The Summer 2022 Rangers Transfer Window Rumours and Deals - Thread

[craig 5,199]

20 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

It's actually brilliant to see. It's just what we want. 

 

Hopefully we can see them progress into the first team over the next few years - or get sold for megabucks. 

Only brilliant in the sense we needed them.  See my previous post as to why it isnt as good as you may think

[Sutton_blows_goats 5,345]

3 hours ago, buster. said:

Given the value they added this calendar year, not much to replace.

While that’s true. Aaron Ramsey and a 36 million pounds winger from Manchester United must come in with the expectation of doing well from the management side of things. 
 

Itten was a signing with gambling with as there was potential there. Shame it didn’t work out.

[craig 5,199]

16 minutes ago, stewarty said:

We should always be aiming to hoover up the best young talent we can. 

 

The recent flurry is both encouraging in that we are able to sell the benefits of coming to us to develop their career (and for the club, hopefully profiting from their ability/sale down the line), but also a concern that the Auchenhowie conveyor belt seems to have missed a few straps in that we have big gaps to in our U16-18 ages that have needed to be filled.  

 

Guys like @elfideldo are much better placed to comment though.

Exactly this mate

[der Berliner 3,747]

With all these talents joining up for the B team (well, we shall see), I wonder how many of our B-teamers (and loanees) from last season will get a promotion to the first team.

[lenny3k 662]

59 minutes ago, craig said:

There's an alternative view to this though.... the talent they are hoovering up is because the 2006's that we had weren't good enough.  Only 6 have been offered contracts in the last couple of years apparently.  So hoovering up talent, whilst appreciated, appears to be because the players we had at that age group werent good enough

very good point and I will take a positive out of it... Its good they've noticed this at an early stage rather than when they're expected to be challenging the B squad 😁

[RANGERRAB 3,677]

3 hours ago, craig said:

Actually one game mate.  Had we got, and converted, the two stonewall penalties we were denied against Celtic at Ibrox in March we would have won the league.

 

Completely agree about some of the histrionics in here.  Should we strengthen ?  Yes.  Will we lose the league if we don't ?  Absolutely zero guarantee that happens if we keep this squad together.

 

Some observations with respect to last season and our squad :

 

1.  We were still very close to winning the league (see point above)

2.  Our squad quite possibly were complacent last season - unacceptable, but understandable given the prior season invincible league campaign

3.  Celtic benefitted more than us, by far, with "honest mistake" officiating.

 

Aside from the 2 stonewall penalties that would have won us the league you can count a bunch of times they got a large slice of the "benefit of the doubt"

1.  They scored an offside goal against Hearts to turn 1 point into 3

2.  They scored another offside goal against Hearts that turned 1 point into 3.

3.  They should have had a penalty given against them in the last minute at home to Livingston which would have turned 3 points into 1. 

4.  Then we have the penalty we should have had at Ibrox against Dundee Utd when Sakala was pulled back, that would have turned 1 point into 3

5.  Then we have the draw at Tannadice when we were denied a stonewall penalty for handball which would have turned 1 point into 3

 

These are just off the top of my head and provide a 14 point swing (10 points for points 1 to 5 and 4 points from the OF game at Ibrox).

 

The suggestions that we are way behind them if we go with this squad is quite preposterous IMHO

 

We did ourselves no favours continuing to play a goalkeeper who was costing us points 

[MacK1950 2,378]

2 hours ago, RANGERRAB said:

We did ourselves no favours continuing to play a goalkeeper who was costing us points 

Same could be said of our captain and vice-captain.

[Gonzo79 15,294]

A thread about transfer rumours and deals and here we are slating Goldson, Tavernier and McGregor, as well as blaming referees for us losing the league.

 

I blame UEFA/Qatar.  

[MacK1950 2,378]

35 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

A thread about transfer rumours and deals and here we are slating Goldson, Tavernier and McGregor,

Suppose my post was off subject but just wanted to point out  other fails.Will now stick to subject of thread.

[Bill 13,717]

2 hours ago, Gonzo79 said:

A thread about transfer rumours and deals and here we are slating Goldson, Tavernier and McGregor, as well as blaming referees for us losing the league.

 

I blame UEFA/Qatar.  

..... or Brexit ..... or Zelensky’s nazis ..... or Dick Campbell’s tattoo ....