CammyF

Steve Bloomer - 599 games 352 goals and Derby's all time record goal scorer & England International (23 caps and 28 goals)

Good to have a few contenders this week. I've gone with Dessers as the old saying goes, goals win games and bigman delivered yesterday

Completely forgot to enter my prediction. I was going to go 2-0 Rangers, Dessers double

Honest 😁

Get the correct players in and around Lundstrum and he can put in the performances we require. Diamonde and Cantwell the difference in midfield.

Souttar very shacky, Balogun played well, Tav also had a good game defensively. 

Say what you want about Dessers but good good finishes today and his overall performance was decent. 

In truth, pass marks for all the players today and hope Matondo and Simas injuries aren't serious. 

What a player and what a kit! Hopefully Castore replicate this next season!  

Back to basics - let's play players in their natural / best positions. 

Would be surprised if Yilmaz makes it tomorrow (may make the bench) so Barisic should come into defence and Stirling moved into midfield. 

Think our issue will be who plays in the offensive positions as we'll need to score goals - for me, Dessers over Silva at 9, Sima and Matondo wide and Cantwell at 10. 

Cammy F giving the Vs to The Govan 😁

Didn't a Rangers player (Eric Morris?) get shot with a pellet gun in a reserve game at Parkhead? 

Can't see Yimaz making it, so huge decision on whether Sterling plays LB of CM. I'd prefer him in midfield as we've been lacking in there recently. Who plays LB? God knows. 

I'm actually dreading Sunday. 

Great Post @Frankie and hard to disagree with most of it. 

On Cortes, I'd imagine any deal (permanent or loan) will not be finalised until we know how he has recovered from his injury. 

Sima - would love to see him back next season on loan but this will all depend on Brighton and his contract situation (they may want to sell if he is nearing the end of his current contract).

As you say Butland and Yilmaz may have to be sold to finance the "restructure" and my feelings on Yilmaz are different from yours and others so I'd sell him regardless.

I'll be in the minority but I'd only sell Tav is a huge bid was received. We need to have a succession plan in place but currently he offers more offensively than any other player we have. However, we can't keep relying on our RB digging us out of trouble.

I like Goldson and Lundstrum but feel their time at Rangers has come to a conclusion.

No matter which way you cut it, a huge job for Koppen, PC and the recruitment team .

Funnily enough, Tav and Goldson have said similar previously and got crucified for it........

20 minutes ago, Yorkie Bear said:

OK. We've had nearly 24 hours for reflection. Time to throw off the sack cloth and look ahead to better times. As the good book tells us:

 

We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair;

Corinthians 4:8

 

 But He said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God"

Marvin Andrews 2005 (also Luke 18:27).

58 minutes ago, PoohBear said:

No one said we will magically become successful, come on....

So what will it lead to? Marginal improvement? More of the same? Further regression? 

2 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

I'd keep Yilmaz (good player, still very young)

 

Goldson is one of our best defenders, so I'd still use him - but we do need better competition. There's no real value in letting him go as we're not getting a fee for him - other than freeing up wages. 

 

Dowell and Wright can go. 

 

Lammers I'd keep. I'd like to see him get a run in the #9 position. 

The OP was restricted to 5, I could have posted more 

The 5 picked will still be there next season, but it's just a bit of fun 😉 

4 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

@CammyF's list:

 

Yilmaz

Yilmaz

Yilmaz

Yilmaz

Yilmaz

 

Dessers gets a bonus and a new 10-year contract. 

 

@der Berliner's list:

 

Tavernier

Tavernier

Tavernier

Tavernier

Tavernier

 

Scott Wright gets a bumper new deal, and is made captain. 

Blatantly wrong as I've posted my list 😁

12 minutes ago, CammyF said:

Excluding the out of contract and loan players - these 5 :

 

Yilmaz

Lammers

Dowell

Goldson

Wright

 

 

@Rousseau- serious question

Would you keep those 5 and if so why?

I think it's a given that the loanees and OOC players will all leave, so what 5 outwith those should be shown the door. 

Excluding the out of contract and loan players - these 5 :

Yilmaz

Lammers

Dowell

Goldson

Wright

6 minutes ago, PoohBear said:

How long are you willing to accept failure? I have backed them all the way, particularly Tav who I think is a fantastic football player. The reality is that they have returned little in way of trophies for the club. At some point you have to change things, you have to say that enough is enough.

So we sell Tav and magically we become successfully? 

All out ills are down to Tav and Tav alone? 

Tav time is coming to an end, but can think of at least a dozen players who deserved to be chopped before him.

(Disclaimer - I have said on numerous occasions that if the Saudi interst in Tav is genuine than we have to sell him z but we can't force him to leave). 

3 hours ago, Franc Ergs said:

Indeed, if the cap fits and all that 😉 .

 

i'd stick him in Lawrences' position ,because when we get a new right back next season that's where he'll end up playing anyway.

The punishing runs from RB position aren't getting any easier for Tav .

How dare you have the audacity to mention that Tav could / should be here next season 😁

Read the room - he, along with Lundstrum and Goldson are the modern day equivalent to witches and must be treated as such.

23 minutes ago, Sutton_blows_goats said:

I agree but the 3 you mention have been pretty much ever present over the past 3 years and IMO have ran out of steam.

 

We play much more games that any other team in Scotland year on year. With a squad full of perma injured. That's got to take its toll on the guys who turn up is all I'm saying.

Also blows the myth that those three hide and / or are sh1tbags. 

They never hide and are always available. Hence, they are over relied on. 

Weirdly, players that are seldom available are thought off more highly. 

1 minute ago, Franc Ergs said:

Given that our only faint hope of winning the league now requires us to score lots of goals, i'd be playing our top goal scorer a tad further up the park.

 

 

 

Tav at CF? Could be onto something.

3 minutes ago, Sutton_blows_goats said:

People are deluded, there is no one else other than these guys and maybe some U-14's if they dont have any homework.

 

Even guys like Lovelace, Lowry and Stevens who might be able to come in from the youth set up are injured or one foot out the door.

The quote that gets me is "play the youths, they can't be any worse".....

Really? Last season the "youths" (B Team) struggled to beat Bo'ness United and the likes. This season they are not participating in any meaningful domestic games / league structure.

5 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

I don't think so. Many teams - see Leverkusen - play with two. 

 

I think it's the press: teams can break our press quite easily. 

 

It's also a specific problem in Lundstram's game; it has been for a while: Even in Beale's diamond he was quite poor in this metric. He is actually in the lowest 3% in the whole league for this metric.

 

Either he is particularly bad at it, or our press is so poor they are exposed. I lean towards it being a bit of both. 

Our press has regressed dramatically. 1st half against Celtic, only Dessers and Lundstrum were attempting any press at all. Rest of team retreated into our half when ever we were out of possession. 

Not sticking up for Lundstrum but until a few weeks ago, he was being touted as POTY.......

Just now, Rousseau said:

The stats also show that Lundstram was dribbled past twice. 

 

We've discussed this before, haven't we? 

 

It looks to be an issue with his reading of the game or positioning. 

Or with us essentially only playing 2 in midfield, we are being overran in this area? 

Meh.........  eeny meany miny mo.....