoon period then we reverted to type. We appear to be doing the same under Clement. 

Surely any decent manager must see our failings & try to do something about it.

I genuinely despair when we get a corner & see Tavernier going over to take it. If on the right it out swings too far away from the goal or doesnt clear the first or second defender 

we need a manager who’s going to change things which need changed

9 minutes ago, CammyF said:

As well us being unable to defeat Celtic, we have dropped 11 points to teams who have finished in the bottom 6. 

 

Let's be brutally honest, we were only in the title race as Celtic have regressed. 

 

We have the same failings under Clement as we did under Gio and a Beale. 

 

I'm not writing Clement off but we can't deny that recently, his team selections and tactics have been baffling and have cost us dearly. 

 

We need a huge change in mindset right through the club. The honeymoon periods are over. 

 

 

Clement is in the same position as his 2 predecessors.
Hes inherited a squad full of players he never signed who aren’t up to the job and can’t get rid off them.
Do we let him sign players in the summer like GvB and Beale did then when they’re not good enough sack Clement around September/ October and bring in someone else to see what they can do?

And if he doesn’t work start all over again in a year’s time