CammyF

So why have we stopped performing / winning? I still don't see a style. We still have full backs firing balls into the box where we only have 1 isolated striker. We overplay far to often, we continually take the wrong option in the forward areas (see league cup final 4 v 1 as an example). We are over-egging the slightest improvement we witnessed (lasted about 3 weeks). Those 3 or 4 improved performances (which only included 2 wins - home to Killie and away to Ross County) appear to have been the exceptions to the rule.

Over 8 games that looks to be the case. In most of those 8 games we played 2 strikers and changed our tactics. Then in the last two (three if you count today), we've gone back to 1 striker and we've lost points.

Heart says we'll sneak a draw, head says we'll get beaten. Going with my heart. Rangers 1 v 1 Celtic Igamane FGS

Any beating from them is a punishment beating one way or another. Today likely to be another beating, severity TBC.

August to November, Dessers was our only fit striker.

Ex-Ranger James Sands has moved to St Pauli on-loan.

£2M is the fee I remember being banded about when he signed. Hopefully £700K is the real figure.

Interestingly Clement mentioned this when he first signed. He said we needed players who could play 90mins, three times a week. He mentioned a perceived lack of fitness and had a dig at Beale's "pre-season" and how this was behind the amount of injuries. He said that it would be one of the 1st things he'd address. Recently Clement has said the exact opposite in that no player can be expected to play this amount of minutes / games. Is Clement being driven by and over relying on the sport science team? Our fitness and injuries haven't got any better under Clement (could be argued they have gotten worse) and the length of absence even for a "small knock" appears to be weeks rather than days.

So quite hard to determine as twice as many games with Dessers. Is this games where Dessers started? Came on as a sub? Or both? Worth noting, we got to the final of the league cup, Dessers played (and scored IIRC) in every round with the exception of the final. We must be the only fans who'll talk down having the leagues top scorer (in past 12 months). If only we had another 2 or 3 players on that list, we'd be far more competitive.

Wasn't the Igamane fee circa £2M depending in add-ons?

I didn't realise that the panel were allowed to set add-ons and sell on clause. Has there been any other cases where they have? Seems "weird" that the figures above are close to both what Rangers offered (£500K against immediate fee of (£640K) and what Aberdeen were looking for (circa £1M against circa £900K with add-ons plus 10% of what he is sold for).

Interesting, what's the points per game with and without Dessers?

That's exactly what it is. Dessers isn't the main issue. Dessers being the only player who scores regularly is the main issue.

Well, well, well. What do we have here?

Avoid stress? We're Rangers fans ffs.......😀

So we accept and excuse failure? The board's wet dream.

Alex McDonald scored 94 goals in 503 appearances. My memory I'd that he scored hugely important goals (cup finals, Europe etc). If young Barron can develop into even half the player Doddie was, we'll have won a watch.

Fearing an absolute battering tomorrow. If there was a good time to have a very bad eye infection, it's now. Spent most of yesterday evening in eye hospital getting drops and injections in my eye to stop the infection / inflammation. Now on a 6 week course of drops so probably giving the game a miss tomorrow and most likely not bother watching. The pain in eye is pain enough! Struggling to pick a team that will stop their attacking threat, stop their midfield from dominating and getting sufficient chances to score. Clement must sleep easy tonight knowing no matter what happens tomorrow, he'll still be employed on Friday.

Phil Clement

We can't afford failure full stop. Clement is failing spectacularly (domestically) and we continue to make excuses for not replacing him. If we don't replace him, there is little / no evidence to suggest he is going to be a success. Whilst we dither, we fall further behind, he buys more players not suited to Scottish football and we'll be having the same discussions forever and a day.

Bring him home....... Windass scores from inside his own half as Sheffield Wednesday lead Derby 4-1

He can and probably does have modern ideas on the implementation of a recruitment model, but will he be allowed to implement it? 100% agree, we do need a DoF but we need to ensure that these high profile, well paid individuals are given scope to run the club. Oh, and we need a new manager most of all.

Really? Why do you say that? Don't think he's been ongoing enough to judge.

It isn't but ignoring a potential upgrade in the managerial department is no way to run a modern football club either. As an aside, who at our club knows anything about running a modern football club anyway.