BlueMe 25,327 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 No way Kirk has a wife. I know people with learning difficulties can have relationships, and even get married, but I'm not believing this. Dan Deacon, RJMcGregor and KingKirk 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKirk 25,633 Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 10 minutes ago, Jeffrey said: You're thought process baffles me Do you think Gerrard wanted Jones for next season? I think he's a player the club have wanted for a while so now hes signed. For sure there are signings that are being made as part of a wider strategy Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Robot 21,149 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 I’ll start my criticism of everyone once the league is mathematically impossible Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Specky Forum Organiser 64,643 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 3 minutes ago, KingKirk said: Do you think Gerrard wanted Jones for next season? I think he's a player the club have wanted for a while so now hes signed. For sure there are signings that are being made as part of a wider strategy What is that strategy? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude 20,026 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 3 minutes ago, KingKirk said: Do you think Gerrard wanted Jones for next season? I think he's a player the club have wanted for a while so now hes signed. For sure there are signings that are being made as part of a wider strategy Those things aren't mutually exclusive. Gerrard says 'I want to sign a winger' and the recruitment team/Allen return with a number of possibilities - one of whom will have been Jones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhW 4,669 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 19 minutes ago, Jeffrey said: You're thought process baffles me *Your Jeffrey, your... plumbGER, ForeverAndEver and Blueshoff 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reformation Bear 6,453 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 The Club has gone for a DoF approach and appointed Allen. A revamp of the scouting system has (I think) also taken place which has bolstered scouting capacity (if not capability). The tiers of organisational structure below the first team squad also seem to me to have undergone changes, new recruits, investment and so on over the last couple of years. Some might say all well and good and travelling in the direction a modern ambitious football club needs to pursue these days. Some might argue otherwise. It will be interesting (best word I could find for now) to see how long all of this fancy modern way of working lasts before the axe starts to fall. The issue being how long will a Board be prepared to plough money into those bits of the Rangers football machine and infrastructure if the Club is not winning any trophies and generating enough wealth as a result of the first team being successful on the pitch? Its arguably a very big overhead to be carrying if there is no (or insufficient) end product in the form of a successful first team which in turn generates wealth because of its success. Right now a lot of investment seems to have gone into the more 'back office' types of functions at Ibrox but is it yielding (or about to yield) enough of a dividend in terms of trophy-success and income generation from success? The short answer is - no trophies, no success and maybe some money to be generated in summer if we can sell Morelos for a decent fee. Are the costs of Allen and the infrastructure / personnel that support the behind the scenes activities at Ibrox justified by on-pitch success? It seems to me its only a matter of time before a Board has to balance the cost against thus far invisible value generated by football success. If lack of success continues then it surely becomes inevitable that the financial cloth has to be cut to fit the circumstances of becoming a perpetual also-ran football club whose realistic aspirations of winning a trophy are not much better than those of provincial clubs. That's the charge the Board will have to face sooner or later if lack of football success goes on for too many more seasons. Maybe they are prepared to continue with the bet up to and including 150th anniversary and if no trophies (esp the league) won by the end of that season then the game is up on trying to restore to being a big successful club...…. because the evidence otherwise will be before them in the lack of trophies won since season 2010/11. HG5 and RJMcGregor 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2nd Flute 14,036 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 1 hour ago, CoopsLaud said: Was getting praised to the rafters on here a couple of months ago. Fickle. Know mate, fkn L 👍 CoopsLaud 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKirk 25,633 Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 7 minutes ago, The Dude said: Those things aren't mutually exclusive. Gerrard says 'I want to sign a winger' and the recruitment team/Allen return with a number of possibilities - one of whom will have been Jones. No buying that mate we've wanted Jones for over a year. That signing is club lead manager is irrelevant Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtyard Bear 41,357 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 1 hour ago, KingKirk said: There is absolutely no way Gerrard new anything about the signings from the Croatian league imo That would be why clubs have a scouting system ffs, or do you think the only players managers sign are ones they know personally. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKirk 25,633 Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 1 minute ago, Courtyard Bear said: That would be why clubs have a scouting system ffs, or do you think the only players managers sign are ones they know personally. I think there were signing regardless of manager Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sket 13,610 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 38 minutes ago, Jeffrey said: You're thought process baffles me Bit of the Harvey Price about him KingKirk and The Specky Forum Organiser 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumbGER 24,518 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 43 minutes ago, Jeffrey said: You're thought process baffles me You've fucked it mate, took the spotlight right off KK. KingKirk and ForeverAndEver 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumbGER 24,518 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 1 hour ago, KingKirk said: He knew nothing about them. Are u seriously telling me he sat and watched those players 47 minutes ago, KingKirk said: Yes through scouting him for our games. So he did watch him and did know about him? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Specky Forum Organiser 64,643 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Was in the middle of typing 'you're a "something"' but decided not to be that harsh and fucked the edit KingKirk, plumbGER and OhW 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gj923 1,457 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 I don't think its as clear as blaming MA for our results as its more complicated. I agree with someone who said SG never identified the croatian guys as lets face it until last year he was managing u18s so would not have known the majority of leagues. Whilst I don't agree with the likes of Jones clearly MA has been tasked by the board with getting local talent cheaply which has the potential to increase in value. This will be the same with the likes of croatia etc The signings of the likes of Sadiq are clearly because its been needed and you can only identify and scout so many players in advance. SG seems to have plumped for the likes of Defoe and Davis which is reminiscent of the gardener so I hope its not a feature of us moving forward. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjim1690 4,534 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Barisic just missed out on Croatia’s World Cup squad a squad that got to the final and has since won caps, Katic was knocking on that door as well post WC before we signed him, Grezda is apparently rated as Albania’s best player, I’m sure many of us thought that these were brilliant signings at the time for what they cost but for whatever reasons they haven’t worked out, out of all the signings I didn’t understand Lafferty, Davis or Sadiq, Lafferty and Davis we knew we’re done added to the fact that they should never have gotten another chance anyway. Ejaria , Worrall and Kent were risks, the others I was okay with, I just hope lessons have been learned for the future. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgeIsBlue 66,606 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Bet his Mrs allows him to go to the games himself. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverAndEver 71,484 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 If he wanted Jones he should be sacked. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa6995 3,645 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 1 hour ago, magic8ball said: numerous angry threads since last night. get rid of this one get rid of that one haven't saw any suggestions of people that would improve us This is why I try and steer clear of th3 forum after shite results Thats a fair bit of steering you have had to do. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
magic8ball 27,901 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 2 minutes ago, Zappa6995 said: Thats a fair bit of steering you have had to do. I know .but believe it or not been less avoiding than the last 2 seasons . has to show there has been some improvement Zappa6995 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKirk 25,633 Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 4 minutes ago, ForeverAndEver said: If he wanted Jones he should be sacked. No chance he wanted Jones imo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd 10,756 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Ffs Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd 10,756 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Just now, KingKirk said: No chance he wanted Jones imo. Who didn’t want jones? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKirk 25,633 Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 Just now, Lloyd said: Who didn’t want jones? Gerrard I think the DOF pushed for that signing. Same with the Motherwell younger we've chased him for years apparently now we've to believe Gerrard wants him. No danger Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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