RANGERRAB

17 minutes ago, ChelseaBoy said:

I doubt it, unless the new owners want to make a marquee first signing. 

They might need to unless they want to fall further behind MannCity & Liverpool. 
Neither Lukaku or Werner(despite his goal last night) look to be in he answer up front

A poor first leg home performance last week ultimately cost Chelsea.

And they still lack a truly top drawer striker/ centre forward. Are they considering Haaland ?

2 hours ago, CammyF said:

43 starts in almost 2 seasons isn’t a lot though is it?

there’s where the problem lies. 
great player when fit and playing regularly but looks to me there’s a reason he’s playing in SPFL & not a better league 

4 minutes ago, Bill said:

That’s been the case for months. 

Who?

7 minutes ago, RANGERRAB said:

Started well but haven’t built on it. Same old, same old

Spoke too soon 😛

Started well but haven’t built on it. Same old, same old

Quite an attacking look to that team today? 😀

Just hope we’re not short in MF. Lundstrum will have a lot do by looks of things

Aston Villa 0 Spurs 4

wheels fairly starting to come off the Gerrard bandwagon now eh?

17 minutes ago, weebluedevil said:

They have 4 key players out for the game on Sunday, including Alnwick and Tanser. We should be winning this game comfortably. 

We should but we won’t. We are toiling up front without Alfie 

Talking to a St Mirren supporter at work this morning he told me that there must be something  badly wrong with Rangers if they can’t beat this St Mirren team whom he thinks will finish second bottom & end up in the play-offs.Defensively he says they’re absolutely woeful.

we shall see……

We can beat Braga next week if Sakala & Roofe can find some sort of form between now & then. Both were awful tonight 

You can see how much we miss Morelos. 

40 minutes ago, Sutton_blows_goats said:

As a player yes. How much we need to pay for him i don't know. Chelsea loan out these youth players for a premium its a big earner for them. They have loads out.

I think NEXT SEASON is Gilmour’s final year of his Chelsea contract. We need quality younger players like him.

Clubs will inflate/deflate revenues as required. Transfer fees particularly 

Regards NEXT SEASON should we maybe looking to bring in Billy Gilmour on loan?

15 hours ago, ian1964 said:

I see us getting beat by Braga, then dropping points against St Mirren, then getting beat in the semi final, season done 

I fear you are correct. 
losing last Sunday to a very average Celtic team will take its toll on us

questions will soon be getting asked about the manager & the DoF

GVB will certainly be the manager going into next season. But he’ll need to up things big style if he’s going to be here beyond that.

Losing his first two OF games to a very average Celtic team doesn’t look good for the future

Im beginning to find his team selections & tactics too predictable.
And his loyalty to Alan McGregor incomprehensible  

1 hour ago, ascender said:

Was there any analysis around how clubs did with generating income from fans on their own pay-per-view services during covid times? It seems online that fans of nearly every club think Sky do a shit job of Scottish coverage, so am surprised there's not been talk of an alternative "SPFL TV" idea.

Didn’t we try to do something like this 25 years ago when that clown Roger Mitchell was SPL chief executive? 😂

3 minutes ago, CammyF said:

I've heard things like it scraping past safety certificates, a 25 year life expectancy etc. 

 

Many rumours but no concrete evidence (If you pardon the pun). 

guy on our supporters bus is convinced they’ll be moving into hampden permanently at some point. 
hence maybe why Haughey got involved to keep hampden as our national stadium a couple of years ago.

had the SFA moved to Murrayfield then hampden would have been demolished 

11 minutes ago, craig said:

What is the not so prominent one ?

Their Jerry built stadium

Just now, craig said:

They effectively were.  They were out of contract and we had to pay a development fee for both, at 250k per player.

If we paid fees they’re not Bosnans 😋

5 minutes ago, craig said:

All due respect Cammy, who are the club going to attract, in a footballing backwater, with the "financial ability" to take us to the next level ?  These custodians have put their hands in their pockets to a massive extent.  Anyone with the "financial ability" to take us to the next level have always had that opportunity to come in and buy the club or take a significant stake in it - why havent they ?  I would love for Elon Musk to buy us as he has the "financial ability" - that doesnt mean he has any desire whatsoever to do so.  So, who are these people that are just sitting in the wings waiting to take us on ?

 

We don't have to settle for second best in Scotland at all - look at how much Celtic spent and yet we still beat them to the title last season with a team that cost a fraction of what theirs did.  As for Europa - are we conveniently forgetting that we, or Scottish teams in general, have been abject failures in Europe for decades, the odd aberration aside ?  We are significantly punching above our weight in Europe - whilst we all want to be successful there it is little more than a bonus.

 

CL group stages every year would only happen if we get automatic entry - look at Celtic's history in the CL when they were getting the CL riches every year and spending a ton of money on players - they rarely got there.  No reason to not want that for the club, but realism would suggest it is fairly unrealistic. 

Celtic have off field issues which will cost them.
One well documented. 

the other maybe not so prominent just now but bubbling under

23 minutes ago, craig said:

In fairness (not aimed at you) I think it is churlish to be blaming Wilson for "Bosmans and loans" when we have, on Bosmans, secured Mcgregor, Davis (yes, they played their part previously, can't look at just this season), Aribo, Bassey, Jack (admittedly pre-Wilson), Lundstrum

 

We have actually done remarkably well in the Bosman market

Don’t think aribo & bassey were bosmans 

20 minutes ago, Sutton_blows_goats said:

Agree but given the major rebuild we have ahead of us its a massive ask. 

When building a team I’d always follow the SAF approach:-

1) go out & get the best goalkeeper you can get who will gain points & not cost you games

2) check any player’s attendance record before signing him

Recently we’ve seen McGregor cost us lots of points but doesn’t get dropped. And signing Souttar & Ramsey(on loan) puts a big question  mark at 2)

12 minutes ago, Sutton_blows_goats said:

We will be lucky to get our money back on Kent, dont think we will get much over 10 million for Morelos and Aribo each  given contract situations. Dont think they board will give the manager much of it to spend either. Next season will be a team of bosmans and loans.

Nothing wrong with Bosmans & loans if you know what you’re doing