16 Jan 2025 08:29:27
Here's a wee bit of info i'll share with you fellow bears. Last night got talking to 2 guys uncle and nephew outside the main stand front doors. They run a garage fixing cars and know big richard gough's brother jamie i'm sure they called him. The last time richard was over here his brother jamie told the 2 guys he would bring richard down to the garage with him as he had an interest in cars also ?So when richard went down and met the 2 guys with his brother the uncle asked richard about the centre half position at ibrox ?Big gough told them that katic was the best centre half in his opinion when katic was at ibrox and although needed nurturing and improvement he had the makings of a very good centre half, very suited to scottish football ?He also told the guys and i honestly didn't know this myself that he actually done a bit of coaching katic when he was at rangers ?Gough was very confident that katic shouldn't have been sold and it was a mistake selling him in his eyes ? He took a very personal interest in what he seen in katic and liked him ?.
16 Jan 2025 09:25:14
Unless Katie has improved massively since being sold he's not any better than what we have as for tough coaching I don't remember him being part of the coaching staff at that time.
16 Jan 2025 09:56:47
Gough also done that with Craig Moore coops.
I also loved katic, thought he had the makings of a fantastic centre half.
He seems to be flourishing in Switzerland and I'd love him back. He's a very good centre half these days
Was only young when at us and still had to learn his trade.
16 Jan 2025 10:11:17
Probably shows why gough never went into coaching or management. Katic was rotten.
16 Jan 2025 10:13:02
Katic was good in the air but pretty much bang average everywhere else.
16 Jan 2025 10:35:16
you are right Paul. one of the best CHs in Scotland thinks he was decent in a position he knows about and you know whether a player is better or not ?.
16 Jan 2025 10:46:10
Angus Gough also said Danny Wilson was outstanding and he liked cribari, I'll leave it to koppen and pc.
16 Jan 2025 10:53:12
Katic was good in the air. He couldn't turn, he couldn't run, he couldn't pass and his defending was ok.
There's a reason he plays mid table Swiss football the equivalent of hibs in that league as well. Just because you're good at something doesn't mean you can be certain about how good someone else is. Ally McCoist signed Kevin Kyle and sandaza.
16 Jan 2025 11:04:29
Another player that so called fans loved to hate. Katic was good for us and it was a huge error to sell him when we did.
16 Jan 2025 11:22:31
Correct Angus and yes OWS, i actually can remember something about gough when he was over giving big katic some coaching tips and advice as he took an interest in katic because he liked him and seen something in him ?.
16 Jan 2025 11:27:53
Danny Wilson was outstanding though John, absolutely outstanding.
He made a bad career choice and he stagnated from there.
Many many others have done the same.
Doesn't change fact he was an outstanding prospect.
16 Jan 2025 11:29:12
Also like to point out Katic prefers right side of defence and was played on the left to accommodate goldston's preference on the right.
16 Jan 2025 11:31:01
Or maybe the 2 guys coops were talking to were talking mince.
Coops I ain't having a go at you here just in case you think otherwise ?.
16 Jan 2025 11:31:38
Angus, how do you know gough even said that? ?♂️.
16 Jan 2025 11:35:15
me as well John and in. no way was it a push for the signing of Katic. But more that he might be a better judge of a player than the day to day fan.
16 Jan 2025 11:57:03
Football prospect doesn't make the grade, hold the front page.
Professional sport is extremely difficult loads of great young players never make it . I love my golf as much as football and it's the same there, promising amateur plays off plus 4/ 5 wins a load of local comps plays on one of the lesser tours against players of a similar ilk and finds out just how good you need to be to make a living.
Talent will only take you so far, it's the bit between the ears that separates good from the great . King was a good prospect that's it.
Ex footballers are among the worst judges when it comes to talent because they could play doesn't mean they know what their talking about.
16 Jan 2025 12:29:44
Stevie Wilson outstanding he would have played for Liverpool.
16 Jan 2025 12:39:04
I remember Gough praising Katic when he was at Ibrox, they seemed to have a bit of a bond because Katic also said he talked to Gough a lot and got advice from him.
16 Jan 2025 13:04:13
Nurturing?
Katic was rank rotten in his time at Rangers.
Terrible in possession.
Terrible distribution.
Terrible positioning.
But scored a wonderful winner at the Piggery which blinds some fans to his frailties.
16 Jan 2025 13:24:37
Yes storm and on the flip side storm they might be telling the truth ?I do remember reading something about gough giving katic some tips and advice when he was over for a few weeks and at the time popped into our training ground ?.
16 Jan 2025 14:04:13
Cribari ? thanks for unlocking a bad memory john.
16 Jan 2025 14:48:01
Well that must mean something then John as he represented Liverpool 9 times, 2 league cup 2 league and 5 Europe.
I bet anything that someone as tuned into the youth set up was raving about Danny Wilson for years.
He was very much outstanding in every way. His career just went downhill as he made a bad career choice.
16 jan 2025 15:32:43
are people not allowed to mention or give a view in katic without being told its because he " scored against them ", only person to mention that is you,
there's footy fans on here capable of forming an opinion of the boy as a centre half,
p.
16 Jan 2025 16:20:18
So 9 games make a player outstanding, one minute u say outstanding, then u say outstanding potential.
16 Jan 2025 17:39:47
Think these two guys, uncle and nephew, at the main stand front door are making stories up ?.
16 Jan 2025 18:41:35
No John, but u said "if he was outstanding he'd have played for Liverpool" did u not?
Well he played for them 9 times.
This isn't my opinion. This is facts answering your comment.
I thought he was outstanding when he played for rangers, absolutely fantastic. Looked like he'd be a future captain. Worth an absolute fortune.
So yes outstanding there and then but young enough to say his potential aswell.
I dare to imagine how highly u rated him and the superlatives u used to describe him coming through.
{Ed001's Note - he was awful at Liverpool.}
16 Jan 2025 21:06:05
Fair enough Ed I know he never fulfilled his potential. As I said he made a bad career choice going to Liverpool when he did. He'd have been better staying at rangers and taking the chance to play regular football and learn his trade from davie weir and maybe move 3-4 years later:
He was outstanding for us in his short time in the first team.