Hibs I would agree with to an extent, but Riordan has proved to be a "Hibs", the jury is out on Thomson (at best), Whittaker is regularly slated on here, as is Brown and Gary O'Connor when he was mentioned as a possible target.
Motherwell with the exception of McFadden have produced Motherwell players.
Falkirk have produced Falkirk players, Aberdeen have produced Aberdeen players ( although Fyfie looks the exception and a real talent)
How many players recently produced by these clubs in recent years would be Rangers first picks ? Rangers have produced plenty players of that standard, look around the leagues, but being a Rangers player requires something more.
All this has been done where theses clubs have reached the heady heights of fourth in the league and never won a cup in that time. The facts are Rangers have to WIN, two defeats is a crisis. Not the best environment to introduce young players.
With all due respect to the three lads, Fetai is with the Danish equivalent of Hamilton Accies, Ashikodi was last seen at Shrewsbury Town and Furnam is at Oldham Athletic (21st in Division 1), where he has played 21 games an failed to find the net once.
Despite what is suggested on these forums, Rangers should look at every player recommended to them. You may be surprised to know that Danny Wilson, Jamie Ness, Gregg Wylde, Archie Campbell, Kyle Hutton to nae a few, were all at other senior clubs before Rangers. It is not difficult to send a scout to take in a game and make a decision. Fortunately the club does this and there are probably over 100 trialists through Murray Park every season. You only need to look at how many time the word "trialist" comes up in the blog match reports.If Mendes hadn't played the other day, nobody would have reported on the trialists, this is a weekly occurance, especially during a transfer window.
The net will have to be cast wider as the raw materials in Scotland are thin on the ground. At the other side of the city their youth lineups this season have on quite a few ocassions only included four Scots and Hibs youth squad has eight players from south of the border.
Visit Murray Park and see the work that the scouts and coaches put in before having a go at them. They can only do so much but its not an exact science and there are a multitude of factors that contribute to successes and failures.
I read your blog and I must say if I am going to listen to anyone regarding Murray Park it is your good self. Keep up the good work.