Welcome to Rangers, Sheyi Ojo

[Bad Robot 21,147]

Welcome and please get us 55 this season 🙏

[CoplandRoad83 3,251]

Feel better about this one - looks like he is direct, aggressive and with an eye for goal.  You don't get offered a 5 year contract by Klopp unless you have something, with the options they have available in attacking areas.

I think the gaffer is going to be pretty ruthless about end product in final third this season, if you don't provide goals or assists from those areas someone else will get their chance.  

The likes of Candeias could find out just workrate isn't enough, which is the way it should be.

[TMB 14,167]

37 minutes ago, Copeland1983 said:

The likes of Candeias could find out just workrate isn't enough, which is the way it should be.

Not sure why Candeias is constantly singled out as having no end product, he does.  The guy had 6 goals and 7 assists last season.  Also, his tireless pressing is absolutely key to the way we play as emphasised by Gerrard as soon as he walked in the door last summer.

Gerrard says: “No phoneys who are pretending…just little crazy jogs in, watching the ball.   We go to win the ball – all over the pitch. Okay?  Get it in your heads, now.”

The wingers we’ve brought in need to provide an end product, but they need to press as Candeis does too.  We defend from the front. 

[quabba 440]

Looks no a bad player. Can't do as bad as Ejaria surely 🙂

Looks positive and direct..

[BridgeIsBlue 66,606]

 

[Tiger Shaw 30,444]

3 minutes ago, BridgeIsBlue said:

 

Green fucking hat 😡

Im not impressed 

[BridgeIsBlue 66,606]

1 minute ago, Tiger Shaw said:

Green fucking hat 😡

Im not impressed 

 

[Tiger Shaw 30,444]

Just now, BridgeIsBlue said:

 

Think it’s the grass reflecting off it then mate 😆

[HG5 11,112]

3 hours ago, Tiger Shaw said:

Think it’s the grass reflecting off it then mate 😆

Best not leave stuff like that to chance.....

[Laudrup1984 25,100]

SHEYI Ojo has called four clubs home from home in recent years as he has moved away from Liverpool.

Now he wants to feel the love as part of the Rangers family after hitting the road and finding some familiar faces in Glasgow.

Ojo was just 14 when he left MK Dons to join Liverpool as he set his sights on the Anfield first team.

That dream has partly been realised already and he has scored in the FA Cup and played Premier League football under the guidance of Jurgen Klopp.

Given the quality of the players the German has to choose from in the forward areas, it is no surprise that Ojo has found chances hard to come by at Anfield.

He has not been short of opportunities elsewhere, though, and moves to Wigan, Wolves and Fulham gave him a chance to learn his trade and to grow as a person and a player.

A spell with Reims last season didn’t turn out as Ojo or Liverpool would have hoped, but he has arrived at Ibrox this summer refreshed and rejuvenated for the challenge ahead.

The 22-year-old has joined up with Steven Gerrard’s squad at their training base in the Algarve as he begins the next stage of his career.

And the message inked on his right arm, one of many tattoos that Ojo has, perhaps sums up best why he felt Rangers was the right place for him to play and improve this season.

“Yes, and that’s what I am most excited about,” Ojo said when asked if Gerrard will allow him to express himself as a player.

“I know as I work hard for the manager I will have that opportunity to be myself.

“On the other loan spells I didn’t feel like I had that opportunity.

“This season I am really focussed on showing what I can really do.

“The ‘Love’ tattoo on my arm says most about me. Only because everyone wants to be loved. Love is the most important thing.

“Especially as a footballer you want to have that family behind you.

“If you can get that then it is an amazing feeling.

“When you go on loan all the time you don’t have that stability. I’m hoping that this season that I can find that family within Rangers.”

The path from Anfield to Ibrox has become a fairly well trodden one over the last 12 months.

The appointment of Gerrard kick-started the arrivals and he was followed by Gary McAllister, Michael Beale, Tom Culshaw and Jordan Milsom as the Light Blues’ backroom team was put in place.

On the park, Ryan Kent and Ovie Ejaria moved on loan and had differing fortunes in the Premiership.

Now, Ojo is confident he is in the right place and at the right time.

“I feel Rangers are a massive club and after speaking with the manager I felt it was the best decision to come here,” he said. “Hopefully I can help the team and have a consistent season of good football.

“The manager’s last season at Liverpool as a player was my breakthrough season at the club.

“I was training with him while I already knew all the backroom staff from Liverpool.

“That was an added bonus when I came here. I already knew the manager and all his staff.

“It is very similar to Liverpool. The stadium is massive, they have great fans and they have some great players in the squad now.”

If Ojo is to convince Klopp that he is worth a place in his Liverpool squad, he must first prove himself to an Anfield legend.

The chance to work under Gerrard was too good an opportunity for the wide man to turn down this summer.

And he has arrived at Ibrox with plenty of experience, both good and bad, under his belt after mixed fortunes south of the border.

Ojo said: “I went to Wigan when I was only 17. It was a good experience and a good learning curve.

“At the time they were trying to avoid relegation so it was quit tough.

“But, for me it was good to understand what it takes at a professional level. The following season I started off at Liverpool before going on loan to Wolves.

“I think that was more up and down for me. I was expecting to be a main player for Wolves but I wasn’t able to nail down a slot.

“I was in and out of the team although I felt I did well when I did get a chance.

“I got pulled back to Liverpool midway through that season but picked up a back injury which restricted me.

“I then went on loan to Fulham when I was 20 and that was a good season for me apart from the injuries. I dislocated my shoulder which kept me out for over three months, although Fulham got promoted so it ended on a positive note.”

Having had a taste of life on the road in England, Ojo was sent further afield by Liverpool last season as he was taken out of comfort zone.

A stint in Ligue 1 didn’t give Ojo everything that he wanted but the experience was still invaluable for the England youth international.

Gerrard will need the winger to hit the ground running this term as Rangers look to start quickly in the Premiership and move through the rounds in the Europa League.

It is a challenge Ojo is ready to accept. He is older and wise, and confident he is better.

Ojo said: “Last season I was desperate to play and I wanted a different challenge so that’s why I went to the French league.

“That was my most important loan and while I didn’t play as often as I would like I felt I learnt a lot about what I need to be like in the future.

“I felt I learned more about myself as a person. During all my loan spells I didn’t really play like myself.

“I did what I needed to do to try and fit into the team. I realised if I play the way I prefer to then the best version of me will come through.

“Touch wood I don’t get any injuries I will have a very good season.

“Whenever I speak to the staff at Liverpool they all have high hopes for me. It is just about getting that consistent season under my belt and take it from there.”

[siddiqi_drinker 14,635]

I know --- youtube --- but love hs composure around the goal area 

 

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The video clip is hard to argue with, as there is some very nice stuff there.

But it’s a fair step up to senior pro level.

I always find it hard to get excited by loan signings, but the parallels this guy has with Kent make it a bit more interesting.

[Polo 1,433]

Some awful crossing in that video....

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On 25/06/2019 at 23:06, siddiqi_drinker said:

I know --- youtube --- but love hs composure around the goal area 

 

Some poor goalkeeping, and sure he blessed himself ag one point. But seems he can get a fair bit of power behind a shot - looks like he gets shots away without it looking like he's about to shoot.

[Robmc1 4,741]

15 minutes ago, Klos' Glove said:

sure he blessed himself ag one point.

I personally don’t care if he blesses himself say a Hail Mary  or even lights a candle for every assist or goal he scores, as long as he’s performing in our shirt thats all I’m concerned about...

[siddiqi_drinker 14,635]

1 hour ago, Klos' Glove said:

Some poor goalkeeping, and sure he blessed himself ag one point. But seems he can get a fair bit of power behind a shot - looks like he gets shots away without it looking like he's about to shoot.

Leave the trolling to  others your not good at it, bless himself FFS.  

Not only power but it was the control that caught my eye, hopefully can do it for us on a bigger stage.

[BookWorm 4,119]

I am sure he and aribo will come to be loved by Rangers fans.

[Getstiffed 8,863]

Couldn't give 2 fucks if he blesses himself or gets on his knees and bows to the sun at 5am every day, as long as he isn't a terrorist sympathizer or a pedo apologist who gives a fuck.

[Blue Avenger 22,567]

Just watched the clip.

Fuck Messi, we've got Ojo!

[Tiger Shaw 30,444]

https://apple.news/Ahb2_URx2T3qLLBSNXEqfow

Wee cow 

[bluenoz 30,805]

anybody see Ojo's goal at the end of today's training video? If so can you post it. Class.

[KeyserSoze 14,530]

8 minutes ago, bluenoz said:

anybody see Ojo's goal at the end of today's training video? If so can you post it. Class.

I think someone actually said “fucking hell” after it went in

😂

[gmcf 34,124]

I think one of the good things about Aribo getting all the attention lately , might see the spotlight off Ojo and allowing him to express himself freely . 

Honestly think he'll be the ' Kent ' of next season and shine for us . 

[Clemdog 39,389]

1 hour ago, bluenoz said:

anybody see Ojo's goal at the end of today's training video? If so can you post it. Class.

 

[BridgeIsBlue 66,606]

28 minutes ago, ben51 said:

 

Was listening to that Rangers Radio yesterday and a boy who allegedly watches the Liverpool youth sides says he'll be up there with JJ as the fastest player in the league next season.