19 May 2018 19:49:11
It's been evident for a long time that we need a full new spine of the team, Mcgregor is a great start. Experienced, commanding and vocal and will earn us points next season with viral saves, I'm sure of it. Also, is there a better candidate for captain? If we can sign Skrtel that would be great, at 33 he'll not be the quickest but his experience, positioning and game awareness will be above any player currently playing in Scotland in that position. A John Soutar would be a great partner for the more experienced Skrtel imo. If, and its a massive if, Rossiter can stay fit it'll be like a new player, it'll be be interesting to see who Gerrard uses as a defensive midfielder as I think McCrorie is excellent in that position too, perhaps Rossiter can play more advanced. The jury is still out on Jack and Docherty for me, Jack has had some decent games but his discipline has been shocking. Docherty will hopefully develop under Stevie G. I've been disappointed with Dorrans and to be honest if we got a decent offer for him I would take it as we have an abundance of central midfielders. Murphy and Arfield are two good options left, can see Arfield starting ahead of Murphy but sure Murphy could also play right sided to rotate and compete with Candieas. Can't see Cummings being our main focal point so again it'll be interesting to see if Stevie G goes with a lone striker or partnership. For me, Morelos is far too selfish and not capable of playing in a partnership whereas Cummings can't play that lone striker role as he doesn't do nearly enough off the ball so the manager has a dilemma in terms of striking personal imo. If we got Defoe and/ or Solankie it would be amazing as with them, Cummings and Morelos we'd have adequate options in attack.
I genuinely don't think we need anywhere near the turnaround of player some have been mentioning. Trim the squad of players yes but a few key signings in key areas and good coaching as Rodgers did at Celtic when he inherited Delias team. and who knows.
Very exciting time to be a Rangers fan.
19 May 2018 20:46:51
Saying Arfield left correct me if I am wrong but is Arfield not an attacking centre mid
19 May 2018 21:17:22
jm. agreed. lots of good points. the defence is the main problem in the team. we need a strong physical presence skrtel would be a good start takes no prisoners and the type of player we need. painful to watch the manky mob today and to me reinforces the need for sg to completely overhaul the entire squad through time and bring on the younger players like mcrorie. 2nd place is simply not good enough and we have the right man with the right wimning mentality and connections to take us back to no1
bring on next season as this season has been full of failures who won't hopefully be there next season.
19 May 2018 21:28:05
Celtic have been playing well within themselves for most of the season. Don't expect them to stand still.
20 May 2018 00:24:35
He's been a left sided midfielder for Burnley anytime I've seen him mate.
Surely there has to be some youngsters who can come on next season too Stevie eh? Barjonas has been in and around the first team, Beerman too. The under 19s have been doing well against top opposition this season so there must be some players with potential there.
It's getting the mix of experience which we have with Mcgregor, Arfield, Wallace (if he has a future) and potentially Skrtel. Jack to a certain extent and Murphy too who has played at a good level for the majority of his days. Defiantly need an experienced goal scorer and as I've said before Skrtel would be an ideal signing at centre half