Rousseau

Rangers 2 - 1 Hibernian FGS Dessers

Rangers vs Hibernian

I'd go full VL-statto-nerd and say both: one rampaging forward, the other inverting.

Bassey is a good example. Taverneir is still not a good example, even if he does make a profit. Good business, absolutely, but we need to be selling them earlier. Ridvan cost us £3.4m (add-ons take it to £5m). Is that the criteria? "Continually outstanding"? Bassey was a bombscare at the start - and that was after a year of not starting a game - so he wouldn't count. Bassey needed time to develop. (He was older than Ridvan when he was written off... 👀) (Dessers was never worth £5m. I said so at the time. Terrible business. That doesn't mean we can't get use out of him.) Ridvan does fit the model. Your - or my - opinion of him is irrelevant in that regard.

You're missing the development aspect of the player trading model, but yes, definitely. (Technically that's true for Tavernier, but in theory we should be selling them a lot sooner than 32.) I don't see the point in writing off any player. It's something I don't do. I always look at their skill-sets and look at how we can best utilise them - even someone like Lammers. However, I can understand - even if I don't agree with it - someone writing off a 29-year-old, but I can't understand writing off a 22-year-old (who cost a lot less than the 29-year-old).

That's true for any backup. I'd still take any money we get over what we paid. I'd take that for Taverneir. I'm sure he could put up with a season or two in Saudi for the money.

Bring in Yfeko. I like him.

It's certainly a source of frustration. It was £3.5m (outwith the extras which won't have been met), iirc. At 22 we can still keep him around - at worst, as a back-up - for another couple of years and still do OK out of the deal, IMO. You can't just drop that Taverneir bombshell and leave it there! Where has this come from? I haven't seen anything.

I was just going to ask that. I've just seen an article suggesting 7–10 days. That's nothing at all or a Rossitter situation!

You specifically brought up assists. I just took it to its logical conclusion. There was actually a fuller discusson above about his all-round stats and qualities. The sarcasm is unnecessary. I think it's absolute madness to punt a player because he's not the finished article at 22-years-old. Not only does he still have plenty of scope to improve, it is also terrible management. We should be punting the aging players and keeping those with youth and potential. (Saying that, if someone came in to give us a profit on him, I'd take it. I'd take that with every player.)

How many assists do you think a full-back should be providing? Are you thinking he should be putting up Tavernier numbers? Take Trent Alexander-Arnold, who I think we can agree is the most creative FB in the PL; He has 7 assists from 34 games, which is around 0.20 per 90. If we extrapolate that to the 13 games Ridvan has played, you would be looking at around 2–3 assists. I would also argue Ridvan assist output is better because his xA is around 3.5. If our forwards were any good he'd be sitting at 3–4 assists. He is creating the chances. TAA also has two goals. Moreover, Ridvan is only 22. Do you not think players can improve? I think it's worth keeping him for another year or two, and if the injury record continues, then sell. Punting him – and any player – because he's not exactly what you want at this exact moment is madness. The sensible thing to do is replace the aging Barisic and keep Ridvan.

We were after that Brazilian left-back. Were we not intending to complete that deal in the summer?

Dessers was scoring for Nigeria.

Full-time. 4-1. Rangers win the cup.

4-1. Easy cut-back for a tap-in. My favourite type of goal.

3-1. A lovely team goal: a one-two before a toe-poke through the 'keeper's legs.

This linesman's a Tim.

We've taken the lead with our own absolute beauty! 2-1.

Bugger... They've just scored a worldie. 'Keeper's got no chance. 1-1.

Rangers 1 - 0 Partick Whit's the goalie daein, Tom? Fantastic ball, though.

Georges Heylens.

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