01 Nov 2022 18:38:46
Do the Bouncy
I was told from a source who does a lot of work with the club that Goldson waited till his contract was up to sign a new contract cause there was a clause that a payment would have been due to Brighton if he signed before that.
Don't know the exact details of the clause that's what I was told.
Apparently never in doubt he was staying with the club.

1.) 01 Nov 2022
01 Nov 2022 19:04:45
Seems our fans like to make out he was waiting for deal from another club. A think personally he likes it up here. Was rumours his misses was homesick tho.

2.) 01 Nov 2022
01 Nov 2022 19:47:57
True blue I always felt it was never in doubt he won't get what he has here down south he would have been stupid if he left.

3.) 01 Nov 2022
01 Nov 2022 21:57:03
Easy to say once a deal been signed . he was a part of the shoddy defending too let's not forget doesn't get a pass just cause he's injured.

4.) 01 Nov 2022
01 Nov 2022 22:12:31
Was also part of the spfl best ever defence for goals
Conceded in a league run.

5.) 01 Nov 2022
01 nov 2022 22:27:42
god almighty

connor wanted back to england so much he was half packed

he even had a new house built .
now were told he didn't actually want to go and was always staying

codswallop.

6.) 01 Nov 2022
01 Nov 2022 22:32:19
So why didn’t he leave then if he’s got a new house built? Do you actually no he built a house seems like a rumour. Because if you built a house am sure you would move in it. Weird a guy is getting slagged when he never even played.

7.) 01 Nov 2022
01 Nov 2022 22:36:02
If goldson left on a free he would of went to qpr by now.

8.) 01 Nov 2022
01 Nov 2022 23:39:42
Many people have a second home, makes sense that he would want somewhere down South as well as his home in Scotland. Doesn't mean that he was desperate to get back down South!
One thing is for sure, we are missing him!
Shame that we brought in the permanently injured Souttar as back up rather than a player without a a serious injury record!

9.) 02 Nov 2022
02 Nov 2022 00:40:51
I personally believe Goldson got no offer from any clubs he would consider.

10.) 02 Nov 2022
02 Nov 2022 06:04:20
Bassey i know he built a new house for a fact just outside birmingham. I know the person who was the interior designer for it. Been quite a long project. While it was on going i was always asking to see if could get away tickets for celtic and it was an away ticket for Feyenoord as i only managed to get a home end ticket. ( which was a pretty daunting thought) .

11.) 02 Nov 2022
02 Nov 2022 06:58:51
So English guy builds house in England doesn’t mean he wanted away because if he was a free he would of been snapped up.

12.) 02 Nov 2022
02 nov 2022 07:15:18
bassey, you really need to start reading things properly, and stop replying to absolutely everything like a child

nobody said he was leaving because he built a house, it was simply another pointer to the fact he thought and wanted to be back in england

you can dress it anyway you like, but he would have gone in a heartbeat if any decent club had wanted him.

13.) 02 Nov 2022
02 Nov 2022 07:46:42
Modt want rid of kent but did some1 not post he build or bought a house here? So he prob got 2 like goldson same as a lot of players albertz had 1 here plus germany an croatia building or buying means nothing.

14.) 02 Nov 2022
02 Nov 2022 08:21:28
After a long painful return to CL – I feel that our club needs to address failings and not just on pitch failings. Lessons need learned fast and this team needs major rebuild but more importantly off the pitch – scouting/ signings/ and contract issues which have manifested and festered for many months now.

We never should end up in the situation where two of our soon to be out of contact players are/ have been sucking the lifeblood out of our team – Kent/ Morelos situation – Wilson and Co have failed us by not having proper procedures in place that should state when a player gets to 2yrs or 18months and is no longer willing to resign with us that we need to make money on our assets and move them on for cash rather than allowing them to dictate to us!

We would have lost Goldson too if anyone of note had been remotely interested in him – I am getting tired of allowing those to bite that hand that originally fed and nurtured them. Player power is prevalent in all leagues but we must not be taken for mugs on a regular basis. We need to sign the right profile of player for now/ future and do we have the right scouting staff in place to allow this to happen? – I recently have my doubts. The team from across the city seem to be able to identify and address hungry young players who don’t cost the earth from various continents!

Will we ever see players like Bassey/ Aribo/ Patterson again who came through ranks or were bought for minimal cash with big return – that is the profile we need to get back to and fast!

Is Gio picking his new players or they being forced on him by above – another major question which goes unanswered?
Our signings through injury and attitude on the whole have been DIRE – Souttar injury prone and some off field issues that are no fault of player – Obaforh feel sorry for lad who has never kicked a ball in earnest for us but why was his condition not picked up at initial medical (will he ever play for us or are we just paying him till end of contact? ) – Sands looks a decent enough player but can't get run in his normal position – Tillman looks skilful in patches but don’t have great faith in his attitude or desire for the team ( I feel he is overpriced for the type of player we really need and Bayern obviously see a handout coming – HOPE NOT) .

It is good, I suppose to have a player from Bayern come to us but surely we want/ need players from lesser clubs with hunger and desire to get to a club of Bayern’s stature or an EPL club…. who will come to us with view of moving on because that is how we can get the right type of hungry player who will work hard for team and eventually make us some cash too – blended with our own, like King/ Lowry and some good senior pros to give a good mix and learning curve.

McGregor/ Davis in twilight of careers and Arfield who will soon be in that category but I still feel has something to offer the team. Will we ever give McCrorie his chance with a good run of games because we could use the money that is being touted for a new keeper elsewhere in our team?

Its easy to say in hindsight but our goalkeeping situation is laughable too that we NEED to rely on a 40year old …who has been great – demote McLauglin and have a young hungry keeper in reserve who gets zero game time.

Our board, scouting and management team need their heads bashed together and let’s get some direction and plans in place going forwards in all fronts because after 55 we are drifting slowly backwards and its painful to watch.
First time back in CL has been a harsh lesson – but please LEARN from it and don’t bury our heads in sand. All out for league glory lads.
Rant over ……………for now!

15.) 02 Nov 2022
02 Nov 2022 09:09:58
Blue-Floyd thinking mcgregor, Davis and arfield offer us absolutely anything is part of the reason we're in this mess. They shouldve left after 55, but we got sentimental and thus stagnated to a point we'd struggle to get out of a conference league group.

16.) 02 Nov 2022
02 Nov 2022 09:26:18
Crazy to still have greegs davis and arfield at the club. U need to keep moving forward.

17.) 02 Nov 2022
02 Nov 2022 09:34:07
Blue Floyd - We can't really complain about players seeing out their contracts then leaving us. Our team that got to the Europa league final was littered with guys that we used that exact market to get. It's part and parcel of modern football and allows us to pick up players we might not have the cash to go and sign should they have 3+ years left at another club.

18.) 02 Nov 2022
02 Nov 2022 10:40:01
Thats true fruitbear but when we get guys in for a free or minimal and then they leave that's bearable (no harm in selling odd one for profit though) - but 7 mill for Kent and prob minimal return does'nt sound too good does it?

Watch the other mob - buy cheap sell big. move along and and do it all again - that's the way of our league if we want to balance books and get some success.

19.) 02 Nov 2022
02 Nov 2022 10:40:43
blue floyd. ofobhor passed a medical when we signed him

as i’m sure u know every player who represents their club in uefa competition must have a full heart check b4 playing
this is when his heart issue had came to light. in his career he had passed this test multiple times.

players do and can get an heart issue over night think eriksen or mulumbu.

20.) 02 Nov 2022
02 Nov 2022 12:05:52
The other lot don't always buy cheap and sell high. Probably more successful than us at it in recent years but for every decent sale there is still a Barkas or Ajeti.

21.) 02 Nov 2022
02 Nov 2022 12:17:34
Cheers John - was unaware of specific medical check for Euro Matches through UEFA.
I wrongly assumed that all clubs would want to know any medical issues right at start when signing players for long contracts where big cash involved many times.

22.) 02 Nov 2022
02 Nov 2022 13:27:52
Tjrfc think we were stagnating way before that we stuck with Kent Morelos for too long forward line should be changed every couple of years.

23.) 02 Nov 2022
02 Nov 2022 13:45:51
TJRFC - think my post was not very clear - I meant that Greegs and Davis are at end of careers but Arfield still has a bit to give and is not quite finished yet.

24.) 02 Nov 2022
02 Nov 2022 15:33:59
We are tracking the wrong type though. smelltic are tracking young future potential international players from different countries we are tracking English players who are not likely to get international recognition.

25.) 02 Nov 2022
02 Nov 2022 15:55:25
We brought in 3 young internationals in the summer, Matondo Tillman Yilmaz.

26.) 02 Nov 2022
02 nov 2022 17:09:03
kent morelos definetly overstayed by a year.

27.) 03 Nov 2022
02 Nov 2022 21:23:49
Agree with morelos but not kent. The "system" we play, coupled by the 37 year old midfielder behind him and the pathetic left back behind him kills him. A decent manager with hagi beside him and yilmaz behind him and kent comes back 100%. He's also looked a bit better the last 2 weeks.

28.) 03 Nov 2022
02 Nov 2022 23:01:43
Tjrfc we conceded just as many with McLaughlin Alan might be old but he's still the best we have.

29.) 03 Nov 2022
03 Nov 2022 06:29:25
If such a clause did exist -

1. He signed before his contract expired.


2. Most of the time you are not allowed to use loopholes to get around the spirit of a clause. This has been shown by Atleti with Griezman after Barcelona threatened legal action.

30.) 03 Nov 2022
03 Nov 2022 07:07:12
TJRFC

The pathetic left back has provided more telling balls into the box than Kent this season. he gets to bye line more and has more goal assists - the problem with Kent. is Kent! - no confidence nor desire to be at Ibrox.
His last two performances have been better but nowhere near standard required.
Any full back will be poor if his winger never gives quality runs to receive a pass and that's what happens regularly.

31.) 03 Nov 2022
03 Nov 2022 16:26:48
Couldn’t agree more blue-floyd. Barasic would flourish in a team better than ours. Many say he’s a confidence player and when he has an empty jersey in front of him no wonder he’s had to play so many balls back the way ( see recent Motherwell game where I actually lost the amount of times borna was shouting at Kent to give him a run or just be in a decent area to receive a pass) . Even when borna gives him the ball he gets it back after the obligatory shim and step over. He shouldn’t be allowed near iBRox and go back and look at the 3-0 and 4-0 games at park head. Kent absolutely hangs him out to dry… shameful.

32.) 03 Nov 2022
03 nov 2022 17:51:21
barasic has done far more for rangers than kent has.

33.) 03 Nov 2022
03 Nov 2022 20:19:11
Kent has more assists than barsic this season and John has more clean sheets than alan.