buster.

I'd have thought Chelsea will either extend his contract or look to move him on this summer. Gilmour really needs to be playing regular first team football, so he might be happy to move on, if he can find the right club. 15M, not sure, but he wouldn't come cheap. If he were to go on loan, then yes, would be an excellent signing.

Won't be until somewhere between team lines and KO that I'll get up for this. A team featuring Alex Lowry would help me get there. 3-1 seems to be a popular score in the predictor. Back in 1976, Derek Johnstone scored from the preverbial Tommy McLean cross after 44 seconds, in a 3-1 victory. DJ was only 22 years old but a full six years prior to this, he had scored the winner in a national cup final. If you are good enough, you are old enough. Alex Lowry merits a start.

Would that be Skullduggery ? 😁

I get the point you make but in the case of Ryan Jack, he has a contract and where would he pass a medical and be given a similar wage ? As far as I see it, if he is contributing positively, in say 50% of games, that is better value than paying him off. Come the end of his contract, there is obviously no extension. What bugs me is bringing players to the club who are heavily 'injury prone'. In the last window, we signed Souttar on a Bosman and Ramsey on loan. Ramsey has hardly contributed (I point the finger at our recruitment, not Ramsey). With Souttar, time will tell. But you can't reasonably expect or depend on him to stay fit for long periods and hence management of his ankles/hip will more likely follow. I'd expect better from what won't be a cheap recruitment set-up. They might argue that their hands have been tied by relatively small budgets and while that will obviously limit options, I don't think bringing in several players who have a bad injury record will ever give a net positive. For every Goldson, you get more who are out as much as they are in, eg. Roofe, Helander, A more general point is that after several poor transfer windows, our recruitment has to up it's game considerably this summer. You would imagine that Gio will be supported as he will need to begin a re-build. We need to get that right or a bumpy ride will follow.

The European Conference League gives teams at our level an increased chance of winning something in Europe. Basically doubles the possibility.

Money gives you an opportunity to improve. If spent badly and/or kept in the biscuit tin it won't improve you on-field. You speak of 12 seasons. I count only four CLGS participations for them in that timeframe. None since 2018 and recently the money has increased. I think they have made more money (gross) from player trading.

The finance for meaningful progress required a win on Wednesday. For progress at this level you need better players. For better players you need more money. We have another opportunity to qualify for the CL in August. By no means impossible but I tend to think it will be asking a lot of a team with a few new faces.

Barisic out No other injuries from the EL Final McLaughlin starts Sounds like Lowry will be on the bench

We have contracted a player (John Souttar) with 93 league starts in the same timeframe.

Ryan Jack deserves a rest and a pre-season to see what he brings to the team next season. What we know he can bring (if fit) is hugely important to the team and we shouldn't contemplate giving that away until we have given him every chance to get fully up to speed.

Every year the lists of players (sometimes referred to as deadwood) is compiled and pre-released/sold on the messageboards. However, come the transfer window, it isn't always as easy. A similar uncertainty will affect our business, as it did last year. Champions League money......yes or no. It didn't do us any favours against Malmo. It could be argued that this had something to do with why SG didn't seem as fully engaged and happy at that time. ie....and I speculate here...... SG wanted to strengthen, Rangers board said 'wait, until the CL money is in the bag'. I doubt that we'll be able to spend it until/if we have it. If we were to get to the CLPO round, the second leg is on the 23rd or 24th of August and will give us a few days to a week to do further business with CL monies (if successful in qualifying). That said, if we buy well (not necessarily for loadsa money) and most hit the ground running, great. We really need some good recruitment over this summer or we might relatively struggle next season.

Not unless it was on a Bosman (don't know contract situation). Sheep would want too much for him. We'd be better spending the money in other markets where you can get more for your money (if you buy well).

Lowry has shown in his short time playing for the first team what he brings. He merits a start and tomorrow is an ideal platform for him to show what he can do. I don't think we will be disappointed in someone whose game is forward thinking.

I think it was the Germans 48th game of the season,....it was our 64th. Yes, a fit and firing Morelos would have made defending much more difficult for them.

Being generous shouldn't extend to a first team slot for the final tomorrow. He has done nothing to deserve or merit it. His current form is poor for obvious reasons. His big-game mentality deserted him when it mattered. Lowry is the future, play him from the start.

Ridiculous questions deserve to be treated as such whether 5 minutes back or 5 years.

This isn't anything against your opinion here. But I would prefer not to see Ramsey at all tomorrow. Not very dignified of me, perhaps but I'd much rather play someone who is going to be around next season. Alex Lowry should not be on the bench and Ramsey start.

Thank-you ! I'm here to see if it helps to process the disappointment of this defeat. So hopefully, not too long.

I asked as it was you who posed the question and must have thought hard enough about it, so as to ask it. Thanks for your answer. My view. Well, it never went through my mind. I find the question ridiculous. The treatment of the Rangers fans in and around the stadium left a great deal to be desired.

Nothing to say !! You didn't leave yourself any room for a comeback 😁

Do you think there was a preconceived plan to dehydrate Rangers fans so as to neutralise their energy ?

It is easy to acknowledge reality. That kicked in as soon as Eintracht had scored their fifth penalty. Being profoundly disappointed in the result of such an important match and ultimately close run thing, more especially when we didn't perform anywhere near our best, is quite normal. Each to his own way of processing it. The current and more salient issue is how the players and coaching staff deal with it in relation to the game tomorrow.

I get that part but this thread is really about the Final. The major (game-changing) financial rewards was very much for the winner. I think some may refer to it as a sliding doors moment. 4M for winner Super Cup for winner CL pot one and money for winner As far as reputation is concerned, many people who won't have seen much of our European run will have watched the Final. Bassey apart, our players, individually and collectivelly didn't do themselves justice and won't be remembered by European neutrals. It's more disappointing because we know they are capable of so much more.

Calvin Bassey apart, losing the final in the way we did has enhanced neither.

I found the Final (the thread topic), very disappointing. Of course, the European campaign as a whole was exceptional but we didn't do ourselves justice against Eintracht. The quite amazing Calvin Bassey apart, I don't think there is a Rangers player who can say they played to the best of their abilities. For that reason, alongside how close the contest turned out, I find the defeat more difficult to 'process' than any other Rangers defeat in 49 years. I'm just glad we have tomorrow's Hampden cup final that will soon help take the mind off it. With hindsight, I tend to think that the semi-final second leg at Ibrox was just so good in every way, that it was always likely to be our high point and expectations (as well as the occasion itself) started to weigh heavy on some of the players going into Sevilla. On the pitch, as in the away games at Braga and Leipzig, we badly missed Alfredo Morelos. Allowing Eintracht to push an extra man into the middle and forcing our defenders into countless long balls that were never going to come to anything. I think John Lundstram was very honest and correct when he said that the players had let the fans down on Wednesday evening. I'd also repeat, that they have a lot to be proud about when it comes to the European run as a whole.