The Summer 2021 Rangers Transfer Window Rumours and Deals - Thread

[ian1964 10,724]

 

[Devil's advocaat 1,541]

Good, a waste of fresh air and good food that yin.

[der Berliner 3,744]

3 hours ago, Bill said:

What worries me about Jones leaving is that someone else will have to step up and be the whipping boy now.  

Usually someone who gets no game time and sits on the bench. You do wonder at what stage a professional footballer that is not a fan of the club (like Stewart) gets somewhat annoyed by not being picked despite those in front of him not delivering (even up to their own levels), yet are certain picks for the next game.

 

When you look at our bench last night you do wonder why the likes of Hastie, Jones, Barker and Middleton were omitted from the squad or bench for the CL qualifiers, given how many players we missed. Hagi got injured in training and who knows what Aribo had. So we had a bench full of youngsters plus Sakala and some chaps not for attack et al.

[BlackSocksRedTops 3,752]

3 hours ago, Bill said:

What worries me about Jones leaving is that someone else will have to step up and be the whipping boy now.  

Jones didn't play and ultimately offer enough to be a whipping boy. Losing Jones will have no significant impact on our season.

[BlackSocksRedTops 3,752]

5 minutes ago, der Berliner said:

Usually someone who gets no game time and sits on the bench. You do wonder at what stage a professional footballer that is not a fan of the club (like Stewart) gets somewhat annoyed by not being picked despite those in front of him not delivering (even up to their own levels), yet are certain picks for the next game.

 

When you look at our bench last night you do wonder why the likes of Hastie, Jones, Barker and Middleton were omitted from the squad or bench for the CL qualifiers, given how many players we missed. Hagi got injured in training and who knows what Aribo had. So we had a bench full of youngsters plus Sakala and some chaps not for attack et al.

Was the bench not a reflection of the UEFA quota ruling on home grown players? I may be talking baloney...

[der Berliner 3,744]

7 minutes ago, BlackSocksRedTops said:

Was the bench not a reflection of the UEFA quota ruling on home grown players? I may be talking baloney...

On our list for the qualifiers (at least the first 2 legs, dunno whether that`s true for the play-offs as well) we have Balogun (suspended yesterday), Jack (who has played next to nothing for months), Kamara (who is suspended till the Group stages, IIRC) and Roofe (sure suspended till th Group stages).

 

Rangers CL Squad

[Bill 13,717]

4 hours ago, BlackSocksRedTops said:

Jones didn't play and ultimately offer enough to be a whipping boy. Losing Jones will have no significant impact on our season.

He's been the butt of ritual criticism for a long time now, which is strange since, as you rightly say, he's hardly played. Personally I won't miss him but the point I was making wasn't really about Jones anyway.

[Ted McMinnime 356]

4 hours ago, der Berliner said:

On our list for the qualifiers (at least the first 2 legs, dunno whether that`s true for the play-offs as well) we have Balogun (suspended yesterday), Jack (who has played next to nothing for months), Kamara (who is suspended till the Group stages, IIRC) and Roofe (sure suspended till th Group stages).

 

Rangers CL Squad

 Balagon, Kamara & Roofe were  included in the list for the qualifiers because if you excluded them but then list them (if we qualify)in the Group Stages squad, they must serve their suspensions then. The other omitted fringe players you mention in earlier post is due to the UEFA home grown rule. 

[ian1964 10,724]

 

[compo 7,039]

11 minutes ago, ian1964 said:

 

Let's hope