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10 Oct 2022 15:07:44
This is a rumours site after all and so I'll let you know what I heard earlier: Galatasaray are wanting Yilmaz in the January window. They don't want Morelos or Kent, but they do want Yilmaz. That tells me we should keep him. Just as well we didn't shoot Wilson a few weeks ago because it looks as though his signings are beginning to pay-off.
1.) 10 Oct 2022 15:41:32
Is that a loan deal?
2.) 10 Oct 2022 15:59:38
Been reported the last few days that they want him on loan to solve their left back problems.
3.) 10 Oct 2022 16:10:11
A player signed I'm January for a fortune not playing and being touted for a loan 5 months later is a deal paying off?
4.) 10 Oct 2022 16:21:10
Yep see that colonel all over media re yilmaz.
5.) 10 Oct 2022 16:36:04
John - If Yilmaz was to go out on loan who would we have as cover for Borna?
6.) 10 Oct 2022 16:38:04
Yilmaz needs games same as matondo etc a 5 minute run out is nothing my 6 yr old can do that.
7.) 10 Oct 2022 16:56:20
They done with same with Alfredo they offered a 1 year loan with a 7-10 million buy out I’m not sure the exact figure but they are know for there low offers.
8.) 10 Oct 2022 17:16:47
So because he has been kept out the team by a in form borna it’s a bad deal. Some on this page would find negativity in winning the lottery.
9.) 10 Oct 2022 17:38:03
Correct Bassey.
10.) 10 Oct 2022 17:58:28
I though on Sat when he came on he looked a player great balance when he receives the ball his first thought is to get forward he looks a player and no way would I want him leaving even on loan.
11.) 10 Oct 2022 19:16:39
Wilson’s signings are beginning to pay off?
Are you basing this on galatasaray wanting yilmaz?
12.) 10 Oct 2022 19:33:03
Yilmaz needs game time NOW. Boy highly thought of and surely had time to settle.
13.) 10 Oct 2022 19:40:54
For the life of me i just can't see rangers allowing yilmaz to go out on loan to galatasaray ? He's currently understudy to borna and irrespective of the £5million fee we paid for him, he should be staying with us and fighting for his place ?If and it's a big if yilmaz were to leave it should be on a permanent deal and would/ should take a big fee for rangers to accept ? It might be the case in january that yilmaz would want to leave if he hasn't broken into our starting 11 ?If that is the case rangers should be looking for a big fee from galatasaray or any other club for that matter, to tempt us into selling him, although i'm not for one minute wanting us to sell yilmaz at this moment in time ?.
14.) 10 Oct 2022 19:50:01
Copland, Fraser ciubatrou, yfeko. Mb king. So imo no one suitable for cover at this stage.
15.) 10 Oct 2022 19:50:48
Tjrfc he was signed in the summer. He will be an incredible bit of business and he won’t be going anywhere iN January.
16.) 10 Oct 2022 20:12:09
I agree, I thought he looked really promising on Saturday.
Reading between the lines in Gios press conference the other week, it sounded like Ridvan had been struggling to settle, hopefully I'm wrong mind you.
17.) 10 Oct 2022 20:15:39
Signings paying off are you serious?
With how many we signed and how many are playing well and regular it's a bit early for Wilson praise.
18.) 10 Oct 2022 20:18:12
With regards yilmaz I really don't get why he is not getting at least some game time from bench. He looks capable enough to deploy further forward too. I get that he's young and has time but a 6 million player sitting on the bench for full season does not do the boy any good and could go backwards.
I wouldn't be surprised if barasic is sold in January window.
19.) 10 Oct 2022 22:09:26
Clearly Yilmaz has quality hence the fee, International status and interest from Galatasaray. Just because they have an interest doesn’t mean that Rangers or the player are interested in the move.
It’s a long season that we are about 6-8 weeks into. Just because he cost a certain amount doesn’t mean he just walks into starting 11.
He may be taking time to settle from a personal point of view but ultimately he’s hardly has much of an opportunity to feature so shouldn’t be judged on small sample size to date.
20.) 10 Oct 2022 22:51:45
Barisic loves it here and is playing well with his countryman dout he is going anywhere.
21.) 10 Oct 2022 23:41:16
He wasn't signed in January to whoever said that!
22.) 11 Oct 2022 10:23:19
Bassey he has already stated twice his desire to move.
23.) 13 Oct 2022 09:19:11
Giving Yilmaz half a season at Galatasaray sounds fine to me. It’ll be a baptism of fire, and regular football. He could do amazingly well, and come back to us an even better player. That’s got tot be better than being a bench warmer at Ibrox.
01 Jun 2022 20:06:04
I understand Rangers are keen to sign Columbian Mateo Cassierra from FC Sochi. Russian clubs are out of European competitions next season and so that explains why he is being sold. £8.5m.
1.) 01 Jun 2022 20:19:49
We’re not interested in him despite what you read in the papers. His agents throwing his name about to try get him out of Russia.
2.) 01 Jun 2022 20:23:17
They aren’t getting 8 million for a guy out of contract next year.
3.) 01 Jun 2022 20:34:06
Not a chance we will pay even half of that.
£2/ 3m max he’s in final year of contract and player stated himself today he hopes tkk ok behave his fitre sorted next week. Mentioned rangers and gio also and stated he has options.
4.) 01 Jun 2022 20:40:50
Colonel we won’t be paying that for anyone imo.
5.) 01 Jun 2022 20:53:41
8.5m behave yourself. Have u just added that in yourself.
6.) 01 Jun 2022 21:02:32
Yeah nobody is ever paying £8.5m for him, I’m not even sure we can buy players from Russia, I thought their contracts had been ripped up?
7.) 01 jun 2022 21:42:49
been on here all week mate.
8.) 01 Jun 2022 22:10:31
Last year of contract. Wont be paying more than 2/ 3m max.
9.) 01 Jun 2022 22:31:12
I doubt we would be allowed to give them any money let alone £8.5m due to the UK’s ban on giving any funds related to Russia.
10.) 02 Jun 2022 20:43:33
There must be a way round about it.
27 May 2022 17:26:50
The story about Bassey being sold for a possible £25m was in the Times (that's the London Times, not the Evening Times) .
It sounds as if this guy is made of gold all of a sudden. 6 or 8 clubs have inquired already.
I remember when Aberdeen won the Cup Winners Cup in 82 or 83, or whenever it was, they immediately sold Steve Archiebald to Barcelona for a price far in excess of what he was actually worth.
My point is: I would take the money and let Gio re-balance and re-set the team. He's a trusted Manager now and so give him the money and let him sign who he wants. We will never keep Bassey long term anyway.
The only player at Ibrox that I am in any way precious about is Morelos. In my personal opinion, if he was around at the end of the season we may well have won the Europa League.
1.) 27 May 2022 19:55:34
I tend to agree with you Colonel. I really don't want the big fella to go, but your post makes a lot of sense.
2.) 27 may 2022 20:30:36
if we had roofe in the team we may well have won the europa league
can’t remember what archibald sold for, but i do know he was a helluva player and a barcelona hero.
3.) 28 May 2022 00:41:07
Colonel, Archibald never played in that 83 team, he left to go to Tottenham in 80.
4.) 28 may 2022 11:15:40
aye, the aberdeen forwards were black, mcghee and my old pal peter weir i think.
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30 Jan 2025 16:07:59
The team we are playing tonight has only been in the top league of Belgian football for a few years, but they have become very successful in that time. Run by a guy who wants a stake in Hearts and makes all his decisions re signing players after studying data sheets on them. I think tonight's game will be tougher than we might expect.
04 Jan 2025 18:41:05
The worst decisions of last season were number 1) sending Hagi out on loan and number 2) going all-in with Michael Beale and number 3) starting work on the Copland Stand. Things could be better just now, but they could be a lot worse.
26 Dec 2024 13:33:02
I have made the analogy between Ange Postecoglu and Phillip Clement many times and quite a few people think I am talking mince and maybe I am.
I was watching an interview with Postecoglu earlier and in it he tells everyone there is no magic fixes.
Building a team that plays the way he wants takes several transfer windows. It takes a brave Board to stick with him and I think our Board have decided to do the same with Clement.
Good news if you ask me.
26 Dec 2024 13:28:48
I have made the analogy between Ange Postecoglu and Phillip Clement many times and quite a few people think I.
14 Dec 2024 14:42:45
The gloom that has enveloped the club since the start of the season was because all the supporters could see was that we were getting further and further behind Celtic. There was no money, we had not enough Directors, the Copland Stand was a foul-up and all the rest of it.
We are now turning the corner and "the trajectory", as they call it, for the club is looking good again. It football, it can all change very quickly and we are seeing that now.
We got pretty close to fan unrest, but that's behind us now.
Once we get Cortes and maybe even Matondo in the team, we might have a very strong, fast and well balanced team. That's the way I see it.
Colonel Cathcart's rumour replies
25 Jan 2023 16:43:43
I understand that Bassey is not getting on well at Ajax. In fact, none of their summer signings are getting on well. They are calling him Bambi on Ice. The point I am making is that a team can be transformed for the better, or worse, with 3 or 4 good signings, or bad signings. The only real blunder we have made recently has been Matondo and he may come good under Beale.
Colonel Cathcart's banter replies
16 Feb 2025 19:04:21
Rangers have been mismanaged for years and it is now being properly managed. We stick with the manager we have got, just like Aberdeen are doing.
14 Feb 2025 20:29:17
If the manager of any English club won a European trophy, do you think he would be sacked?
11 Feb 2025 12:53:41
Not for me either.
11 Feb 2025 10:46:02
Agree with all of this. I thought that Raskin looked good as Captain. The Captain should communicate with the players and be in the engine room and he does that and it seemed to work.
I look upon Sunday's result as a bad result that should never have happened. If we had scored early, it would have ended differently.
10 Feb 2025 20:51:00
If we finish the season 10-points behind Celtic, for me it is not a disaster. This was a transition season where Clement's players replaced Beale's players. It gets worse before it gets better. Lasting damage was done during Beale's spell in charge and Clement is fixing it. Personally, I cannot see Clement either being sacked or walking out the door on Rangers and I see that as a good thing.