04 Jul 2016 23:13:14
Just hope the gaffer takes his time and gets the right striker in . a good striker will be difference from winning the league to finishing 2nd or 3rd . king needs to give the gaffer some money to get 1 in . warburton is always stating that a player needs to add value and be better than what we have . people mention vaughen is he really better than young hardie i don't think so . celtic will spend money and ok we have brought couple decent guys in but we won't win the league with free transfers in my opinion.
04 Jul 2016 23:58:45
Celtic got there man on a free and he's the next big thing apparently, we have done well I'd say on a budget and an acute manager and mcparland in fact I'd say brilliant and not spent much ohalloran cost us 700k was it money well spent well i think so but next to rossiter at 250k i'm not sure, it's a glasgow thing it's not what you know its who you know that'll get the job done, do i have any fears for next season nope, what should we expect spend millions end up in the gutter again give it a bit of time and let's get our feet under the table before shouting hasn't done our neighbours any good so far.
05 Jul 2016 01:14:53
Tbh I can't see us winning the league with just signing free transfers either.
05 Jul 2016 02:15:14
Caw1 get a grip of urself.
05 Jul 2016 05:53:42
So do you think if we signed a couple of players valued at a couple of millions we would win?
Joey Barton Market value = 1mill
Jordan Rossitor Market Value = 4-8mill (Training compensation fee but I believe his actual net value would be around 1mill being the England U19 captain)
Niki Kranjcar Market Value = 1mill
Matt Gilks Market Value - 400K
All of these players have EPL experience. But we won't win. because we got them for free. I'd say your comment hasn't been well thought out. Some might say it was pretty stupid.
05 Jul 2016 06:43:52
Can see a few lads from some of the big clubs coming up, same situation as Ball except an attacker.
05 Jul 2016 07:12:21
Got to agree with the guys where caw is concerned, its not about going out and spending big money we don't have its about signing the correct type of player that fits our team and our management teams criteria, learn to trust the manager and those he does sign, because you're a big money player doesn't mean you'll fit into rangers any better than a player who's out of contract, get a grip guys to the ones who stupidly think spending big money means it will work out better, there's no and never has been any guarantees regarding that, in warbs we trust!
05 Jul 2016 07:52:19
It wasnt pretty stupid teddyofthesouth just saying what will most likely happen if we don't spend some money rather signing players at 34 yr old who havnt kicked a ball in 2 years.
05 Jul 2016 08:24:30
Be alright if we signed a £3m striker and he was jimmy white then we'd be lamped with no sell on value.
Got to be shrewd in the market, i'd imagine if there's and option that would add real quality and we could make them a decent offer then we'd do it. Being honest if we actually spend money on a player buying them out of a contract it would be with the hope their value would increase and we can turn them over for a profit.
05 Jul 2016 08:25:04
Teddyofthesouth how is it a stupid comment? Last season we had 75% to 80% possesion in most games and couldn't kill teams off . yes warburton has done a great job and yes we have a couple decent players in barton, we don't know how rossiter will play, krancjar hasn't kicked a ball in years . i will reserve judgement on warburton until he's been here couple seasons in top league yes he's done a good job and he's changing structure of the club but he's only won the championship . we need a 25 goal a season striker in my opinion and to get 1 of them we will need to spend some cash . not saying spend millions cause we don't have millions but we need to spend some kind of cash.
05 Jul 2016 09:42:15
Biftrfc Quote: we won't win the league with free transfers in my opinion.
CAW1:Tbh I can't see us winning the league with just signing free transfers either.
So we have put together pretty much and entire team and spent less than 1mill over the last 2 seasons purchasing them. But you won't be happy or believe we will win unless you see a striker come in with a value of over 1mill because. because of what? Why do you place value of what we pay to another club over what we can offer the player in wage? That thinking is illogical lads. sorry if my stupid comment seemed rude, but that kind of ideology is what got us in the crap in the first place.
05 Jul 2016 11:28:06
Ibrahimovic was a free agent before he moved to United wasn't he?
What a daft thing to say you can't win a league with free transfers, having a price doesn't make a player better.
The lads we have brought in will make an impact in the SPFL and if we paid through the nose for them they wouldn't magically perform at a higher level.
I don't understand how people still say "King needs to spend money"? Has he not spent money on the team, Ibrox, staff and the club?
I think we are spending enough and the fact we are still operating and bringing in lads shows that.
05 Jul 2016 11:40:15
quite a disagreement from above posts to whether we can win the league with frees, so let's bite
the bullet and give a yes or no, CAN WE WIN THE LEAGUE THIS SEASON, I for one say YES.
05 Jul 2016 11:21:09
Bigtrfc what about Martyn waghorn he didn't cost much and his goal scoring was never as prolific anywhere else he had been before he came to ibrox but he managed to score 28 goals for us and he missed the last few months through injury, so it just goes to show that spending big on any player garuntees you anything.
05 Jul 2016 12:16:44
caw do you know something that we don't?
coz your saying the guy at 34 who hasn't kicked a ball in 2 years won't be good enough yet professionals like weir and warburton who has had him on trial think otherwise!
the guy has bags of experience and is fitter than most of our team! , is 34 too old for cb I don't think so at least another 2 years in him.
05 Jul 2016 12:18:43
Well said teddyofthesouth! Very good and logical explanation mate! Behind you all the way on this one.
05 Jul 2016 12:57:31
In November 2000 Rangers signed Tore Andre Flo for a club record fee of £12M and sold him 2 years later for a reported £6.75M. He did score goals but I think most supporters and commentators would suggest his tenure could generally be regarded as a failure. It's not about what you spend it's surely about doing your homework, making correct assessments of the potential addition, the needs of your squad and how they will compliment each other.
05 Jul 2016 14:56:26
Won't win without spending
What a load of bullocks
Here's a current list of out of contract players. Nor sure how many we could afford the wages of but I'm just trying to make a point.
Up front
Sessegnon
Hal Robson kanu
Vic Anichebe
Daniel Osvaldo
Across the middle
Junior Hoilett
Pienaar
Harnik
Gaston Ramirez
Kevin prince boating
Nick Powell
Miguel veloso
Along the back row
Nicoli boilesen
Mariappa
Martin Caceres
Chris Samba
Pied
Keeper
Victor Values
Now I recon I could pick a freebie lineup out of that list that would spank the manky mob.
05 Jul 2016 17:32:20
It should be more about quality than cost and in our three new midfield players, Barton, Krankycr, and Rossiter we have secured three top quality players that should make a difference.
If Warburton can pick up a centre back and a striker of similar quality at minimum costs I would guess that we will all be very happy.
It will be interesting to see how we will do against Motherwell with none of these players in the team. That should certainly show us whether last year's midfield will step up and play to the level required.