Match Thread [FT] Ross County 0 - 3 Rangers (Igamane 6'; Danilo 37'; Tavernier 86')

[CammyF 8,364]

11 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

I think you're conflating appreciation and assessment of quality. 

 

I do appreciate Dessers' contribution, but I do not rate him. 

Neither do I, however I appreciate that he was overly burdened at the start of the season as he was our only fit striker and he still managed to score goals that won us games.

 

The same can be said for periods of last season (when Sima was injured). I appreciate that he scored 20 goals last season when we had all been crying out for a 20 goal a season striker. 

 

I also understand that despite the ridicule, we'd be in a far worse position if he hadn't/didn't score goals. 

 

 

Edited December 11 by CammyF

[compo 7,183]

It happens some players take time to settle early McCoist days weren’t pretty neither was early Alex McDonald days but they became really good players at Rangers.

[CammyF 8,364]

1 minute ago, compo said:

It happens some players take time to settle early McCoist days weren’t pretty neither was early Alex McDonald days but they became really good players at Rangers.

In my time as a fan, you could add Hateley and Goram to that list. 

[ranger_syntax 4,422]

Dessers is not a victim of circumstances.

 

Dessers is not still taking time to settle.

[CammyF 8,364]

11 minutes ago, ranger_syntax said:

Dessers is not a victim of circumstances.

 

Dessers is not still taking time to settle.

Desser is still scoring goals.

Dessers is still our top scorer.

Dessers is our only striker to score in every compition we've played this season. 

 

 

[Scott7 6,149]

14 minutes ago, CammyF said:

In my time as a fan, you could add Hateley and Goram to that list. 

Hateley needed a full season. (I would have sold him at the end of that season)

 

The Goalie only needed a few games.

[CammyF 8,364]

1 minute ago, Scott7 said:

Hateley needed a full season. (I would have sold him at the end of that season)

 

The Goalie only needed a few games.

Maybe my memory, but I thought Goram took around half a season to settle into the team / club.

 

Don't think you were alone regarding selling Hateley at the end of his 1st season.  

[ranger_syntax 4,422]

37 minutes ago, CammyF said:

Desser is still scoring goals.

Dessers is still our top scorer.

Dessers is our only striker to score in every compition we've played this season. 

All three are rubbish reasons to pick him.

 

I want the player who gives us the best chance of winning.

 

Impossible to imagine Dessers is such a player when compared to the competition.

[JohnMc 2,801]

There's a story, perhaps true, who knows. The season Goram joined us (replacing the very popular Chris Woods for nationality reasons) we were put out of the League Cup by Hibs, the club we'd signed Goram from. At training Goram joked that he 'joined Rangers to play win trophies but if he was still at Hibs he'd be in the cup final', to which Ian Durrant quipped 'if you were still at Hibs we'd all be in the cup final'. 

Goram definitely took a few months to settle and come to terms with the demands of being the Rangers keeper, but he more than made up for his slow start.