GlasgowRangers1983

We all obviously look at things through blue tinted glasses, and there's a tendency (based on results) to lurch from viewing recruitment as being good one week to it being a disaster the next. Overall i was reasonably happy with our recruitment in the window but disappointed we didn’t add at least more more following qualification to the Champions League.
Ultimately our recruitment will only be good if we're successful, the obvious measure of that is winning the league. Assuming european finals won't come along often, a domestic cup double might be just enough to save a Rangers manager his job for one season.
It's clear them across the city have recruited very well, with pretty much all their recent additions contributing to the first 11 and adding quality. Not only that, they've gone into markets, (eg Japan and Israel)which are largely untapped - certainly by British clubs. I see they've recently bought a danish international, so are clearly focussing on getting value from less glamorous leagues across Europe and the globe.
When I look at our recruitment in comparison, it comes across as lazy and on the whole we sign names that the average Rangers fan on the street could come up with after abit of research. Assuming we've got a scouting network, a recruitment team, headed by Wilson, my question is what is their strategy ? It seems abit scattergun, with us signing players who play well against us (eg.Colak) or players on our doorstep (eg. Davies) from england (where generally you don't get value for money). Even the signing of Ridvan is baffling, paying £6m+ for a young LB - surely our due diligence would indicate that a young Turkish player might take a while to settle (given differences in cultural, first big move etc), were we prepared for him to settle for a year? Paying £6m odd, we can't really give players that luxury.
In my head, our recruitment team should have a list of the top players in every position from all leagues outside the top 5 leagues, so i would assume players like Abada and Kyogo would be on a list of potential players to scout. However, our players brought in tend to indicate that we don't do research re players from leagues across europe and the world and instead pick up obvious signings our players who are touted by their agents (i could imagine that being the case with Matondo, maybe Tillman as well).
Eitherway, our recruitment has to improve when compared against them. 

Best of luck to him.
Hope he goes on to have a great career.

Kent needs to start stepping up and contributing in these games 

We have beaten better over the past few seasons. This is another European cup final for me it’s 90 mins to get into the champs league. Win at all costs Rangers 🇬🇧

Would have been angry if we had that given against us, but glad all the same...

What a night History makers again !!!
Don't forget this guy who thought it was over 

5 million quid 

USG proven to be a tinpot amateur club that shouldn’t be anywhere near this level.
Their victory last week wasn’t anything to do with their quality it was all about us.

That’ll do nicely Rangers.  Wee £5m banked.

Big team in the next round so no bother for us 

Im happy to give credit to Borna for playing the ball into the box from 40 yards which led to a penalty but you're kidding yourself on if you think he's not been passive and playing the ball sideways and backwards.

Tillman off is a terrible shout.
Get him in the middle and let him influence the game.

Somebody explain to me how that guy doesn’t get booked for conceding the penalty via handball. Goldson was booked for the same thing last week and he didn’t even know the ball was coming. No consistency as usual. 

Kent off for me , we cannot play with a winger who cant beat a player , guy has been fuckin shocking.

No matter what happens Borna Barisic is no use in a game we need to chase.

Fucking get in, the captain steps up again. 
Unleash the Buff and we’ll do this. 

Don’t know about everyone else, I live in France.

I thought that Tillman and Lawrence had been brought into those roles? We also have Hagi (when back) and Lowrey in those positions with Arfield playing his part also. 
 
I agree that I would of preferred for a marque signing that’s tried and tested also but don’t think that fits in with our player trading model.
100% we are missing some creativity in the final 3rd to link the mid field and forwards to make things happen. 

I thought that Tillman and Lawrence had been brought into those roles? We also have Hagi (when back) and Lowrey in those positions with Arfield playing his part also. 
 
I agree that I would of preferred for a marque signing that’s tried and tested also but don’t think that fits in with our player trading model.
100% we are missing some creativity in the final 3rd to link the mid field and forwards to make things happen. 

Here is where the issue is for me. We play two wingers or "inside 10's" who are never inside. Kent and Matondo hug the touchline. By doing that they are in a way stopping our full backs pushing on. It's easy to defend two wide men by cutting off that channel and gives our midfield nowhere to pass but sideways. If Kent and the other winger move inside they drag a man and open up the wide areas for fullbacks to go to but also give our midfielders an option of playing the ball into feet through the middle.

Try a different browser. Works for me in Opera but not Edge. 

Lol that’s the spirit, 1 game into his Rangers career. 

Lol that’s the spirit, 1 game into his Rangers career.