11 Sep 2024 20:15:54
sorry just realised as we near the end of another day we haven't had a bring back Hagi post so thought I would remedy that omission.
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11 Sep 2024 20:04:08
I know John and others on here had posted our 4 match home package for our europa league games is £168,so i wonder when we'll get the email to purchase them or will cccs kick in 🤔 However cccs won't kick in for me because my seat is in the copland rear 🤔.
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11 Sep 2024 18:44:32
My team for the utd game.
Gk Butland
Rb Kasanwirjo (never seen play but Tavernier needs dropped)
Rcb Soutter
Lcb Propper
Lb Sterling
Cm Barron
Cm Diomande
Rw Cerny
Am Bajrami
Lw Jefte
Cf Dessers.
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11 Sep 2024 19:06:56
I’m on the same page with that mate.
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11 Sep 2024 19:10:29
Sterling ain’t playing left back.
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11 Sep 2024 19:16:53
My star unfortunately we won’t see that team but I like it, I’d make one change Cortes for jefte.
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11 Sep 2024 19:19:01
Did propper not pick up an injury b4 the break, is he over it? Agree about Tav, needs out the firing line, more likely to see the new guys off the bench bud, kinda hard to try n pick 11 tbh.
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11 Sep 2024 19:43:07
I agree, hopefully get a few goals up and give igamane a reasonable show out also.
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11 Sep 2024 20:01:20
Won’t happen mate. While tav is here and still captain, he plays.
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11 Sep 2024 20:14:42
sorry star but never going to happen. Sterling at LB as well. Fraser more likely to move Jefte but don't think that will happen.
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11 Sep 2024 20:27:12
I can't see Sterling playing LB.
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11 Sep 2024 16:15:55
New poster - but very old bear!
I really do think we can come good, albeit it may take some time.
Our current problem (s) could be down to so many experienced players no longer at the club (Goldson, Jack, Lundstrum, Barasic etc to name a few) .
Hopefully, some new "leaders" will eventually emerge from the new squad.
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11 Sep 2024 16:21:50
Welcome Jim, hope so mate.
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11 Sep 2024 16:42:58
Welcome Jim, good first Post from another old codger. I hope so too mate, we certainly lack a leader. On another point, I see Celtic's Women are virtually being handed a WCL Group Stage place, playing the Lithuanian Team at Airdrie their home ground, meanwhile we got Arsenal and Atletico Madrid in our qualifiers, oh well, nothing changes it seems.
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11 Sep 2024 16:48:49
those "experienced" players were part of the problem and we all wanted rid off them 1 or 2 seasons ago but no one else wanted them.
Fresh blood in and we push on!
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11 Sep 2024 16:49:45
It’s never a good idea to let too many of your old hands leave in the one window especially with a relatively new manager . PC and the few experienced players left need to start winning games against ‘them ‘, as if we don’t we will become regular losers.
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11 Sep 2024 16:51:41
Welcome Jim. I would be hoping some younger players will step up.
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11 Sep 2024 17:05:05
irvger, if we had won the league we would have been playing the Lithuanians so don't think it is a conspiracy but to do with seedings.
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11 Sep 2024 17:34:32
Welcome to the site jim 👍all bears together.
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11 Sep 2024 17:46:37
A settled team with 2 improvement changes and a promo from youths is every coaches dream. The turnover this season should only happen in extreme circumstances and will take time to bed in on and off the grass. Not an easy job for PC this season with some fans expecting instant success. Patience from fans is key.
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11 Sep 2024 18:16:54
Jim, you're welcome. TBH, those players you've listed weren't good enough.
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11 Sep 2024 18:30:37
Angus you have just spoiled another conspiracy by pointing out the obvious.
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11 Sep 2024 18:50:43
There's no doubt the loss of so much experience is affecting the team and that failure to replace them was a mistake, you can argue over the quality but not the experience or influence they had on others.
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11 Sep 2024 19:04:41
Exactly Angus not a big fan of women’s football but not hard to understand why Celtic are playing them and we are playing bigger teams.
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11 Sep 2024 19:45:18
Time on the training pitch imposing our style of play as second nature to the players is the key to how we get on, our 55 season this was spot on especially in defensive areas as the stats will show, until we are at it 3 points every league game is a must which will help the fans give the team time that’s needed.
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11 Sep 2024 20:24:44
Not sure this will be posted or not
Irvger you the poster that’s been on here a few years now last time I think we spoke you were not very well if I remember correctly
I hope your health is better then last time we spoke and if it is you it’s nice to see you on posting again 💙.
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11 Sep 2024 16:00:16
If clement wants tav to stay and keep the fans happy play him in midfield and that’s my opinion.
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11 Sep 2024 16:17:25
He hasn’t got the legs to play midfield, tav is a right back. Moving him to a winger or midfielder isn’t going to work and isn’t going to happen. Sterling is strong, athletic and good at defending which is why he can play midfield and I like him playing there but even he was out of his depth against celtic.
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11 Sep 2024 16:20:20
Correct Tav. I think we just need to have the Eds do a poll every week so fans can choose who they want to play and where. save on cost of manager and get what we want. I vote Butland for centre forward. he's tall and good in the air 😁.
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11 Sep 2024 16:27:20
Not sure manager is desperately keen to keep Tav at all costs. Sounds more like he feels a ready made replacement is needed, which means he doesn’t necessarily see those currently on the books as RB/ RWB… not sure I agree, but then again why PC paid the big bucks.
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11 Sep 2024 16:28:08
The problem trying to move Tav into midfield is that at the moment most of our midfielders are finding it difficult enough to do their own job, without having to help out Tav whose legs are gone . Allowing Tav to attack whilst the right sided midfielder drops in towards right back, may work.
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11 Sep 2024 16:45:11
LOL, nice one Angus, the only problem with Butland at CF is too many handballs against him.
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11 Sep 2024 16:50:11
The time of moving tav forward is over he’s lost that much legs he would get caught in possession constantly when receiving ball facing our goal more. Maybe we don’t have the long term replacement in but we definitely have better than current Tav and again the toxicity will increase to levels of untenable if we have to watch tav shot the bed v Celtic again.
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11 Sep 2024 17:34:21
Tav in midfield he can't play his own position but aye put him in a position he don't play that makes sence.
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11 Sep 2024 18:17:58
Tav is finished, most of us have known this for a while.
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11 Sep 2024 18:27:19
Why don`t we play Tav up front, he`s a better finisher than Dessers or as a No10, even nowadays he has more energy and legs that Lawrence . He would be able to press just as well as he does and can finish just as well too.
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11 Sep 2024 18:39:10
Sterling had a few very good games at the tail end pf last season, in numerous positions. he hasn't kicked on yet and hasn't been as much 9f a highlight.
For me playing him in one position and let him make it his own is the way to go, preferably right back.
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11 Sep 2024 18:53:57
PC is being critisced for not playing hagi I. d place a bet if he dropped tav and results didn't improve he'd have fans on his back for not playing tav and imo he doesn't think atm he has a better alternative however the young Dutch player could solve that problem for PC.
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11 Sep 2024 19:06:18
Why would it keep fans happy playing him where he has barely ever played? Just drop him and that will keep fans happy strange post.
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11 Sep 2024 13:06:02
Wonder if we’ll get to see more of Igamane at the weekend. Looked sharp when he came on against Celtic although the game was obviously already done. With Matondo out injured and Cortes just coming back from injury he may have an outside chance of starting.
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11 Sep 2024 14:27:08
He’s a better option on the left than wee Ross or Lawrence, only other decent option is Jefte with either Fraser, Sterling or the new boy at left back.
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11 Sep 2024 14:27:53
His first involvement was to drive forward, I liked what I seen. I think he'll be a good player for us. Morroco is in its sorta golden generation right now and he'll be desperate to become a part of that.
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11 Sep 2024 15:00:02
Playing our new signings.? you sound ridiculous! this is Rangers after all.
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11 Sep 2024 15:12:26
PC has had 2 weeks to think about this, and hopefully utilise some or most of his recent signings, if not, what's the point?
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11 Sep 2024 15:29:29
I like the look of him, he drives forward, has no fear.
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11 Sep 2024 15:48:43
I think we'll see him from the bench again.
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11 Sep 2024 16:13:07
Id agreed EHL. whilst he looked good for the 10 minutes we saw of him I think giving him minutes to get him up to speed of Scottish league is probably what will happen. hopefully he continues to show he is the business.
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11 Sep 2024 16:49:15
This weekend is a must win game, no doubt in my mind about that, we cannot afford to drop any more points before they visit Ibrox, so PC has a difficult decision to make, but he's paid very well to make those decisions.
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11 Sep 2024 16:53:19
I don’t want this guy judged by playing him off the left etc if he’s better than Dessers he will have the position soon enough.
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11 Sep 2024 16:53:44
up to speed with Scottish league?
its hardly played at speed. especially for us.
Get him on the pitch so he can watch the ball be passed from Butland to Souttar to Tav, to Souttar to Propper/ Balogun to Yilmaz/ Jefte and then back to Butland or maybe Propper. Barron could then get a touch and then back to a defender.
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11 Sep 2024 17:59:26
Want to see him used in the centre, a think the defenders will know they have been in a game against him, Morelos with a better strike rate and a cooler head would be a nice, probably get the last 15 mins then a start in the cup, lot of games coming up.
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11 Sep 2024 18:19:22
We need to work out how to beat Celtic, that is where the league is won and lost.
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11 Sep 2024 18:31:57
How can you say he`s a better option than McCausland and Fraser based on seeing him for 10 minutes . McCausland was our best forward during the 45 minutes he was on at the piggery. I hope Igamane is good but let's play him as striker his proper position. If we play Jefte and Fraser, I think we might see Robbie as the winger with Jefte behind him.
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11 Sep 2024 19:08:19
Disagree mark as they will win league by more than 12 points this year.
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11 Sep 2024 07:23:03
The negativity around the club is deafening but as for the board resigning that's not going to happen. People need to buy the board out and these men will want a premium price for what can only be described as a poor faulty product which is not in the minds of non rangers affiliated businesmen.
Do I believe the current owners need to look at selling?
Yes i do unfortunately there pockets are not as deep as there support for the club and that is what has harmed the club.
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11 Sep 2024 08:02:46
Can't really argue with that👍.
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11 Sep 2024 09:02:10
Not totally convinced by your argument asathor, we have spent money but very poorly. The thing about this board is they are all Rangers fans and that’s incredibly important. The wealthy group come and start running up debt against our assets which is what they do if it goes badly what then.
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11 Sep 2024 09:40:34
Asathor, do you not think this transfer window was more about the selling of the club in the near future
They have cut wage bill drastically
Dropped the euro wage to income percentage
Brought in some future sellable assets
Everything there is what is part of sellling your business
If the team can gel to win 3 games against Celtic then they can win the league as I do not rate any other teams in Scotland to be honest, yes we need to beat them but even as we stand that should be expected.
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11 Sep 2024 10:38:52
PC has said the club is running with an annual 12m loss. That’s not good business and unless you are a blue nose with billions, you ain’t going to sign up for that.
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11 Sep 2024 10:43:50
they can sell but only get money to themselves, no guarantee someone buying the shares would put anything extra into the club.
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11 Sep 2024 11:10:03
why should the board continue to put their hands in their own pockets to fund the over-extravagant spending of the club. No other company does this. they need to get the club into a position where it is self-sustainable and fans need to realise that this is what is happening. Any buy out or investment wouldn't result necessarily in further investment so that wouldn't change it. Asathor do Brann directors continually put their own funds into their club or do they have it running on an even keel which doesn't require it?
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11 Sep 2024 11:11:20
Not just not deep enough pockets asa there decision making at times is truly worrying.
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11 Sep 2024 11:56:22
he was talking about Genk having an annual loss of £12 million not Rangers.
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11 Sep 2024 12:00:44
Angus is not more or less the same board who have put us in this postion with extravagant spending over the past year and half?
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11 Sep 2024 12:09:43
Angus we put initial capital investment into the club and run a profitable business not based on loans.
I agree decision making at boardroom level is key but initial capital to provide means for success and reward is paramount.
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11 Sep 2024 13:02:53
the unfortunate thing is that the initial capital they all put in was to cover operational losses in the last 12 years. the current board is trying to right the wrongs of Park etc where we were running at 10M over staff budget which doesn't help financially or indeed keep us on the wrong side of FFP.
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11 Sep 2024 13:23:30
agree Asathor but they have put capital into the organisation it just has been spent on trying to get the club back to where we were pre-2012, some may argue wrongly spent but I think the ideals behind it were right, i. e. they were trying to reach that point of recovery. they have now realised that this isn't the right business model so that capital will be what the club brings in through turnover. By reducing the wage bill this year and making other savings they may have reduced or removed the £10.75M additional costs Bennett mentioned a while back and it may be that this creates additional capital short-term.
Brann have the model we aim for or something like it but that takes time.
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11 Sep 2024 13:56:11
Is it not loans the board members give? Confused by this some say it is, some say it isn't, can anyone clarify? Always thought it was loans with interest.
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11 Sep 2024 14:07:40
Did we not save 12 million a year in wages now from the above sales, and new players in, massive plus for the club.
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11 Sep 2024 14:21:33
John bennet is getting 4/ 6% interest on the money he's put into the club.
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11 Sep 2024 14:56:42
Surely he isn't the only one o. w?
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11 Sep 2024 15:03:17
4% one Walter unless the idepndently accounts r wro.
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11 Sep 2024 15:21:58
most of the loans were converted to shares i believe but it was still to keep rangers ticking over.
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11 Sep 2024 15:47:52
Geesa that's the problem with loans converted to shares, it dilutes the shareholding.
When I invested in my club along with our current board we invested our capital with an agreement that we would take no dividends for 10 years to establish a basis for continual success that in turn create a stable platform for profits.
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11 Sep 2024 15:50:56
In order to continue to deliver the infrastructure improvements, we're going to need capital from somewhere.
I suspect it will be from new investors as opposed to the existing board again.
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11 Sep 2024 16:09:40
So when fans say they are putting money out there own pocket it isn't really true because one way or another they get it all back and then some?
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11 Sep 2024 16:17:59
EHL I suspect the infrastructure improvements will come from the wage and other savings unless there is a further share issue, thus diluting the share value people already have.
re loans I think they were a mix of repayable and share conversion. also they may well be getting 4% in interest but for us to borrow form lenders would cost more and if JB invested even in a high street bank he would have earned more. He isn't ripping us off by doing that in fact you could argue he is doing us a favour. Loans are a way for them to put capital into the club but not break the rules on us using it for football purposes and not just infrastructure.
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11 Sep 2024 16:37:07
Many of our Board members have put an awful lot of money, that many cannot afford into the club, as the Manager at the time was demanding more spent on transfers than we could afford. The hope was that the Directors money would make us more successful than Celtic and players could be sold at a profit. The players disappointed and didn’t achieve enough success in Scotland and hadn’t the expected resale value . This contributes to this year’s problems as Directors cannot afford more loans and we are still struggling to break even.
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11 Sep 2024 16:54:24
My way of thinking is that this notion of having a divine right to win a game has to end, only a total desire to win shown by our players will get us there, no amount of money spent on so called good players will help our cause, GUTS, that's what's needed.
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