The Football Operation at Rangers is a Mess

[buster. 4,808]

The Football Operation at Rangers is a mess and the current situation is very much a result of it.

You could argue that Youth Development is one positive area and it is just as well, given how the future is shaping up

 

 

 

First Team Mgmt

It just isn't working, is it ?

The manager seems unable to motivate, organise or show leadership. It seems to be the players that choose their games or moments to perform (or not). It wasn't that different at the end of Gerrard's time, so as Goldson tried to articulate post League Cup semi-final defeat (between SG and Gio), there is some kind of faultline in the squad.

Gio enjoyed a honeymoon period up to the end of 2021. Thereafter it has been a rollercoaster.

 

 

Squad Mgmt 

Frankly awful.

A willingness to collect older and/or chronically injured (CI) players whose gametime needs to be managed.

Morelos, playing him whilst injured = worse injury, out for months. Back up to Morelos, was a CI player (Roofe) who couldn't play two games a week for very long. Further back-up (Itten)wasn't in UEFA sqaud because of lack of home(grown) based players. Result was Roofe got injured, we pushed him out of necessity, haven't seen him since (apart from 2 minutes at EL Final).

 

The centre half debacle.

Souttar signing on top of Helander status.

@craig ITK(?) tells us Souttar signed to replace outgoing (at the time pre extension) Goldson.

Was the plan to have a Souttar/Helander partnership ? WTAF

We let Balogun go (another one who neede managed)

We saw the problem late and bring Davies in.....that goes wrong early doors for either one thing or another (?)

 

The goalkeeping situation

It wasn't joined up thinking and has us between a rock and a hard place.

It looks reactionary. McGregor is going, no he isn't.

Looking less than good, lets give McCrorie an extension.

 

The Midfield

High average age, CI players and a predictable energy shortfall.

 

 

Recruitment

Mixed bag and in part, reactionary. To be fair, that often happens.

But the short term balance is poor with Colak the notable exception.

 

I would highlight the fact that when the balance is poor for several consectutive windows and it has been, then problems will follow.

 

 

Medical

There just seems to be too many unfortunate things going on for it to be coincdental.

@forlanssister has already suggested that the medical department may not be all that they should be.

 

 

 

That is a lot of problems to solve and we'll see shortly how the accounts are looking.

 

Talking accountability, somebody (persons), needs to be held to account for the above.

 

Edited October 14, 2022 by buster.

[Sutton_blows_goats 4,207]

Its ok buster they will know what they are doing. They will have a plan. We must be reading it wrong..

 

 

23 minutes ago, buster. said:

A willingness to collect older and/or chronically injured (CI) players whose gametime needs to be managed.

A polar opposite to the fabled 'player trading model'. We are at a point now where no one could tell you who our biggest asset is. No one is paying big money for Goldson, Tav, Lundstram or Colak our 3 best players right now.

 

[buster. 4,808]

Just now, Sutton_blows_goats said:

Its ok buster they will know what they are doing. They will have a plan. We must be reading it wrong..

 

 

A polar opposite to the fabled 'player trading model'. We are at a point now where no one could tell you who our biggest asset is. No one is paying big money for Goldson, Tav, Lundstram or Colak our 3 best players right now.

 

Average age of starting XI on Wednesday against Liverpool was 29.54

 

It is young players who take their chance, who can quickly become valuable.

[Sutton_blows_goats 4,207]

3 minutes ago, buster. said:

It is young players who take their chance, who can quickly become valuable.

That's like a lottery though. If you only buy one ticket the chances of you winning are slim. As you state our average age is sky high.

 

From our team that started Tuesday night, where are the assets(Bassey, Aribo type)?

Edited October 14, 2022 by Sutton_blows_goats

[buster. 4,808]

Just now, Sutton_blows_goats said:

That's like a lottery though. If you only buy one ticket the chances of you winning are slim. As you state our average age is sky high.

 

From our team that started Tuesday night, where is the assets(Bassey, Aribo type)?

You look through the squad and nothing stands out.

 

Hagi is a possibility but he has to get fit again and his contract is running down.

 

It is the likes of King, Lowry and other youngsters that we need to hope get a chance, take it and attract interest.

 

Although, we also need to build a team and losing your better prospects before they can do much in a blue shirt won't be good for results.

 

Football no more

It is all about money

Sad

 

[Frankie 8,151]

It's certainly looking far from positive right now.

 

Even if you accept the CL was a free hit against very tough sides, the level of performance and ongoing planning remains a concern.

 

Losing Goldson for this month will be a huge blow - more so if Davies who looked pretty good is also out.  King and Sands have potential but I doubt that pairing will help us accrue full domestic points; especially with our midfield being so poor.

[Rousseau 9,374]

29 minutes ago, Sutton_blows_goats said:

A polar opposite to the fabled 'player trading model'. We are at a point now where no one could tell you who our biggest asset is. No one is paying big money for Goldson, Tav, Lundstram or Colak our 3 best players right now.

 

Wasn't there just an interview from Bennett saying the trading model has only been in operation for less than 6-months?

[Gonzo79 13,632]

The right wing and midfield have been problems for a good couple of seasons.  

 

The goalie situation just looks like straightforward penny pinching to me. 

 

One of the biggest problems we have is we're constantly bringing in players like Tillman and Matondo (who would address the ageing problem to some extent) who aren't walking straight into the first team.  

 

 

[Sutton_blows_goats 4,207]

6 minutes ago, Frankie said:

King and Sands have potential but I doubt that pairing will help us accrue full domestic points; especially with our midfield being so poor.

Absolutely, I think if we drop a few more points over the coming weeks (I'm sure we wont btw but IF) then its time to transition the likes of King, McCann, McCrorie and Lowry into the team. That's how we will make our money.

 

I'm not sold on Sands as much as i like him, not sure £4 million is his value to us. Same with Tillman. Good player but not sure he is worth £4~5 million to us. Also I'm still sceptical of his ability to play 90 minutes never mind 2x90 mins a week.

[Sutton_blows_goats 4,207]

Just now, Rousseau said:

Wasn't there just an interview from Bennett saying the trading model has only been in operation for less than 6-months?

Bennet might have said that, but its been talked about for quite some time. If he was serious about that he was being disingenuous. We put up a good package for Aribo as we wanted to sell him on in the future, make no mistake. That was far longer than 6 months ago.

 

If he meant we made our first major sale 6 months ago (Patterson) then fair enough.