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Beale is gushing about Tillman in that video, quite right, Tillman has huge potential and I think he, and other young players, will flourish under Beale as he wants all players to express themselves. Beale will give all these young players belief in their own ability and will get the best out of them.
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RANGERS once turned down mega-money for Alfredo Morelos. Now Iām not sure they could give him away. Thatās why Chairman Douglas Park was 100 per cent bang on to tell shareholders at the AGM he wonāt be held to ransom by the Colombian. Some supporters want to see Morelos sign a new deal to prevent him for leaving when his deal runs out at the end of the season. Iām sorry, but my old club would be absolutely crazy to even consider it. Iāve cut Morelos enough slack down the years and sang his praises. But those days are long gone. Morelosā attitude in a Rangers shirt lately just hasnāt been befitting that jersey and heās made it quite clear his future lies elsewhere. The only question is whether he goes next month or at the end of the season. Truth be told, I wouldnāt be surprised if Michael Beale wants to keep him for the next six months. The new Ibrox boss knows Morelos from his time working with Steven Gerrard, heās seen the best of him. If Morelos gives any indication whatsoever that he could score ten goals between now and next May then Beale may think itās worth keeping him as part of his squad. Morelos has virtually no market value so itās not like he could be sold for decent money now. The fee Rangers would get probably wouldnāt pay the Ibrox electricity bill. And, genuinely, I seriously wonder if Rangers would be able to find a club willing to pay a few hundred grand for Morelos to take him off their hands. But long-term? After this season? The people in charge at Rangers would be stark raving mad to hand Morelos a new contract. The player terrorising defenders a few years ago just doesnāt exist any more. Heās gone. History. Iāve just had enough of Morelos for the way heās trying to pull the wool over everyoneāe eyes. I used to love the moody way he went up against centre-backs and couldnāt care less what anyone thought about him. Now heās moody because heās struggling with his own game. Itās actually quite sad to see because heās shown how much of a handful he can be and is still only 26. But heās not going to knuckle down and there should be no way heās given a new contract. Rangers chairman Park suggested he wouldnāt be held to ransom by Morelos at the clubās AGM at the start of the week. But he mentioned him in the same breath as Ryan Kent and for me the two situations are very different. Donāt get me wrong, Kent hasnāt been himself this season. His form has dipped off the charts. But itās not down to poor attitude. Itās nothing to do with his professionalism. It just seems that his confidence has fallen off a cliff and heās struggled as a consequence ā along with the team. It wouldnāt surprise me if Kent ends up signing a a new deal late in the day, like Connor Goldson did last season. It looked certain the defender was on his way out of the club when his contract was running down. But Goldson ended up agreeing a new deal and I can see the same thing happening with Kent. I donāt think anyone can blame him for holding off and keeping his options open. He may not be playing his best football right now but I think everyone can see he has ability. The question he should be asking himself is whether he can do any better than Rangers. Financially Iām sure he could probably get a bigger payday by going back down to England. There will be top end Championship clubs willing to pay him the money heās getting right now. Premier League managers might fancy him to beef up their squads. But is that really what Kent wants? Being a fringe player when heās been used to playing regular football every week? Is he prepared to turn his back on 50,000 crowds at Ibrox and the potential for trophies and European football just for a few extra quid in his pocket. And itās not like heād be getting paid a pittance. No, Kent should think long and hard about his next move because what he has at Rangers isnāt replicated everywhere else. Even now, with his form slumped, the winger is idolised by the majority of supporters who think the sun shines out of his shorts. So I genuinely expect that to dawn on him in the coming weeks and months and see him sign a new contract. That said, it would give Rangers a decision to make if a club did come in during the January transfer window and chance their arm getting him. I just think they would be better off rejecting any cheeky offers and continue to negotiate with Kent between now and the end of the season. But not Morelos. The Colombian should be getting told right now that heās got six months left at the club ā and he should consider himself lucky heās even got that. https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/9898598/keep-kent-rangers-crazy-contract-alfredo-morelos-kris-boyd/
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FIVE men were warned they could be jailed for their roles in daytime violence involving rival Scottish Premiership football supporters at a Carlisle pub. Weapons were reportedly brandished and objects thrown during the incident at Gallagherās Irish Bar, Botchergate. This occurred just before 3pm on Saturday, October 23 last year, when disorder is said to have broken out involving Celtic and Hibernian supporters. Hibernian followers are alleged to have had a connection to counterparts from English side Oldham Athletic, who were playing Carlisle United at Brunton Park that afternoon. At the cityās crown court today (Thursday), five men admitted an affray charge which was brought by the prosecution as an alternative to a previous violent disorder allegation. Those admitting affray were five members of the Celtic contingent: twins Kieran Ewing and Owen Ewing, both aged 31 of Woodside Road, Stirling; James Manley, aged 29, of Borthwick Street, Glasgow; Andrew Currie, aged 25, of Brownsdale Road, Rutherglen, Glasgow; and William Gerry, aged 30, of Laurencecroft Road, Stirling. The affray charge states that they used or threatened unlawful violence towards other persons and that their conduct, taken together, was such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene of fear for their personal safety. Prosecutor Andrew Evans told the judge that CCTV had captured the incident with 'each defendantās individual role picked out'. Recorder Michael Blakey adjourned the case and directed that probation service pre-sentence reports should be prepared on the five men. They were granted unconditional bail and will be sentenced at the crown court on a future date. āAll sentences remain open and that includes an immediate custodial sentence,ā said Recorder Blakey. Before the case was called on, he had addressed barrister Judith McCullough, who was representing one of the defendants and asked her to pass on a message. The judge said he was conscious that individuals had the potential to be 'excited' about cases in which so many defendants were involved. āI will have no disruption whatsoever when they are in the dock,ā said Recorder Blakey. āAll of them must behave otherwise I will take a different view so far as bail is concerned. If you can convey that message to the group, I would be most grateful.ā The hearing passed off without incident. Four other men pleaded not guilty to the affray charge. They are due to stand trial in front of a jury at the crown court in August next year. That hearing is due to last around five days. https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/23178975.5-celtic-fans-admit-affray-gallaghers-irish-bar-carlisle/