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Rumours circling that Fabio Silva is a done deal. 6 months loan

1 hour ago, SykseyBear said:

I don't think any other title will ever top 55. That one meant so so much to all of us. 

 

This season is a proper title fight. A proper league season. Winning it would merely be another number on the board. 

 

The lack of fans was a bummer.

1 minute ago, SykseyBear said:

Making life harder than it should be for Rangers Football Club is the aim of those running the game in this country. We get nothing. We are afforded nothing. We are always, up against it. Every single season. 

Do the talking on the pitch. That's all that matters. I'm glad Clement has installed a very clear mantra about how we speak to the media. It was noticeable after the LC final with the players/managers interviews. The media were keen to stress the significance of Celtic dropping points in consecutive games but the party line was clear. Talk about what we are doing and have done (Qualify for last 16 EL, win a cup). If we win this league title it will be sweeter than 55 IMO. 

2 hours ago, compo said:

Any more postponed games could lead to a situation like 2008 were we will be made to play so many games in so many days 

 

Hopefully the fact that we don't have a European game until March will help mitigate any congestion.

Picture from A9 today. For the moonhowlers who inhabit these parts...

11 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

I'd always settle for a draw at the Piggery.

 

We've been getting results recently but our performances haven't filled me with confidence.  The main thing is, don't play like shitebags like we have on most of our recent visits - get at them, harrass them and get the ball forward at every opportunity. 

I think we need to use the channels and width and attack their FBs. Taylor is there for the taking IMO. Get McCausland to attack, attack, attack!

5 minutes ago, Method Man said:

While I was looking forward to the game, a wee rest could just be what we need.

 

 

Use the time well my friend. Gives you time to..."release yo delf"

Apologies. I could not resist.

11 minutes ago, der Berliner said:

A reasonably reliable source on FF said that we have no interest in van Veen. 

 

Meanwhile ... and for lack of other rumours:

 

Rangers have registered their interest in Wolves striker Fabio Silva ahead of a potential January move, sources have told Football Insider.

The Premier League club are willing to listen to offers for the 21-year-old, who moved to Molineux from Portuguese giants Porto for a club-record fee of £35million in 2020.

Philippe Clement’s side are eager to bolster their attacking reinforcements this winter and are eyeing up a move for the forward.

Fabio Silva (21) - Striker, Portugal, Wolverhampton Wanderers - contract till 2026 (with +1 year option)

Source: https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-rangers-make-move-for-fabio-silva/

TM: https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fabio-silva/profil/spieler/505653

 

His overall stats are okay, his time at Wolves not so. Looks very much like an investment-player of the Porto school, at 21 he's already been with Porto, Anderlecht, Eindhoven, and Wolves, who paid a whopping Euro 40m back in 2020.

 

On the other hand ...

John Lundstram, Ryan Jack, Borna Barisic, Kemar Roofe, Leon Balogun, and Jon McLaughlin (yep, still with us) can talk to other clubs in 5 days time.

I would honestly take Jermaine Defoe back before wasting time and funds on Silva. Van Veen (or a player of that like) fits the bill IMO. Experienced, knows his way to goal, knows the rigours of our mad game. 

Going early as the RC game is cancelled and I'm laid up in bed with Covid (ie. I'm fecking bored).

OK. I'll put my cards on the table right away, I'd bite your hand off for a draw right now. Cements our unbeaten run and still enables us to top the league if we win our games in hand. A win however would be dreamland and would lay down a psychological marker...

Things to consider...

1. Let's not lose the plot if we lose (as some of our fans tend to do). We are still in the title race regardless of the score. 

2. In Jan-Feb they will potentially lose 5/6 players to the Asian Cup and hopefully their respective countries will go deep into the tournament. (They are away to Aberdeen and Hibs during thst period). I think we can take advantage of this if we bring in the right players in the Jan window.

Anyhow...my team would be as follows (if fit).

*********Butland*******

***Goldson**Balogun***

Tav**************Borna

***Sterling****Lunny***

********Cantwell*******

McCausland*******Sima

********Dessers********

1 hour ago, Gonzo79 said:

Aye, it's certainly not ideal and I feel sorry for fans heading from further away.  Must be a real pain in the neck.

 

From a football point of view, I think it might be quite handy.  Hopefully I'm right.  

I suppose it rules out any further injuries before we meet that lot.

10 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

I think that is harsh.  The kick off is at 7.45pm, so they didn't need to be down last night and by the time the weather forecast is actually worth paying attention to, I'd imagine hotels with suitable facilities available would be non-existent. 

 

Our kick off at Dens was delayed due to our team bus being late.

I hear you. Just feeling a bit passed off about potential backlog of games as you know that Liewell will already be getting his minions on the case. This won't be first game postponed. 

1 hour ago, Tannochsidebear said:

Really disappointing for the game to be off. Wanted to be top of the league for New Year! Another fixture to catch up on now later in the year. This is always the problem with a good Euro run, you end up having to cram in games at the business end of the season, and that never ends well.

 

I see the moon-howlers are claiming conspiracy online, to give us more time to prepare for the OF game. We really do have them worried about this, we must come out the traps all guns blazing and put them away on Saturday. It could lead to another Shark-gate meltdown, which would be fun!

It doesn't take much to be honest. They are worried and hopefully this rest allows big Goldson a few more days to be in prime condition. 

Am I being harsh and thinking that if the team do not make sufficient arrangements, they bloody forfeit the 3pts. I feel a touch of sympathy but they knew when this fixture was arranged and could have easily come down the night before. The A9 is always a nightmare. They already know this. Apologies for my cup not running over but we have already fixtures to catch up with. No European football until March does help to be fair.

I had the dubious pleasure of listening to the Motherwell away game via our national broadcaster and it will come as no surprise to anyone on here that the narrative was somewhat skewed. Liam McLeod (or whoever) took great delight in reinforcing a stat about penalties given against us as if he was reading it from one of the Moonhowlers FC forums. He provided no context to the said stat at all and just left it out there. Job done. 

I think we will need to use the loan market wisely as it doesn't lumber us with lengthy contracts. 2 strikers for me. There are lot players looking for game time prior to the Euros, so maybe we can pick up someone with that profile.

On 13/12/2023 at 19:20, SykseyBear said:

Macauley Langstaff. For under £1m. Would take him in a f*cking heartbeat. 26 years old. Late bloomer. Low risk. Low fee. Low wages. A no brainer imo. 

Could we get him for under a million? His recent record is crazy. It's something like 55 goals in his last 63 games. And I don't think he takes pens. Regardless of his current level, look at what Hooper did at the Celtic a few years back. 

Happy enough with that considering we made so many changes and we are playing a team that parks the bus. Hope Lundstram is OK and was taken off as a precaution. Points are all that matter at the moment leading up to the mini break. 

PS. Thats 11 clean sheets from 17 games now.

Rangers 4 St.Johnstone 0

FGS Roofe

Really liking the togetherness shown in that mini melee. All players sticking up for each other. 

Well done Rangers. They didn't have one shot on target. Was always going yo be hard after the highs of Thursday but we battled on and thoroughly deserved that.

10 minutes ago, SykseyBear said:

Matondo wide left? Sima middle and Roofe on right? McAusland and Dessers are a waste of time. 

The service is awful. Too many high balls. 

Too may high balls Rangers!

Hopefully Miovski's hamstring goes after his first sprint.

Rangers 2 Aberdeen 1

FGS Dessers

4 minutes ago, alexscottislegend said:

This is a monumental result for us! Win our 2 games in hand and we are top without having to play them. Make sure we get at least a draw when we visit Hell's kitchen.

F that. Go to their place and win. Put pressure on Brenda.

Just now, Sutton_blows_goats said:

Cifuentes came off injured..

 

Tactical change. We needed to work out what Stirling is.