the gunslinger 3,366 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 The possible appointment of Nerlinger was a rare piece of good news coming out of Ibrox. I'm disappointed that it won't happen. We will be chasing Messi next. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Cooper 0 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 We will be chasing Messi next. Murrays already pulled that moonbeam. They had a chance with Lampard, perhaps even they thought that was too unrealistic! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Surely we will have an alternative list of other top candidates? There was never on the cards. It was just to make it look like we had some ambition. Either the position won't get filled or one of Ally's pals will get it. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,245 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Some selected quotes from the original Nerlinger thread - Pinch of salt needed here. - chilledbear I shall wait for the official unveiling before giving this any credence - Rangersitis Is this like the time Laudrup talked about joining rangers under green? - the gunslinger I'll be treating this with huge dose of skepticism until it's officially announced as a done deal. - me where's the money coming from - compo It's rubbish mate, there's hardly enough money to pay the ones we already have. - chilledbear in reply to compo The wee pot of gold under the rainbow - get with the program!!!! - TheWee BlueDevil in reply to compo Why, it doesnt seem that long ago we were making backroom staff redundant... now we can find money for a d.o.f.? - Dragosani Pure fantasy from the board imho - the gunslinger Not sure what the reason for this posting is? There are obviously some who try to discredit anything the board does or do, ignoring the simple matter that the club actually tried. Whether it is Nerlinger or someone else does not exactly matter, things need to change. I for one never regarded Nerlinger as the solution for that role, but at least someone who knows Glasgow, Scotland and has some ideas how this DoF system works. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Not sure what the reason for this posting is? There are obviously some who try to discredit anything the board does or do, ignoring the simple matter that the club actually tried. Whether it is Nerlinger or someone else does not exactly matter, things need to change. I for one never regarded Nerlinger as the solution for that role, but at least someone who knows Glasgow, Scotland and has some ideas how this DoF system works. I posted it because some of the more cynical and skeptical amongst us thought it was a load of nonsense from square one and unlikely to come to anything. So here we are now with it not coming to anything and as gunslinger rightly pointed out when it was first discussed on the forum here, it seemed very similar to Green's moonbeam about being in talks with Laudrup. FWIW, in both cases I'm not doubting there were 'talks' because there probably were. It's just that in both cases, these supposed talks were almost certainly going to end up like this - at a dead end. Signing a few players and filling our heads with moonbeams is a see through tactic. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 This board seem to struggle in negotiations 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Cooper 0 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 This board seem to struggle in negotiations They've done alright signing players or is that just because they are throwing copious amounts of money at mediocre footballers? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 We blooded 19 youngsters in our first season, some out of necessity. Only a handful made the grade (even at that level) and they were still playing throughout last season. We saw towards the end of our SFL 3 stay that neither the veterans we had nor the youngsters we tried were able to give us attractive football or the results we all "craved". (Some will obviously solely blame McCoist for that.) McCoist built his own team at the start of last season and they breezed past anything in Division One unbeaten, with those youngsters who made a grade before still playing. We still did not exactly get awe-inspiring games throughout the season, but never ever has a Rangers team fulfilled that "demand" of the support throughout a season. Which brings us to the old and much debated "opposition argument", which I'll bypass on this occasion. McCoist and Co. have to deliver success, i.e. a return to the top flight. His bosses will not laud him for blooding youngsters if he fails there, he will not blood youngsters for the sake of it. We've got Aird, Macleod, Gallagher and Clark in the first team, Gasparotto, McAusland, Kelly, and Murdoch close by. Add to that Crawford, Gallacher, Faure, and Hutton. All rather "young" players bound to make their mark or already doing so. Rangers will never rely too much on youth though, not under McCoist, nor under any (forseeable) future manager. That other (Scottish) clubs have to rely on their youth departments and development is great, but not exactly a mark of quality either. More something borne out of necessity. We all know where they usually end up (and not just those in Scotland) and that we made a hash of our finances (if people would call on the EBT / HMRC fiasco) is neither a definite proof that buying experience is an ultimate fail. You'd obviously hope that we build a good youth setup in the future alongside to building a team with experience players that can give you instant stability and success. Finding the golden way in the middle is something hundreds of greater and bigger (and many more lesser) clubs have tried and failed. So we should be prepared to the experience some anguish along the route to that still. Remind me how many youngsters played regularly last season in the third tier of Scottish football? That's right, 2. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 They've done alright signing players or is that just because they are throwing copious amounts of money at mediocre footballers? By their own admission they negotiated player signings poorly. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 They've done alright signing players or is that just because they are throwing copious amounts of money at mediocre footballers? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2618979/Kevin-Kyle-reveals-signed-quarter-Rangers-offered.html 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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