Rousseau

Scott McKenna has been released by Forrrrrrest. Just saying...

We're so thin! LW CF RW Matondo Dessers Cortes Lawrence Danilo McCausland Lammers Wright AM Cantwell Dowell Hagi Lowry CM Diomande Raskin Sterling LB LCB RCB RB Jefte Souttar Goldson Tavernier Yilmaz Balogun Davies Devine Fraser King GK Butland McCrorie Wright

[Al-Riyadiya] Steven Gerrard has reportedly stepped up his plans to take James Tavernier and Connor Goldson to Saudi Arabia. Al-Ettifaq are now said to be preparing their offer for the duo.

Rangers interested in highly-rated Arsenal defender https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/rangers/rangers-transfer-reuell-walters-arsenal-summer-transfer-window-scottish-premiership-4650312

What's going on?! Sensible transfers, completed early ...

Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince; And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

It was like us in the Scottish Cup final: there for the taking, but couldn't get over the line.

Balogun signs contract extension. https://www.rangers.co.uk/Article/leon-balogun-signs-contract-extension-at-rangers/6d5xBKLJQMqq6pJOv8BLgj

I've been saying it for years.

I know Butland is an excellent shot-stopper and he has been terrific, but his style doesn't quite suit what we need, which is a sweeper-keeper. I wouldn't be unhappy if he was sold.

RANGERS can confirm Chief Executive Officer, James Bisgrove, will leave the club having accepted a new football role in the Middle East. https://www.rangers.co.uk/Article/rangers-announce-departure-of-james-bisgrove/3AkG7tgNAM1Ug6u379jQ83

Hear me out: Kieran Tierney? Perfect for the vacated treatment table role.

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Don't know where to put this, but thought it was funny:

It may well be that he doesn't have the mental fortitude to play for Rangers. The facts are that he didn't have many good goalscoring chances with us - even that open goal (I can't remember who it was against?) was a difficult chance because the ball was too far in front of him before he could get to it. His chances were mostly long range. His xG was only 4 (he scored 2) in the league. Todd Cantwell, in a similar position has an xG of 5 from double the games. Dessers, played as the #9, has a full-season xG of 19 (he scored 16). Now we've seen him do well for Utrecht as a #9: 10 goals from an xG of 9. I'm not saying he's the messiah, like Josh Windass, merely that he'd have a better return if he was played as a striker, rather than a #10 or on the wing.

You often get players that are good passers, for example, playing in Europe at centre-back or as a deep-lying playmaker. They come to the UK and our dinosaurs think, 'oh - he can pass a bit, let's put him in the hole', and then wonder why it doesn't work out.

Wikipedia: "[Bartram] got his national breakthrough with AGF in the top-flight Danish 1st Division championship as a left-sided attacking midfielder, and helped the club win the 1986 1st Division championship." "[Bartram] signed for Scottish club Rangers, but his stay was a short one. He was assured by Rangers manager Graeme Souness that he would fit into his tactics, but found himself deployed as a strictly defensive full back." Poor fit, or not used properly?

He hasn't been injured, as far as I can see - it's just the nature of the Argentine league, which is split up. Fbref, I believe, don't have data for every competition.

Galdames:

Galdames looks to be an extremely defensive LB (played CB once). I have always wondered if Clement will transition us into a 3-4-3, which he liked at Brugge. Galdames would fit into a back-three.

I liked the profile of Cordoba, but I always thought he looked extremely clumsy on the clips I saw.

McLean is too old.

I plan to run a Euro 2024 prediction league, as is tradition now. A simpler and shorter game. Any interest?

Probably for the best.