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Should also be said that Ejaria should be this kind of player, but of the central attacking midfielder variety rather than a winger with flair like Wilson.

Harry Wilson is the only name mentioned who’d add that dimension. A journalist called Phil Hay claimed that if he was going anywhere it would be to us. As well as seeing if he’s ready for their bench maybe they’re keen to see if we pass our first few Europa league hurdles first too.

I agree with this, I’m glad we’re signing a French/African 22 year old and it’s encouraging that we apparently have a clause to sign him permanently in the contract. It’s a risky strategy when they don’t have the pedigree though especially when Aberdeen’s success has largely been built on an ultra low risk strategy involving signing and loaning players who have a track record of performing in our league.

According to Whoscored he played 9 full games’ worth of minutes across the whole season and they finished 4 points above the relegation zone. Not very encouraging at all. The two players who started ahead of him have had very non-descript careers. From youtube he appears fast, strong, aggressive and good at tackling but his technique and end product leaving a lot to be desired. Could be he’s intended only to strengthen the bench as it’s hard to see how he leapfrogs Arfield, McCrorie, Jack etc.

In Gerrard we finally have a manager who brings respectably back to the club but with the board it’s a different story.

We need a CEO who is a diplomat and who can build bridges with other clubs. A quick look at the forums of our clubs and despite being the most blatant case of corruption you could imagine they all assumed this story was nonsense because it came from King and responded by mocking Rangers further. He just brings constant bad press but I’ve no idea how change could be brought about.

Coulibaly is an intriguing one. Another one we’d presumably be hoping to sign in 12 months who has high potential, but isn’t it a pretty big worry that he barely featured for a side who very narrowly escaped relegation in Ligue 1 last season?

Yes but I am assuming that it must be with a view to signing permanently. Otherwise it is a bizarre loan signing because he has no track record. We’d be as well loaning a proven striker in his late twenties.

To be honest Umar Sadiq looks very weak and ineffective in the air. He’s very fast but I’ve been totally unimpressed with the videos of him. Hoping I’ll be proved wrong and at 21 you could view him as a high potential project signing, but he certainly doesn’t look like he’ll be banging them in any time soon.

It was encouraging to see the Evening Times join the Daily Record this morning in effectively supporting Rangers here though. It's absolutely extraordinary that the other clubs and so far everyone else are still denying the absolute obvious though, that you can't work for both the SPFL and Celtic's majority shareholder at the same time!! I've never been a conspiracy theorist but this whole episode has given infinitely more weight to accusations of institutional bias against Rangers than any number of dodgy decisions or fixture lists could.

I thought their number 10 was excellent. I was very surprised he’s at league 2 level now.

This Bury side we’re much worse than any Premiership side tbh. They looked more like Scottish League 1 bar 1 or 2 players.

Flanagan was very impressive. Lots of chances will come from him coming inside and he’s excellent at keeping the ball. Katic was decent but I thought you could tell he’s not as good in the air as Goldson and generally not at his level. Plenty of time to improve. I thought Morelos was very poor all round. Delighted to see Middleton get a game he clearly offers the team something we didn’t have last season.

Bury were surprisingly poor, but there were very encouraging signs from our team and our new signings. Goldson in particular looks a cut above.

I’m guessing it will be Monday because things seem very quiet again today. However I don’t think it would be likely he’d play much of a role in this round anyway.

It’s a long shot but if Gerrard plans on spending big on a 3rd centre back it would be reminiscent of Martin O’Neill building a rock solid back 3 of big bruisers. It would certainly stand is in good stead for difficult away games at Celtic and Hibs to have such quality at the back. Unlikely I think though still.

Sounds like Cooper is beyond our means. Could be we’re trying our luck, or it could be he was a back up to Goldson and his name has only just come out, but it sounds as though he’s going nowhere for less than a few million quid. They only signed him last summer so his contract won’t be near expiring.

The orange top would have looked much better with blue shorts imo. https://goo.gl/images/GgTGxL

An injury prone manager is no use, we need to cut out losses

I agree. We’re not dangerous enough from set pieces.

Colombia will be blunt up front without Morelos. And England won’t go far without Windass. So I predict 0-0.

£7m for Armstrong is a very strong argument for Hibs to hold out for more. However it’s crucial there are bids from down south. Hibs can’t afford to turn down good money.

Apparently made a bid of £1.5m. Looking forward to Kris Boyd’s column on “the one club” who are unsettling everyone with low bids.

The guy is 60k a week it’s a non-story. If he is leaving Liverpool I can guarantee you he’s not coming to Rangers he’ll be staying in the EPL. Would have liked to have seen movement on McBurnie but we’re probably priced out of that one too.

It probably hinges on style of play. With the modern styles of play out there today the target man role is probably less and less reliant on aerial ability. In a side who play a direct style of football I’d say aerial ability would be as important an attribute as any for him to have.