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4 minutes ago, JFK-1 said:

Judging from this I think he has been red carded because he appeared to deliberately have a go at him for having the temerity to simply be there.

 

 

Very hard to make a judgment from that but one thing is for sure, if this was Morelos he’d be slaughtered but the BBCs commentators kept saying how unjustified it was and didn’t qualify it at all. 

6 hours ago, cooponthewing said:

Got 4-1 on my coupon and 5-0 on here. I’m on optimistic mode...

Have to admit I scoffed a bit at this when I read it at the time...

Looking forward to seeing more of Kamara. He's a bit unlucky because he's joined at a time when the fans don't want another standard centre mid, but he seems to have the attributes to be as good as any we've got in that position.

Just listened, very good pod thanks for that.

To pick up on the bit at the end regarding how the team is looking and what's needed, I think Grezda is being disregarded a bit prematurely by the fans. Fans can get fed up of a player very fast when he's injured. He's only really had a handful of starts and those came during our worst spell of the season in December. I think he has an ability to shoot from the edge of the box (and with both feet) which we don't see from Kent or Candeias or anyone in the team really and that we'll see him come good once he's fit, hopefully this season and not next!

3 hours ago, buster. said:

I understand what you are saying but best to lose the 'Man City' reference asp and let the guy get one with his development.

 

Young players that come from big clubs seem to have it constantly referred to in the media and by many of the fans and I don't think it does them any good.

 

Bottomline, he'll be a Rangers player come the summer.

Agree with that. Only reason it was mentioned it that it is an indication of his ability that he was playing for the best team in that age group.

Although we know nothing about him it's great to hear we're picking guys up from sides like Man City at this age on the back of the Alkass tournament. Man City seem to be the best team at U16 level and this guy seems to have played a big part in that. The Sun and the Scotsman claim he was a "key man", I take that with a pinch of salt but his twitter shows he has at least been playing and scoring regularly.

6 hours ago, Gonzo79 said:

We just don't have the quality to get a good run of victories.

I’m in two minds about this because on the one hand I totally agree, our squad isn’t as strong as Celtic’s it’s as simple as that. On the other hand how can we blame lack of quality when Kilmarnock and Aberdeen are within touching distance of us after 26 games? That strongly suggests poor management rather than lack of quality. 

26 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

At the end of the day, we have a lot of players but one stands out a mile as the creater and instigator of the majority of our good attacking play.  

Kent? Not a popular view but I still think he’s way overrated. He gets plaudits for his “urgency” and “looking to make things happen” but he just lacks quality where it matters. Yes he’ll take someone on at the half way line and get you off your seat but how often does he create a goal scoring chance? Almost never. His final ball and shooting are both poor. If Murphy had stayed fit I think we’d be in a far better place right now. 

1 hour ago, Waltersgotstyle said:

Number 10s cost a lot of money. We bought Grezda who was being touted as potential £20m player by his international coach.

Grezda is very much a winger. Celtic picked up Rogic, Allan and Christie for peanuts. 

39 minutes ago, pete said:

1) The Scottish Sun reports Rangers will pay around £2 million for Grezda, making him the Ibrox side's fifth most expensive recruit since their 2012 relegation, after Connor Goldson (£3.04 million*), Carlos Pena (£2.7 million*) Barisic (£2.22 million*) and Nikola Katic (£2.07 million*).

Gerrard was very clear that Grezda and Barisic were £1.5m each

We just don’t recruit number 10s. It’s like Celtic with centre backs. Both sets of fans know what their team needs and bizarrely neither team will do it. 

28 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

I said last Winter we need a creative midfielder.  I said it again last Summer.  I said it again this Winter.

 

I reckon I'll be saying it again this Summer.  We rely far too much on Morelos.  Without him we're a soft touch.

Absolutely, it’s utterly embarrassing that we rely on a bulldozer up front to create a chance most of the time, and it exposes the lack of creativity from Kent and Candeias that they can’t give Defoe anything to work with! Defoe will get pelters today because he was “anonymous”. He was “anonymous” because our midfield has next to no creativity. 

Interesting that Jack and Arfield don’t make the bench. Seems a risk to throw Davis and Kamara straight in. Both comfortable on the ball though so that must be what he has in mind. 

1 hour ago, Rousseau said:

Who's the lad with the outstanding hair?

 

Lowrie. Creative types like to express themselves in that kind of way. Think valderrama

Absolutely brilliant, what an achievement. Great advert for the academy winning that and a great way to attract more players like NYC

Not going to lie I'm not sure I fancy our chances against Italians on penalties

NYC showed great close control in the box before playing the pass for that assist

18 minutes ago, craig said:

He was wanted down south a couple of years ago by a very well thought of Academy - rejected it because he has unfinished business at Rangers and is a Rangers man.

Great to hear, I’ve been thinking he must have had offers

4 minutes ago, buster. said:

I like the wide players Lyall and Kennedy.

 

Sponge Bob looks a real prospect as well 

The young boy Lowrie is brilliant too, very creative player but has only been getting 10-15 minuts because he's two years younger than the oldest players

It could encourage them to come out a bit and leave themselves exposed in the second half though

That was inexplicable. Can't believe he's got himself sent off like that when we were up against 10 men.

6 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

with Kent/Middleton playing as false 9. 

The two of them would certainly bring a fluidity to our front line because they’d switch positions very easily and cause a lot of confusion. 

8 minutes ago, buster. said:

It's the only way we'll progress significantly as a club.

Couldn’t agree more with this. I’m convinced we won’t fully overtake Celtic until we have really good players coming into the first team from the academy, the way Celtic have done with Tierney and McGregor. Josh McPake is 17 and I think we’ll see him start to make cameos next season but I think he’s our future no 10. 

12 minutes ago, ian1964 said:

Any Rangers fan who hasn't watched the after match discussion really should! excellent.

Everything I hear and see from Mulholland makes me think he’s a huge asset for the club. Moving the academy in a modern direction and earning us respect across the world. 

18 hours ago, ian1964 said:

Interesting listening to Craig Mulholland after the match in that youtube video I posted, he is buzzing!

The whole interview was an advert for the club, you could certainly tell he wasn’t being interviewed by the Scottish press!!