craig 5,195 Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 This is great news for the club. One of the best in many a year. Elfideldo will have seen more of him than I but I have seen Leon off and on since he was about 8 when my own kid played against him just prior to him signing for the club (was previously at Barrhead BC). Very humble young man with great desire, great physique and has a very bright future in the game in my opinion. Kevin Thomson told me last year that Leon "has everything to make it to the top of the game". Had the pleasure to speak to him for a few minutes when he trained with Kevin in January along with my son. I also heard, from a very good source, that Man U said Leon was "the best of his age group in the whole of Europe". Here's hoping we see him continue to be involved around the senior team and, hopefully, make an appearance or two before the season is out. Signed till 2022 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 6,070 Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Get him on the bench and give him the last fifteen minutes if we can 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,372 Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 (edited) 44 minutes ago, compo said: Get him on the bench and give him the last fifteen minutes if we can We will be 2-0 down by then Edited March 7, 2020 by ian1964 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 5,103 Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 16 minutes ago, ian1964 said: We will be 0-2 down by then And we’ll win 2-3 (King hat-trick) 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whosthedado 1,479 Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Whats the odds on King not making one single appearance in the Rangers first team? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,252 Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 How many from our youth set-up actually go on to establish themselves in our first team ? Wouldn’t read too much into this,but good luck to Leon 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexscottislegend 2,042 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Godsake keep him as long as possible and have a watertight moving-on clause inserted into his erm..contract. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briton 314 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 On 07/03/2020 at 17:48, RANGERRAB said: How many from our youth set-up actually go on to establish themselves in our first team ? Wouldn’t read too much into this,but good luck to Leon It would be interesting to see how we compare with other big teams. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMc 2,463 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Briton said: It would be interesting to see how we compare with other big teams. That depends on who you're comparing up with and your definition of 'big'. We currently compare poorly with Celtic who have 3 or 4 first team regulars who came through their youths. Teams like Motherwell, Hamilton, Hearts and Aberdeen have a higher success rate, albeit there is less pressure and expectation on players there. Our spell in the lower leagues was a chance to build something but our ownership at the time wasn't good and the opportunity was wasted, it seems like we've started again in the last couple of years so we'll see what the next couple of years brings. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,195 Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 6 minutes ago, JohnMc said: That depends on who you're comparing up with and your definition of 'big'. We currently compare poorly with Celtic who have 3 or 4 first team regulars who came through their youths. Teams like Motherwell, Hamilton, Hearts and Aberdeen have a higher success rate, albeit there is less pressure and expectation on players there. Our spell in the lower leagues was a chance to build something but our ownership at the time wasn't good and the opportunity was wasted, it seems like we've started again in the last couple of years so we'll see what the next couple of years brings. Our spell in the lower leagues was a chance missed for sure. And, even though I would agree with you regards being poorer than Celtic in terms of youths making the first team, I would contend that our top league hiatus helped them with that because the league title was never in any doubt - they could afford to bring in 3, 4 or 5 youths because they were always going to win the league by a landslide. The question would be how many of their youths have made the step up since we returned to the top flight - and I don't think they are in much better shape than us in all honesty. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.