BlackSocksRedTops

It should be about the money. He is our asset (who is under contract), therefore we should be getting the highest price possible for him.

My starting XI would be... --------Butland--------- ---Souttar---Balogun--- Tav--------------Ridvan ---------Raskin--------- ---Dowell----Cantwell-- ---------Lammers------ ----Danilo---Dessers---

How are Man City at the top?

Considering Jota went for over 20 million I would holding out for at least 6/7 million from a Saudi club.

Interesting to note that Dessers didn't make anyone's starting XI...

Too early...? Have a mixed cocktail of nerves/trepidation/excitement and its only Tuesday. Feckin hate pre-season with avengeance! Who will start? Who's fit? After pre-season we seem to be in the land of Johnny Nash with "More questions than answers..." PS. Mods please feel free to sparkle your collective goldust on this most basic of threads with appropriate titles etc...

I see Kent scored on his competitive debut for Fenerbache in 5-0 Europa Conference League romp. I also read that they might loan him out as they are buying more wide players. Not sure about the truth of the latter...I think it came from the Turkish equivalent of the Daily Record...

Saw a few pics regarding the stadium design and Leitch etc. Most of the other images have focused on the shop as opposed to the actual museum.

That would be a good option. We genuinely need the luck of the draw when it comes to the CL.

It's a hard one tbh. I noticed that Liverpool have suffered defensively over the last few seasons with teams playing quick balls beyond their attacking full backs.

I don't agree regarding Europe. Simply qualifying for the CL with the prospect of getting 6 doings (22/23) does nothing for me. Give me the Europa League and potential winnable games any day (21/22). Call me defeatist if you may but I'd rather be realistic about where we are.

Rangers should always prioritise the league therefore that must be our primary goal this season. A league win followed by some stability, foundations and foresight to learn from 55 would also be preferable. With regards to Europe, it has to be the Europa League for me. The CL is out of our reach at the moment and I fear regular goings over are more detrimental in the grand scheme of things. Going toe to toe with teams that we can beat will help build more confidence and momentum. Cups...I genuinely couldn't care less about the cups unless they are welded onto a league win. I get the overall trophy haul thing with the Tims but FFS St. Johnstone won two cups in a year.

Doh!

C'mon John Lundstram. Prove your worth.

Wright? I thought he was back in Turkey? Where's big John? Daniel on the bench...

Should be an interesting game. Hoffenheim have also had a rather underwhelming pre-season so far with defeats to Strasbourg and Bundesliga 2 team. Will be looking for signs of what we can expect v Killie next week in todays line up.

Of course it is but this game has added significance due to the glut of new players, Beales first pre season, the proximity of the CL qualifiers and OF game et all. I've said it before but if we can get through the CL qualifier and get to the OF game with 9 pts I'llbehappy. I genuinely don't care how we do it.

Jesus. An opening game on a plastic pitch against a McInnes team suddenly has become pivotal. I'm sure we'll be fine but definitely looking for signs of some sort of shape tomorrow. Beale will know who will be fit/match fit by the time we play Killie so let's see that replicated against Hoffenheim. Please bin the multiple subs at half time. --------Butland-------- ---Souttar--Balogun--- Tav-------------Ridvan ----Raskin--Cantwell-- ---------Dowell-------- --Sima------Lammars-- --------Dessers--------

As much as I hate Sutton, this is a road that I don't want to Cantwell go down. He dived. It looked pathetic. I'm still waiting on the Suttons campaign on Celtics Japanese striker habitual diving.

Yes, I was thinking MB was a poor appointment from the off, and he's not convincing me I was wrong Fair enough but for me his record last year with the janury window, another managers players and key players missing has given him enough credit in the bank.

I can't believe there is already a thread about potential alternative managers. Can I ask, would this thread have been started if we had beaten Olympiacos in a meaningless friendly?

Give it time. We are trying to integrate 7 new players during pre season friendlies which have involved highly rotated line ups? I get the lack of style argument and don't fully agree with MB's rotational teams (why play McLaughlin) but we need to show calm heads here. Last year we had a great pre season and looked amazing vs a Premier league team and look how that unfolded.

I know you're not being serious but the general overreaction to a few pre season results is staggering tbh. Everybody needs to calm down.

Yip. Move every one of them, leaving us with a squad of about 15 players.

Just wanted to add a post script to previous comments... We have Danilio coming in and everyone will undoubtedly get excited but Danilio won't make any difference if we don't have a discernable shape/identity. That is the key to getting the best out of our new recruits (and old faces).