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Players worth keeping an eye on..............

How many times do we need to be stung before we learn ?!!

The main overall objective for most I think was to turn the clubs fortunes around and create a base from which we have a chance to get our title back asp. This was done in very difficult circumstances and there were and still are various battles to overcome. I think there has been a great effort by an amazingly loyal support attending football matches. Club 1872 and it's members, despite predictable teething problems have also stepped up and contributed greatly. Kudos to the board and Dave King for making the move in 2015 and directing many of those ongoing battles. This particular story is a step of what was a structured debt strategy talked about by DK back in 2015. We needed DK, DP, GL, GT and others. They needed the support.

I'd be sceptical about a deal for Sturridge. Last time he played a lot of league minutes was 2013/14 .....(2276 minutes) One of only two seasons in his entire career to do so From 2014/15 he's played a total of 3541 League minutes Since he joined for 2015/16, James Tavernier has played more than 3,000 minutes league minutes in each of his 4 seasons at Ibrox (total 12950)

Speculating what the speculation might have been should give ample room for most available players to be linked.

Unquestionably, the best player I've ever seen at Rangers

Speculation about to be Squared ??

Spot-on, Michael was without doubt, world class and was an automatic starter at the elite clubs he played for (Juventus, Barcelona and Real Madrid) Playing in Scotland, Brian looked out of this world. Apparently, their Dad could play as well. He scored the winner for Denmark in a game against Scotland back in 1971. More talent in one family than the whole of Scotland has had in 50 years. ------------------------ This thread reminded me of this video, especially at 40 seconds

Game against Oxford is the Sunday prior to EL 1st Rd. 1st leg. Last season we played Bury at Ibrox (6-0) on the Friday before the first European game. Strong team started / lots of changes as you'd expect RANGERS: McGregor (McCrorie 79), Tavernier (Hodson 72), Goldson (Bradley 79), Katic (Wilson 69), Flanagan (John 45), McCrorie (Jack 62), Windass (Atakayi 72), Candeias (Halliday 62), Arfield (Docherty 69), Murphy (Middleton 62), Morelos (Rudden 72) SUBS NOT USED: Kelly The Marseille game is on the Sunday between 1st and 2nd legs of 1st round. Last season there wasn't a game that weekend. Blackburn fixture will be straight after the 1st round 2nd leg and hopefully a few days before the 2ns Rd. 1st leg. Last season we played Wigan at Ibrox (3-0) at this stage and debutant Sadiq had the messageboards positively buzzing ! RANGERS: Alnwick (Foderingham, 45) Tavernier (Hodson, 64), Bradley (Katic, 45), Goldson (Coulibaly, 72), Halliday (Murphy, 64), McCrorie, Docherty (Kent, 72), Ejaria (Arfield, 64), Candeias (Kelly 80), Middleton, Morelos (Sadiq, 55). SUB NOT USED: Rudden.

Willie is an intelligent man with a lot of experience in dealing with Asians. Mark Hateley

I think you'd have to be deviant not to enjoy it.

I'd be happier if a Willie Henderson type was representing our club rather than Mark Hateley. Business Development Manger ------------------- One thing that crossed my mind was that for the young Chinese school kids, the name Steven Gerrard won't mean a great deal, unless they start trawling youtube or the like. How time moves on.

Logic suggests he'll want to develop his game and career further, in a better league....and from a business POV, that Liverpool will share that view, either via another loan or a large transfer fee. If we get him back on loan, excellent. But I don't see him as being pivotal to our chances and wouldn't be thinking of allocating a large percentage of our scarce resources towards a fee. He wouldn't be in the group of players I see as pivotal to our chances next season (McGregor, Tav, Goldson & Arfield), a list that needs added to with a couple of bits of productive quality via recruitment (creative midfielder and centre forward). He had a very good season but it's often difficult to repeat it, given the type of player Kent is.

Not quite the wording I would have used but I know what he's getting at

Will Kamara be the New Boumsong ? 10M please ⚽ ....

With all due respect, what you think was known by X or Y is neither here nor there. It is for an independent investigation with statutory power to determine the facts and take appropriate actions. What I think is important is that the recent media spotlight on Celtic and it's momentum helps to force such an investigation. At this stage, you can't reasonably expect the media to more or less start pointing fingers at individuals. Besides, their lawyers would strongly advise against it.

If a bring ma bits, will there be any chance of a game ?

It's been fair rather than decent IMO It seems decent compared to what we've been used to. Three transfer windows were always likely to be needed for SG&Co to put a competitive squad together. Once it's sorted, it'll be up to him to get the best out of it.

What Jackson does is that he brings the subject closer to the football club of today and a place where their own fans will find it ever more difficult to dismiss or try to ignore it. ------------------------ This should be all about the Victims calls for transparency and justice. The victims and their representatives have to be those who publicly say what must be said. Tribal confrontation will be easier for them to bat away.

Re. Tav and transfer value. Look at it from another angle. How much is winning the title worth ? or How much will not winning the title cost ? I think he is the player whose on-field value to us, is way ahead of any other and given circumstances, we desperately need to try and keep a hold of him. If he himself wants to go, then it casts a different light upon things and for the right fee, he goes. We need players who want to be here, a squad all pulling in the same direction.

Difficult but it's happened a fair bit over the past decade Barca (Guardiola & Luis Enrique) Real Madrid (Zidane) Bayern Munich (Heynckes) Includes two of what were caretaker appointments at the time. Note that a little further back, another, Del Bosque did well in the CL (not to mention Di Matteo)

Is it easier to win the CL than the EPL/domestic league title ?... Liverpool would suggest it might be (2005 & 2019) but Guardiola's teams (ManCity & Bayern, 6 seasons, 5 Leagues, No CL), would point to the opposite.

We've been quite good at close season talk in recent years, the problems have come when the league started. Less talk about winning the league and more on-field consistency of result, please. I like Jones as a player and just hope he has the mentality to play at a big club.

As far as EC/CL Finals are concerned, down there with... 86, Barca v Steaua 91, Red Star v Marseille The latter promised so much as a spectacle but was rat mince,

Another significant step forwards in SG&Co's first year is that we left behind the 'provincial status'. In other words,..European group stages and finishing significantly ahead of 3rd place. We need to keep improving.