JFK-1 1,693 Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 FORMER Rangers boss Graeme Souness believes his old club must invest heavily in the transfer market if they are to compete again with Celtic on a level playing field. Sunday’s 1-0 loss in the Betfred Cup semi-final at Hampden was the second time the Ibrox side have been beaten by their biggest rivals this season, and Souness felt that the gap between the two clubs could only be bridged by spending more money on better players. The former Scotland midfielder believes Celtic are currently “five years ahead” of Rangers and hoped chairman Dave King or someone else would find the money needed to make Rangers genuine title challengers once more. He said: “They need to get better players and that will take money. The owner [King] needs to find some money for the manager because he's operating with one hand tied behind his back at the moment. "You can't come out and say you're going to spend this and spend that if you haven't got it. If you end up not spending it, that is a mistake because it raised the expectations of the support. Rangers supporters have proven themselves over the last few years, turning up in the numbers they have done to home and away games. They expect, and now the owner's got to support the manager. “In the next three or four transfer windows Rangers can be lucky and find some money from somewhere. Because that's what it's going to take. There's no magician out there who could come in and do things any differently. There's no super coach who could do things any differently. It needs better players, simple as that. “As a Rangers supporter, we can feel disappointed about losing to Celtic again but I think it's to be expected. They're five years ahead of us. That doesn't mean it'll be like this for the next five years but certainly in the last five years they've had far more opportunity to strengthen than we have. We're playing catch-up, we'll need some clever buying, we'll need some money and we’ll need some luck. "I'd give the manager more time, certainly. It borders on being mission impossible for him. Celtic get 30 million quid from their Champions League this year. What do Rangers get from TV rights? A couple of million. And that's not just this year, that's previous years as well. You've got the unbelievable expectation from the Rangers supporters but anyone with any common sense must look at it and see the reasons why they're better than Rangers right now.” Souness felt it would be unrealistic to expect Rangers to be challenging for the title this season. He added: “With Hearts and Aberdeen - the expectation isn't there. But Mark is having to put up with the history that's gone back over 100 years. That's what he's having to deal with, that and the expectation from the Rangers supporters, “Oh, we're back, we're going to win it”. That was never going to happen. But with the passion that's there in home games, they could go on a roll easily. If that happens they could finish second.” http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/rangers/14820905.Graeme_Souness_calls_on_Rangers_to_splash_the_cash_as_they_play_catch_up_with_Celtic/?ref=eb 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 We need to certainly but it's got to be sustainable. People like sourness are souness are so out of touch with the real world. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnan 173 Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 We need to certainly but it's got to be sustainable. People like sourness are souness are so out of touch with the real world. No surprise really GS - a manager whose success was largely bankrolled and allowed him to make top quality signings. As you asserted "out of touch" 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhunter 0 Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 we have spent money - relatively and its largely been wasted. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 we have spent money - relatively and its largely been wasted. I think the jury is still out on that one but it is certainly not bringing in a yield just yet. As has been said we have only played 1\4 of the season. It does look like Garner was a panic buy though. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhunter 0 Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 I think the jury is still out on that one but it is certainly not bringing in a yield just yet. As has been said we have only played 1\4 of the season. It does look like Garner was a panic buy though. barton senderos hill kranjkar who will all be on stupid money is money wasted last season we were signing young lads in the mould of rossiter and windass that bunch don't make sense and its money wasted - must be getting on for what a million a year each?? for 2/3 years? a howling waste of cash. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnan 173 Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 bartonsenderos hill kranjkar who will all be on stupid money is money wasted last season we were signing young lads in the mould of rossiter and windass that bunch don't make sense and its money wasted - must be getting on for what a million a year each?? for 2/3 years? a howling waste of cash. A considerable challenge to see any of those 4 fitting the previously suggested signing mantra of "adding value to the club" 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 bartonsenderos hill kranjkar who will all be on stupid money is money wasted last season we were signing young lads in the mould of rossiter and windass that bunch don't make sense and its money wasted - must be getting on for what a million a year each?? for 2/3 years? a howling waste of cash. Maybe it is just me but I thought Hill earned his wages on Sunday and indeed a few games before that. Kranjcar? Was just coming on to form. Surely we can't blame anyone for a player getting injured. Barton I will give you but Senderos has only played a few games so we have no idea how that will pan out. It is too early to say they were a waste of money. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEARGER 1,830 Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 MOH is another that's seems to be a waste of a transfer fee and wages. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnan 173 Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 MOH is another that's seems to be a waste of a transfer fee and wages. And one which only adds to the confusion given Barrie McKay's poor run of form 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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