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25 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

Finally! I can stop asking if he's signed!

 

I think this is a good signing.

 

It all depends on SG getting the best out of him. Stewart was a standout at Kilmarnock, yet floundered at Aberdeen.

Played beside Arfield I think he will do well. Better than Jones imo. 

It's notable that Callum McGregor's big break came at Notts County in League 1 when he was 20, a year older than Middleton. I'm hoping he'll have a cracking season which will have a similar result acting as a springboard for him. I have no doubts of his ability.

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1 hour ago, Rousseau said:

I see it more as inside forward-type position, more like Liverpool's front three. You wouldn't call Salah and Mane wingers, per se, or attacking midfielders, and they're not out-and-out strikers either. 

 

 

Fair enough, I suppose it's a terminology thing. My terminology is based on Champ Man 97/98.

1 hour ago, Rousseau said:

 I don't see him as an attacking midfielder, though.

He slots nicely into one of the two positions behind our striker. 

Would you not call that position attacking midfield? It’s between the centre mids and striker. 

His signing hasnt been confirmed but it’s done and dusted by all accounts, I think Rangers just want to build some excitement and momentum with announcements when it gets to that stage. 

38 minutes ago, pete said:

I can't remember who knew his family but they said he signed with the assumption he was a first team player.

Yeh that was @johnnyk. A few guys on FF saying the same thing. 

6 hours ago, Gaffer said:

We signed Stewart as a forward though didn't we?

Stewart is an attacking midfielder, he won’t be playing in the striker’s position. 

1 hour ago, Rousseau said:

I'd still want a 'marquee' #10. 

Yes, I really thought we'd get one. A Ronald de Boer type player who can play both CAM and CM. Assuming we are playing the 4-3-2-1 it is far more important than a winger. I suspect Gerrard doesn't want to freeze out Murphy and Stewart before they've had a chance make the position their own. Arfield has cemented his place and it's a matter of who plays beside him. Ojo will be a strong contender too despite it not being his natural position.

I still wonder if we will be asking 7/8 out of 10 players to unlock a stubborn Aberdeen defence when a few million might have got us the 9 out of 10 player we need to win the league.

Ojo is done as ITK people have said weeks ago but Kent is still just people starting rumours as far as I can see. 

Liverpool Echo claimed that Liverpool were planning on raising as much as possible from selling rather than loaning out a bunch of their young players this summer. They had 16 out on loan last season and they reckon they can make a huge amount of money from selling apparently. This was why they cast doubt on the Kent to Rangers rumour a couple of weeks ago.

25 minutes ago, der Berliner said:

Word on FF that Kent wants to go out on loan again, only to us, and doesn`t fancy any permanent switch. Any deal for Kent would not stop a Ojo loan.

I saw that but it's another rumour out of thin air, almost certainly rubbish. I don't think Kent will be back.

2 hours ago, buster. said:

Barton, Kranjcar and Alves were marquee signings,.......... Morelos, Kamara and Tav wren't

Goldson was an example of a "marquee" signing of sorts. He cost real money and and we all expected that we were getting a top player who we thought would be out of our range.

This is the kind of "marquee" signing I want to see again. The squad filler signings are fine but we need to improve the starting 11. Re-signing Kent doesn't get me excited because I want to see us start the season with a stronger starting 11, not the same starting 11 with a different bench which is arguably where we are so far.

2 hours ago, ian1964 said:

 

One of the first believable and credible things we’ve heard this summer. Aribo would be a real coup by all accounts. In terms of the first 11 though none of the above make much of a difference I wouldn’t say. A fully fit Olsson maybe but he’s missed the second half of the season. 

12 hours ago, ian1964 said:

 

"Kids & grown up love him so, the happy world of Aribo"

27 minutes ago, Stevie - 4lads Blog said:

so unless people at clubs are lying but secretly telling others it’s done then I suspect the text is utter made up shite

It's very frustrating when people post stuff like that in such a certain way without saying whether their source could actually possibly have that knowledge. I don't believe it for a minute. Liverpool have every reason in the world to bide their time and see if there is interest in a transfer. Their intention is to sell off as many players in this category as possible this summer rather than loaning again. 

6 hours ago, der Berliner said:

Cwoodloyal said:

Just received a text to say that Kent will be at Ibrox 100% next season

I think there will be egg on a lot of faces with regards to Kent. Imo he won’t be back. 

I think Tavernier would have had 20-30% more assists this season if we’d played 4-3-2-1 all season. The space and opportunity to get forward he had was amazing. Imo that formation simply wouldn’t work without a Tavernier style player there like Flanagan. Although I think as a club we need to be cashing in on players to build for the future our chances of winning the title would take a huge blow if he leaves. 

Bids for Tavernier are inevitable surely. What a season. I think 8 digit bids are very unlikely for a 27/28 year old right back playing in Scotland though. I’d love to be proved wrong on that one but the big money seems to be reserved for young players with big potential. 

One of my favourite left backs of the modern era. Never understood how he never got a move to a title challenging side. That said, it’s a no from me. 

2 hours ago, ian1964 said:

 

If true make it a 6 month loan to a Premiership club. I'd prefer he was involved here but I'd love to see how he'd get on at a Motherwell/St Johnstone type club too. 

1 hour ago, Dave M609 said:

According to twitter the Sun have lifted the storey from a Mexican newspaper, who have confused Celtic and Rangers

Stuani is way out of our league. There is no chance we are in the race to sign him,

Why would St Mirren "open talks with Rangers" when his contract is expiring anyway?

Wow that's an old thread ?

22 hours ago, JFK-1 said:

Difficult to say if Kent is EPL level. Is John McGinn? Though I too would question the £10 million. But in the monopoly money world of the EPL who knows.

McGinn probably is yeh. He’s excelled in a far stronger league. And look at Hibs’ collapse without him.