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17 Nov 2022 20:39:04
Does anyone know the latest with Kyle fox?
By most accounts she is bad news, hopefully this is just a passing fad and it will die down in the coming weeks.
1.) 17 Nov 2022 21:16:59
davo, according to some on here she is an asset stripper, if you will pardon the pun.
2.) 17 Nov 2022 21:19:44
She basically wants to raise money from other people to invest in the club. The club may not even know where the money comes from. Possibly from people like Ashley etc. I hope she gets hunted.
3.) 17 nov 2022 21:36:16
up to no good under the auspices of superwoman
a wolf in sheeps clothing, so to speak.
4.) 17 Nov 2022 21:42:26
If Kyle Fox takes over then we are finished. She has no money and would strip back and sell off our assets then sell on to make a profit. Get her so far tae f£##.
5.) 17 Nov 2022 22:12:12
Die down Thought it died down ages ago it never really started.
6.) 17 Nov 2022 22:53:48
I would quite happily let Kyle Fox strip whatever remains of my assets as long as she leaves my club alone.
7.) 18 nov 2022 01:08:09
it started alright, and she isn't away yet
the board will continue fighting these people off, god knows why, they get lots of abuse from ignorant people
there are more like fox out there working for others . if she wasnt working for others she would have cash herself and would be making offers herself.
8.) 18 Nov 2022 03:24:51
Tom she wouldn't even be sniffing around if board made it clear no chance so they must have gave encouragement at some point.
I don't trust park and co at all.
Anyone that does is a fool just like everyone who trusted Murray or trusted white or trusted green.
9.) 18 nov 2022 06:10:17
that’s not how it works, the board are duty bound to listen to someone with a business proposition before deciding what to do
the board are not the only shareholders
they are however the men i trust absolutely to preserve my club, they have thrown their cash, and lives into saving rangers
for people like you to abuse them from a keyboard somewhere
they gave her sharp shrift, what would you like them to do,
10.) 18 nov 2022 06:52:57
when i say duty bound, i mean it would be very remiss of them not to listen to possible investment in rangers
they sussed her out, and continue to keep her out along with whatever is behind her.
11.) 18 Nov 2022 07:34:51
Kyle fox is a front much like Amanda Staveley at Newcastle. We could hVe any tyrant working through her.
12.) 18 Nov 2022 14:15:28
I get what your saying tom but when it's a consortium and a figurehead like her it's always because they are hiding money coming from dodgy folk or they are there to pilfer a clubs resources easier with a hired face and not Thier own basic not showing face not showing trust.
Anyone that shows blind trust in people that run our club are fools.
13.) 18 Nov 2022 22:06:11
Agreed Asathor, Fox needs to be avoided like the plague.
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12 Oct 2023 21:59:29
As it seems that it is going to be clement or Muscat, thought I would give my two pence (not that anyone asked) . For me I would be happy with either of them.
Clement has more credit in the bank no doubt in terms of pedigree and stature in coaching. The three league titles in a league of similar stature to ours shows this. For all three of his league winning campaigns, his side had the best defence in the league, something I think we will need to focus on in the first period of his appointment. Out of our regular back 5 back including goalkeeper, only one is under thirty, this will need to be remedied in both January and the following summer. His build up play is more about finding space in the wide areas, with attacking full backs, circa gerrards era with tav and borna at their peak.
Muscat is not a plug and play version of postecoglu. Although we would see similar instances like wingers being high and wide, trying to create space in the centre of box, he doesn't tend to operate with inverted full backs and is a good coach in his own right.
If I had to pick one, I would say clement right now probably has a better chance of getting something out this squad, however I do hope the chance does come round again with Muscat, as I can see his career is on an upward trajectory.
1.) 12 Oct 2023 22:50:18
Hes only won two leagues.
2.) 12 Oct 2023 23:32:48
Clement has won three, one with genk, two with Brugge.
3.) 13 Oct 2023 05:03:06
OT, the point here regarding both clement and muscat is they've won things and are winners and that's why one of these 2 manager's will become the new rangers manager ?.
4.) 13 Oct 2023 05:18:36
Apologies, I misread. For some reason I thought he was meaning Muscat had 3 league titles.
5.) 13 Oct 2023 07:24:59
Whoever comes in as manager can have a style of play all they want - but let's be honest they need a bit of magic to begin with to make a silk purse out of a sows ear - usual injured players and no on pitch leader/ some very average journeymen players/ and several useless buys who look at present like duds. I feel whoever comes in will need a few windows of wheeling and dealing before a true stamp can be put on the team - let's hope he takes no prisoners bins the underperforming and gives the team some belief, structure, leadership and fight.
Got a real feeling that we will only see a good Rangers team when the old guard/ stalwarts are removed and a solid cohesive defence unit is formed and a true captain/ leader is brought in. Only my opinion!
17 Jan 2023 11:00:06
Fabrizio Ramano reporting that we are in talks with Swansea over Whittaker and he wants to come to us. Predominately a RW so that would solve one issue if he comes. Good numbers in league one for Plymouth this season, League one can have some gems in it, so definitely feel like this is worth a gamble.
1.) 17 Jan 2023 11:30:23
We have to hope he solves the issue, we have been here before with Matondo/ Wright/ Sakala etc though. what I do like about this lad is he’s a left footer that plays RW/ AM or SS. Hopefully get goal threat from him.
2.) 17 Jan 2023 13:22:26
Is this boy any better than what we currently have? If we are to progress, and be in a position to win the league back, is a player who has been recently out on loan at an English first division club the answer? I'm not writing the boy off before anyone starts, just asking a question.
For us to move up a level, we need players good enough to go straight into the starting 11. Beale has already stated this.
3.) 17 Jan 2023 14:21:48
Coully the 3 players you mentioned we never got any of them from england.
4.) 17 Jan 2023 15:17:01
O’Riley for them came from MK Dons in the same league as Plymouth where Whittaker was on loan to and has done not bad up here. Plenty of talent in those leagues.
5.) 17 Jan 2023 15:52:05
I'm not denying there's talent there, but I'm asking about this particular player. Does he have what it takes to go straight into the 1st team? That's the sort of player we need right now. More squad players will do hee haw for us! We'd just be replacing mediocre for mediocre.
6.) 17 Jan 2023 16:00:08
Hopefully the scouting system has identified him as a talent.
14 Nov 2022 17:07:11
I reckon it's only a matter of time with gio departing. So I thought I would give my thoughts on how we go forward.
Firstly, we need a style of play that can enhance the players we have as well as a manager that is able to hold the squad to account.
I believe this the reason gerrard got the time he did. His style of play was evident to see but he also had aura around him which meant the players believed in him.
I don't believe Gio has a locked in style of play, and there is no question in regards to aura, as most fans will say that his pressers are rather boring.
I would thank Alfie, kent and kamara for there service and try and get a bit of a kitty for the new manager, even if that is around 6-8 million for all three in January.
With that money and maybe an extra 2-3 million coming from the board, we could recruit two wingers, centre midfielder and another striker.
I would ask Bournemouth the asking price for dembele to see if he is in our range. I would also try and get mcburnie on a pre contract (is he amazing? No, but he would do a job in the spfl), I would look at John brooks from benfica as I'm sure he is coming to the end of his contract and he is quite commanding as a CB.
I am unsure on his wages, but Josh Onomah from Fulham has a spark in him that I believe would work well up here.
Luke Amos from QPR would be a great buy as well. I think he will have 18 months left on his contract come January so I think a good deal could be had.
I would also enquire about Chris cadden as back up for tav.
I haven't covered every player who is worth a look at, but these are only suggestions that are worth a watch if available.
Let me know what you think guys, just trying to change the topic as I know we are all a bit beleaguered at the minute.
1.) 14 Nov 2022 17:14:12
Incidentally Davostan, who would you want to replace gio as our new manager mate ?.
2.) 14 Nov 2022 17:14:46
I don’t think it’s a back up for tavernier we need!
We are not in a position to be signing back up players to warm the bench. We need starters.
3.) 14 Nov 2022 18:08:53
Tough one Walter, if you put me on the spot, I would maybe enquire about the wages for Bruno lags (former wolves) . But I reckon he would be too expensive. I really liked Nathan Jones, but he is away to Southampton. All the names linked don’t excite me to much.
Three I would like to see how they set us up would be
Adi Hutter
Chris wilder
Di Francesco
None of those three are likely, but that’s more because the board have zero imagination.
4.) 14 Nov 2022 18:10:15
And bgate, the reason our captain has been below par this year is because he is clearly playing through an injury, an able deputy would have resolved this problem. Once a team starts carrying injured players the system collapses.
5.) 14 Nov 2022 18:41:06
Lost you at mcburnie he’s a waste of a jersey.
6.) 14 Nov 2022 18:44:43
Davo I would prefer any signing to be an upgrade. That’s the way it should be.
7.) 14 Nov 2022 19:05:55
Going by your figures 6-8 mill for our three players then 2-3 mill from the board so transfer kitty 8-11 mill the list of players you gave that fee wouldn’t cover that lot, plus 3/ 5 mill to get rid of Gio and his team then find another manager if he’s in contract we need to buy him out or we find a manager out of work, it’s going to take some sorting out and there is more than Gio to blame for the mess we have landed in.
8.) 14 nov 2022 19:13:40
he shouldn't be playing through any injury that makes him play so poorly, not ever, that's ok for a game or two when you know its the best remedy, absolutely not whaen it causes you to be so bad, il say again watching any player casually lobbing over corner after corner to opposing defenders to lap up is shockingly poor
at some ponit you have to ask yourself if your the right person who should be taking them
when was te last rangers winger to tak a corner.
9.) 14 Nov 2022 19:36:09
We've got 5 weeks to get as many back as possible. The ones I want back if we can't get them all is Lawrence, Ridvan, Colak and any CBs. We need some forward drive from midfield which Lawrence gives. Straight down the middle instead of constantly out wide with a hopeful cross into the box. Ridvan has a great touch and always seems to look for the positive option. Balls in the box to Colaks feet and Lawrence having a dig from outside. Take King out of the firing line with Goldson and Davies in the middle. Just a thought chaps.
10.) 14 Nov 2022 19:58:15
We still need a back up if tav gets hurt.
11.) 14 Nov 2022 20:02:00
Davostan, do you not rate knutsen, beale etc mate ?.
12.) 14 Nov 2022 20:27:31
Agree Bassey, but that's for the window.
13.) 14 Nov 2022 20:39:13
Bassey I understand the skepticism on mcburnie, but I reckon in Scotland he would be a decent enough option to have.
Twacoos, pretty sure brooks and mcburnie would be entering last 6 months so pre contract would be in play. But yeah I doubt we would be able to afford an overhaul in January, maybe just strengthen in key areas.
Walter, it’s not that I don’t rate Beale and Knutsen, it’s just I haven’t seen knutsen enough to judge fairly. As for Beale, I doubt we will have the money to pay out his contract
Thanks for the debate on this post though guys, all great opinions.
14.) 14 Nov 2022 21:49:03
Don’t know how anyone can rate Beale as a manager he has done nothing so far not even half way thru the season coops but would take the other you mentioned.
06 Nov 2022 18:56:03
God what a mess we have ourselves in. We are one or two results away from the season being finished. Waiting for this board to act decisively is like waiting on your dad coming back from the shop with that milk. IMO, Gio needs to go, kent and Morelos need to be replaced in January. Two trophies out of a possible twelve over the past 4 years is pathetic.
1.) 06 Nov 2022 19:19:02
The board need to go just a bunch of headless chickens.
2.) 06 nov 2022 21:27:29
the board have saved and restored our cluvb.
3.) 06 Nov 2022 21:46:39
And then made a mess of it.
02 Nov 2022 17:24:42
Shocker of a campaign. Think if somebody said when the draw was done, you won't win a game, we could see that would be most likely with the opposition, and losing to these teams is embarrassing. However, the performances put in over the 6 games have been so negative and defeatist. It has now been one year since Gio came in, and the drop off in performance, style and tempo has been drastic. I don't know where we go, I hate the thought of sacking a manager of rangers, however are we realistically going to overturn a 4 point gap to Celtic playing the way we are? My bet is that we drop more points than them away from home, as has been the case over the last 12 months. So it's either a case of sticking with Gio and backing him in January, or twisting, bringing someone in who can maybe increase the morale and belief. For me I think we have more chance in winning the league if we bring someone else in. However that all hinges on who we would bring in, which I won't get into as the man is still in a job. Recruitment has been poor, I mean Sakala started last night. I love sakala as he is a cult figure, but him playing in the champions league sums up our squad building. There is just no joined up thinking in terms of recruitment, as there is no style of football we can say " we need to bring in a player that can do this for the team" as we don't have a style of play that makes recruitment easy, it's just all punts in the dark really. Sorry for the massive post, but in summary, if something doesn't change fast, we will be looking at another poor domestic season, without a European run to ease the pain.
1.) 02 Nov 2022 17:32:36
Davi, you are right Gio won’t turn a round a 4 point gap. Even watching the team now is a chore and we are bang average in the League.
2.) 02 Nov 2022 19:50:15
I said when the draw was made i couldn’t see us picking up many points if any.
3.) 03 Nov 2022 11:06:38
Hold on yately… we’re you saying this when we beat Aberdeen 4.1 going on 8?
Jezebel how fickle is this support… unbelievable.
4.) 03 Nov 2022 12:57:25
Molagoals, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, one or two good results/ performances doesn’t make a good campaign.
14 Jan 2024 20:24:29
Those of you who aren’t keen on shankland, I’m really unsure why? 53 G/ A since the start of last season. Finished level on goals with kyogo last year, the top scorer this campaign, also scored in Europe for hearts as well. Easily the best option for up top in this window, just a matter if we can afford him.
01 Sep 2023 21:35:03
Is will87 yoda?
20 Mar 2023 12:19:50
John27, always like your rumours and info mate, but have to disagree, no way we paid kent and aribo more than 50k a week. Almost certain our wage cap is around 35k, with goldson now being the highest earner.
03 Mar 2023 18:52:10
Everyone entitled to their own opinion, however I do think the fans need to get the message across that we can’t keep accepting the level of failure this board and playing staff have delivered. I would say we have been in a stable position to challenge since gerrards second season. In that time there has been 11 trophies (including this years league) to play for, we have won two of them, the same amount as st Johnstone. Celtic have won 7. They are now 3 trophies behind us in terms of overall trophies as a club. If you can’t blame the board in regards to investment (which I think you can), then you have to blame them for investing incorrectly. How can you invest 20 million into a squad that got to the EL final and won the Scottish cup and end up worse. Not selling assets when they are at their max value is again another failure. Kent and Morelos, two key members of the squad are going to leave for free, when they could have been sold for 10 million each or more at their most valuable. Other than raskin (who is excellent business), we have no assets who will fetch us 10 million plus. History will be very kind to players such as tav, kent, Morelos etc due to 55 and the EL final, but as a collective this era has been one that offered a lot without delivering on most of it.
08 Dec 2022 21:06:54
Think Shelvey and Davies might be out of our wage structure, but you never know. Decent rumour AC.
12 Oct 2023 23:32:48
Clement has won three, one with genk, two with Brugge.
15 Nov 2022 12:55:46
True blue, yeah I don’t mean one more and that’s it, I just mean, if he is still in charge and he does have a bad result, it’s going to get even worse.
I do hate when it becomes this toxic because it almost becomes a deconstruction of character. I think the board have a duty of care to everyone, which should mean to stop this before it gets worse.
15 Nov 2022 11:43:34
Completely agree Walter, I don’t think it’s the wright call as I think we are just kicking the can down the line.
This is only ending one way as he is one bad result away from the fans forcing the board to action, if they aren’t trying to already.
14 Nov 2022 20:39:13
Bassey I understand the skepticism on mcburnie, but I reckon in Scotland he would be a decent enough option to have.
Twacoos, pretty sure brooks and mcburnie would be entering last 6 months so pre contract would be in play. But yeah I doubt we would be able to afford an overhaul in January, maybe just strengthen in key areas.
Walter, it’s not that I don’t rate Beale and Knutsen, it’s just I haven’t seen knutsen enough to judge fairly. As for Beale, I doubt we will have the money to pay out his contract
Thanks for the debate on this post though guys, all great opinions.
14 Nov 2022 18:10:15
And bgate, the reason our captain has been below par this year is because he is clearly playing through an injury, an able deputy would have resolved this problem. Once a team starts carrying injured players the system collapses.