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McGregor goes straight into the starting 11 imo so a great signing considering he's free. I'd like to see Alnwick and Foderingham sold now and a hot prospect (18-20) bought as a back-up who would be ready to take over when McGregor retires but good enough to be capable of stepping in. Not sure if our current youth keepers are at level.

Have to admit I kind of felt the same. There's no time to learn at Rangers just now.

I was going to say that the counter argument to my post is Barry Ferguson. I'd love to have him as a motivational number 2 but he's clearly not management material.

For all we don't know about Gerrard as a manager there is plenty we do know. Tactics He's had unfettered access to Jurgen Klopp for just over a year and says he's made full use of that He's had all the management training Liverpool have to offer in that time too He's had 1 season in what is probably still a league full of quality given the spending at that level these days and appears to have done pretty well Personal Qualities Will command instant respect from the dressing room due to almost incomparable experience in the game Is full of enthusiasm for the game and management which can go a long way Captained Liverpool 12 seasons and England 40 times so possess the motiviational and leadership qualities we need I'm leaning towards being keen to get him, though I'm still being very skeptical it will happen.

Yeh I know, there would have to be evidence from his work that he knows what he's doing. Again my gut says no because his appointment would be the definition of a gamble. If he did turn out to be a good manager though it would be great for the club in every way.

I'm undecided. It strikes me as stupid to play roulette again at such a crucial time in the club's history. On the other hand Steven Gerrard is one of the biggest names in world football. You just can't argue that he would bring much needed positive attention to our club from around the globe. And crucially he could make a huge difference in persuading higher quality players to join. Playing under Steven Gerrard with the prospect of a run in Europe would be a huge draw to players all over the world.

Maybe he's demonstrated this at the level he's at?

My head says we need a tried and tested manager. Preud'homme or Clarke maybe. Can't lie though a part me would be pretty excited about a worldwide figure like Gerrard coming the club. He'd bring a draw to the club for players which currently isn't there. That said I don't believe a word of it. It's a rumour which has conveniently made a few quid for media outlets and bookies.

Whether he's a good signing all depends on whether he'll join on modest wages. If so then it's a no brainer to have him competiting with another keeper for a couple of years. Quality added to the squad for free.

Very encouraging yet again from the academy. There needs to be space on the bench for at least one of those guys next season surely with other going on meaningful loans. Good to see Rossiter doing so well too. https://rangers.co.uk/news/academy-news/academy-leicester-0-6-gers/

At the end of the day he wouldn't get into Celtic's starting line-up and would be battling for a place on the bench. He's not a player who's going to win the league with Rangers. He's very good at some things but I highly doubt he'll ever be very good all round so I hope we fetch a decent transfer fee for him this summer from some Championship club and use the money to take us to the next level.

Just seen this and noticed there were no Rangers goals nominated. Very surprised by this because I thought we had a few outstanding team goals this season. Windass vs St Johnstone and Windass vs Partick to name a couple. http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/rangers/16180005.Celtic_have_cast_their_vote___but_which_strike_is_YOUR_goal_of_the_season_in_Scotland_/

I like Arfield and Kamara but our signings need to be judged on how much they improve the starting line-up by. McArthur is a no brainer he walks into the starting line-up. Kamara has huge potential but I'm not sure he leapfrogs what we've got, Arfield is a great squad player if we can afford him for that. I'd say after McArthur the top priority is 2 centre backs who walk right into the starting line-up with most of our money being spent there (£4-5m). We could probably do with one more out and out winger to compete with Candeias and Murphy, though maybe Arfield is being signed for this. Personally I prefer the Martin Boyle style winger who has pace to burn and gets behind full backs at ease.

This would be brilliant. I'm very near to the proposed new station in Robroyston too so could possibly get the train to the game and skip the traffic. There don't seem to be many Rangers fans around this part of town...

Definitely. It gives Celtic a huge advantage as the top teams (Aberdeen and Hibs) are stronger against us but have to completely re-think their game plan when they play them. It's always been allowed but the extreme difference in wealth has exposed how unfair the system can be.

I've been excited about the prospect of getting Arfield and McArthur for free for a while, it would be a huge coup if we did. Arfield isn't really a glamour signing, I haven't seen much of him but his style doesn't excite you straight away but lets be honest most of our players couldn't get near an EPL starting line-up never mind hold down a starting position over a number of seasons. I'd like to see those two signed as well as Cummings and the vast majority of the rest of the money spent on centre back. It has to be quality of quantity this summer.

You're brave to admit that, but I agree. He betrayed us but it's not a perfect world and a few successful years later it would be water under the bridge.

Surprised this is still generating discussion. Looking forward to the design. And no doubt Rangers were able to negotiate far better financial terms with Hummel than they could with a bigger brand. Hummel are a very well known brand anyway, everybody knows about them because unlike many brands they've been to most world cups!

Not surprising to me to hear Bates was offered deals by several clubs in England and Hamburg wasn't even his highest offer. Annoying to hear Rangers say they "couldn't" match the offer when they really "wouldn't" because they took him for granted.

Also they make these... I used to wear them all the time

I like Hummel's distinctive design, can't go wrong with it. £5m in a year sounds fanciful to me if Celtic are only getting £6m a year. We need to do a lot better in Europe to get decent money for these deals.

I think Alves suffers from the same thing Barton did to an extent. High expectations mean they can't do anything right for some people, when they both suffered from playing in a poor team for managers who weren't up to it.

Disappointing from Miller and Wallace, especially Wallace because he still had a contribution to make. On the other hand this guarantees Miller won't get a new contract which is good and Wallace's wages can be used to sign a younger, hungrier player who will make the club money and stay injury free. It's safe to assume from the story that they crossed the lines so no matter how poor the performance was the board had no choice.

Does it really make that much of a difference to all that to swap an attacking midfielder for a striker? (e.g. Windass for Cummings I can definitely see that Murphy isn't your ideal left midfielder in a 4-4-2 and Dorrans not your ideal centre mid because both are probably more suited to more attacking roles.

Exactly. I think Murty has made a huge mistake by sticking with 1 up front. Both players could thrive alongside each other. I hate it when there's a consensus that we "lost the midfield battle" so we just need to "flood the midfield" to counter Celtic/Hibs/Kilmarnock. It's nonsense, we're not Ross County for crying out loud we shouldn't be afraid to have two strikers right on top of the opposition centre backs like others have done to us.