Rangers to scrap B-team

[Rousseau 11,081]

Rangers make shock decision to scrap B-team as Ibrox chief makes bombshell call. 

 

It’s understood Koppen has been backed by top team boss Philippe Clement and new chief executive Patrick Stewart.

 

Koppen reckons up-and-coming players should the playing more competitive men’s football to enhance their development.

 

He wants more youngsters promoted to the first-team environment - or sent out on loan.

 

The SPFL clubs have also been discussing a proposed plan which could see Premiership clubs form a formal link with lower league clubs in a bid to help bring through academy players.

 

(From The Sun so no link.) 

[Rousseau 11,081]

Ideally we need the B-team to play in the league pyramid, like Spain and Germany, etc., but if they can't, then I would grudgingly accept this decision.

 

Now we need to see the youngsters go out on loans. 

 

The final snippet (a link-up with lower league sides to allow easy loans) would be a decent alternative, so hopefully that gets ratified. 

[Rousseau 11,081]

I think our intentions and ideas were progressive, but the league has let us down. 

[CammyF 8,769]

Read this earlier and kind of split on this. The Lowland League wasn't ideal but it gave the B Team weekly compition. The decision to withdrawn from Lowland League was taken when we were refused entry into the leagues (if we won Lowland League).

 

You are correct regarding the league letting us down but that shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who has any affiliation to Rangers.

 

I still feel we would benefit from having a B Team playing "somewhere" but Koppen and Stewart will know better and we'll need to trust their judgement. 

 

Wonder how it works in relation to European Competitions as we were led to believe you needed a "B Team" if you are playing in European compitions ? 

Edited Thursday at 20:15 by CammyF

[RANGERRAB 3,901]

Long overdue. No point in having a B team if it didn’t have a league to play in

[Sutton_blows_goats 5,711]

Wonder if the affiliate club route is feasible. Basically you agree with a lower league side (Like Dumbarton or Partick) to send your young players there on loan and they are obliged to play them. End of the season they get an affiliate ‘fee’ if they have kept their side of the bargain.

 

B teams entering the league pyramid in the best solution though.

[JohnMc 2,906]

The harsh truth is the B Team experiment hasn't worked. Ross McCausland is the sole player to emerge and he's a squad player at best. Players like King, Fraser, Devine, Lowry, Kennedy, McKinnon and Lovelace all showed promise but have not made the next step. If the B Team can't provide a pathway to our first team squad for a couple of players a season then what's the point of it. It's not just us, Celtic haven't seen anyone come through either, Hearts have a 17 year old forward who looks like me might be develop into something but I don't think he played much for the B team, rather he went straight into the first team. 

Young players need first team football, at the highest level they're ready for. The Lowland League isn't a good enough standard, I'm not sure the Championship is either. 

[compo 7,440]

Should save some money as well now get rid of this stupid women’s team everything should be on the first team 

[CammyF 8,769]

7 minutes ago, compo said:

Should save some money as well now get rid of this stupid women’s team everything should be on the first team 

The woman's team are looking at joining the Woman's English Premiership.  If they are successful they'll receive more TV income than our men's team. 

[Sutton_blows_goats 5,711]

Johnny Mcfarlane just claimed in the Rangers review morning show we are paying Leon King 10k per week. Madness. Had to pay that due to the interest in it supposedly.

 

Should let any youngster offered that kind of money by big teams down south walk, arrange a transfer fee and future fee for them. Shouldn't be paying that on any untried youngster, Gilmour and Rory Wilson included.