Sick of this squad

[L72 90]

24 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

I don't have an issue with that in this instance. 

 

It was James Tavernier.

Tav is contracted to 2027, and I actually think it was a mistake to renew it for so long.

 

Should've sold Tavernier after we reached the Europa league final when he was top goalscorer. 

 

Bassey, Aribo, Tav and Kamara all should've gone together for big money.

 

Instead we renewed deals and it bit us on the arse. 

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1 hour ago, compo said:

Did we not give Goldson similar 

Yes, on a reported 38k p/w. I believe we are paying around half. Still 2 years.

[der Berliner 4,132]

On 06/04/2025 at 23:24, Sutton_blows_goats said:

I think it’s 2026. We gave a 30 year old a 4 year extension..

He repaid much of that last season (58 games) with 24 goals and 12 assists, this season (45) it has dropped to a more normal (for a RB) 5 goals and 12 assists. Next to no penalties ... and truth be told, there we not that many (i.e. 15+) situations where we were denied one.

 

The lack of his goal contribution (which I do not hold against him, for it is simply not his core competence) underlines the fact that our attack "force" is failing badly. Mainly down to lack of "force" in the final third. It's a broken record, though, and I am sick and tired to repeat it. What we have seen is de facto the same line-up used against anyone no matter the competition, with changes only being made due to injuries, suspension or the odd new player (typically shoe-horned into a role not his). You may do that a year or two, but it has become a chronic disease that put the team into some quarantine away from the support with every passing day.

 

I don't think that an extraordinary amount of money is required to change our fortunes in the league. If Hibs manage to assemble a team able to go 16 games unbeaten these days, including two 2-0 wins against the Old Firm, you see what is needed. Which does not mean that we should downscale our ambitions or players to their level, but get a similar mix with some more quality. Which is essentially what Rangers managers of the past have done. It's not like Laudrup, Gazza, DeBoer, McCoist and Co. were the only players on the park.

[der Berliner 4,132]

On 07/04/2025 at 09:10, L72 said:

Tav is contracted to 2027, and I actually think it was a mistake to renew it for so long.

 

Should've sold Tavernier after we reached the Europa league final when he was top goalscorer. 

 

Bassey, Aribo, Tav and Kamara all should've gone together for big money.

 

Instead we renewed deals and it bit us on the arse. 

Tav's contract runs out in summer 2026.

 

The hard truth is that we have had people playing extremely well for us, Aribo, Morelos, Tavernier, Goldson, Barisic, Kent etc. but no-one came by and wanted them. You can't force teams to sign our staff, after all. We got lucky with Bassey, we may get lucky with Raskin and some others, if they use the shop window called Europe well enough. 

Edited Tuesday at 10:27 by der Berliner

[L72 90]

26 minutes ago, der Berliner said:

Tav's contract runs out in summer 2026.

 

The hard truth is that we have had people playing extremely well for us, Aribo, Morelos, Tavernier, Goldson, Barisic, Kent etc. but no-one came by and wanted them. You can't force teams to sign our staff, after all. We got lucky with Bassey, we may get lucky with Raskin and some others, if they use the shop window called Europe well enough. 

Hmm, sure I'd read he had an extension option for 2027.

 

Turns out this isn't about him though its just shitely worded.

 

Also there were plenty of offers there for the aforementioned players, we kept holding out to try and get better offers, and ultimately ended up with egg on our faces because we held on to long, the players got fed up or declined.

 

The only one no one wanted was Goldson, and we decided to go back in and give him another deal.