The Summer 2022 Rangers Transfer Window Rumours and Deals - Thread

[DMAA 3,603]

29 minutes ago, Frankie said:

Matondo is 22 next week and, like Kent, has moved about too much in recent years to find any sort of consistency in his play. I'm confident he'll find that given some time. 

I think Matondo will prove a very useful player over the course of the season, and hopefully for seasons to come. But the fact remains that after spending £12m or so and making the Champions League, our strongest 11 has a central attacking mid playing in the right forward position (Tillman or Lawrence), which is a bit disappointing given it seemed to most of us like the top priority position to strengthen. 

[ranger_syntax 3,779]

35 minutes ago, JohnMc said:

As a support I feel we've long forgotten that the youth and B teams are there to supplement our squad. That's quite literally the point of them. For a club of our current size, playing in the league we are, it's essential we're able to bring through our own players. Some will flourish and bring us big transfer fees, some will simply provide cover and not make the final step up. But we need to realise that's a large part of the future for us, if we are to have a future. We have to expect players like King, Lowrie, McCann, Devine and Ure to play 10 to 15 matches this season. Sometimes as subs, sometimes in cup matches and sometimes in our biggest games because senior players are injured or suspended. Rangers have to become a club that's recognised for developing and promoting younger players. Now that Patterson is starting regularly at Everton and Bassey at Ajax that will help build that reputation. We need more of them and perhaps we have them, they just need a chance to play. 

The management appear to have a fair amount of confidence in the young players.

 

That's helpful in terms of depth. We are not really short in that regard.

 

People are complaining because we expected to improve the first eleven after qualifying.

[Bill 13,717]

1 hour ago, buster. said:

It comes from years/decades of short term transfer window therapy that has a positive effect on mood but often doesn't last very long.

It comes from decades of inept management in all aspects of the club but you're right about short-termism. No clear vision, confused and often conflicting objectives. You might say that for a long time the club reflected perfectly the panic that typically afflicts the Rangers support. 

 

As a distant but interested observer, it seems to me the current regime is the first in a long time that has actually treated the club as a proper business, particularly in respect of a clear but flexible road map. To see some of the criticism being directed towards people who are largely succeeding in their work is a bit dispiriting if I'm honest. It would be a far better thing if we focussed on where we want our club to be 5 years from now, instead of knee-jerking about this weekend or this season.

[Bluedell 5,346]

1 hour ago, JohnMc said:

A little surprised how downbeat so many seem to be. Not buying someone in the last weeks of the transfer window doesn't mean we don't have any money. We have been planning for this transfer window for months, it might be that everyone was happy with the business we did early and only if we were forced to sell someone were we likely to look at bringing someone else in.

It did seem from Gio's post-PSV interview that he was expecting some movement in.

[Gonzo79 13,701]

2 minutes ago, Bill said:

It would be a far better thing if we focussed on where we want our club to be 5 years from now, instead of knee-jerking about this weekend or this season.

That's all well and good but if that lot keep winning the league and getting into the CL, the financial gap widens further.  

 

Like most things, it's a balancing act.  A bloody difficult one.  

[Bill 13,717]

1 minute ago, Gonzo79 said:

That's all well and good but if that lot keep winning the league and getting into the CL, the financial gap widens further.  

 

Like most things, it's a balancing act.  A bloody difficult one.  

That's management based on fear rather than objectives.

[Sutton_blows_goats 4,237]

1 minute ago, Gonzo79 said:

That's all well and good but if that lot keep winning the league and getting into the CL, the financial gap widens further.  

 

Like most things, it's a balancing act.  A bloody difficult one.  

And that's the real ball buster about this. Its our European efforts that keep the co-efficient high enough to get a Scottish club auto CL qualification. But we cant be good enough domestically to take advantage.

[buster. 4,808]

25 minutes ago, Bill said:

It comes from decades of inept management in all aspects of the club but you're right about short-termism. No clear vision, confused and often conflicting objectives. You might say that for a long time the club reflected perfectly the panic that typically afflicts the Rangers support. 

 

As a distant but interested observer, it seems to me the current regime is the first in a long time that has actually treated the club as a proper business, particularly in respect of a clear but flexible road map. To see some of the criticism being directed towards people who are largely succeeding in their work is a bit dispiriting if I'm honest. It would be a far better thing if we focussed on where we want our club to be 5 years from now, instead of knee-jerking about this weekend or this season.

Yes, the roadmap about the modernization of the club was laid out in the spring of 2015 by Paul Murray and supported by a strategy of running at a projected and constructive loss.

 

3 to 5 years was the timescale and all things considered, we didn't do too badly.

 

Along the way, there have been mistakes.  'Transfer window therapy' has been  employed occasionally but we are slowly improving the quality of youngsters coming through. We now need a manager to trust them and a support to understand.

 

The football operation continue to make mistakes but they also make good calls as well. The general direction of travel is positive within the restrictions of the market we operate in.

 

Further ahead, unless we move somewhere else, I can envisage us (and many others) being completely marginalized from the top table/elite game.

Edited September 2, 2022 by buster.

[Bill 13,717]

14 minutes ago, buster. said:

The football operation continue to make mistakes but they also make good calls as well. The general direction of travel is positive within the restrictions of the market we operate in.

Thing is, we don't exist or operate in a vacuum. Like other clubs, we're continually trying to hit a moving target. In the short term, the right actions will occasionally have poor outcomes, and vice versa, and it's only over the medium and longer term that you see the real value of a clear road map.

[the gunslinger 3,366]

32 minutes ago, Bill said:

That's management based on fear rather than objectives.

This hipster football is a business nonsense like any other is just that.