DMAA

24 minutes ago, Bluedell said:

It's amusing how Lennon says that it's his fault and to blame him and then he goes on to say that the second goal was a defensive error, the forwards were to blame more than the defence and that there are some that were playing who don't want to be at the club and should leave

He also said the game was easier than expected. 

Just now, Rousseau said:

Why was it played there? One leg ties should surely be played at a neutral venue? 

It’s a random draw. So yeh one team is disadvantaged. 

18 minutes ago, JFK-1 said:

Champions league is and always has been my hope for the club. I think we could be looking at a minimum £50 million plus for even a  mediocre campaign in the group stage. And that wouldn't involve any detriment to the team. If we can do that while they failed again we could be back on even par at worst. While they may be hitting a stage where the wage bill is becoming a burden.

Of course it’s the preference but our fans need to get away from the idea that our best players are pretty much never for sale. Using the transfer market to our advantage is a way of progressing the club like clubs across the continent have done for a while. 

Much as we like to focus on ourselves, this is one result we can’t ignore every season. Champions League group money pretty much guarantees dominance domestically. Three seasons in a row they have messed this up now and they’ve given us a real chance of levelling things up. We have a shot at the Champions League ourselves next season too, and whatever anyone says about Gerrard his specialty is Europe. I’ve said for some time that the one way to truly overtake Celtic is to make the Champions League group stage or to make huge player sales. Finance is everything unfortunately. 

1 hour ago, the gunslinger said:

The question is does a sale mean we can  buy

Yeh definitely, Gerrard said he wanted a midfielder. 

28 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

Messi has asked to leave Barca.

 

Just saying. 

 

#Ian64Nostradamus

Get Gabriel Amato on the phone.

11 hours ago, CammyF said:

In my humble opinion he was more suited and performed better in Europe, at times he was unplayable. 

 

He rose to the occasion. However the challenges of playing in very technical team and league would be different to playing for Rangers in the EL in my opinion. 

1 hour ago, Gonzo79 said:

I wonder how Morelos' career will go.  I get the feeling he could become a superstar or disappear into obscurity.

 

Either way, I hope Gerrard and Beale have a good plan for our first XI line up.  Looking at our new recruits, I remain unconvinced. 

It’s going to be fascinating to see him tested at a higher level. He needs to sign for the right team. He could really struggle in a more technical league. Scottish football suited him. 

4 hours ago, Bluedell said:

It's been reported that Dembele went for under £20m.

19.7 apparently. Is that what you’re referring to?

1 hour ago, der Berliner said:

At the end of the day, he cost us 1m or the like, yet scored tons of goals and vital ones in Europe too, raking in more money along the way than many could have hoped for. Getting 15m or whatever will be 14m or whatever more than we paid for him. Just saying.

Yes, I think pride is a big problem for a lot of Rangers fans. It's been well reported both Dembele and Tierney went for £20m+. At the end of the day we shouldn't care, we sell at the best price we can, he has played a big part in making the club money in Europe. Good luck to him but we need a player this season who can stay fit, disciplined and focused for 38 games and Morelos hasn't been that in any of the 3 seasons we've had him.

17 minutes ago, stewarty said:

I just hope that, for once, we get something we can all agree is a good fee.

Not going to happen. He is still valued well over £20m by lots of our fans. We are selling at a low point when we should have sold at a high point. 

9 hours ago, CammyF said:

Pleasantly surprised how good Helander has come back from his long lay-off. 

I still think he’s our best centre back. Excellent player. 

3 hours ago, der Berliner said:

That looks like this over-statistic garbage the US make so much fuss about in American football

Hardly. Some basic facts which go some way to explaining our clean sheets.

On ‎22‎/‎08‎/‎2020 at 19:07, DMAA said:

Possession stats and shots on target against in each game so far,

 

Aberdeen - 60% - 0 shots on target
St Mirren - 74% - 2 shots on target
St Johnstone - 75% - 2 shots on target
Livingstone - 79% - 1 shot on target
Kilmarnock - 75% - 0 shots on target

 

That is your clean sheets explained right there. Complete domination in possession. We were good at this last season but the early signs are that actually we’ve managed to improve further. 

Just a few stats to add to this,

• Rangers have faced 17 shots so far this season, Celtic have faced 19 having played 2 games fewer
• Rangers' average possession of 66.5% is the highest in the league
• Rangers' pass accuracy of 87.6% is the highest in the league

Doesn't mean anything at this stage of course but some good early signs.

7 minutes ago, Number 54 said:

I also notice Rodgers is after Ikone of Lille

Not true, he's a £30m player

1 hour ago, alexscottislegend said:

Except I've always had the feeling Kent was happy here.

Doesn’t matter when you are talking about doubling your wages

Sorry to mention them, but there are reports that Turnbull will sign for them for the same fee as last season, £3m. Hard to tell when none of us watch him regularly, but I think he could turn into a very good player and I was hoping he'd move down south.

19 minutes ago, CammyF said:

More rumours and gossip - Morelos has handed in an official transfer request and 2 senior players have approach Gerrard about Alfies attitude. 

The writing has been on the wall with regards to Alfie's attitude for a very long time, let's be honest. If it wasn't for the incredible, and overwhelming support he has had he'd have done it before now. 

17 hours ago, compo said:

Right then lads give me your take on Roofe is he going to do a job up front or not. 

If he can stay fit I think he could be very good. That was the second time this season we have scored against a very defensive team by Barisic firing a low ball in which only needed to be re-directed by very quick feet. What a way to score a goal, I love it. But I don’t think Morelos would have the light and quick feet required to re-direct those like Roofe did on Saturday. Roofe could actually suit our style of play more than Morelos. I have never been Morelos’s biggest fan though so I’m sure others would have a different take on that. 

49 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

I'd like to think the scouting team are already seeking out a potential replacement for Kent.

 

The English transfer market is totally over-inflated, so the money we could get for Kent might fund a replacement for him, fund the purchase of a dynamic midfielder and give us some profit, if we can find them overseas.

This is our route to success. Selling at over-inflated prices to England and spending the money more prudently in markets across the continent. Until we make the UCL groups this the only way we can significantly improve our finances, and therefore first team. 

33 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

As soon as I see a post on a Rangers forum about the scum drawing, I know they are going to win.  Nothing surer.

A difficult ground to go to. I hope we develop the mentality required to be scoring late winners like this. At times in the past couple of seasons it has been the difference between us and them. We haven’t really seen this since Walter Smith. 

Possession stats and shots on target against in each game so far,

Aberdeen - 60% - 0 shots on target
St Mirren - 74% - 2 shots on target
St Johnstone - 75% - 2 shots on target
Livingstone - 79% - 1 shot on target
Kilmarnock - 75% - 0 shots on target

That is your clean sheets explained right there. Complete domination in possession. We were good at this last season but the early signs are that actually we’ve managed to improve further. 

Very good win, and the lack of any danger whatsoever to our goal is very encouraging. Yes clean sheets are good but sometimes they are jammy. We have barely been threatened at all in 5 games now. Onwards and upwards. 

32 minutes ago, Frankie said:

We've not seen that often enough in 2020 so understandable the manager gambled somewhat by going with Roofe and Itten

Tbh it would have been a gamble about 8 months ago. He has been poor so for long it wasn’t much of a gamble. 

26 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

It could be argued that Morelos and Aribo are our two best players.  

 

2-0 is just fine today.

Aribo and Barisic for me.