PRW. 5,631 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 To play against the youth teams of Europe's top clubs. "The Ibrox side have been given permission to withdraw for a year to take on the likes of Manchester City, Spurs, Manchester United, Benfica and Sporting Lisbon" Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyinroyalblue 16,478 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Does this mean we're staying in the single market? @thehost @Helicopter Sundae Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEFTONG 59,860 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Really,,??... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
onefootwillie 1,518 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Would not mind catching some of these games . Good move in my opinion Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hilts 12,819 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 At least the youngsters will be getting pumped off decent teams for a change. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameron1873 509 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 I really hope this is true. There is so e really good hard work been done by our youth system. I really hope it comes good and we get a few decent players over the the next 2-3 years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudrup1984 25,100 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 https://rangers.co.uk/news/academy-news/academy-launches-games-programme/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMB 14,167 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 I blame Dave King. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudrup1984 25,100 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudrup1984 25,100 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 All seems pretty exciting and positive.......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRW. 5,631 Posted May 13, 2017 Author Share Posted May 13, 2017 Brilliant from Mulholland. Scotland develops good players at younger age groups but there is a real problem when they hit that 17/18 mark. Scottish culture probably plays a big part in that but this is a good move from Rangers. So we'll play top academys for 3/4 weeks then get a game against a Scottish League 1/2 team and they'll try to encourage Rangers fans to attend it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reformation Bear 6,453 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Now that's the sort of innovation and fresh challenge that may prove to be highly beneficial to Rangers.     It's possible they may get quite a few Supporters at their games too which hopefully encourages the development side and also the Support as they see future Rangers first team squad players in the making.  It also feels like the beginning of the end for the development league as it is currently constructed in Scotland.  This pathfinder season seems to me to be highly likely to be very successful and assuming so will open the way to widen and deepen cross border leagues - for starters in the development teams and then maybe, who knows, for first teams too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiser1041 9,088 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Deeds Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddiqi_drinker 14,635 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Hope the first team pulls out next and joins a European league. Often wondered if this Development league / youth setup had a detrimental effect on Scottish football, the decline seemed to coincide with the end of the old 'reserve leagues'.  I remember as a youth when we had a first, second and third team.  Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malvern 11,329 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Good move even though we will probably be the underdogs, got to challenge the kids to play against better teams not some shite Scottish mob. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKirk 25,461 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 @The Dude Is CM still thinking of leaving  This is fantastic news and just shows the progress being made Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helicopter Sundae 5,915 Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 3 hours ago, sandyinroyalblue said: Does this mean we're staying in the single market? @thehost @Helicopter Sundae Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helicopter Sundae 5,915 Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 3 hours ago, Laudrup1984 said: https://rangers.co.uk/news/academy-news/academy-launches-games-programme/ Â 3 hours ago, Laudrup1984 said: Â Â 3 hours ago, Laudrup1984 said: https://rangers.co.uk/news/academy-news/academy-launches-games-programme/ Sounds excellent and innovative. Are we the only team from the SPFL doing this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thewhitesettler 2,711 Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 4 hours ago, siddiqi_drinker said: Hope the first team pulls out next and joins a European league. Often wondered if this Development league / youth setup had a detrimental effect on Scottish football, the decline seemed to coincide with the end of the old 'reserve leagues'.  I remember as a youth when we had a first, second and third team.  I remember the old reserve leagues as a boy. At Ibrox, and most grounds I saw the reserves play, they only opened the Main stand, and enclosure. There were some decent crowds then. The games against the taigs  would get crowds of 10,000, or even more depending on who the first team were playing. I always used to try and treat myself to a seat in the Main Stand, as I could never afford it for first team games. It was cheaper for seats away from the centre stand, but there were hardly any stewards, or cops about, so me, and my mate, used to pay for the cheaper seats, and just climb over a few seats, then go and get a kia ora, and a maxi bag of crisps, then sit and watch the game in, relative, comfort, among the rich folk. After the Ibrox disaster game, my mother wasn't too keen on letting me go to the big games, so this was the next best thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
one55 1,510 Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 5 hours ago, siddiqi_drinker said: Hope the first team pulls out next and joins a European league. Often wondered if this Development league / youth setup had a detrimental effect on Scottish football, the decline seemed to coincide with the end of the old 'reserve leagues'.  I remember as a youth when we had a first, second and third team.  lol how about we first focus on being able to win the scottish premier league before thinking about going to a bigger league. if we ever leave scottish football and were to join say an english/european league then you can forget winning league titles. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
murzo 7,428 Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Hopefully this doesn't just help our current youths development but we actually have a look at the other teams we play and scout a player or two and try and sign them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueshoff 11,529 Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 28 minutes ago, murzo said: Hopefully this doesn't just help our current youths development but we actually have a look at the other teams we play and scout a player or two and try and sign them. More like the Rangers players being scouted Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
K.A.I 36,183 Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Sounds good but in Mulhollands interview on the website there's too much emphasis on making Scotland a good footballing nation for my liking we should be doing this for ourselves we don't owe Scotland a thing will we be playing these games away from home too? Quite fancy going to Portugal to watch these games Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnar1872 811 Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 brilliant idea looking forward to this hopefully this gets more young players ready for the 1st team Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz52 11,837 Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 @The Dude you gonna be following them round Europe? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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