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delete, better off reading elfideldo's report.

BigTam: I'll reserve comment about the statement, until we see one that concerns todays news rather than 2017

I thought he was sending a message to the board as to negotiating tactics, eg. Lafferty.

I'd have to know what they were before I could answer that and certainly wouldn't sign off on anything about it until you informed as to what you actually mean.

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I'd have agreed with that had the progress been at least continuous and not signing contracts that you quickly get tripped up by in an expensive and embarrassing fashion. The first six months of 2017 was pretty much awful executive management. MW, PC plus transfer budget, DoF after mgmt appt., the SDI contract 'oversight'.

I think a new deal is still to be agreed and every week that goes by will mean less shirts sold.

This was about matching parts of a deal and we simply don't know what the outcome will be. We don't know how JDS will react to this wrt their costs towards a prospective deal with Rangers. We do know that we'll have significant legal costs to pay re. this case.

On the face of it, sounds like we have really f**ked this up, are now just desperate to get the shirts on sale and to do so are forced back into a deal with SDI. Executive management at Ibrox has been awful at times. At the sametime we were hiring Pedro and spending on his transfer targets,.... we were signing this agreement with SDI that has come back to bite.

Mibbes aye, mibbes naw ! We have a heavy schedule coming up and I think the management will want players in now opposed to brinksmanship up until the end of transfer window. Up front we currently have only Morelos. Sadiq, the manager said will take a couple more weeks to get up to speed. I would be looking to get another forward in before the deadline for EL 3rd round qualifiers (touch wood).

Comes down to how much the management team want him. We at least pretty much know what he would bring and he knows what Rangers are about. They are demanding more money............

Wouldn't expect you to reveal source but obviously you know and are confident in your info.

Last season, Lafferty started 36 games (League and Cup) and scored 19 goals. ie. he scores goals at this level, didn't have any significant injuries and you know what you are getting. Those goals include 3 in the league against Celtic (one in a significant 4-0 win), which was more than we as a team scored against them in 5 matches. I think that merits 500K if the manager wants the player. There is an argument regards age, lack of sell-on value and if we could source a younger 'better player' for a price we could afford then fair enough.

The probability of that would depend on who gave you the info.

If we don't think he's worth 450-550K then we were wasting our time because we are never getting him for less.

Paper talk of a second 300K bid going in for Lafferty. If true, it would be a waste of time, we'll get the same response. If Gerrard wants him in, we'd be better to make an offer that at least has a chance, around 450-550K.

August plus the game on Sept2 is shaping up to be akin to a 'straight in at the deep end' start for the new management team and the new players. The number of European matches (1, 3 or 5) will determine how deep.

Some good points Gaffer.....An encouraging start and as a manager, Gerrard is a no-nonsense type of guy who has assumed authority quickly and easily. This meaning that the management to player communication should be one that works well. As was said a while back, we'll be able to make a better more informed judgement after the first 4 league games. August will hopefully be very busy in terms of games. We're going to need to bring in more players.

Surprised that Morelos starts. Not much in the way of back-up for Thursday if he gets injured. Good to see Arfield with a strip on again.

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