The Summer 2022 Rangers Transfer Window Rumours and Deals - Thread

[buster. 5,208]

1 hour ago, Sutton_blows_goats said:

I think many are under estimating how many of our squad need game time managed. When you have a fixture list like we do with an injury list like we do over the next 3 months the manager will find his options getting limited very quickly.

 

Yes it’s hard seeing our rivals out spend us year after year. Reality bites and when it comes to spending power on players we lag behind them. That’s never a good feeling and never should it be meakly accepted. Hopefully the board have a plan to even things out. 
 

The two biggest questions before this window were extended contracts for Morelos and Kent. We can’t sell them now and they haven’t extended. 

More money would be great but firstly it should be and has to be about spending the money you do have in an optimal way.

 

No football club won't make mistakes or have an injury list/players unavailable, but again you can do things to make it less probable.

 

Examples

 

Medical/football mgmt. 

You shouldn't keep Morelos on the park when it is so obvious he is playing through a muscle injury and not able to do much. Result: badly torn thigh muscle, out of cup finals/pre-season.

 

Recruitment

Trying to squeeze quality out of relatively small outlays.

You shouldn't accumulate so many injury prone players. Especially when more than one player is in one area of team. I mentioned this in February, it isn't hindsight.

Result: Helander, Souttar and Roofe missing for start of season 

 

Combine Morelos and Roofe. Just as well they got it right with Colak.

 

No centre forward for Cup Finals/business end of season.

 

Etc., Etc.

 

We can rightly say 'but we got to a European final and the CLGS'. However, I think the biggest negative effect is on our title prospects.

Edited September 2, 2022 by buster.

[buster. 5,208]

28 minutes ago, Bill said:

Looking at the pessimism and vitriol generated by our participation in this transfer window, it's clear a lot of fans think we are at the end of our rebuilding mission. I think the truth is we still have some distance to travel before you could say the job is anything like done. Recent income has certainly helped but the club remains relatively weak in financial terms and you don't improve the situation by being profligate in a transfer market that offers absolutely no guaranteed return on player investment.

 

I think the club has over-performed in the last year or so and left the door wide open to continue our progress. Happy days.

It comes from years/decades of short term transfer window therapy that has a positive effect on mood but often doesn't last very long.

 

As far as "rebuilding the club".

This won't end, it will be constantly trying to keep up which given Increasingly disproportionate revenue streams is a thankless task.

 

Youth is where you have to get it right. See Ajax.

Edited September 2, 2022 by buster.

[Gonzo79 15,294]

I'm content we've made some good signings but still think we could've done with one or two more.  

 

The 'this team got us to a Euro final' argument doesn't sit well with me because:

 

a) 'This team' didn't win the league.  

b) You should look to improve/refresh things every transfer window.  

 

Let's get behind the players and hope the likes of Roofe, Helander and Davies are fit and ready ASAP.  

[DMAA 3,658]

We haven’t signed a clear starter who is natural in the right forward position. Both Tillman and Lawrence look best centrally. Matondo doesn’t look to have the quality to be a clear starter who we can rely on week in week out. Question marks over style of play too, why didn’t we go for a left footed wide forward?

[Frankie 8,582]

Matondo is 22 next week and, like Kent, has moved about too much in recent years to find any sort of consistency in his play. I'm confident he'll find that given some time. 

[JohnMc 2,766]

A little surprised how downbeat so many seem to be. Not buying someone in the last weeks of the transfer window doesn't mean we don't have any money. We have been planning for this transfer window for months, it might be that everyone was happy with the business we did early and only if we were forced to sell someone were we likely to look at bringing someone else in. I think the people in charge of the club currently have shown they're not incompetent, quite the opposite. Maybe we need to have some faith. 

 

As a support I feel we've long forgotten that the youth and B teams are there to supplement our squad. That's quite literally the point of them. For a club of our current size, playing in the league we are, it's essential we're able to bring through our own players. Some will flourish and bring us big transfer fees, some will simply provide cover and not make the final step up. But we need to realise that's a large part of the future for us, if we are to have a future. We have to expect players like King, Lowrie, McCann, Devine and Ure to play 10 to 15 matches this season. Sometimes as subs, sometimes in cup matches and sometimes in our biggest games because senior players are injured or suspended. Rangers have to become a club that's recognised for developing and promoting younger players. Now that Patterson is starting regularly at Everton and Bassey at Ajax that will help build that reputation. We need more of them and perhaps we have them, they just need a chance to play. 

 

I don't know if Ridvan can speak much English, but I do know he's not long turned 21 and is living in a new country that's culturally very different from everything he knows, playing for a club with high expectations. That we're breaking him in gently smacks of good management to me. The Govan front can destroy the confidence of even the best fullbacks, two misplaced passes in a game we're struggling in and they'll be on his back. Plus, Borna is playing relatively well currently. Again, have a little faith. 

 

Lastly, I fully expect to see Morelos back to his best in the next few weeks. His public telling off and the side progressing without him will have provided some incentive to sort himself out. He wants to play in the Champion's League, every player does. 

 

Oh, it goes without saying that should we lose our next two matches I reserve the right to revise all of the above and berate everyone at the club for not splashing the cash. 

[Yorkie Bear 602]

I wonder what Gio really thinks about this transfer window. Were we thwarted from getting someone because we refused to pay the money or was he happy that the right player was not available? We'll never know as he is not one to publicly question policy.

 

Now that the window is closed, we've no option but to go with what we have and make the best of it. There is no point dwelling on what we should have done.

 

We have a good squad. We have players that will be developed and contribute more. We have players to come back from injury. And if that is not enough, we have the continuing Morelos/Kent contract extension saga to occupy our minds.

 

On to the next game. As someone once said "Let's go".

[Sutton_blows_goats 5,355]

4 minutes ago, Frankie said:

Matondo is 22 next week and, like Kent, has moved about too much in recent years to find any sort of consistency in his play. I'm confident he'll find that given some time.

Matondo is going to take some time to settle in and be polished up. Anyone expecting performances from him Wed/Sat every week is in for a shock. I have a feeling he might be a longer term option on the left rather than the right.  I also expect Ridvan will prove to be an excellent signing. 

 

Now that our business is complete I feel that Goldson renewing was absolutely massive for us. Despite his early season form not being up to his usual standards.

 

 

[Nevermind 159]

I'm content with the window this time around. Part of the problem with the fans is that too many of them find it difficult to tell the difference between reality and that horrid annual spread sheet simulator also known as football manager. 

[ranger_syntax 4,334]

12 hours ago, BlackSocksRedTops said:

Oh I get it...

My comments are not a judgement on Ridvan. He's not played enough to judge him but if we are spending 5 million on an International player I would expect him to go straight into the team. It's seems to be no problem for the Tims. 

Your concerns have been noted.