Dave M609

Lennon is on a knife edge here, it will either galvanise the  squad or it will be the last straw for a lot of them, man is a twat

That was the link yesterday, SD have since deleted it, wasen't sure if they were just playing funny buggers

Seen a tweet last night about a cup shirt being released by Rangers

Thing was it came from Sports Directs website, not sure if there is a cup shirt or if they are just being Sports direct and trying to ruin the release before it happens or if there was one in the first place.

Can you change your shirt once you have already played the European qualifiers

Was expecting something like this after the release of the blackout shirt last year

I would be happy with Besic, was hoping for someone with a higher profile, but finances might dictate that's not possible. At least it's someone with a bit of aggression in the middle.

17 hours ago, DMAA said:

We’ve dropped our interest in Daniel Johnson according to Alex Neil. 

If he is out of contract next summer and we can pick him up for nothing in January it makes more sense to do that. He looks a tidy we player but I don't think he takes us up a level in midfield, which is what we really need

19 minutes ago, Bill said:

Ryan Jack is essential in a well-functioning midfield. Not only does he have the engine that Davis increasingly finds elusive but he's also the most disciplined and positionally-aware defensive midfielder we have. 

Agreed Bill, Jack seems to be out for prolonged periods every year as well, we definitely need more options in there

It was a really disappointing performance, although we did drop points, I am quite happy with the defence, I would say its our strongest area of the team, the area that does worry me is central midfield. We are so light weight and not aggressive enough, hibs went out yesterday to unsettle us, leave a few on our players, in the knowledge they won't be pulled up or booked for it (officiating was part of the problem yesterday). Its so surprising because Gerrard was no shrinking violet as a player, he was all action and really aggressive, and was prone to be a bit nasty. Last week I was looking forward to seeing the likes of Johnson or Zungu sign on and give us some depth, not now, I want two b@stards, aggressive box to box midfielders who will get in teams faces, we are to nice. The job of Davis and Kamara is to drop in to the full back positions when we are attacking, I worry Davis doesn't have the legs to do that week in week out and I don't think that position really suits Kamara either and as injuries start to pile up it will become more of a concern.

I thought we might have seen some movement as well, I thought we had money set aside for a midfielder, but if Alfie goes maybe that means other players coming in. It might also depend on qualifying for the Europa League as well, who knows, might mean we can bring in a player of a higher calibre. We need to get it right though, I really don't think we are far away.

Seen Guus Til's name linked with us only to see he decided to move to Freiberg on loan, what a waste, he would have been some player to get through the door

10 minutes ago, CammyF said:

More rumours and gossip - Morelos has handed in an official transfer request and 2 senior players have approach Gerrard about Alfies attitude. 

Really hope that isn't the case, hopefully with Milan and Sevilla interested as well, they can drive up the price a bit and we can get a deal done quickly, didn't want it to have to come to transfer requests etc.

I would be surprised if we sold kent this year unless a daft bid comes in, think with a full pre season under his belt and staying injury free he will be worth more than 20 million.

Im guessing the English teams have to have a quota of English players in their squad, which I would say makes kent more valuable than 10 million, they have just bid 25m for ben white from brighton, if they are willing to bid that for him then I would be wanting equal or more than for kent

Whats the fee quoted for Maric, it is difficult to tell from youtube how much of an asset he would be, I did notice he is left footed and can play on the right of a front three, to many times last year teams doubled up on kent and we never really had an outlet, the teams confidence was shot to bits as well, if he can play as a RF and a CF he offers something different that we never had last year.

I like the look of Maja I always thought he was a wee guy for some reason, boy looks a unit, only thing is I would expect Alfie to be sold if we bring him in, would be very surprised if we ended up with Maja and Morelos

Maybe give some of the youngsters that were giving it billy big baws a kick up the arse so they realise how far hey have to go to get in to the team.

Yeah I'm hoping we mix it up as well, we became to predictable last season. I would like to see Aribo given more of a chance in CM, although I thought he done pretty well when he moved up to RW last year but I would prefer our players playing the position they were comfortable with rather than shoehorned into a formation, like kent last year I don't think the lack of preseason and injuries helped him but I think he is more effective on the wing rather than being an inside 10.

I agree with Rosseau I think we do need another CM on top of this, I hope we have something else in the pipeline but we will see, hopefully some of our existing players will make a step up in their development this year as well, I think Jones has all the attributes to be a great footballer but needs to straighten the nut a bit

Zungu seems a bit of a strange one, by all accounts the obligatory youtube video looks good but he has had a pretty mediocre career, maybe its just the market we are in just now. 

Whats the deal with Weissmann, is it just they lot that are interested in him.

I hope Hastie comes back, from what I seen of him at Motherwell he was decent, strong powerful, an eye for goal. I think the problem last year was probably Gerrard wanting Kent in the door and Allen having to find players as back up for the wide areas so we ended up with Stewart, Hastie, and Jones, all free and maybe not up to the standard we would have hoped, with guys like Jones and Hastie we would have hoped they would have made the next step in their development, looks like maybe Hastie wasn't ready for that and going back to Motherwell where he performed well to get his development back on track, he might never be good enough but at least there he has the chance of hurting teams like Aberdeen and Celtic and we have a recall clause if he is performing well.

Roofe can play out wide as well can't he. I think he would be a good signing, was great for Leeds, but does he not have a history of injury problems

I hope we hear something In the next week or so, I know we like to get our business done early now and there are no leaks which is good for us but a nightmare for fans

On ‎18‎/‎06‎/‎2020 at 07:32, JFK-1 said:

I don't know if he or anybody else for that matter would. I was simply speculating a financial scenario for such a player. One that could be beneficial to both parties. Personally I don't know a thing about Ryan Fraser. Whether I would even want him in the team.

He is a player I would love us to get, I just think there would be to much financial risk on our part. He reminds me a wee bit of Shaquiri at liverpool  JFK but can play in a few positions, gets to the byline and cross the ball, but likes to play on the left and is right footed, very direct and works his arse off. last year he was great but I think he has struggled to find form this year.

Would love it if hibs collapsed, spoon burning wanks. Maybe an opportunity for Rangers and celtic to get their youth teams to compete against the English teams, did we not get the young guys playing European teams a couple of years ago, don't know how feasible that would be with travel restrictions and cost in the current climate.

That's mental, guess that's rangers going to be fucked over by the ethics and disciplinary board then

6 minutes ago, Rino said:

I see Ryan Fraser has rejected a short term deal at Bournemouth. He has been playing at a fairly high level for a good few years now, still only 26 and in his 'prime' years.

 

Do you think we would be interested in him and would he upgrade our current squad?

Absolutely no way we would be able to afford him even on a free, he has been touted at clubs like Liverpool, Man U and Arsenal. Most likely scenario I could see is Arsenal cutting their losses with crispy hips and making Frasier a LWB

See if Hearts and Partick go to court am I right in thinking that we will have no Scottish representatives in Europe, thus costing Celtic at least 20 million and us whatever we would make from the Europa, surely;y they will really push to get this settled out of court. 

Here's one I noticed earlier as a back up left back, Chris Brunt has just left WBA, good experienced international player, I haven't seen him for a couple of years but surely he could be a good option as a back up if we need to fill the lb position