stewarty
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Over the games he's played, I'd say Ness has been our best player so its harsh to see him dropped. Saying that, he tires towards the end of games so maybe its just a case of giving him a breather given how many games are coming up.
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January 2011 Transfer Window - Healy, Diouf and Bartley IN
stewarty replied to stewarty's topic in Rangers Chat
The thing with Healy though is that his club form for the past few seasons has been woeful. But maybe your are right Danny. A loan spell initially and if he can show some form, could perhaps earn himself a permanent deal in the summer. -
January 2011 Transfer Window - Healy, Diouf and Bartley IN
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Just spotted someone on FF saying that we've enquired with Motherwell as to what money we'd be looking at for John Sutton's signature. Silly season in full flow now -
Ignore me. F5 does the trick
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Any chance this button could be activated within the new posts search results screen as well? Its only a wee gripe but there doesn't appear to be any way to refresh the new posts screen other than to click elsewhere in the forum and then re-click on new posts after that. Cheers!
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Cracking finish from Boughie and a more disciplined performance so he too gets my vote. I wonder what the upturn in performance level was down to? Mmmmmm, let me think.....
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There you go confusing me again When you strip away all your bluster we pretty much have the same point of view. I'm saying that scouting networks in far flung climes such as South America are high risk and no panacea. I also say that we should concentrate on developing home grown players but remaining open to the likes of bringing in other players such as Cuellar. Your point, I assume, is that we should focus on youth but also look at investing in scouting networks on mainland europe to pick up the players who have superior technical and physical ability. Not all that different from what I was saying, unless I've misinterpreted something?
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Man, you really need to work on your debating style. I can picture you absolutely thumping the keyboard as you rattle out your comments. And not even a wee smiley to let everyone know your okay? :fish:
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The gems I was referring to are the likes of Cuellar who we made a profit from when sold to Villa. But Cal's point about non-EU players is one I hadn't thought of and would obviously restrict who we could actually sign. Clubs from Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, etc, benefit from much more relaxed naturalisation rules and so can get round this far more easily.
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I'm struggling with your line of thought here. First you say why bother, then you say "obviously continue to work on homegrown youth". Whether we like it or not, squads of expensively assembled foreign players are not likely to feature much in McCoists 3 year plan for the club. I think it is you that needs to see the doctor about the old ostrich syndrome.
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Financially, Wigan are in the elite league and can pay far higher wages than we can.
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But my point was to suggest that investing heavily in scouting networks in places far flung such as South America is no panacea. I'd prefer we focus on developing home grown talent and if we can pick up a few gems along the way then so be it. But I would contend that the frequency at which we find those will depend more on our management team than anything else.
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I agree generally that our scouting network could do with improvement. Howver, the trouble with looking at the likes of the South American market for players is our budget. Sure we can bring some of these players across but because we are not part of Europe's financial elite, we are unlikely to be realistically competing for the signatures of the really top talent. Instead we would then be scrabbling around for the lesser lights who will inevitably have a lower success ratio. As a result we would also need to invest comparitively quite significant sums in the scouting network itself so that any players we do try to bring across, we had done our homework on. And it doesn't end there. Players from South American look to gain moves to Europe through complex ownership arrangements with agents. You can bet your last dollar that any deals we do to bring in such a player would only happen if we were cross an agent, or agents, palms with silver. And even then, you could see a number of them failing to settle into life in Scotland given the cultural differences and climate. So you have to wonder, given the significant investment that would be required in scouting, administration, ongoing management, wages, signing on fees, agents fees, etc; to bring in some undoubtedly talented players but with high levels of risk attached, is it really worth it? I think I'd rather we focussed on developing home grown talent.
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Commons would, at face value, appear to be a decent addition to out squad. But thats about it. If he goes elsewhere, I am sure we can target someone else.
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Thats what I mean, if he were to break with tradition he would invest now they might stand a chance of pushing on and being contenders. Vlad's previous form when they have been performing well saw them sell players or sack their manager.
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Or will they fade as the heat turns up toward the end of the season? Based on their form over the last 10 games or so, you might be persuaded to take a punt on them but I am not convinced. I felt their tactics against us were effective but unlikely to have the same effect in our next meeting. They don't seem to have any decent back up strikers with Kyle injured and whilst they are filling the gap at the moment, I doubt it will continue for the rest of the season. Now, what might make be re-consider is if Mad Vlad was to dig some money out of his Ukio Bankas coffers and splash it on a couple of big signings. Say, �£1m on the boy Eremenko on loan at Killie, and a striker in the same price bracket. Now that would be a really good statement of intent because we wont spend anything like that.
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Wingers survive on confidence and go through regular peaks and troughs. Commons is likely to be exactly the same but does seem to have a reasonable pedigree and hasn't looked out of place in international football. �£0.5m seems a reasonable enough fee. I wonder if we might perhaps be trying to sign him up on a pre-contract in the hope that this then triggers Derby into accepting a permanent deal this transfer window rather than recoup nothing at all.
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I have avoided all the fuss about this as far as possible. I couldn't care less what they said and pretty much agree with MF's sentiments. Whether it was indiscreet, ill-advised, politically incorrect, whatever; it just doesn't register on my radar of things to give a toss about. As such, this will be my last post on this thread.
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BBC: Craig Whyte remains hopeful - aye sure he does
stewarty replied to maineflyer's topic in Rangers Chat
so this is based on a quote from the RST? where's the "ignore" button? -
I have fond memories of Robertson and Laudrup tearing down the left side like a knife through butter so he gets my vote.
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Not read any VB articles in a while. Probably because Finbarr O'Fended got Newsnow to ban them. And I have to say, it was much improved as compared to the last time I read one. Previously I thought they were a bit rambly but that article was excellent.
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Baws. Celtic one up. Stokes
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U19's Striker Kane Hemmings training with the 1st team today.....
stewarty replied to Zappa's topic in Rangers Chat
Agreed. Ness, Hutton, Wylde, Cole, etc have all done a good job this season. No reason why this lad cannot do the same. -
I hope what this guy says is true. But until someone Murray hands over the share certificates, I refuse to get my hopes up about anyone taking over.
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Deeply, Deeply Satisfying for any Rangers Fan
stewarty replied to maineflyer's topic in Rangers Chat
Is that a Rangers scarf tied round the big fluffy microphone near the end of that wee .gif? Clearly the establishment force was strong at the game last night. :devil: