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23 minutes ago, Bluedell said:

I thought we'd put in a bid for Trusty?

I believe we bid £3.2m but Arsenal wanted £5m which Sheff Utd are now supposedly going to pay for him

27 minutes ago, Sutton_blows_goats said:

Looks like Trusty is off to Sheffield United. 

On loan?

2 hours ago, the gunslinger said:

we are struggling down our left without kent in there working hard as fuck as he always did. 

We now have little or no options in wide areas up front

Kent’s gone, Wrights about to go leaving just Matondo whom I wouldn’t think has much of a future at Rangers.

Not sure Sima is a wide player

13 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

I don't think we'll win the league, which is very depressing. 

I think it’s a bit early to come to that conclusion. I think we may still see some more movement in/ out before the end of the transfer window which could change things. 

4 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

We've done that every time during pre-season. That's the problem. We can't keep the ball. 

Too often we’re playing the ball around at the back in or near our penalty area and you can just sense we’re about to lose possession in a dangerous area as the opposition press in numbers.
That’s what I mean. Just get it tae f*ck oot of there…😎

Much better second half but I wish we’d stop trying to play out from the back every time. Sometimes a simple clearance is best option. And we still lose possession too easily at times under no real pressure 

Once again there is little or no link up play middle to front

Just now, CammyF said:

Nah, simple explanation is he was at fault for both goals. Said after midweek game that he gets an easy ride and defended simply because he ISNT Borna. He's shown NOTHING in his time here to show he is a Rangers player longterm.

Spot on

1 minute ago, Yorkie Bear said:

On a positive note, the camera angle is good, allowing you to see the shape of theteam.

Whichever shape it is needs to change 

Just now, alexscottislegend said:

Neither can Barasic so what are we to do?

Look for a new LB

1 minute ago, CammyF said:

Yilmaz at fault again. Has to stop that ball coming across the 6 yard line. We are looking at a hiding here if this continues. 

I don’t think Yilmaz is of the standard we require. The more I see of him the more I’m convinced we need to try & move him on ASAP

Going from bad to worse. It’s been a horrendous preseason so far

No Souttar today?

Let’s hope for an improvement tomorrow from what we’ve seen in the three previous friendlies.

26 minutes ago, Graeme Ro55 said:

I like Marcelo Gallardo, but the rest of the Bluenoses will have their own ideas. The thread was just me suggesting that we go after a manager with serious intent to get a finished article and not settle for experiments. That way we can all get behind him and not be waiting for the wheels coming off.

Do we need a new manager? 😱

Perhaps we’re reading too much into last night’s result which was,after all, a meaningless friendly. Hopefully Saturday there will be an improvement 

6 minutes ago, Scott7 said:

I don’t agree that it’s only a “bounce game” and all about “getting minutes into legs”. As Uilleam rightly says the team are already through pre-season and have played three matches. There should be signs of something by now. Somebody’s got to start scoring goals. Take away Tav’s penalties and there’s hardly anything. Let’s hope Danilo and Cifuentes, if they arrive, can create and in Danilo’s case score a few.

 

Despite some very good performances last season, I remain dubious about Cantwell. I’ll be surprised if Dowell makes it. I hope Sterling can defend because Tav, Barisic and Redvan and to a lesser extent, Davies, can’t.

Mostly similar views to mine. 
Is Dowell honestly a better option than Hagi ? 

No creativity, no link up play middle to front. None of the new outfield signings have impressed me so far. 

Looks like we’re still after Trusty too.

Think we’ll now be trying to move on a few not part of MB’s plans

28 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

We needed upgrades all over the pitch and we're in the process of doing that.

 

Beale's not daft.

We need to wait & see if the new signings are upgrades 

9 hours ago, Tannochsidebear said:

As I was travelling back from hols today I’ve only just caught up with the match thread, and it seems to have been mission accomplished as far as Beale is concerned. A lot of players got game time and there were no injuries. That is all I look for from these pre-season games, they really mean nothing apart from that. We should be seeing sharpness and our shape improving as these games continue to ensure we are ready for Killie on 5th Aug, when the crucial CL qualifier a few days later.

Must admit I’d like to see our new signings ( particularly the forwards we’ve signed) getting a few goals under their belts before the season starts

13 hours ago, yuddie said:

Pretty sure Sakala has 2 years left, didn't he sign a 4 year deal on a Bosman 2 seasons ago?

 

If anything I'd be looking to give him another couple of years on top if he can supplement the attack this season with 20+ g/a in rotation.

 

Invaluable.

Apologies I think you’re right, Sakala has 2 years left on his contract.

I agree he has made a decent contribution since coming to Rangers but if he’s not going to be used with all these new arrivals up front we should maybe cash in on him now.

21 minutes ago, DMAA said:

Sterling is by far the strongest competition Tav has had. I don’t expect him to displace him though. 

We’ve not seen him play yet. 

19 minutes ago, alexscottislegend said:

I think we did: Dowell and maybe Sakala?

Sakala is into the final year of his contract. If we/ he not extending it he should be sold & the money put towards replacing him.

Same goes for Lundstrum & Barasic.

Not sure he’s suited to play wide areas up front if that’s where he was brought to play