Match Thread [FT] Liverpool 2 - 0 Rangers

[Rousseau 10,607]

Club		Squad	ø-Age	Market Value	ø-Market Value
	Manchester City	23	27.2	£949.77m	£41.29m
	Liverpool FC	27	26.7	£832.50m	£30.83m
	Paris Saint-Germain	28	25.3	£801.32m	£28.62m
	Bayern Munich	24	25.5	£790.83m	£32.95m
	Chelsea FC	25	26.6	£775.35m	£31.01m
	Real Madrid	23	27.4	£753.75m	£32.77m
	FC Barcelona	25	25.4	£732.33m	£29.29m
	Tottenham Hotspur	25	26.2	£616.77m	£24.67m
	Atlético de Madrid	22	27.8	£550.35m	£25.02m
	Inter Milan	28	27.5	£533.66m	£19.06m
	AC Milan	31	26.1	£495.50m	£15.98m
	Juventus FC	27	26.7	£452.16m	£16.75m
	RB Leipzig	25	24.8	£436.03m	£17.44m
	Borussia Dortmund	31	24.4	£434.70m	£14.02m
	SSC Napoli	27	25.6	£432.50m	£16.02m
	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	28	24.4	£422.87m	£15.10m
	Ajax Amsterdam	27	24.7	£266.22m	£9.86m
	Sevilla FC	25	28.4	£248.85m	£9.95m
	SL Benfica	30	25.5	£234.27m	£7.81m
	FC Porto	28	26.0	£231.30m	£8.26m
	Olympique Marseille	27	24.6	£229.50m	£8.50m
	Sporting CP	28	24.4	£206.82m	£7.39m
	Eintracht Frankfurt	30	24.7	£204.80m	£6.83m
	Red Bull Salzburg	32	22.1	£183.53m	£5.74m
	Club Brugge KV	31	24.2	£144.95m	£4.68m
	Rangers FC	32	26.2	£114.59m	£3.58m
	Celtic FC	27	25.8	£97.11m	£3.60m
	GNK Dinamo Zagreb	29	25.4	£86.36m	£2.98m
	Shakhtar Donetsk	29	24.7	£72.27m	£2.49m
	FC Copenhagen	29	24.8	£61.47m	£2.12m
	FC Viktoria Plzen	27	27.8	£25.65m	£950Th.
	Maccabi Haifa	27	27.4	£18.54m	£687Th.

[Rousseau 10,607]

It does highlight how big our squad is (joint most in the CL), and yet we're always light because of all the injuries!

[the gunslinger 3,366]

12 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

And Atletico have way way more cash than Brugge. 

 

Money is only part of the equation. 

 

(Actually, their squad value is £144m compared to our £114m, which is not a huge difference.)

LOL what did it cost. 

 

we could hold our own v bruge who can hold there own v Athletico. 

 

Anyway they have Skov Olson. 

[Sutton_blows_goats 5,335]

5 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

Transfermrkt...  

Ah ok, I think they are being generous I'm sure it uses some sort of logic to work out the costs.

 

 

[the gunslinger 3,366]

22 minutes ago, Sutton_blows_goats said:

Ah ok, I think they are being generous I'm sure it uses some sort of logic to work out the costs.

 

 

you could have bought our whole team for what celtc paid for CCV.

 

But we are valued more than celtc lol 

[Fat Eck 103]

8 hours ago, buster. said:

 

Note

I suspect Sir Alex might have played in or attended all of the above matches

@gaspard

@Fat Eck

???

 

edit

Ferguson did play in both Leeds games (1968)

Didn't play in Newcastle games but was at the club (in the stand?)

Was at Leeds (A) in 92

MUtd x4, of course

Last night, yes

 

 

Sorry, Buster - I can't find any details of the bench for that 68-69 fairs Cup semi. Ferguson scored v Atheltic Bilbao early in the home first leg of the quarter and was subbed for Orjan Persson second half and that was his last playing time in Europe for Rangers.

Would normally agree that, even if he wasn't on the bench, surely he would have been suited and booted and at both games v Newcastle. However, both those games were three and four weeks AFTER the 69 Scottish Cup final v Celtic, his (non-) part in which got him unceremoniously booted out the first team squad*. In which case he may have been less likely to travel or, knowing his vindictive huffiness, even want a comp ticket for either game.

In a desperate attempt to compensate my lack of hard evidence re Newcastle, I confirm St Johnstone beat Motherwell 2-1 at Muirton the night we played in Wolverhampton so that might have done for his chance to have seen EVERY European game between Rangers and English opposition. He was only 20 then but was in and out the Saintees first team the whole time he was there and never stayed in Perth, still living & working in Govan so there's every chance he was at the home leg (St J first team, at least, had no game that night - as per the October and December 1962 games v Spurs in the CWC).

Also Man U weren't playing the night we hosted Leeds in 1992-93, having been papped out of the UEFA Cup by Torpedo Moscow on pens in the first round. So he was definitely free to come visit.

*Maybe not up there with McLean and Forrest not being available in Nuremberg as we played Roger Hynd up front, but notable that two years on we're still dropping proven strikers for a tight European epic in which we fail to score.

Edited October 5, 2022 by Fat Eck
He wouldn't have known who to hate more last night though, eh.

[Sutton_blows_goats 5,335]

20 minutes ago, the gunslinger said:

you could have bought our whole team for what celtc paid for CCV.

 

But we are valued more than celtc lol 

 

No way we get anywhere near what they value Kent or Morelos at with 6 months left IMO.

 

Goldson, Tav about right, Lundstram probably slightly low. Barisic and Roofe too high.

[Sutton_blows_goats 5,335]

48 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

It does highlight how big our squad is (joint most in the CL), and yet we're always light because of all the injuries!

IMO that's why we have such a big squad. So many injury prone players and players who need game time managed. Its so inefficient.

[buster. 5,186]

25 minutes ago, Fat Eck said:

Sorry, Buster - I can't find any details of the bench for that 68-69 fairs Cup semi. Ferguson scored v Atheltic Bilbao early in the home first leg of the quarter and was subbed for Orjan Persson second half and that was his last playing time in Europe for Rangers.

Would normally agree that, even if he wasn't on the bench, surely he would have been suited and booted and at both games v Newcastle. However, both those games were three and four weeks AFTER the 69 Scottish Cup final v Celtic, his (non-) part in which got him unceremoniously booted out the first team squad*. In which case he may have been less likely to travel or, knowing his vindictive huffiness, even want a comp ticket for either game.

In a desperate attempt to compensate my lack of hard evidence re Newcastle, I confirm St Johnstone beat Motherwell 2-1 at Muirton the night we played in Wolverhampton so that might have done for his chance to have seen EVERY European game between Rangers and English opposition. He was only 20 then but was in and out the Saintees first team the whole time he was there and never stayed in Perth, still living & working in Govan so there's every chance he was at the home leg (St J first team, at least, had no game that night).

Also Man U weren't playing the night we hosted Leeds in 1992-93, having been papped out of the UEFA Cup by Torpedo Moscow on pens in the first round. So he was definitely free to come visit.

*Maybe not up there with McLean and Forrest not being available in Nuremberg as we played Roger Hynd up front, but notable that two years on we're still dropping proven strikers for a tight European epic in which we fail to score.

Thanks Eck !

 

You take it to another level of in-depth knowledge and research in places I didn't even think to go.

 

I did think about the 69 cup final angle but lazily presumed that it would have been played before a European semi final.

 

I want to see you on Mastermind (SS: Rangers in European Competition).

 

You look back and see the issues with centre forwards or lack of and 55 years on from the self inflicted wound (Bayern Munich 67), we were suffering a similar fate (Eintracht 2022) and some might argue that to a degree, it too was self inflicted (forcing Morelos to play through injury until he proper broke, thus calling upon Roofe in a way his body can't cope with. Itten wasn't in European squad due to squad management/UEFA regulations.

 

Should be here today with 3 European trophies.

 

Ps. Have a look how defensive the 2008 team v Zenit was and how isolated JCD was that night. Playing but not really in the game.

 

Edited October 5, 2022 by buster.

[Gonzo79 15,293]

32 minutes ago, Sutton_blows_goats said:

Its so inefficient.

Certainly seems that way.  Who is to blame?