02 Jul 2025 12:20:23
Hi
Does anyone think we are good enough to win league with the players so far, I think we may run them close.
For me we need to lay down a marker in the early games by wining these games in style.
Not sure about the game against Panathinaikos maybe come to early, but you never know, could be behind the couch again for this one!
To win the league would be fantastic, and would be the main target.
02 Jul 2025 12:44:01
Run them close? We're miles behind and we've added a Dundee midfielder and a right back on loan. As it stands no chance but there's still 2 months of the window to go.
02 Jul 2025 12:58:03
Mols we had a team who are able to perform and who have talent whatever anyone says. what we were lacking was consistency and a game plan to break down a low block. also the mentality to come back form losing the first goal. so if the new manager and coaching staff can overcome those issues and we add a few more of the right quality and leadership ability in the right positions who is to say we can't compete better. if we do that then we will have a better chance at least.
sorry but by right quality I mean who the manager and recruitment team think are right and not the fans.
02 Jul 2025 13:11:47
The 'players so far', have I missed something? ?.
02 Jul 2025 13:15:29
Not with the squad as it stands today.
Our performances vs Celtic were decent but they hide the fact that we had an awful performance vs the rest of the SPL.
Who knows really. Maybe Matondo, Cortez, Bajrami, Dowell, Davies Cifuentes McCausland Butland Propper all manage to turn it around and we have a great season, right now I am pessimistic though.
Are Dessers and Igmane going to be with the team still? Because if they are not, I am not sure where our goals are coming from. Maybe Tav will get back to being the goal scoring leader.?
02 Jul 2025 13:20:44
Not a chance with what we have so far, its early days but signings have not improved the squad from last season and if the rumours are true that some of the guys we loaned out may " get another chance" and we sell the likes of Raskin, Igamane and even Dessers and Diomande we may well be in a battle for second place. It is still early in the window but between the choice of manager and players coming in, its been very uninspiring so far.
02 Jul 2025 13:22:27
As it stands the now then no.
02 Jul 2025 13:34:44
That dundee mid was involved in more goals than pur whole midfield.
As it stands we are weaker without cerny or hagi who both either started or played a part in a lot of games last season. That being said if martin can improve players and we play a 343 we may not miss cerny as much
Butland
Souttar
Coady
Nsiala
Aarons/ tav
Rothwell/ barron
Raskin/ rice
Jefte/ yilmaz
Diomande/ cameron
Danilo
Bajrami/ cortes
If the wing backs are our width
Then diomande and bajrami can be used as more a left and right attacking mid.
If martin can get the best out of everyone and keep improving the younger players this team to me actually looks very good but the defence or more to the point the centre back options need massivly enhanced even that list includes a player who hasn't even been confirmed as a target yet. we need at least 2 or 3 cbs depending what formations we plan to play.
02 Jul 2025 13:36:50
Think we need least 2 wingers and a playmaker. We got plenty box to box players but need a guy in that can turn the game i think.
02 Jul 2025 13:42:18
Mols of course there's a chance, every chance my friend. If martin adopts his style to beat the low block which i suspect he will, we've every chance as we've proved playing them isn't our problem as we've beaten them last season.
02 Jul 2025 14:07:56
I'm sorry, he asked with the current signings is their a chance? We've lost arguably our best player in Cerny and about to lose our best young asset in Igamane and potentially our top scorer in Dessers. The current signings the poster has asked if there's a chance with are Aarons and Cameron. In my opinion we are weaker without Cerny going forward. We have a bsck 2 of Souttar and Proper. Same left backs who weren't good enough. There's no question we can compete on our day with Celtic as we proved, but a season is 38 games, not 4, hence why we finished miles behind Celtic.
02 Jul 2025 14:13:35
I don't understand some people, if we have players that can win games in EU and beat Celtic then of course they are good enough to beat the rest. application and tactics are what is needed.
so yes we have players who should be able to win the league. we need to have better quality on the bench to replace dips in form etc.
02 Jul 2025 14:52:23
Geesa I agree and the point I was trying to make. it isn't ability which is lacking but application and confidence. If Martin can work on that with the man management skills which he is reported to have then who knows. also it looks as if we will be fitter than last season.
looking at Celtic bench at times last year with a few injuries and they weren't great there either. and they haven't had a challenge to see how they perform under that mental challenge.
both teams will add to their squad though so the question is really irrelevant as neither will start with the same squad.
02 Jul 2025 15:00:13
I think it's too big a task to do in one window, We currently need an upgrade on about 8 starters.
Unless RM can drastically improve the form of players like Butland, Jefte, Davies, Nsiala, Cifuentes, Bajrami, Matondo and Danilo? Then we would only need a couple.
Very big ask though ?.
02 Jul 2025 15:39:22
Zikos danilo had never had poor form in a Rangers top he's been injured there's a big difference.
02 Jul 2025 15:59:49
Geeza the problem is we don't have yhe players who can put a run of wins together against the teams outwith Celtic and that's why recruitment this window is so important. Defensively we are very weak but hoping Aaron's and coady will improve that we have 1 winger atm who's still to convince and we don't getnenough goals from that area. Atm we won't match the other mob unless they drop there standards.
02 Jul 2025 16:26:49
If Danilo wasn't poor last year, and you're expecting the same levels from him this year then we're in trouble. We need more numbers from him. His general play is ok (nothing more), now he needs to offer more in goals and assists.