MrGaryValentine
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30 minutes ago, BlackSocksRedTops said:
I'm sure the same questions were asked of Kamara when we signed him?
Please don't think I have said that because he plays in Scotland, that isn't the case. I actually thought Kamara looked a really tidy player when we signed him - I didn't think he would grow into the Kamara we have today right enough - I just don't see where Scott Wright would fit in our team. Will he replace Kent, Roofe or Hagi for example? I can't see it, so for that reason I would rather we gave our Academy players a shot/game time.
Trust me, I would love nothing more that our team to be full of young Scottish players who go on to become the core of the National team.
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Wright has looked decent any time I have saw him. My issue is are we just replacing like for like when you see the level of a Stewart, Barker or Jones? I know we need a squad but I would much rather Kai Kennedy, for example, was given an opportunity from next season similar to Patterson this year.
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The problem we have here is that the JRG consists of Doncaster, Petrie, Maxwell and an SFA employed doctor.
I honestly laughed yesterday when all these lower league clubs were complaining about their leagues being suspended and asking various questions. They had the chance in the summer to make REAL changes to the hierarchy of Scottish football and they voted to continue with the status quo. You reap what you sow.
Also, in the case of Rangers. Yes we should privately ask the questions relating to us, but we should also take a step back and watch this unfold while going about our business on the park quietly and professionally.
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Going to be a loooooong day I think. I am more worried about losing players than bringing anyone in. I include Morelos in that, I would of sold him weeks ago but I don't think it would be sensible to do that today.
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I didn't realise that the transfer window closed on Monday night, for some reason I thought it was the 12th of October.
Looking at our current squad I would still like to see Barker, Stewart and Middleton moved on while we bringing in another centre midfielder to help out. I worry about Davis playing 60 games this season so we need someone in the same class as him - which will be difficult to do.
This is me being greedy BUT I feel we could be doing with a proper goal scorer. While Morelos has played well enough, I don't believe he is playing at his best and I think he is just waiting to see if any moves happen for him before Monday.
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outstanding result last night. hopefully gerrard now gets the funds to bring in the last peices of the jigsaw that will see us get our hands on silver come may!!
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I totally agree with the above, Polster, Ojo and Baker - possibly Stewart - are all perfect examples of players who are preventing our Academy boys from getting game time. I would even question the benefit of throwing Defoe on for 10 minutes in certain games when in certain games a youth player could get some valuable minutes - especially at Ibrox.
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I am genuinely shocked at what I have read the last few days. Once again something which should of been pretty simple has turned into a farce. More worryingly because Rangers are involved in calling this out for what it is, we have a majority of fans who will not want to support us just because we are Rangers. Just watch us being painted as the bad guys in all this.
I listened to the Gersnet Podcast this morning and if there is any element of truth that this was being pushed through by Celtic, through their lawyers, due to inside information regarding UEFA changing their stance on “null and voiding” the season in the coming weeks and Rangers have evidence of this then it should be made public NOW before Dundee change their vote, because we know that will happen.
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3 hours ago, Bluedell said:
In addition to Frankie's comments, we seemed to pull our "number 10s" in narrower, whereas the likes of Kent seem to operate better when playing wider.
Also, our formation required a high intensity approach, which seems to have been lacking since the break, as you mention. There may be a number of reasons for this, including general drop off in form and the early start to the season and number of games now catching up on us.
i actually agree with that. i think kent, hagi and arfield are all getting in each others way.
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i have seen many people point to our formation being the main part of our problems domestically. gerrard was even asked this by chris jack yesterday but my question is...
what is different from the period between the split last season to the end of december 2019 and now?
we ended last season on fire and were pretty much unbeatable the first half of the season - think we only lost to celtic domestically - plus we done well in europe over that period.
i don’t think the formation is the problem. i think our intensity has dropped massively and i think that is the problem. we are no longer player at the pace we were which teams (including celtic) just couldn’t handle.
fix this and the formation won’t matter surely?
thoughts?
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i think a core of scottish players helped that 2008-2011 team mixed with some genuine class (cuellar, mendes, jelevic for example)
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46 minutes ago, ranger_syntax said:
That is difficult when the team plays twice a week.
You need to spend time in training to get it right.
i understand that but these are pro footballers, some of them international footballers. you telling me they couldn’t play a 4-4-2 against hamilton at ibrox?
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just to use wednesday against hamilton as an example. what is wrong with trying something different? realistically we have nothing to lose.
why not try a 3-5-2 or a 4-4-2. just try something different. a good manager will be able to make changes when needed.
mcgregor
katic, goldson, edmundon
tavernier, kamara, davis, aribo, barisic
kamberi, hagi
have goldson sweeping and have morelos & kent on the bench if it isn’t working.
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
the above could be true of continuing with 4-3-3 against the teams who want to just defend for 90 mins and aim for a 0-0 draw.
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19 minutes ago, RANGERRAB said:
A lot of Gerrard’s problems come from poor recruitment last summer.
The likes of Jones, Barker, Stewart, Hastie, Ojo & Edmundson haven’t made much of an impact for one reason or another.
Only really Helander & Aribo have made any real impact & Helander’s been injured for the past 3 months.
And ironically the two loaners who arrived in January, Hagi & Kamberi have looked the best of all recruits so far this season in my opinion.
That’s not a good situation to be in.
again, totally agree. hagi was the only player last night who looked like he wanted to get a result last night, everyone else just continued going through the motions.
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11 minutes ago, gaspard said:
problem, is our players don't know what a big game is, last night was a big game, every unglamorous league fixture, is a big game.
Braga was not a big game, Europe is a seasonal bonus nothing more.
that is where gerrard needs to be honest with himself on who he truely believes are rangers players in that squad.
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3 minutes ago, onevision said:
As Gaspard says....some players seem to pick and chose what constitues a BIG game. When you play for Rangers every game is as important as the next to win....we have players who have never been or never will be winners.
totally agree, we need to move away from english based players who have came from clubs that never had the pressure of a fanbase demanding success every year.
hopefully ross wilson and our scouting department will sort this in the summer.
excluding mcgregor & davis we had no-one last night starting who had won anything of note in their career. maybe jack winning a league cup? we need winners.
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had to come on and get a few things off my chest after looking at the social media fall out from last nights result.
where to start? well everyone i had spoke to (even after wednesday) saw this result coming. why? simply because domestically we have been terrible since our return in january.
i really hope this is the wake-up call gerrard and his backroom team needed.
there is no doubt that we have made great strides under gerrard since he came in but this summer will be where we see if he had learned from his mistakes.
we finished last season on fire and that perhaps made him think we were better than we actually were so he opted to go for more strength in depth than actually improving our starting xi, same could be said in january just past due to our first half form.
i think we can all now see that we now need to improve our starting xi. i am not going to single out players but what i will say is for the first time in nearly a decade we have sellable assets who, if the right offer is received, should be moved on and that money should be re-invested to improve that starting xi - not the squad as a whole.
after 20 months we STILL have players picking up a wage who offer nothing. that just can’t continue moving forward. we may be in a lucky position this year that many contracts will expire of some of those squad players. they are the legacy of previous managers and a darker time for us. once these players leave we can use their wages, again to strengthen our starting xi and make a proper go of this next year.
guys like foderingham, alwnick, flanagan, halliday, holt, rossiter, murphy, stewart, jones, ojo and barker will all be on decent money and are offering us next to nothing for what we have invested in them.
but we can’t continue to demand the removal of managers after a few poor results.
there seems to be an obsession within some of our support with stopping celtic winning 10 in a row. i want to look at ourselves. yes it’s shit watching them hoover up trophy after trophy BUT our time will come, but we need to keep to the plan and not just rip it up after a few bad results. constantly going back to square one is never gonna get us anywhere.
i don’t believe gerrard is a quitter and it certainly would shock me if he was to leave us but he does need to ask himself a few honest questions. has he been too loyal to certain players who continue to let him down when the big games arrive? i think so, but i also think gerrard is determined to be a success at rangers and he will make the changes needed to become a success.
for me he has to tell his players straight - they have from now until may to prove they are good enough to be at rangers.
let’s back the manager guys!
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Just now, MacK1950 said:
Big problem I can see is if Alf gets yellow card tomorrow we will not have a centre forward V Hibs under SPFL rules.
not true. tom miller admitted he made a mistake the other night.
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while i think we need another forward i really hope we don’t panic ourselves into anything late on just because we have missed out on vydra.
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if we manage to get bring hagi, kamberi and whoever this other one is in the door & barker out it will be a dream window. not to mention barisic signing an extension is massive too.
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10 minutes ago, BEARGER said:
Why would another SPFL club loan us one of their starting 11 ?
maybe getting his wages off may allow them to bring 2 new players in? i dont know his contract status but may secure a fee if he has said he wasnt gonna sign a new deal?
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1 hour ago, NDC Gers Fan said:
Someone on FF saying the H&H daily update mentioned Glen Murray.
sky are sayin kamberi from hibs on loan with option to buy. iv always thought he was a decent player
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delighted if Hagi signs. loan with buy option is a no brainer - i just hope we are looking at another striker too before the deadline.0
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43 minutes ago, Stevie - 4lads Blog said:
7/10 you mentioned
Only Murphy, Barker & Doc have longer
That’s good to hear. While i rate Murphy & Doc, if they ain’t gonna play they need to move on.
Who was the youth player we signed recently? A left back I think, we paid a fee for him?
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Fair enough, I will see what happens. He would be classed as a home grown player which I hadn't thought about either. Don't think we managed to use all our home grown slots this year in the Europa.