09 Dec 2018 18:41:12
most of the loanees have lost their way, and one or two permanent signings too. Not offering this as an excuse, but most of these lads stared well and fell away over their time here, is there a connection with homesickness caused by unstable home life through living out of suitcases in digs or hotels, whereas permanent players bring their families to new homes and have proper home lives? No doubt posters will hammer me on this, but in my career i frequently had to go away for long periods and after a while it got me down, and I had to change jobs. Any thoughts on this?
09 Dec 2018 19:04:23
Ritchie you may have a point but these are not acceptable reasons for our club. Playing under pressure is a massive part of being a Rangers player and what might be acceptable at smaller clubs is not at Ibrox. The performances in the last two games are unacceptable and Gerrard knows this.
Most of the players do not have the character to play for Rangers. Players who have the ability and character to win consistently as is required unfortunately cost a lot of money. Think of all the loan players we have had over the last 3 or 4 years and very few are good enough.
Having said this we are generally improving every year but not quick enough.
09 Dec 2018 19:48:47
i would expect that loan players are put up in decent rented accomodation mate. They will be living in pretty nice surroundings, won't be stuck in a holiday inn.
09 Dec 2018 20:27:55
There living the dream, millionaire contracts, no money worries, idolised, i could cope easily being in a different country. its not mars we live in. we have a huge squad of players how many midfielders do we have, its ridiculous. the loaness except kent, not good enough. it will be another cull of players leaving again. on positive note,2 points behind, a win on thursday would change things.
10 Dec 2018 08:41:08
Ritchie
Some of the loanees just aren’t good enough.
10 Dec 2018 10:22:19
Gerrard needs to stop making daft needless changes, we have never had a settled team never mind a settled back fourðŸ‘. Gerrard must shoulder a big part of the blameðŸ‘.
10 Dec 2018 10:24:09
It's all about money for 90% of players.
10 Dec 2018 10:40:39
I agree with Arthur. There seems to be an assumption that a kid from Liverpool must be better than a player at Dundee or Motherwell. it's not always the case, and the players at clubs up here are fighting for their livelihood while the kids from big clubs assume they are set for life and maybe don't have the same hunger. We shouldn't be a club that takes a lot of loanees in. But we are where we are. We needed numbers in the summer. Next summer we need quality over quantity, and hopefully the loans will be a thing of the past.