13 Jul 2019 13:09:08
I would like to get your thoughts guys. Imo by a country mile the best signing we have made is Mark Allan. I really don't think he gets enough credit. The way he has recruited and transformed our whole youth set up, getting SG and his team, some of the business done with a limited budget in the transfer market have been for me quite stunning.

1.) 13 Jul 2019
13 Jul 2019 13:32:45
I think you can see it most in that the majority of players brought in are internationals, albeit some at youth level. Walter Smith always said there was a duty to keep the quality of player at rangers high, Allen and Gerrard (plus the board) are bringing that back.

I can't see any English player in Scotland getting a call up mind to England team - who was the last person to play for England whilst playing for a Scottish club?

2.) 13 Jul 2019
13 Jul 2019 13:48:17
hes done alright. Stunning? I think is pushing it a bit. Transfers have been a bit hit and miss.

3.) 13 Jul 2019
13 Jul 2019 13:51:21
I totally agree. The way modern football works it’s not the managers that sign players anymore. Yes Gerrard will have the ultimate say on if we go for a target or not and will meet the players to discuss his ideas for them and the team, however it is Allen and the team he has set up and working around him that do the work to identify possible players and do all the negotiating that’s involved in putting the deals together. And with the way football and footballers are nowadays that’s a massive piece of work. And to think, a few months after he arrived there were a lot of folk questioning his purpose, calling him a waste of a wage and wanting rid of him.

4.) 13 Jul 2019
13 Jul 2019 14:27:05
terry butcher?

5.) 13 Jul 2019
13 Jul 2019 15:43:47
gf7 not sure who was the last player to be capped for england while playing in scotland i thought terry butcher but did gazza get a cap don't know of any others?

6.) 13 Jul 2019
13 Jul 2019 16:04:33
Paul gascoigne.

7.) 13 Jul 2019
13 Jul 2019 16:46:08
Think it was Gary hooper. Pretty sure Alan Thompson had a solitary call up too.

8.) 13 Jul 2019
13 Jul 2019 18:20:24
Well pleased with Mark Allen so far
Our first team squad is starting to look like a squad that with a couple more quality players could actually win the league - it’s miles better than when he arrived that’s for sure.
The whole structure of the club is mikes better with improved coaching and scouting systems now in place

The youth system is looking like it could save us millions and in turn bring in millions

On the subject of youth I would love to know the structure of Billy Gilmour sale to Chelsea
He is starting to push on and is now playing on friendly games
I would hope that we get a decent fee if he plays a 1st team competitive game and also have at least 10% sell on
If he does well we might do very well out of it.

9.) 13 Jul 2019
13 Jul 2019 18:45:44
Did Fraser forster not get a call up too?

10.) 13 Jul 2019
13 Jul 2019 19:17:07
Think it was old celtic keeper last got called up a remember him belting out god save the queen.

11.) 13 Jul 2019
13 Jul 2019 20:11:14
Paul Gascoine.

12.) 14 Jul 2019
14 Jul 2019 03:40:31
It was Alan Thompson. Hooper never got near the team and Forster only when he went back down south.

13.) 14 Jul 2019
14 Jul 2019 12:42:25
think the last player to get an England cap was from the other side of the city. Not sure if hooper did but Alan Thomson definitely did. For us it might have been Michael ball.

14.) 14 Jul 2019
14 Jul 2019 12:43:34
Alan Thompson or fraser Forster was last one can't remember.