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Surprise surprise, no new investors just even more loans to repay... https://goo.gl/images/1ZP5Q2

I’ve seen a few people on here call him a fan but I’m pretty sure he described himself as a Motherwell fan who always liked Rangers. Which I think probably just means he went to a non-denominational school in Motherwell.

I didn’t see t but the report said Cummings was dropping deep a lot. I find that very frustrating, what’s the point in playing two up front if the strikers just drop deep anyway.

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The club have done really well out of this PR wise. We’ve had the likes of Suarez, Torres, Pochettino and Guardiola talking about us and our manager. A bit of success and I think we’ll gain new fans and generate new revenue for the club that is desperately needed. Last season our revenue was about 18% of Celtic’s. Our fans tend to forget that.

Respect to Clarke for not joining others in Scottish football in having a pop at the club

Looks like he’s got a lot of experience and he could be a good addition. But to put it into perspective he’s coaching primary school kids at Liverpool, I think “one of the most impressive young coaches in the UK” is an exaggeration...

In terms of goals conceded we are joint 5th best with Motherwell, 2 goals clear of Killie and 6 of St Johnstone. There’s your problem Stevie, go fix it! (just as a by the by, Bayern and Atletico put together have conceded 3 goals less than us in the league this season)

I'd imagine he'd sell a few shirts. Who knows, like Barton he's made his fortune and he won't be in it for money anymore. He might fancy playing in front of 50k for a year before heading for the states.

Easy to get carried away with the excitement, but I really like the sound of him. The last couple of months we've looked like a poor man's Arsenal; unplayable on our day and then bullied and spineless another day. Hopefully he'll be going with more of a Bayern/Atletico style which doesn't sacrifice flair and clever attacking play but gives the physical elements of the game their place.

This is interesting. Torres is available for free in the summer and he's confirmed he will be leaving. Quality wise he would do really well (he's made 40 appearances for Atletico although most have been from the bench), but it doesn't leave space for a younger player who could make the club money like Morelos. Unless we go with a front 2 which I don't think I've suggested before

I think he'll do very well dealing with the press and they'll like him. We've needed a better relationship with the press for a long time, bad press has an effect on the club whether we like it or not.

Will anyone else be covering it? Looks like you need a subscription to watch Sky Sports news online.

A new report has said it would be as a player-coach. This makes it a little bit more believeable that he would make the move, though still unlikely in my opinion.

You're building your house on sand though. It's only worked so well for Aberdeen because Celtic have been more than happy to assist by giving them Christie for a year and half and Mackay-Steven on the cheap. We need to own players who we can sell on for a profit.

In all seriousness, it would be good to see one quality loan from Liverpool who will walk into the team rather than taking up space on the bench, but hopefully no more than one! Let's not turn into Aberdeen who need to re-construct their squad every season because they are so reliant on other people's players for success. Not sustainable.

He'd be great for us but I'd prefer a younger player. In any case I don't believe it because his contract at Fenerbahce isn't expiring, he's a first team starter with cult hero status so won't be sold on the cheap.

Quote from Daily Star below, sounds good to me. "Starsport also understands Gerrard because disillusioned and frustrated with his role at the Liverpool academy. Gerrard didn't feel like it challenged him enough or provided him with the sort of intensity he craved - and will now get in Glasgow. He also became increasingly frustrated by the fact certain players turned up late for training, despite living close to the club's Melwood training complex." https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/700480/Rangers-appoint-Steven-Gerrard-TODAY-Liverpool-Anfield-youngsters-Gossip-Latest-SPL?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daily-star-football+(Daily+Star+%3A%3A+Football+Feed)

Paul Le Guen had bags of experience. Four consecutive championships with Lyon and chose us over Benfica and Lazio. Caixinha had 4 years experience at youth level, 7 as an assistant and 6 as a first team manager before joining. Mccall had 7-8 years experience as a manger. Warburton only 2 years but a brilliant track record at Brentford. I would have liked Steve Clarke because I'm not a gambler personally. But I'm excited about Gerrard and I think he'll be good. Remember he's played under lots of different styles of manager (Houllier, Benitez, Hodgson, Dalglish, Brenda). Furthermore he's been captain most of that time, he's taken responsibility to know the manger's systems well and keep the whole team in line. He was the implementer and enforcer on the pitch of those managers' systems. Add to that that he's a very likeable guy who commands respect due to his reputation and I think we've got ourselves someone with great potential as a manger who will definitely attract better quality players to our club. If it's true he's known about this for 3 months there's no doubt he's been in touch with some potential signings off the record already.

He’s a very likeable guy and knows how to handle a press conference or interview. Even if the press don’t like us they’ll definitely like him.

Incredible stuff if true. You’d imagine there would be a few rich guys who’d want to sponsor Gerrard’s in his first job. Hope it is true.

To be honest he blew most of what he did get in that second season so I don’t think it would have made much difference. Barton and Kranjcar were very expensive in wages. Garner cost £1.8m, MOH 0.5m.

When I was watching the u17 game I thought straight away this must be Warburton’s legacy. Very much a tika taka kind style.

I thought Danny Murphy's comments made it sound like Gerrard was tentative but Des Kelly has said he was "very positive" about it last night so it sounds like he really wants it and it's all down to whether the board can somehow find some money to spend.

Sounds all positive to me. Things can only get better with you pal Kevin Thompson helping them out too. I think Partick Thistle are good at picking up kids at a young age too. I was involved in coaching a very young age group and one kid (foreign origin) was lightyears ahead of the rest and before long Partick turned up. I'm surprised nobody has signed Dembele already. I'm sure they'll get decent money for him. Have to say I resent the way the big clubs nick the best players away for next to nothing. Having said that I've just advocated Rangers doing the same thing in Scotland so I'm a bit of a hypocrite.