Malangsob

2 hours ago, buster. said:

Alves started tonights 3-0 WC build-up friendly win against Algeria and was subed after 57 minutes.

The old legs slow everyone. I think it's pretty amazing that they chose him in the first place. Is Portugal lacking young talent?

Some people's kids ehh? Poor guy just wants to go to church. Sad man.

Sorry, let me see if I am getting this correct. There was an organization formed by Rangers fans with the intention of gaining a financial foothold in the club.

 If all funds were to go toward share purchase wouldn't those projects be commensurate with the percentage of ownership?

Do they have a mission statement/statement of purpose (Club 1872)? If so, then this should have been outlined in that mission statement. If it was then specific allocations should be clarified.

 I absolutely love the Goldson signing. Ejaria is a mixed bag and is definitely a young, work in progress. This kid is big and STRONG. He has deceptive speed at the top end and distributes the ball well. He has good vision and plays head up ball.

However, he appears at times to show a low work rate and is a bit of a 'goonie bird', in that he seems like a boy in a man's body with his loping running style and lack of agility.

We shall see...hopefully.

OE

Why would they (Rangers) want to restrict access? A sale is a sale correct?

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I'm down.

35 minutes ago, 917 said:

The problem with ‘living within our means’ is that it means we will never catch Celtic. They keep getting Champions League cash while we keep getting nothing. Unless there is up front investment, it will never be an even playing field - something which is happening in more and more European leagues (one team dominance).

 

However there is one way we could make up the gap, by buying cheap and selling big. Imagine we had taken that alleged £12million for Morelos? That probably equates to a full seasons ticket money & half of a retail deal.

 

However, signing any players from England is not going to achieve this, because their sell on value immediately goes down by playing in the SPFL. We seemed to be doing this last year by signing Cardoso & Morelos, maybe even Pena & Herrera, however we shouldn’t abandon the model just because Caixinha was rubbish! Yet look at one he did sign for about 1millon - Candeias. Arguably the best player in the league last season. But if he had been playing down south, he’d cost about 10million (maybe 5 in the championship) we should be signing players from Serbia & Sweden. 11 players of Candeias standard & we wouldn’t be far behind, or too skint. But we just won’t get that value in the English leagues. Yet that seems to be the market Gerrard knows..

True, we won't get that much value in the English leagues. This is one of those things where you must cede some ground. Gerrard knows Liverpool and the EPL. That is his experience base and he is working intelligently by incorporating his network and his known environment. As time goes on his experience and scope will broaden as his interrelations do.  From a strictly managerial birdseye I can start to see his m.o. and I  agree with it.

Caixinha attempted to reinvent the wheel by incorporating players and tactics which were entirely foreign to a majority 'Scottish' trained squad. He failed because his tactics and techniques were incongruent with his talent base AT his price point. If you examine Gerrard's acquisitions and targets, these are either players who are intimate with the Scottish game or have the physical and mental attributes to adjust to it while meeting stringent cost restrictions. 

This is logical human resourcing.

1 hour ago, craig said:

Andy Newport reporting that a 3 million fee with Brighton has been agreed and that we are now in talks with Goldson.  No medical arranged yet and it could be next week before the deal is concluded.

 

Some Brighton fans reckon he could do a "Van Dijk" in Scotland - if he can then that would be an excellent signing.  I read the thread on the Brighton fans forum and whilst many were saying that he was their 3rd or 4th best CB I didn't really see one post that said he wasn't a good player.  The only concern for me from reading that thread (aside from his heart surgery) would be that he isn't particularly physical.  A ball-playing, quick and mobile CB is what I read a fair bit of.  That would suit me !

A player's level of physicality may be a result of the system which he was utilized in. The statistics for this cat don't lie (6'3" 190lbs). He is a big dude (same height and ~weight as Van Dijk) who has the tools to bang if needed.

I am stoked about this guy.

On 6/3/2018 at 06:57, Bluedell said:

However that's an average season ticket price of £400

Damn...that's cheap!

Is this possible in the modern game given the 24/7 requirements of a manager? Especially at a place like Ibrox? If he were at some small outfit like one of those Irish clubs with seating for a family of five...but Rangers? 

Plus the conditioning has to be factored. He is not gonna get up an hour early, go jog with the dog and be in top-flight form.

18 minutes ago, JFK-1 said:

He's still just 25 which in terms of the current transfer market prices would appear to be acceptable value if he's as good as some appear to think he is. I'm presuming Mark Allen and Stevie G know what they're doing with our limited resources and especially so Stevie. His managerial credentials are on the line.

 

 

The team needs continuity and a core to build upon. This guy is young and everyone says he is pretty legit.

I don't know about this Morrison dude. Thirty-two and coming off an Achilles injury seems pretty dicey to me. This guy blows another tire and its curtains. Especially for a club with little wiggle room in funds seems like a big gamble. BTW...everybody keeps talking about a tight budget. What kind of number are we lookin at?

3 minutes ago, JFK-1 said:

Welcome to the forum. I'm born and bred Scottish and lived all my life in Scotland till coming to Oklahoma a little over 6 years ago now.

 

MLS is getting slowly better and will probably continue to do so but it can't be compared to the likes of Scottish football where clubs are over a century old and have had entire families supporting them for generations.

I agree with you on MLS. They are getting better. However, they missed the train withme.  Very cool, an immigrant...my GG parents emigrated from Scotland in the 20's. We need more European immigrants. Especially Scots!

30 minutes ago, pete said:

Welcome to the website mate. I hope you enjoy. Good to have people supporting our club as a choice and not because they were born into it. This is imo the best website for real discussion. I think we have a few British military on board and 26th of foot is or has been military I think. Unless I am totally wrong.

Thank you Pete. I hope I didn't come off as too forward but I figured I would preemptively answer the two questions I assumed would be raised. I am nowhere near as knowledgeable as most if not all of the posters on here but I do love to watch the games and I support the club the best I can.

 I think he would do well in Scotland. Homeboy wins games. He saved Everton's ass and like another guy said he did well in Sunderland. Aren't those guys down playing in the church leagues now? It seems to me at times that the EPL wants to be something it's not...Spain.

I never formally introduced myself. That was rude and I apologize. 

 I am an American Rangers fan. As an American Rangers fan, whenever I refer to my team in my home country they either think I am talking about the baseball team (Texas Rangers), or the hockey team (NY Rangers).

I tell them, "no, it's a soccer team...they are from Glasgow, Scotland"

"You don't like MLS?"

"No" I reply, and pause because I know what is coming, but I hope that they will ask me about the team...they don't.

"Why?"

"Because it's dogshit."

That is when the subject changes and we move on with our days.

I have been a Rangers fan since I was stationed in Okinawa in 06. I am career USAF.

Now, with all of the issues, I like them more than at any other time. The whole remaking yourself thing that really resonates with me. I love that about them. No quit.

My nick:  Malangsob, is Thai for cockroach. I picked it up during a TDY (Temporary Duty) in Thailand. I got drunk one night as one is apt to do in Thailand and I ate one...or maybe two, on a bet. I just remember a Thai squealing "malang sob!"...it stuck...along with a leg that I pulled out of my teeth the next morning.

So yeah...Go Rangers baby!

2 hours ago, colinstein said:

there's a non denominational primary in that competition

They have my support.

Addiction is a vicious dog. The problem with addiction as with most abhorrent behavior are triggers. For athletes, as with anyone, many of those triggers are rooted in their vocation. This is why so many continue to fail at recovery while still playing. Therefore, it would be a risky proposition inviting him back because only HE knows what stimulates his need to use. Or, maybe he does not. It's a gamble.

2 hours ago, craig said:

You would be surprised...... I received some information last week and the club, whilst not perhaps looking for Asian talent, most definitely are looking to increase their Asian footprint....  In fact, the guy who they are looking to use to increase said footprint is a Tim and when Celtic found out that he would be working for Rangers on this they tried to poach him.  When he refused (the Rangers staff member who asked him to assist is a good friend of his) Celtic's response was "How could you do this to the team you support" and his response was "X is a very good friend of mine, I would never do that to him - and he was the one that came up with the idea in the first place, you only heard about it on the grapevine and decided to steal his project").

 

The Tim is about to head off to Asia to work with an EPL team - very good guy, despite being a Tim.  Had drinks with them the other week and he took my slagging of Celtic very well.

Stand up guy. Good on him.

2 hours ago, craig said:

Remember we only really have one goalscorer at the club in Morelos.  Miller has left, Cummings is back to Forest (for now) and Herrera couldn't hit a "coo in the erse with a banjo".  We may not like to admit it but, despite being the league's top scorers last season, we are very light in attacking options, certainly a striker or two would be helpful.  We should be fine on the wings with Murphy, Candeais and now Arfield.

 

Defence is our top priority I agree, but we definitely need at least one striker if not more - if Morelos goes off the boil, as he did after the January window closed, then we will struggle, again, as we did after Morelos went off the boil, without replacements.

Valid points all. I like that expression "off the boil", how accurate.

2 hours ago, buster. said:

Whlist on the Kit thread, can I ask you why you have a cockroach as your profile pic,...it bugs me !

Sure buddy...malangsob is Thai for cockroach. It's a nickname...long story.

3 minutes ago, JFK-1 said:

(12th July 2016) Lincoln Red Imps FC 1 - Celtic 0

One Red Imps player was driving a taxi until a few hours before the game'

That just goes to show you what a paper tiger they really are. People can talk all the smack they want but we are not that far behind. Come on Stevie!

Lincoln Red Imps

What a great name.

You think J. Terry is gonna play for his boy?

I think I might go to a 'tailor' in BKK in September and see about getting one of those orange ones. I know there has to be a line on one. I don't care if it's not the real McCoy. That kit is tighter than a drumhead. 

I am no football manager but I saw no problem with the team scoring last season. Were we not first in points scored? Hopefully, Steve G. et al. focus on defense. I liked the goalie signing. Though he is a bit long in the tooth, he was player of the year at Hull. More along those lines it would appear? Yet, all of the chatter I continue to read is in regard to players like Solanke. Am I missing a step in the process? Is Gerrard a bit too offensive leaning? The signing season is still young.