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24 Aug 2024 18:34:29
Looks like Matondo is staying from what Clement has said ‘only players not in today’s squad are likely to leave’, so Davies, Hagi and Cantwell hopefully. If Matondo can keep today’s form up he might actually turn out to be useful!
1.) 24 Aug 2024 19:18:40
Also said there will be more players coming in than going out.
2.) 24 Aug 2024 19:54:18
Yip sayed a bid came in for dessers but it was not enough and dessers is improving.
3.) 24 Aug 2024 20:10:04
He also said few signings in b4 Saturday.
4.) 24 Aug 2024 20:16:17
Please stop it. He has to be sold. Has done next to nothing for 2 years now and will never be the answer over the course of the season and unless Dessers is playing as our back up striker which would make us strong he won’t be the answer over the course of the season as well as the first choice striker in the lineup.
5.) 24 Aug 2024 20:21:27
Been waiting 2 years for him to be useful wouldn't hold your breath mate.
6.) 24 Aug 2024 20:33:57
Quick note that ridvan wasn't in today's squad. While I get he's had an injury, I think there's a decent chaNce he goes back to Turkey given we've been linked to LBs. It would be good to get someone that can play every match there.
7.) 24 Aug 2024 21:02:21
Confidence with Matondo the problem if he's given a run he will be an asset, he's got to trust his pace and let rip, with the right service it would be helpful just give him something to chase no full back in this league will catch him they will be begging to get hooked.
8.) 24 Aug 2024 21:08:14
He scored 22 goals last year and has done well this year. Why does he need to be sold?
9.) 24 Aug 2024 21:14:55
Agree Jimbo if can get good feedback for ridvan let's replace him we need a squad who are contributing.
10.) 24 Aug 2024 21:46:13
Rick how many goals does he need to score to be the answer?
11.) 24 Aug 2024 21:51:17
If Dessers scored a hat trick at the piggery Rick would still be on here saying he's rubbish. Give it a rest man the guys sitting on 5 goals before August has ended. Shankland and Furuhashi not even scored a goal between them yet Dessers has 5 in 6 games but still getting criticism from you. You want to be right more than you want Rangers to win. Sad man.
12.) 24 Aug 2024 22:07:18
2 goals 2 assists and still some can’t fine him credit ??♂️ the fans are one of the biggest issues at our club at the minute. Sad to say!
13.) 24 Aug 2024 23:23:17
Shankland hasn't even hit the target yet.
14.) 24 Aug 2024 23:42:04
If dessers plays the way he had the last half of the season and the start of this one I think 25 league goals is not to far off what he will finish with.
15.) 25 Aug 2024 02:47:14
3 new signings planned, all going to be names that haven't been mentioned by media. CB, CM, Winger
CB will definetly come in, talks will ramp up as soon as Davies leaves for Birmingham (it's about 90% done) .
The other ones depend on outgoings, club confident of shifting Hagi, and or, Cantwell though.
16.) 25 Aug 2024 08:39:44
Matondo has one good game in forever and now folk think he's the second coming of Laudrup, get a grip of yourselves. He's been jimmy white for ages and will continue to be below average at best. PC will not come out and say oh aye that wee Matondo guy that played a blinder is somebody we actively want rid of.
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21 Sep 2024 09:00:22
Just noticed that Nice won 8-0 last night. I mean, good to see our Europa opponents struggling…. ?.
12 Sep 2024 17:09:25
So after all the wailing and screetching and horror stories perpetuated from the press (ie, won’t be back at Ibrox till January, Ibrox is sinking, they’ve found asbestos, we’ll need to build a whole new stadium etc.) it actually turns out that we’ll be back by mid September (even earlier than Bennet stated we were aiming for) and in total only 4 games (2 in the league) had to be played at Hampden.
And before anyone says, yes the fact there was a delay and we had to be out of Ibrox at all wasn’t great, but in the end the reasons given by the board proved to be completely factual (none of the mad conspiracies came true) and we are going back slightly earlier than the board stated (no hiding the truth regarding timescales).
Just goes to show, ignore the vast majority of negative noise coming from the media and on social media, 99% of it is guff just being peddled to turn our support against the club.
1.) 12 Sep 2024 17:29:19
I'm. just glad it's all sorted and we can get back.
2.) 12 Sep 2024 17:31:53
agree Gers. The worrying part is people were so willing to believe it. the press got what they wanted in hits on site or papers bought.
3.) 12 Sep 2024 18:03:34
Great post!
Not just the media, there was so much made up nonsense posted on here.
4.) 12 Sep 2024 18:50:44
Regardless if we are back quicker than stated. We should never have been playing away from Ibrox. Bad planning cost us a champion league spot. We would have never been beat if we had the crowd behind us at Ibrox.
5.) 12 Sep 2024 19:32:57
Bad refereeing cost us the Champions League slot. We were never going to beat Kyiv playing with 10 men for 40 minutes. Maybe if that hadn`t happened you could argue about the stadium having an impact.
6.) 12 Sep 2024 19:55:59
But we were gordy and no guarantees we'd have won playing at ibrox. Time to stop the bickering and support the team.
7.) 12 Sep 2024 20:40:57
Oh come on, not being at Ibrox didn’t cost us the champions league spot, having to rebuild a team, slash our wages, bring in 11 new players with very little to spend on them and having zero time to create a team out of them, that’s what cost us champions league.
Unfortunately it was never going to be a realistic goal with all that had to be achieved (and still has to be done) in terms of building a new team. I know it’s not what anyone wants to hear but this season was always going to be one of transition.
Even if we had got past Kiev, we wouldn’t have got past Red Bull. Fact is we just weren’t ready and still probably won’t be fully up to speed as a team for a number of weeks yet.
So no, realistically it didn’t cost us champions league.
8.) 12 Sep 2024 20:53:53
Ehl I suspect a number off them were from east end, but our gullible fans believe it all.
9.) 12 Sep 2024 23:57:44
Who was the poster on here that said he'd heard from a reliable source we wouldn't be back at Ibrox until January. laughable some of the stirrers on here.
10.) 13 Sep 2024 06:52:02
Baz there were a few, it’s in the past let’s move forward.
11.) 13 Sep 2024 08:56:01
well surely we all know how easy it is to manipulate the masses or have people forgot about the last 5 years LOL *cough, cough*.
30 Aug 2024 12:23:12
Ummm why do we seem to have a harder Europa draw than Celtic’s Champs League draw ??.
13 Aug 2024 11:58:52
So the whole Hagi debate is raging on, some folk thinking he should be in the first team etc. The facts are we have clearly been reluctant since last season to have him play that extra game and increase his wages, and that’s not surprising. He has always been a ‘decent’ player and no more. Other than the year we won the league he hasn’t really offered much as a player, certainly not enough to have him earning £30k a week and being almost our highest earner. Clearly we have been happy to have him leave since last year. We sent him on loan to put him in the shop window but unfortunately he was very poor in Spain and hardly played. The club told him and his agent at the end of the season to basically’find another club’, as clearly we are not prepared to have him earning £30k a week. You could tell last week when Clement talked about his situation that he wasn’t overly happy. He seemed to be saying ‘ we told his people months ago to find him a new club and they haven’t and it’s basically holding us up from bringing in someone new’.
Yes Hagi might be happy to stay but probably because he’s not going to get paid £30k anywhere else he goes. There seems no way back for him and the quicker he finds himself a new club the better it will be for all parties.
1.) 13 Aug 2024 12:24:27
Does anyone else think it is not only wrong, but embarrassing that we are refusing to honour the contract by not playing him just to avoid paying the extra 8k or whatever.
He was given a contract by the club so he deserves to have that honoured.
2.) 13 Aug 2024 12:26:38
Good post Gers78.
3.) 13 Aug 2024 12:54:41
Can't blame the player for the club having cold feet on a contract clause which they agreed to.
4.) 13 Aug 2024 13:21:40
Spot on mate.
5.) 13 Aug 2024 13:22:39
The other thing folk are forgetting when they say play him, and if it’s true that it activates a clause that ups his wages, means that it will be even more difficult to shift him because other teams won’t match even higher wages.
6.) 13 Aug 2024 13:29:32
Maybe no body wants to pay him what he earns right now before any potential wage increase.
7.) 13 Aug 2024 13:48:39
If it wasn’t for his dad he would not have got this far - very average - 30k a week no chance he’s worth that - need his dad to pull a few strings and open another door for him ??????.
8.) 13 Aug 2024 13:52:01
The clown that gave him the deal has gone! We can’t even consider giving him an increase as it’s make it more difficult to sell him as any interested clubs would need to equal it . He’s been told his future is away from Ibrox … that’s the end of the matter.
9.) 13 Aug 2024 13:53:24
First of all, good luck to our boys tonight! We must win!
As for the Hagi's saga, I do not believe this is true. Ianis is the upmost professional and all he wants is to play and contribute to the success of the team. Even if the story with his wage increase is true, he would rather play and it would not be difficult for Rangers to re-negotiate his contract.
Let's face it, nobody wins in this situation, neither Hagi nor Rangers. Not only the team loses a creative midfielder, but the image it projects to future potential players is not professional. And, of course, Ianis would prefer to play than hide in the B team cashing his cheque.
10.) 13 Aug 2024 14:23:00
I don’t understand the frenzy to have him back in the squad no manger he’s worked under including loans have seen him as a regular starter! Boy clearly has some talent but not every manger can be wrong.
11.) 13 Aug 2024 14:32:49
StevieG2, why does he deserve to have it honoured? What has Hagi actually done to 1) Be on 22k a week 2) be given an 8k wage raise
We are shifting away from overpaying absolute duds, and yet we've got fans still arguing for paying bang average players 30k a week. Mental.
12.) 13 Aug 2024 14:39:51
Why should we pay an extra 8k a week for someone who’s going to be one of our highest paid players and not even guaranteed a start. Not for me thanks.
13.) 13 Aug 2024 14:44:08
Think really it’s only partly to do with the wages increase. I think overall Clement just doesn’t see him fitting into what he is looking to do with the team, and on that basis he’s certainly not worth remaining as a bit part player on wages well outwith our ‘new wage structure’ and being paid substantially more than the majority of the rest of the team. Clearly discussions were had in May with the club and Hagi and his representatives where it was agreed he would find a new club. Hagi must of been happy with that at the time. Now it looks like no club that he wants to go to (or are willing to pay similar wages) has made an approach and therefore Hagi may of ‘changed his mind’ and wants to stay, Clement and Rangers however have not changed their minds. So as I say, best his agent starts doing their job and finding him somewhere he does want to go. (I’m guessing the closer it gets to the end of the window, he’ll end up finding a move) .
14.) 13 Aug 2024 15:21:14
I think it’s a shocking way to treat anyone! If it is down to his contract you need to honour it. Poor from rangers and it’s not sending a good message to other players, would create a hostile work environment in any other place of work?
Seems to be a lot going on in the background and it’s now rubbing off on the pitch.
15.) 13 Aug 2024 15:45:04
Club are honoring his contract, still paying his wages, the issue is club do not believe he justifies wage rise. Probably written into his contract as we thought he would be asset in future . Not a wasted wage at present. Also fact he has apparently requested move.
16.) 13 Aug 2024 15:52:50
What if the club simply asked Hagi, in order to stay and play, t waive the wage rise and stay on current salary. ? Is that too much like common sense?
17.) 13 Aug 2024 16:04:25
His name is mentioned here every day by some, and whether you like him as a player or think he should be in the team the fact remains we told him to find a club last year and that remains regardless of the clause, he does not feature in our recent past or future with us, the fact he hasn’t signed for another club after being in the shop window for a year tells you also that clubs are not clambering for his signature.
I hope for my sanity that he finds a club soon, the best solution for him and our club.
18.) 13 Aug 2024 16:23:53
Why would we give him an almost 40% pay increase, there must have been conversations with his management team, possibly they thought the offers would flood in so have been playing hard ball. He’s not worth his current salary, we must move him on.
19.) 13 Aug 2024 16:26:14
Stevie he and his agent have already met rangers and declined foregoing pay rise.
20.) 13 Aug 2024 17:27:09
That’s not good John. I agree 30k is too much for him if we’re trying to cut the wage bill, can’t sign players on 10k while peers are on 30k.
I firmly believe he’s best no 10 at the club, I know some don’t. We’re going to need to rethink this as there’s no point having him in the b team on 22k a week. I think we need to play him if the window shuts and he’s still here. Thing is if we get rid of Lawrence or dowell instead them the freed wages would cover Hagi 8k.
15 Jul 2024 13:17:52
One of the reasons we are where we are just now is as a result of chopping and changing managers so often over the last few seasons. I’m not saying that some of them didn’t deserve to go of course, however every time a new manager comes in they obviously want money to spend on their own players to carry out their ideas of how to play. In the meantime though they are stuck with the players the previous manager (s) have brought in. Combined with the fact we sometimes have to ‘over inflate’ the wages we offer to attract players to come and play in Scotland in the first place then you are left with a squad of unwanted players who we can’t get rid of as no one who might want them can match the wages we are paying them. (Take Lammers, couple of clubs in Holland have gone elsewhere as didn’t or couldn’t afford his £20k wages…which by the way was probably a lot more than he was on before signing for us) . Clement is now stuck with a squad full of players brought in by Gerrard, Gio, Beale (even Warburton in Tav’s case) . This is also the reason we end up with a lot of players running their contracts down and leaving for nothing, we don’t want them, we pay them too much so no one will buy them. It had to stop at some point and unfortunately that point is now. Players must leave before anymore come in. We pay higher wages (by quite a bit I believe) than Celtic yet have we had value for money? Clearly not. Yes it was probably a big mistake backing Beale last summer in his rebuild and letting him spend so much on players we are now stuck with but it had to stop at some point. We can’t just go on throwing good money away after bad. Let’s just hope we can somehow shift on some of the deadwood soon.
1.) 15 Jul 2024 14:09:08
Backing Beale without some form of head of recruitment in place was the biggest mistake the club have made.
2.) 15 Jul 2024 14:34:13
Beale did a lot of damage in a very short space of time. I can’t believe some supporters were saying he was the next WS. the guy was a complete train wreck and unfortunately the club went along for the ride. Some good points on your post Gers78. this isn’t an easy fix for PC .
3.) 15 Jul 2024 14:39:58
Agree David, giving Beale free rein was absolute madness. The board should take the blame for allowing that to happen.
4.) 15 Jul 2024 15:26:51
Agree that backing Beale obviously turned out to be a huge error… however last summer would us fans have accepted the board not backing him financially at the time? We were all screaming for them to allow money to be spent and a new team to be built. The bigger mistake was appointing Beale in the first place.
5.) 15 Jul 2024 16:37:59
Ahh but gers beale was the tactician and the brains in gerrard set up
A snake of the highest order. Worst manager in our hisTory.
6.) 15 Jul 2024 16:38:36
Ross Wilson to me was the biggest issue. Signing dross nobody wanted for huge wages that we can't get rid off. Handing out undeserved boosted contracts too.
7.) 15 Jul 2024 18:43:38
Rabbi, although Wilson may not be exactly innocent in all this there are more reasons than just him. As in my original post, sometimes we are ‘forced’ into offering higher wages than other clubs would in order to attract certain players to play in this league over other better leagues. In other cases us over spending on wages is nothing new, we’ve been doing it for years. Remember Kevin Kyle telling a story of when he signed for us in ‘the banter years’ under McCoist he was discussing with his agent before meeting us how much he would accept per week and said he’d be happy with anything from £500 to £1k a week. They walked into the meeting and we slapped a £10k offer on the table?!
8.) 15 Jul 2024 21:09:34
John caixinha was worse imo and I say that as no fan of mb.
9.) 16 Jul 2024 05:47:15
Only guy that was on gardening leave while still manager ??.
10.) 16 Jul 2024 09:47:48
All about opinions, caixinha was in wrong movie,
Interesting park junior involved in appointment of both.
25 Sep 2024 18:45:05
Fair enough but I’ve not heard anything anywhere to even suggest that his pay issue has been sorted. So really there’s nothing to say ‘if true’ about.
25 Sep 2024 17:17:29
Who said the pay increase has been sorted? All that has been said was Hagi coming out and saying ‘there are ways around things’. That could mean anything? Maybe he offered to defer the increase but still wanted it just at a later date? Maybe he offered to lessen the amount but still wanted some kind of increase?
Maybe he offered to forgo the increase but instead wanted some kind of performance related bonus instead? No one has any idea what he meant by that. But no has has stated in any way that ‘the pay increase situation has been sorted’.
17 Sep 2024 21:36:06
C-bear at it again. ? Genuinely not sure if you are a parody account, a Tim, or just someone on day release from a padded cell?.
05 Sep 2024 11:36:00
Bluedreamer it’s not about ‘giving Hagi a shot’, as has been mentioned on here a few times, it’s not just an additional £6k a week we have to pay if he plays again, it’s also another €1.4m we need to pay to Genk. That’s an awfully expense ‘shot’ if it turns out that (as the manager seems to expect) he’s no better than what we currently have in the team.
29 Aug 2024 14:23:54
Ummmm going to give us a clue at least?
30 Sep 2024 10:25:08
Ally, who says the tactics don’t work? We’ve won the last 4 games without conceding a goal? Pretty sure every single fan of any club in the world would take those kind of stats before a ball was kicked. Onewalter is 100% spot on and I’ve said the same numerous times.
28 Sep 2024 21:56:40
What?!?
15 Sep 2024 18:33:08
Aarrggghhh?. Please just stop. ?
He’s not the messiah …. He’s a very naughty boy.
12 Sep 2024 20:40:57
Oh come on, not being at Ibrox didn’t cost us the champions league spot, having to rebuild a team, slash our wages, bring in 11 new players with very little to spend on them and having zero time to create a team out of them, that’s what cost us champions league.
Unfortunately it was never going to be a realistic goal with all that had to be achieved (and still has to be done) in terms of building a new team. I know it’s not what anyone wants to hear but this season was always going to be one of transition.
Even if we had got past Kiev, we wouldn’t have got past Red Bull. Fact is we just weren’t ready and still probably won’t be fully up to speed as a team for a number of weeks yet.
So no, realistically it didn’t cost us champions league.
10 Sep 2024 21:19:33
Not saying it’s cheep or anything but £42 isn’t the worst either. Went to the cinema last week, £12 a ticket, 20 years ago it was a £5. 20 years ago tickets for a European game were around £25/ £30. So in terms of inflation theses prices aren’t the worst. At least we’re not Aston Villa, think it’s about £90 they are charging for a champs league ticket ?.