Waltersgotstyle 297 Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 We already have about 5 or 6 players who can or have played right back and still on our books. We don't need Foster nor do i want him. A very poor footballer. Think your being a little harsh - Foster never really let us down when called upon 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthter 542 Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Think your being a little harsh - Foster never really let us down when called upon from memory, he had a bit of a shaky start but settled down pretty quickly. I felt he was kinda like Papac, in that he was rarely a stand-out but just went about doing the job asked of him. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 very quick but utterly abysmal on the ball. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbr 1,247 Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Hemmings has been released , more to follow 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Is he any good without Weir at his side? He did OK with Bougherra beside him too. Whether he could be the dominant partner in a CB pairing is another question, one that hasnt been answered as yet (I never saw him play for Hearts so dont know how he did for them). Anytime I saw him I thought he had the right attributes to make it as a CB and also wasnt one to just lump it up the pitch all the time. If he was signing for Hearts then I imagine we would have enough scope to pay his wages ourselves - he also would be one that could potentially provide a re-sale value later in his contract too. I saw something saying he was Hearts' most saleable asset, so either he was doing something right or his value hasnt dropped too much since he left us... OR Hearts are just shite and have nobody else of value.... That said, as has been pointed out numerous times - until and unless we offload AT LEAST Goian and Boca we shouldnt be signing CB's as we have a ton of them - but if you asked who I would prefer between Fuare, Cribari, Perry or Wilson - Wilson would top that list of 4 for me. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Hemmings has been released , more to follow Someone put Zappa on suicide watch 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Hemmings has been released , more to follow Someone put Zappa on suicide watch 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Davison 0 Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Wouldn't be surprised or unhappy if we got Zaliukas. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 743 Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Foster would be a decent addition. Another who should stroll Div 2 and 1. Two year deal would be right as well as I am hoping for much higher standard of signing when back in the top flight. Hemmings just wasnt meant to be for Gers. A promising player who did well out on loan but injured most of the time. I think he'll do well for likes of Kilmarnock / Motherwell. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54andcounting 0 Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Big Derek: Silky Smith will not be last Rangers arrival THERE has been a negative reaction from some people to Ally McCoist signing Stevie Smith for Rangers again this week. The complaint I have heard from many folk is that Stevie is always injured. But since he has left the Ibrox club he has played pretty regularly for Norwich, Aberdeen and the Portland Timbers. Personally, I am pleased for the player and think he will be a good addition to the Third Division champions' squad. Ally has not simply brought the defender back to the Light Blues in the hope he will be fit and able to play. He has watched him in training just about every day since the start of the year along with Kris Boyd and Kenny Miller. He knows exactly what sort of shape the former Scotland Under-21 player is in and what he will bring to his team in the coming two seasons. I think Stevie will give him great options. He can, for example, play him at left-back and put Lee Wallace in at centre-half if need be. Or he could play the two of them wide on the left flank. Both men can play in midfield positions as well as at the back. Bringing in Stevie gives him several different possibilities without costing him huge sums of money. When Stevie was younger he had blinding pace, got up the park well and delivered great balls into the box. With Cammy Bell, Nicky Clark, Jon Daly, Nicky Law and Arnold Peralta all coming in to the club, he strengthens the squad even further. But I still don't think Ally is finished his recruitment drive. I think he will be very keen to bring one, or possibly even two, centre-backs in. I know he has Daly, Lee McCulloch or even Wallace who can play there. I just think, though, that he will be keen to land a specialist centre-half. Although he can play in the rearguard, Daly is primarily a centre-forward. McCulloch, too, is best in midfield or up front. I think Ally will try and bring in a couple of big bruisers who can shore up a backline that did not always perform well last term. I do not imagine that Dorin Goian or Carlos Bocanegra, who are both on high wages, will be returning to the club once again. Ally doesn't require a cultured footballer to play in the Second Division. He just needs somebody who can clear the ball. Having said that, Ian Durrant has been raving about the young lad Luca Gasparatto after his performances in the Hong Kong Soccer Sevens this summer. Apparently, the Canadian centre-half was the best defender at the international tournament. I wouldn't be surprised if he, or one of the other young lads who performed so well last season, featured heavily in the first team next season. I saw that Scott Arfield, the former Falkirk midfielder who has been released by Huddersfield Town, had been linked with a move to Rangers last week. Arfield was certainly a good player a few years ago when he first came through in this country. But I think Ally is pretty well served with players in his position. He has Ian Black, Kyle Hutton, McCulloch, Lewis Macleod, Law and Peralta who can play there. Ally has money to spend and can bring more new faces to the club before the season kicks off. But I think a centre-half is his priority, not another midfielder. Last season he admitted his squad was not experienced enough or strong enough. He had to bring in players who were available in a short space of time. Despite winning the Third Division by a comfortable margin, Rangers were not the best team defensively. But I am sure none of the fans will be complaining about the quality of the signings he has made. I predict they will all start after September 1. http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/rangers/rangerscomment/dj-silky-smith-will-not-be-last-rangers-arrival-for-mccoist-128287n.21404261? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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