Zappa 0 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 It was their under 23,s Zappa Cheers, I couldn't imagine the manager seeing any value in putting our players up against an U17 side. I should have known the clown who writes that Ibrox Noise blog was talking pish again. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Bear 0 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Yet more short-term thinking. Rangers need the right long-term strategy plus some smart short-term tactics. Nothing wrong bringing in a quality loan signing, if we'd have to pay over the odds to buy equivalent quality (assuming of course that the equivalent standard of player could even be persuaded to come to the Scottish Championship - which is unlikely). 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilledbear 16 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Rangers need the right long-term strategy plus some smart short-term tactics. Nothing wrong bringing in a quality loan signing, if we'd have to pay over the odds to buy equivalent quality (assuming of course that the equivalent standard of player could even be persuaded to come to the Scottish Championship - which is unlikely). Also show our own youngsters the level they should be looking at. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Players step it up in training game - Ugo Posted on 10 July 2015 - 15:57 Ugo Ehiogu was pleased with the efforts of our Development Squad players in today’s training ground friendly against Rangers. We hosted the Scottish Championship giants at Hotspur Way as part of a series of behind-closed-doors sessions, as our youngsters look to step up their pre-season programmes by getting match minutes under their belts. Under-21s Coach Ugo explained that today’s collaboration with Mark Warburton’s side worked well for all parties – and picked out several players for praise. “It’s always important to put these game situations on because we’ve had a physical and technical build-up in recent days and now the players are being reintroduced to different types of movement and running by playing in training ground games,” said Ugo after the match, in which Ismail Azzaoui (2) and Shayon Harrison were on target. “This morning’s game was a wonderful test and the format of it worked well, especially in the hot conditions. Six or seven players got 60 minutes under their belts, which was really pleasing. “Ismail Azzaoui was very eye-catching with his movement – he threatened in behind and scored two goals. I’d say Cy Goddard can be very pleased with his performance, as can a lot of the Development Squad boys. “There were some very solid performances, Christian Maghoma and Grant Hall were impressive at centre-half, and later in the game there was a great opportunity for some of our new First Year Scholars to get some exposure to senior football, so there was a lot of good stuff to improve on next time. “Now we recover and go again. We’ll look to ramp up the tactical awareness and intensity each time we have a session like this and the aim is for players to be fit for the first league games in August.” http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/ugo-on-training-games-100715/ 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 It was their under 23,s Zappa Going by the Spurs article I've just posted it looks like it was their U21 squad mate. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbr 1,247 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I read an article by a spurs fan and he quoted the ages , to be honest it was probably a mixture of all their players 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I read an article by a spurs fan and he quoted the ages , to be honest it was probably a mixture of all their players I'm pretty sure now that it was the U21s, but the Belgian lad Ismail Azzaoui who scored 2 of the Spurs goals is only 17. Apparently he's a top class prospect though and that's why he's moved up from the Spurs U18 squad to Ugo Ehiogu's U21 squad this season. Good article on the lad here. Azzaoui hat trick from December in the FA youth cup........ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDRqNwwpbp8 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,234 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) You don't need me to explain how loaning players for a year is short term thinking so don't take the piss We have not even loaned ONE player yet and you go on about short-term thinking. Instead we've signed three players aged 23 and 24 (2), moved Hardie to the top team and added couple of youngsters, plus, as it seems Jordan Thompson. So what again is your point here? We shall not loan the odd talented youngster as it may wreck our long term future? Edited July 12, 2015 by der Berliner 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 We should not. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 To build a future we need as much cash as possible. To maximize income we need to entertain now. Any other approach is long winded and naive To maximise income we need to be developing our long term interests by building a successful team for the future and bringing along players we can get good returns on. Until we can start doing that we will never get anywhere. To suggest we need to be loaning players in order to 'entertain' in the second division is incredibly naive. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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