CammyF

Sweepstakes to see when Danilo really returns and when do we expect Dessers to keel over (having to play 3 games in a week for rhe foreseeable)

Oh, off to grab some popcorn 🍿 - this'll be interesting.....

Last season was £120 for 3 games, so I'm expecting £225-£250 this season. On a side-note, noticed CCCS has made a remarkable recovery now we're back at Ibrox!

Does moving the St Johnstone game to a 8:PM Sunday Night kickoff count as a "fresh approach"?

People forget just how good McCoist and Hateley were as footballers and not just goalscorers. As I said above, fans have short memories. Both were fantastic football players as well as fantastic goal scorers

I rather like them, cuddly wee rascles that they are......

I wasn't comparing him to McCoist - he couldn't lace Allys boots. I gave MCoist as an example of how scoring 1 goal per OF game is unrealistic. In my time supporting Rangers, McCoist was the player I knew I could rely on to score against them and he did - but not at a goal a game. Dessers is what we have, comparing him to anyone is pointless - listing his strengths and weaknesses is pointless.

Did I say it was acceptable? 1 in 2 is exceptional, Dessers has played 1 full season. McCoist was ridiculed for years at Rangers, fans chanting for him to get to "fcuk". Fans have short memories.

Notice the B Team are playing Luton tonight - thought Igamane would benefit from some minutes but not in the team. Last I heard it was 3-2 to Luton after 70+ minutes.

Or not allowing a winger to get to bye-line, or not tracking his runner? I'm getting swayed here, useless bugger does f'all when you think about it.

Like not saving weakly hit shots from 30 yards out?

He'll not be the only striker in the world who is / was wasteful though, that's the point. He needs someone who'll supplement his 16, 18, 20 goals, like the example I gave relating to the season we won 55 - Morelos, DeFoe, Roofe, Kent, Hagi, Tav, Aribo, Arfield all chipped in.

A goal a game v Celtic? You do know McCoist "only" scored 28 in 54 games against them? You're asking the impossible there. Dessers goals have mostly been opening goals, equalisers and winners, he's scored in OF, EL and CL qualifiers. Scored 2 in a Scottish Cup Semi Final. He has only been here 1 full season. In that season he was 1st Rangers striker to score 20 league goals since Boyd and Miller. Maybe, just maybe if other players showed the same attitude and / or chipped in with their share of goals, then we'd be better off (remember McCoist had Hateley, Boyd had Miller etc)

So did Kenny Miller and a few others.

What's so confusing? Dessers scores goals end of debate.

I repeat myself due to old age 😀

Really, first I've seen you post that.

Exactly - typical of the Rangers support that when discussing lack of goals, the player(s) to blame are those who actually score the goals and not those who don't 😀

Copland still closed, hopefully ready for the Hibs game.

Myth. What was the attendance for the St Johnstone game again? Those 6k can buy tickets for all home matches (via public sale and seat sub), yet there are unsold tickets for almost every home game (and some in significant numbers). We (as a club) struggled to give away tickets at end of last season and beginning of this season.

I don't know where your trying to take it to be honest. My original response was to a post stating that said Dessers doesn't score in important games. I replied saying he does (and has) and suddenly you've said its not about goals but "presence". I also stated that most of his goals for us have been opening goals, equalisers or winning goals. Dessers doesn't offer a Morelos type presence (few would) but its undeniable that he offers goals, something no other player in our squad can currently claim. Dessers is the new Tav, no matter what he does, it'll not be good enough for some. He scores goals, he's always available, he doesn't let the flack get to him. Wish we had more that offer what he offers.

Do DeFoe and Roofe are a presence? They played as much as Morelos. Roofe outscored Morelos as well. So your argument falls down.

And off course those type of strikers grow on trees and you can pick them up from your local Poundland. Our whole attacking line is weak, not just the number 9.

Look at the season we won 55 - we didn't have a presence then either. Morelos, Roofe and DeFoe shared the striking responsibilities, only Morelos could be classed as a "presence". All 3 of them contributed with goals (ironically none scored more than Dessers did last season), but we also had Tav (who finished joint top scorer with Roofe if I remember correctly), Aribo, Kent, Arfiled all scoring goals on a regular(ish) basis. In our current squad, we could have a striker with all the presence in the world, it wouldn't make 1 iota of a difference. No matter who our number 9 is, we are over-relient on them to score our goals. Using Sunday as an example, our striker could have scored a hat-trick and still wouldn't have finished on the winning side.

Absolutely agree. Also, there is no requirement for a bigger Ibrox. Its hardly like we sell out every game (in reality not on paper). Also if the form / performance of the last few seasons continues, we could be shutting stands down.