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07 Jul 2025 15:04:45
Any of the itk posters know that once the Djika deal is announced if we will start to look to the wings and possible striker reinforcements?
Would love a double swoop this week for Turgeman and Patati.
1.) 07 Jul 2025 15:51:13
Im not itk but my guess would be wingers and strikers plus there usually the most expensive.
2.) 07 Jul 2025 16:18:58
We ain't buying a striker unless one leaves mate.
3.) 07 Jul 2025 16:26:46
I say Potato you say Patati.
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4.) 07 Jul 2025 16:38:06
Striker won't come in unless either dessers or igamane goes or danilo if we are lucky.
5.) 07 Jul 2025 17:44:24
I'm sick saying the exact same storm! We won't have 4 strikers for our Rangers first team, i just can't understand how difficult that is for some to grasp ?One in one out, that's what will happen if one is sold.
6.) 07 Jul 2025 18:30:13
Oh my bad Walter, you know not like you to get sick of something is it.
My point being that Hamza linked with move away, Dessers bid rejected and Danilo not looking likely to lead the line so pretty sure we must be looking at strikers.
Hence the question so wind yer neck in bud.
7.) 07 Jul 2025 18:35:34
Patati's gone ?.
8.) 07 Jul 2025 19:26:33
Calm down boys it's a bad day when am the calm head in here ?.
9.) 07 Jul 2025 19:51:02
Behave yourself bigbluejim ?.
10.) 07 Jul 2025 20:24:33
Am calm storm, no having a go at him or owt. Just no keen on someone who posts the same stuff over and over then having ago for asking a question.
Let's face it all the strikers we have ain't what we need either so interested to see if we are making moves.
11.) 07 Jul 2025 22:42:02
Coops is absolutely correct we will not have 4 strikers no way will that happen. 1 out 1 in or 1 in 1 out whichever way u want to say it.
12.) 08 Jul 2025 07:36:46
SWS if you're sick of saying the same thing then stop repeating yourself so often ?.
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02 Jul 2025 15:18:16
@Locher canny be bothered scrolling to reply on the previous comment.
We have 3 weeks till we play a two legged tie which is pivotal for us as it's guaranteed Euro football for us which generates decent cash.
My bad that I'm stating my worries and opinions, I didn't realise that you police this forum so strictly. Give yer heed a wobble man!
I'm worried as we have yet to strengthen positions which we were short in last season and then lost numerous guys. We are all aware that work needs doing but it should have started weeks ago to get new guys the time to gel.
1.) 02 Jul 2025 15:37:26
Seems to be if you don't agree with someone your stupid or clueless and your opinion is invalid. Too many people living in social media echo chambers that have no idea how to deal with people who have differences of opinion from them.
It's not an excuse though and a very ignorant approach to any debate.
2.) 02 Jul 2025 15:51:33
What do you mean work should have started weeks ago, work started months and months ago on identifying targets. If you genuinely thought we'd replace all the areas we need to replace in the first two weeks of the window you're living on a different planet.
The people in the background will be working tirelessly to deliver the targets the club want, do people think they are just kicking back and relaxing? this isn't the case. It's unfortunate how early the first competitive game is but taking the time to get the right players in is also important.
2 weeks the window has been open, there is still about 8 weeks left. Panathanikos are not going to walk all over us, we have good players in the squad and have an 11 that can compete with them as it stands with more signings to come in i'm sure before the game.
3.) 02 Jul 2025 16:02:34
Tav fgs man can you read what I actually said, it's not the amount of signings etc but where we are focused.
We have signed Aarons for RB which we still have Tav and Ridvan at a push. Now we are signing Rothwell for midfield an area we are extremely strong in already but not replacing Cerny who gave us good stats last season.
PAOK ain't exactly going to roll over either and it will be RM first actual competitive match so I'd rather go into that as strong as possible.
4.) 02 Jul 2025 16:21:30
Panathinaikos even bigbluejim.
5.) 02 Jul 2025 16:25:20
Hink most fans are of the allusion, myself included that Europe isnae that important this season. Aye the new hiarchy will want to turn us into a money making machine but we're always in the mix every season where Europe's concerned. We need to start fixing the domestic issues as that's where the club is judged when the curtain closes.
6.) 02 Jul 2025 16:31:42
Why are we not trying to replace cerny has the club said this? wouldn't think would be true though.
like i said if you think we'd have addressed all the areas we need to fix in the first two weeks it's not happening and there's still two weeks until we need to submit a squad for the european game.
in an ideal world all of our targets would have been signed by now, but after years of transfer windows i don't know how people think it's so simple to just "replace cerny".
7.) 02 Jul 2025 16:35:55
It seems that we aren't allowed to disagree with posts who hold the opposite point either though. pot kettle and black spring to mind here.
The manager and recruitment team will have identified targets they feel we need to improve our squad knowing that there is a CL qualifier coming up. But do we also not go for players who become available for positions we need to strengthen. By all accounts on this site Tavs legs have gone and Yilmaz is either injury prone or not a RB so I would say that RB is a position we needed to strengthen.
Our MF is young and needs someone with experience in there with them. that is what has been done.
CB is also said to be weak so looking at someone like Coady who is an organiser seems to be sensible as well.
our squad di well last year and the only player who was a guaranteed starter we have lost is Cerny and I am sure they will have plans to replace him but just perhaps that is where Aarons will play initially until we do that.
I think they might see CL as a bonus this season but we can qualify for Europa as that tie is a week after CL round so we will be able to continue to add.
8.) 02 Jul 2025 17:29:10
No issue here if people want to disagree with me Angus, that's their choice. Just my opinion that we are getting players in for positions that we are already strong in.
We as fans have known for some time that we need to strengthen the wings and it was clear that Cerny wouldn't be coming back so I'd of thought this is an area we identify to get someone in quickly.
Europe is never an area that should be overlooked as it's used to attract a better calibre of player.
9.) 02 Jul 2025 17:49:33
Everyone's assuming he's planning on playing Panathinaikos with wingers…. he might not be. If he is then someone might appear before then we don't know…Rothwell 26hrs from rumour to scarf.
10.) 02 Jul 2025 18:41:01
Some transfers not as easy to get done, think money will be spent in top three areas and might rely on players going out before coming in also, everyone and their dog including the club know we need wingers and a striker and will be trying to get them done but does not mean we can't bring players in for other positions in mean time.
11.) 02 Jul 2025 20:17:00
BBJ you can have your opinion but surely we are able to disagree and debate. Fans have an opinion but the club and manager actually know what they need to play the way they want and they are doing what is best for the club long term. You don't know what is happening in the background and when players are becoming available at the right time and price. not a criticism really just a matter of fact.
I suspect they aren't overlooking Europe as there are 3 competitions but perhaps there is a realisation that this early the CL would be an added bonus.
I keep hearing fans are willing to give this time but don't believe that when you see the number saying we need to win the CL qualifier. I suspect there are going to be a lot of unhappy fans if things don't go well and the board hold firm and ignore fan unrest (it will happen at some point when we lose a point somewhere)
18 Jun 2025 18:41:23
So going by our first team squad and what we have available, I honestly can't see us not making serious headway into recruitment pronto.
GKs-Butland
Kelly
Munn
Defs- Souttar
Nsiala
Propper (likely leave)
Jefte
Ridvan
Tavernier
Davies (likely leave)
Sterling (Injury prone)
Mids- Raskin (could leave)
Diomande (could leave)
Barron
Cameron
Rice
Bajrami (could leave)
McCausland (Likely leave)
Dowell (likely leave)
Cifuentes (likely leave)
Fwds- Dessers (could leave)
Matondo (likely leave)
Cortes
Danilo
Igamane
So just for example, let's say that all these players out go that's only 16 first team players. If nobody leave we have 25. Looking at that list though we severely lack quality and experience. I'm just hoping we have some class lined up.
1.) 18 Jun 2025 19:08:59
Bbj,
I posted earlier - based on our current first team squad we have two 'spaces' that we will look to fill.
After that it's effectively one in and one out - and we have a few out goings that are close to being finalised and a few that are dependent on transfer chains.
For pretty much every player we are in a good place in terms of their replacements.
Given this, I think we'll see a similar line up to last season in the CL qualifier, which I don't see as a bad thing.
2.) 18 Jun 2025 19:13:34
Bbs they may leave but we aren't going to let them go before ECL if it doesn't suit us. transfer window doesn't close until 1 September so lots of time. That squad in the main managed to get to 1/ 4s last year.
3.) 18 Jun 2025 19:39:32
Missing King and Frazer from that list who are not youth players anymore, Frazer older than Jefte.
Add in the boys who were training/ promoted to first team Nsio, Hutton and Curtis. Gives you squad of 25 plus 5 development (Munn, Rice, Curtis, Hutton and Nsio)
We may not need to sell before we can buy for financial reasons but we can't go and buy all these players and have a crazy squad size. Current size of 25 + 5 is probably at its max of where it should be.
Cameron and Cortes were already agreed.
In for Aarons as cover for Sterling.
Poku is needed as only 1 RW currently in Mccausland.
Honestly i think there are deals agreed in principle but won't make any official move until players move on.
Unless we shift certain players i can't see anyone else coming in.
4.) 18 Jun 2025 19:41:36
You don't see as a bad thing? Jesus Christ ehl our defence was rotten last season.
5.) 18 Jun 2025 19:44:19
Coisty, I tip my hat to you!
6.) 18 Jun 2025 19:51:41
That's my point though, if we only bring in 2 players that's not exactly a stronger Rangers than last year. In fact worse overall, losing Cerny's goals and assists is a big lose.
Don't disagree Coisty at all but my point remains we need to improve not stay the same or even worse regress by having to keep all those players we couldn't sell.
7.) 18 Jun 2025 19:56:02
So EHL the strategy for this year is hand the league title to Celtic again and don't try and qualify for the CL because we can't have a big squad?
Surely this isn't rocket science. Loan out all the players not good enough, particularly those with 1 yr left on their deals and bring in better ?.
8.) 18 Jun 2025 20:02:34
Strom, personally I'd rather start a defense that's familiar with each other and has experience experience of playing in European football - than a full new backline that's only had 4 weeks and one friendly.
I'm pretty confident that we'll see Butland, Tav (or Sterling) Souttar and Jefte start the game.
Personally, I hope to see Nsiala also start.
9.) 18 Jun 2025 20:03:26
Balagon / Cerny being missing is a big one for play offs if nothing happens in transfers, early season and the heat in Greece is another couple of reasons we could be up against it, still think plenty of time for things to happen tho.
10.) 18 Jun 2025 20:07:56
Storm that rotten defence got us to 1/ 4s of Europa league last year so weren't that rotten.
11.) 18 Jun 2025 20:14:10
BBJ, but we don't have a magic wand? We have to operate within the Uefa rules, so we have to manage the cost of the squad - therefore unless we can move players on we can't sign players.
No one is disagreeing that we want an overhaul or that we'd want it done before the qualifiers.
It's just highly unlikely - so we need to be realistic.
12.) 18 Jun 2025 20:32:16
Bigblue, exactly! Defense was a shambles.
Davies not good enough
Propper not good enough
Ridvan injured all the time anyway
Jefte not good enough yet
Nsiala not good enough yet
Sterling injured
Tav. had my say on him already
Then we have the goalkeeping situation that let's be honest isn't the best either!
13.) 18 Jun 2025 20:40:21
Fantastic idea Zikos - why haven't the 49ers thought of that?
03 May 2025 23:05:48
So instead of this being a manager post I'm instead going to talk about our summer and where I want change.
Butland has to be sold if not our number 1 and a replacement signed.
CH I keep seeing some folk suggest Tav should be shifted to RCH, absolute joke. We need 2 strong experienced CHs. Propper must go.
LB sell Ridvan and buy another mid 20s player who has experience and some defensive awareness.
RB for me we need 2 players here. Mulligan and another starting player.
CM experienced 6 must be signed.
RW we need a quality starter here and a good young player who we can rotate in.
LW same as RW if Cortes can stay fit he can be rotation option.
CF Igamane must be made our starter going forward unless we sign an outstanding player here. Durosinmi my choice for that role.
Just looking at them lot we need width and something we really lack, would like some outstanding players signed here more than most other positions.
1.) 04 May 2025 08:31:25
BBJ finally a post that's different and didn't get many replies don't know why.
I agree with much of everything you said mate apart from we definitely need a striker other than igamane we need a starter as igamane isn't that at the moment and I don't think he could fire us close enough to them to challenge as a no1 striker.
26 Apr 2025 17:48:02
Let today put to rest the BF getting the job full time. Honestly loved the guy as a player but he is useless and clueless as a manager. That's 11 games and 20 goals conceded and that's with him playing 5 at the back.
We were an awful watch yet again and even Stevie Wonder can see we don't like this formation and yet BF persists in playing it and still conceding loads of goals, that bad we were hanging on today and hoofing long balls up top. No Danilo or Cortes either, anyone can see we need width but have literally none.
Please leave and let the door hit you on the arse on the way out, just no a manager ever! You'll no make our club better that's for sure!
1.) 26 Apr 2025 18:26:47
I can't understand how we have changed to 5 at the back and got worse in defence ? make it make sense to me mate. The lack of width is frightening for us in games. Barry's press conferences and interviews are becoming like PC ones.
2.) 26 Apr 2025 19:00:34
Oh just had a newsflash there was never a chance he would get the job full-time. a bunch of supporters thinking he should never changed that, he did the club a favour by looking after the squad till end of the season. thank him for that and move on.
3.) 26 Apr 2025 19:14:05
I honestly don't even know, he said we can't play an attacking style as the players ain't good enough to do what's asked of them. So changes to the style of the other hammer throwers and it makes us worse, baffling beyond belief. Like when was the last time we conceded so many goals while playing a defensive formation. Glad to be rid of him and this season.
18 Apr 2025 11:01:40
I honestly can't believe I have come on this morning and seen that there are still people defending Barry Ferguson. Yes I know he deserves a pat on the back for stepping in at short notice.
That being said we all slaughtered Clement (me included) because he couldn't adapt in games and certainly couldn't figure our league out.
Now Barry has been in charge for 10 games and turned us into the exact thing we hate playing week in week out but his justification is these players ain't good enough to play an attacking style so we need to make ourselves hard to beat.
Clements last 10 games we conceded 9 goals and in all comps.
Barry's 10 games we conceded 18 goals.
That is double the amount and I thought Clement made baffling subs but Fergie has taken it to a whole new level. Playing Jefte LCH and Dio LWB was a disgrace and killed us. His persistence with this system is destroying us as it does not suit us and is certainly not keeping clean sheets. For me, he can walk oot the door today and put Issame Charai in charge till the season is done. He has made us an even worse watch than Clement. Rant over.
1.) 18 Apr 2025 11:26:21
Big blue good post, movivig dio to lb in the five was incredible poor decision by a clieless man.
2.) 18 Apr 2025 11:39:30
John, i was a poster who wanted Clement gone. We'd have been better keeping him till the end of the season.
Barry was dreadful last night, not for the first time either.
We should have known it would be like this with his managerial history.
3.) 18 Apr 2025 11:40:12
Hopefully the penny will drop for some that being "staunch and Rangers Minded" isn't enough to be a Rangers manager.
Ferguson and Co's limitations were on show for all to see last night.
4.) 18 Apr 2025 11:42:13
BF is no more than a Rangers playing hero and supporter, who struck it lucky, because the board wanted to appease the fans. That's it!
Last night was a sore one, but on top of some horrific refereeing decisions, there were some horrific decisions all of BF's making.
Thanks Barry, but it's time to return to your media duties on Go radio!
5.) 18 Apr 2025 11:50:46
Moving Dio to Lwb was some mistake especially as he was able to take the ball under pressure and get us out more often even though his passing was not great but then didn't have much to hit. But all that was compounded by bringing Nsiala on (who BF has ruined and threw under a bus) who looked more composed than any in that back line.
I'm with you SS away back to Go Radio with him.
6.) 18 Apr 2025 12:15:25
Don't always agree with you sunshine but I do today.
7.) 18 Apr 2025 12:30:29
I was one for giving him a chance but the red flag was the "I know what way we need to play" comment that is just long ball tactics in the league. That screams of I have no clue how to coach a style or patterns of play.
8.) 18 Apr 2025 13:29:20
Right guys, how many £Millions will a recognised new Manager cost, and what will he bring immediately to the table, I personally can't see us winning the league for at least another two seasons, we cannot continue to rebuild year after year or we'll end up back at Elgin on winters day. We definitely need to have some players who know this league and hopefully can help win the points we have been dropping this season, we then need probably 3 better quality recruits to keep up some momentum in Europe, as this is where we make our real earnings, Scottish Football payouts will not allow us to progress any time soon.
9.) 18 Apr 2025 14:00:32
Irvger, i think with 4/ 5 quality signings we can challenge them next season.
We also need to move out quite a few. Butland, Tav and Propper need to go from that back line.
10.) 18 Apr 2025 14:48:29
He was only a place holder so we didn't need to fork out big money
Who else aparg from a Rangers man would take job on as a three month job
I never liked the idea of ferguson but i respect him for putting himself in such a difficult position
Our fans are so unrealistic and disrespectful especially wghen you examine the whole sqaud.
11.) 18 Apr 2025 15:12:50
I honeatly thinm he got drawn into that because of how poor jefte was linking whith hagi and others not giving is an outball.
With a bigger better squad i don't think barry doea that i still think he started with best luneup he could only igamane arguably instead of dessers would have been braver choice
His plans were shot to pieces with yilmaz injury and although i like yolmaz i think yhis finally proves to everyone he needs moved on.
12.) 18 Apr 2025 15:14:43
And for wveyone saying i backed ferguson of you go back and look i said at start along with storm that i didn't think he was right man however he was only 3 month cheap option interim and once he's in place i feel he deserves a bit of respect for putting himself in a no win position.
13.) 18 Apr 2025 15:17:06
Ferguson was brought in as interim manager. If the fans were appeased it was int eh sacking of Clement who a large number of the fan base wanted rid of. Ferguson and co were brought in to do a job and exactly what that is or was no-one really knows but it was just to manage till end of season with a takeover happening. I doubt there would be any quality manager who would want to take over for that period of time with no guarantees of a future role.
I don't understand the move of Dio either but then again I missed higher football tactics at Uni. The three in the management team must have done it for a reason but then. realised that it wasn't working so made a further change at HT.
14.) 18 Apr 2025 16:09:12
Our friend Mourinho told us that UEFA were bent and last night seemed to indicate that he may be right.
I'm all for bringing Gerrard back. We brought Walter back and it worked fine. It's been a long 5-years since he left.
I disliked Ferguson's treatment of Nsiala. Young guys will get things wrong from time to time, but what Ferguson did lacked patience for me.
I look forward to seeing more in Nsiala.
10 Jul 2025 14:43:26
Careful OWS you'll be getting called a tim or hounded out for negative views lol
I have stated this a couple of times now, we were told signings would be for the club DNA going forward and that our new model would fit this. Yet we are shopping only in the lower English leagues, even after Koppen stated it's hard to get value for money there.
All new signings will have my backing of course and I'm telling myself it's only for this first window so that RM has a squad with his stamp on it but I'm still worried.
09 Jul 2025 18:09:21
It's good if true as I would guess we are already working on getting his replacement in and shows this new board are not willing to budge on their valuation which I like.
Hopefully it is Turgeman.
09 Jul 2025 08:01:31
1 assist all season in 43 games is certainly not what we need but I guess at his age he might be worth a punt.
08 Jul 2025 17:53:58
Take and goodbye, seriously not of the required ability to be a starter or 2nd choice.
For his own development he's best going if true.
07 Jul 2025 20:24:33
Am calm storm, no having a go at him or owt. Just no keen on someone who posts the same stuff over and over then having ago for asking a question.
Let's face it all the strikers we have ain't what we need either so interested to see if we are making moves.
10 Jul 2025 15:16:24
Put it on another post Angus that I'm thinking it's just this window to allow RM some signings he knows etc but guess only time will tell.
10 Jul 2025 14:36:30
Sounding like it would be another loan if it happens, not to keen on that.
10 Jul 2025 14:34:57
Not so much the signings as individuals as any deal is risky but more the market that we are shopping in and by the looks of it we ain't shopping elsewhere, now that is a worry for me!
10 Jul 2025 14:24:54
Just from that 15 minute training video posted yesterday, you can see majority of the players are happier. To see some of the drills being done and how the players seem to be buying into it fills me with confidence.
Bajrami looks so much happier and Raskin honestly looks like captain material from the way he acts.
10 Jul 2025 14:28:46
Well I'm not happy with some of the signings BB4 and it has nothing to do with the amount of money being spent.
It is purely to do with shopping exclusively in the English market which hasn't worked too well in the past, I mean let's not forget the video Koppen put out stating that it's hard to get value for money in that market. That being said I'll still be getting behind them regardless.
We were told that as a club we had a DNA and transfer model and that's just been thrown out the window.