Rangers Banter Archive July 06 2015

06 Jul 2015 16:19:28
Does anyone know how much has been spent so far on players and what the budget is?

06 Jul 2015 16:54:16
Not much and the budget is apparently unlimited.

06 Jul 2015 17:24:52
On transfers only £200k , quite disappointing tbh hoping king is true to his word and not full of bluster!

06 Jul 2015 20:49:27
Amy1scott2, have you thought that maybe warburton isn't spending money? And that king has offered the cash?

06 Jul 2015 20:53:43
It can't b unlimited. Does anyone know the figure? Need to be clear on that surly that isn't asking to much Mr King.

07 Jul 2015 05:02:30
Why should Mr King be clear on the actual budget figure? All that does is alert clubs to how much we are willing to spend on players and then they bump up the price of any player! If Mr King comes out and says "we are willing to spend £3million on players" - a club wanting £500k for a player will suddenly be looking for £1million - think you might find we've been stung like that several times in the past - Tore Andre Flo ring any bells - in fact he's probably a better bell ringer than goal scorer!

07 Jul 2015 07:41:05
EKBear you're right, so you will agree it was s#upid of Mr King to say publicly that the war chest available is "unlimited" and will be "whatever it takes" to win automatic promotion. Surely that puts Warburton in a weak bargaining position, for the exact same reason you outline in your post?

07 Jul 2015 10:10:43
Jack
I think john jag was being sarcastic

07 Jul 2015 13:20:07
Noddy, King himself stated publicly that the money available to the new manager is "unlimited". An astonishing pile of horsecr#p but that's what he said.

07 Jul 2015 15:00:24
Tbf it was also stated that we would not be signing Messi etc at the same press conference Pauline as we need to be realistic about signings too lol. The way I took 'unlimited' was that it meant there was no set budget (say 5 or£10m) with which to work with but if w+w went to the board chasing a realistic target that required a decent fee they would try to accommodate it if the feeling was it would improve the squad and justify the fee. I'm comfortable with that approach tbh if that is the case, way too much is made of single line statements within general replies which are mainly taken out of context and ran with as fact imo. No actual budget figure for transfers was mentioned as far as I'm aware, just assurances that warburton will get support for the job he's undertaken in replenishing the squad and money would be there if he felt he needed it. I really don't get what the big drama about it is.

08 Jul 2015 13:48:31
Spart7 no big drama, just that DK is full of horsecr#p and his "assurances" are worth hee haw until he actually delivers on them. Remember his "assurances" about the nomad?

06 Jul 2015 12:33:58
Attack wins you games, defence wins you titles.

all I'm saying guys.

06 Jul 2015 12:51:04
Sorry onlyshow but if Rangers achieve 38 0-0 draws then they will not make the playoffs. Solid defence yes but threat and potency from midfield forwards are the other ingredients for a title win

06 Jul 2015 12:55:03
Is that a promise noo?

06 Jul 2015 13:13:11
I think you are missing the point Mannering, we need a solid defense first, before we move up to attack.

06 Jul 2015 14:52:31
Foderingham/bell

Sinnamon/wabara
McGregor/kiernan
Wilson/gasporotto
Wallace

Seems a good enough defence, halliday if signed can also cover lb.

06 Jul 2015 22:07:28
gkk it's as strong a promise as you buying me a pint in Magaluf next week.

Onlyshow I agree all good teams have a strong defence and as the majority of signings so far have been for that area I would just like to see some exciting players in the midfield and attack.

My original Rangers team was Ritchie, Shearer, Caldow, Greig, McKinnon, Baxter, Henderson, McMillan Miller Brand and Wilson and boy could they attack.
The days of the Laudrups and Gascoignes (how do you spell his name) have gone but a young exciting attacking team of British players (or Scottish) is what most of us want.

06 Jul 2015 23:28:57
Mannering my first team too! They were real brilliant!

06 Jul 2015 09:01:30
Not a rumour but a suggestion.

Jack Harper of Real Madrid possibly being released this week as Real no longer have a C squad.

Boy is 19, fits profile, and would be Dinamite in midfield.

He's a first teamer if we can land him

06 Jul 2015 09:34:58
Try a milder curry pal.

06 Jul 2015 09:36:30
Good shout yeah I would take him

06 Jul 2015 10:40:35
Meant to be a gem of a player but left out of the Scotland u19 as the team couldn't afford to carry him and be was tagged a 'luxury player'

06 Jul 2015 10:55:46
He plays as an attacker. 10 or ST rather than midfield. There were a lot of rumours going around that half the premier league were interested in him. It is also likely that he will be called up to Castilla or their B team rather than their U19.