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10 Jun 2024 01:25:03
Has there been any news on the young CB Nsiala from AC Milan? Only 20 and built like a tank
Also looking like Kabadayi is a goer based on him being in the UK recently, his agent following Rangers on social media and Koppen having previous relationships with Bayern (got Tillman to PSV when he was there)
Really hope we get the boy Garcia from Uruguay.
Still think Miovski would be a better option that Rrahmani but hopefully I'm proved wrong if he signs.
1.) 10 Jun 2024 06:15:38
He was in the UK for the Champions League final. Doesn't mean he was here speaking to us. Who is his agent? Had a quick look and can't see any of the agents from the agency that he's part of following Rangers on Instagram.
2.) 10 Jun 2024 06:50:29
“Still think Miovski would be a better option that Rrahmani but hopefully I'm proved wrong if he signs” - From what I’ve read Rrahmani likes to start from out wide, come inside, and have a shot. Miovski is a striker. So these guys play in two different roles. Rangers need wingers. The only wingers contracted for next season are: Scott Wright, McAusland, Matondo, and Cortes. More is needed.
3.) 10 Jun 2024 07:11:38
Generic, I'm pretty sure Rrahmani is a 9.
I do think he is as good/ better than Miovski and has a higher ceiling.
4.) 10 Jun 2024 08:02:04
Wright and Matondo - NEED moved on asap. Both are too flash in the pan and will not help us progress IMO.
5.) 10 Jun 2024 08:06:18
Yeah, you’re right. I’ve got him confused with Yusuf Kabadayi (the young winger from Bayern) .
6.) 10 Jun 2024 08:48:40
If the manager sticks with wright and Matondo I’ve got doubts about him. Matondo shows glimpses but we need consistency not glimpses. Wright has no end product. He’s fast that’s all. We need consistency up front not flashes in the pan.
7.) 10 Jun 2024 11:02:03
Matondo show glimpses because he only gets small runs in the side, any player needs a solid run of game to prove their worth.
8.) 10 Jun 2024 11:13:54
Of all the players we've signed recently I'd have loved Roofe, Jack and Lawrence to have stayed Injury free. Unfortunately, like Roofe and Jack, Lawrence is another who has talent, but offers little over the course of a tough season!
9.) 10 Jun 2024 14:42:54
Matondos only gets brief stints in the team becuase he is not good enough and is far too injury prone. First offer that comes in, he will be away.
11 Jan 2024 20:55:01
Seen something saying we are interested Greg Stewart. Surely that's a wind up.
1.) 11 Jan 2024 21:08:32
Good player, never got a fair chance imo at the time.
Ship has long left the port though.
2.) 11 Jan 2024 21:27:49
Difficult a wind up I'd say. can't see PC even looking at him.
3.) 11 Jan 2024 21:29:00
He never got a "fair chance" because he was nowhere good enough. C'mon, he was bang average at best! ?.
4.) 11 Jan 2024 21:29:18
Ha ha, no chance, love GS though, he turned up at another club, forget which, on first day of training with a full Rangers tracky on, no F*cks given, Rangers to the core.
5.) 11 Jan 2024 21:38:19
He's just wanting back to Scotland after being in India. He'd definitely do a job for a spl team just not us.
6.) 11 Jan 2024 21:46:06
He will go to Kilmarnock.
7.) 11 Jan 2024 22:05:28
If he's coming back its to be a chef for the Gordon Ramsay Indian range he must have learned to cook over there.
8.) 11 jan 2024 22:47:45
good striker, in the right place, not quite up to quality required,
i liked the boy tho,
9.) 12 Jan 2024 06:51:15
He’ll be back to sign with Johnstone Burgh.
10.) 12 Jan 2024 07:28:26
I think killie as well only se him at us for 6 month if we are loaning out lovelance and Stewart would be last pick striker.
08 Dec 2023 18:44:26
Based on PCs press conference I think Shankland is someone he wants. He started getting a bit twitchy when asked and then started laughing.
Are there any other decent strikers close to the end of their contracts?
1.) 08 Dec 2023 19:04:09
There's one thing we do know as clement actually said it himself ie yes we'll be signing a striker in january ?.
2.) 08 Dec 2023 19:40:02
Blue 89, not sure how u work that out.
Shankland has 18 months left so not near the end of contract.
3.) 08 Dec 2023 20:55:00
I’ll take anyone that can consistently put the ball in the back of the net.
4.) 08 Dec 2023 21:12:06
I'm not sure Shankland is the answer.
5.) 08 Dec 2023 21:28:12
John, I’m meaning any other strikers, who are out of contract. Didn’t mean Shankland was.
6.) 08 Dec 2023 22:23:23
Azul that won’t be shankland then as half his goals last season were pens and he ain’t getting them off Tav.
7.) 09 Dec 2023 07:33:36
There will b loads blue. We need to trust the manager and head of recruitment.
8.) 09 Dec 2023 10:08:45
Agree storm . I just want us to sign a decent striker who can score bundles of goals and stay fit for a full season… that would be ideal.
9.) 09 Dec 2023 12:29:03
I didn`t think the manager was twitchy I just think he is surprised at the amount of attention him congratulating a Hearts player ( and he wasn`t the only one ) has caused. This is just assorted media building on rumours that they started. I see Lee McCulloch saying that Hearts might want £2 million for him, at that price we might be interested but not for anymore than that. We would need to be convinced though that he could be effective staying higher up the pitch and in the box . Drops way too deep at the moment to be the player we need.
10.) 09 Dec 2023 12:43:27
I'd take shankland as a Scottish option but we are not going to pay the kinda money hearts would want for Thier top performer.
11.) 09 Dec 2023 13:09:41
It’s a funny old game, shankland has been excellent for his team yet some on here wouldn’t take him
Personally I think he’d flourish even more at Ibrox.
12.) 09 Dec 2023 13:39:45
Gofor is shankland a free hit for Europe, ie I think we have only three Scottish grown in squad. Ie Souttar Jack wright
Or does he count as one of three changes allowed.
13.) 09 Dec 2023 15:45:04
shankland Is good enough for rangers it is just the cash hearts would want that puts me off.
14.) 09 Dec 2023 16:23:18
Better off Picking up Morelos on a Free.
Especially now Danilo's out long term after the injury at the hearts game.
Santos have been relegated, they can't honor the rest of Morelos's contract, so he is free to sign, has been training like mad to increase hi fitness levels, still has one of the best ratings for a striker in Europe.
Also sell Cantwell he is mince, all he does is run about like a heedless chicken, he will never recover the form he had in his wonder EPL season for Norwich, take 3 mill for him. there is no way he is worth more than 3-4 mill on his form this season.
Bring Hagi back and play him in the 10 position.
Easily the best option we have for that position.
Another stupid decision b beale along with selling Sakala.
15.) 09 Dec 2023 16:54:45
With Morelos being a free agent, we could bring him in before the transfer window opens.
16.) 09 Dec 2023 18:19:40
Morelos already downed tools for us once and thought he was way above Gers only to realise the EPL links were smoke and mirrors.
I like El buff but his mentality is the reason why we dumped him in the first place.
17.) 09 Dec 2023 19:02:00
No we can’t mark. He had a contract.
18.) 10 Dec 2023 00:11:26
There are tons of good strikers going into last year of deal I get shankland would be good for home grown quota but if rather focus on winning league first then look at players for Europe after that.
19.) 10 Dec 2023 09:15:25
Cantwell is mince? He scored exactly the type of goal you want a number 10 scoring today and unfortunately chopped off, Assists game before, c'mon man get real in the 10 he is a good player.
20.) 10 Dec 2023 12:45:28
I don't see us signing Shankland unless we can pick him up for £1m / £1.5m. He is a good goalscorer but would he score against packed defences playing for us?
21.) 10 Dec 2023 13:17:50
I thought Morelos had been out for weeks with a muscle injury, so how can he have been training like mad? He was training like mad and got into good shape before signing for Santos and, was rotten by all accounts and then got injured . Who knows what he would be like by January fitness wise, he certainly wouldn`t be match fit. let's enjoy the good memories of him and move on.
22.) 10 Dec 2023 14:37:47
The opinions on here lately have been strange
Now we have Cantwell who’s Mince
That’s a definitely no he isn’t mince quote from me.
23.) 10 Dec 2023 22:18:29
Don't get the cantwell haters boy runs his heart out every game and it's 100% commitment every game.
Surely we can't be hammering him now other areas of team we need to look at first
Find these posts highly suspicious on run up to old firm game.
24.) 12 Dec 2023 10:48:39
"Cantwell is mince" have you ever watched Rangers play?
06 Sep 2023 15:12:31
Is it true Cantwell is injured? Read he was in a leg brace after the game at the weekend.
1.) 06 Sep 2023 15:43:00
Cantwell has been taking injections since b4 killie game.
2.) 06 Sep 2023 15:47:48
Was told on here he's been taking injections to play for a while. Time to get the injury treated whatever it is.
3.) 06 Sep 2023 17:06:30
He's been a shadow of last seasons player. Know why now.
4.) 06 Sep 2023 17:28:10
He wasn’t wearing a brace when filmed at the airport being harassed by a Celtic fan a few hours later.
Also, I seen Roofe posted a picture of him scoring a goal on Instagram but had to delete because of our own fan backlash. There’s Rangers fans all over social media absolutely slating Roofe and I have no idea what he done wrong.
Roofe scored a perfectly good goal and VAR stole it from him. If he knows that, and still wants to celebrate it on a personal level, he can. Bushy do Rangers fans need to take that moment away from him as well?
What is happening? ?♂️.
5.) 06 Sep 2023 17:51:41
Then why was he picked has to be the relavent question. Old Firm games are for players free of Injury that could and in this case did hamper performance .
6.) 06 Sep 2023 18:03:44
Deecee nonsense, he’s been injured every game he has played this season.
7.) 06 Sep 2023 18:21:25
Deecee you’d probably be surprised then at home many players are constantly playing with niggles and injuries, very rarely would you find a full starting 11 that’s fully fit. It’s just the different mindset of sun players. Those like Colak refused to play or train unless 100% perfect, others like Cantwell will try to play through the pain to help the team.
8.) 06 Sep 2023 18:36:22
Cantwell showed more energy, fight and enthusiasm than anybody else and after he got wiped out in the penalty and had obviously hurt his knee he came back on because we had used all our subs. He may not be as bright as he was last season but its obvious why he is playing with a niggle and an indictment of the rest that we cannot afford to rest him. The first 70 minutes against Killie showed why we need him.
9.) 06 Sep 2023 18:59:47
John 27 quite surprised tbh by your reply. and I must ask. hows it working out so far to play Injured players. especially with such a strong and injury free so it seems bench .
10.) 06 Sep 2023 20:05:47
If he's injured he needs rested and treated he cannot play to full capacity playing through injury.
11.) 06 Sep 2023 20:17:37
Injury or not Cantwell was woeful on Sunday and well below the performance we know he is capable off.
12.) 06 Sep 2023 20:59:58
Many careers finished early due to playing with injections, should not be permitted. Might be for some niggle or other but it's a dangerous game that.
Worked for a guy once who had been at Rangers, Airdrie and Durban SA and he had that done for several seasons and finished at 26 near crippled, that was knee problem that started as an occasional niggle
I understand players just not having it I knew Stephen Wright's father and the player would not do it, got real hassle over that and basically shipped out. Think he's running Dundee's academy now.
13.) 06 Sep 2023 21:29:22
Decee that’s the game mate.
Burt that’s why rangers were getting him to international break,
14.) 06 Sep 2023 22:21:30
Think that this forum has entered a new low if fans feel playing if not 100% fit is a standard that is allowed. if that really is the case inside the club with doctors etc then its no wonder that our trophy cabinet is gathering dust . once again very surprised with certain individuals on here who seem to feel that it's no biggy. Love the lad cantwell by the way but not playing with needles as a temporary fix. over-reacting. a big fat no.
15.) 07 Sep 2023 01:45:35
Deece to be fair sometimes players have no choice manager puts them in tough position instead of just saying no will play youth or move things about.
16.) 07 Sep 2023 06:51:58
It's got nothing to do with this forum deecee, it's been going on for years, tav played a lot of last season carrying an injury, whether people on this or any other forum like it or not it will continue to happen.
17.) 07 Sep 2023 07:13:28
Decee u really don’t understand football I’m afraid it’s been happening since the 60s.
18.) 07 Sep 2023 07:36:39
That's the risk of playing the game.
Especially in the premier League you.
19.) 07 Sep 2023 08:41:03
Decee, I take it you never played football just about every player wants to play every game and play on regardless of any niggle to keep his place in the team. It’s only in later years that you feel the pain.
20.) 07 Sep 2023 12:42:49
Tavernier, Lundstram, Kamara and Morelos were all known to be playing with injuries at times last season. Unfortunately the fans don`t always understand that and they get accused of playing badly or not trying. Tav went up to Dingwall last season in a separate car because he had the flu . He had shocker and got pelters for it but we did not find out what he had done to help his club until afterwards . By the way if Cantwell was woeful on Sunday I do not know how you would describe the rest of the outfield players because he was the best of them.
21.) 07 Sep 2023 12:45:30
If at least one of the coaches at least tried to look reasonably fit rather than porky I feel it would often help their argument when having a dig at a player and his fitness levels, wearing sporting goods only makes them look like dossers off on the bus to holiday at Butlins.
22.) 09 Sep 2023 13:46:07
Happening for all football history John
I'd just prefer Beale let the fans know
That way fans know who to cut some slack if performances dip.
27 Aug 2023 13:16:21
Hagi away on loan to Alaves.
1.) 27 Aug 2023 23:10:13
Good luck to him. But think it's a mistake by us.
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01 Oct 2024 15:39:06
Hagi back in first team training ?.
Yilmaz also back.
1.) 01 Oct 2024 19:03:02
Blue good stuff samere Danilo.
2.) 01 Oct 2024 19:31:32
Good re Danilo. Does Cortez have a timeline yet?
29 Sep 2024 14:54:14
Positives: win and clean sheet after European game and not playing well. Young players still looking better with every game
Negatives: struggle to see what Cerny brings to this team. I've seen many say he is class. in what way other than a good hour against Motherwell.
Tav is offering absolutely nothing and what happened to PC saying he wouldn't play every game this season. Dowell, say no more.
1.) 29 Sep 2024 16:38:56
Tav not done really anything wrong since the Celtic game other than that really slack pass against Dundee. Thought he actually played quite well against malmo. Would really like to see kasanwijro there but maybe clement thinks again hibs at Ibrox it would be beneficial to have someone like tav for crossing etc. hopefully kasanwijro is in vs Lyon.
2.) 29 Sep 2024 17:06:16
Good summary Blue89. Took the words out my mouth.
3.) 29 Sep 2024 18:40:18
I agree that Tav hasn't done much wrong since Celtic game, Tav123. most crosses in the team and most successful crosses as well. I thought Igamane looked a little lost today and shows the work Dessers does in harrying and closing down defenders making them rush things. probably better to bring him on ATM as an impact sub but then how do we rest Dessers.
25 Sep 2024 18:18:06
I smell a poll coming on Ed, not sure if it’s been done but can we have a poll on whether Rangers should pay the money and play Hagi or keep him in the B team until Jan and try to sell him again. Cheers.
{Ed033's Note -
Hagi poll
1.) 25 Sep 2024 19:49:09
Ed not sure you can. Clarify heart and hand said he signed a contract on reduced terms
Do we know if that actually happened
He also signed a new contract in 2022 do we know when that contract back then was supposed to end?
2.) 25 Sep 2024 20:11:53
He never signed anything on reduced terms and heart and hand never said he did either.
Am sure we have had a hagi poll recently.
3.) 25 Sep 2024 21:11:22
Storm, google it David Edgar said he did. More digging after I posted above. Apparently he went quiet on it so he may have been wrong, which is why I asked and not stated?
He did however, sign a new contract in 2022 which was smack public but the club just can’t see the length of new contract?
if we knew when we first signed him in 2020 about having to pay more to his former club in so many appearances and the player why give a new contract 2 years in?
What was in the new contract? as I said not all privy to the information and it’s all hear say and rumours.
What we do know is the player is playing where he is told and putting up no fuss as far as we know just now so why is he not around the first team? This is what we don’t know the full story too, so point dissing the player for no reason.
There's still many not good enough at the club who are not being treated insane manner and we're also told to find a new club as was hagi if we were to believe what we were told in here and by PC himself?
I’ve given you what I have read and heard about it. So storm you tell us what you know as fact. I’m interested to know so i can be enlightened to the matter as I’m genuinely interested to know what the full story is.
4.) 25 Sep 2024 22:11:11
Stupid phone and predictive text.
I can honestly admit I’m not as drunk as this post made me out to be ????.
5.) 25 Sep 2024 22:19:56
Was there not "rumours" that hagi and his agent were going to meet to discuss foregoing the increase, and possibly trying to get the Gent 1.4m reduced in some manner, sure I read a possible renegotiation on his wages, and reducing the Gent fee to circa 625 k, I may be completely wrong but positive it was posted on here a while back.
6.) 26 Sep 2024 08:32:33
Stig and Fork. re points I can only see that PC said that any player was available at a price apart from Jack Butland; that was at end of May I think. Somehow I think that has become he has personally told every player that they are not wanted and therefore they downed tools at end of last season.
All I can see re Hagi new contract is a lady asking if Hagi was renegotiating his contract. They said I think so but that again has become a fact that he has. H and H haven't seemed to make any other comment on it after that. Everything else is from Ibrox news and Ibrox noise being quoted as source.
02 Sep 2024 14:06:40
I'm stuck in two minds.
I think any manager should be given time, especially with the amount of player turnover.
However, the lack of structure is shocking.
Ever since the Ross County game last season a team can play one pass and they're clean through our midfield and into a dangerous position. Players don't track back and give up far too easily. That's the sign of a team who doesn't fear the manager. That's been the biggest difference since Gerrard left, the standards are dropping and players don't seem to care. I can't imagine PC balling at players like Gerrard did for some reason.
As for tactics, anyone can see lumping balls up to Dessers to stick doesn't work. He's got the first touch of a snooker table cushion.
His other big mistake was saying everyone was for sale bar Butland. No coincidence butlands standards are dropping now and everyone else knows they aren't 100% respected by the manager
He said in October we'd see the team start to gel. He's got a few weeks in my opinion as fans won't stand for it when they can clearly see what's wrong with tactics and the management team can't.
P. s if he doesn't drop Tav pronto he'll die on his own sword.
1.) 02 Sep 2024 14:40:23
Good point about basically telling his squad bar Butland that they're not valued. Psychologically the wrong thing to tell modern day footballers.
And obviously I agree with you on dropping Captain Not Remotely Courageous.
2.) 02 Sep 2024 14:59:06
Hard to disagree with what you said. We had some good moments in the game and first ten minutes pressed them, but we are far too easy to cut open. It's like there is a lethargy about the team or a lack of belief. I pray PC can get this new squad delivering what we all want.
3.) 02 Sep 2024 15:44:04
He has 2 weeks to integrate the new players ( don't want hear they are not match fit! ) , and build some kind of positive system.
No slow build up, proper hard tackling defending at back and midfield and!, play 2 up front in most games.
I wait to be surprised.
4.) 02 Sep 2024 16:28:35
Spot on BAR. That’s another thing that baffles me. We must be the only team on the planet that waits weeks to play new players.
5.) 02 Sep 2024 17:15:36
2 weeks to integrate players? No, BAR72.
6.) 02 Sep 2024 17:38:30
Why do we keep blaming the managers? Try thinking back to when we won 55 (no fans). Why? Could all the negatives on here do their work with thousands screaming you’re s****?
7.) 02 Sep 2024 22:07:50
but we are Rangers and can't be second to anyone. i'm old enough as a fan to remember we were often 3rd and 4th in the seventies, all way up to when Souness came in. Let Clement do his rebuild, give him time not 4 games and let players get to know one and other and learn the pattern of play.
stop being so entitled we haven't won much for 13 years now so we need to change or be second for ever. This level of spending will hopefully lead to us challenging again.
8.) 02 Sep 2024 22:10:36
also perhaps he waits weeks as he knows the fans are going to crucify the new guys if he plays them straight away without getting them up to the way we want to play and the faster speed of Scottish football, never mind the risk of injury if they aren't trained to do that (other leagues aren't as intense or fast) . Propper as an example: firstly he was the player we needed and now he is too slow try to score own goals.
02 Sep 2024 02:42:26
Team i'd like to see going forward:
Butland
Sterling
Kasanwirjo
Propper (but if he doesn't show promise then start getting Nsiala some game time)
Yilmaz (if he can stay fit) / rotate with Jefte
Rotate Barron/ Dio/ Raskin/ Rice/ McKinnon (2 of them)
Bajrami (use Lawrence sparingly)
Cerny
Cortes
Igamane
Next couple of transfer windows will be time to clean out Tav, Dowell, Matondo, Lawrence, Dessers
Badly need a controlling no.6 in front of the back 4. The lack of depth is frightening which is why this will take another 2 or 3 windows to get right. We really need a playing structure/ style solidified by a DOF so that we can transition to a new manager when the time comes and not have to offload the whole squad.
1.) 02 Sep 2024 07:21:10
Where to start; someone yesterday commented on Butland attempting to make a save “ he went down like a pund of mince” gave me a laugh but at the same time he was right. Sterling was poor. Kasanwirjo is an unknown. Propper looks nothing special and injury yet again. Nsiala appeared once and based on that was not the answer. Diomande was hopeless. Youngster’s would not have stopped Celtic. Cerny was poor. Cortes injured again. Igamane could be the answer to a poor Dessers but will have to wait and see.
2.) 02 Sep 2024 08:17:12
Cerny was the worst player on the pitch . didn’t win one duel!
3.) 02 Sep 2024 09:16:31
I'd give Kelly a run out. I think Butlands head has gone and his performances are on the decline.
Souttar has been far better than Propper and Propper injured again.
Jefte needs to be played further forward and not at LB.
Youngsters won't help us against Celtic? fair enough but the first team isn't beating Celtic either so why not play the youngsters more throughout the season and improve them?
Some fans happy for Dessers to score 20+ goals against the dross and for us to come 2nd or maybe even 3rd this season. Pathetic.
25 Sep 2024 18:55:02
Beginning to look like 4.5m down the drain.
23 Sep 2024 15:38:46
Lost me two words in.
07 Sep 2024 01:51:17
I think it’s Adrian Bevington, might be wrong, that is putting his name out there in a read between the lines way that he would take the job.
03 Sep 2024 19:44:07
I’ll believe you if Lawrence gets a new deal, until then….
I’ll also say that every signing can’t be down to Clement as Propper and Cerny are connected to Koppens background in Holland.
01 Sep 2024 22:53:50
Stuart Armstrong and Steven Alzate.
Tav or Hagi to Turkey
That’d be my hope but knowing us it’ll be Fleck and someone else rotten.
13 Oct 2024 16:29:34
Sunshine, I remember a time when Bassey was getting pelters because he couldn’t defend against St Mirren then something clicked.
10 Oct 2024 14:32:42
Top 5 fav signings:
Gazza, Laudrup, Albertz, Davis, Amoruso
Top 5 fav goals:
Edu (v Celtic), Mendes (v Celtic), Novo (v fiorentina), Gazza (v Aberdeen), Laudrup (v Celtic)
Biggest mistakes:
Not having more of a go in the UEFA cup final
Leaving the first time
Not signing Ronaldo ?
Biggest achievements
9inarow
UEFA cup final
Getting the club back to winning ways immediately after PLG
He’s simply the best.
10 Oct 2024 14:24:07
Unfortunately there’s only 1 stat that matters and it’s the score.
10 Oct 2024 14:22:38
Death, taxes, and Roofe injured.
07 Oct 2024 20:37:32
East Belfast ? you’re spot on man.