TravelingWilBEARy 4,319 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Hemmings never have flourished in our horrific style of football or our negative "tactics".Alvaro Negrado would struggle to score for us.That's a bit of a weird comment considering we've averaged around 3.5 goals a game. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack1690 793 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 That's a bit of a weird comment considering we've averaged around 3.5 goals a game.Dont care how many we average, our formation and tactics are not suited to certain types of strikers, Hemmings being one.Only big battering ram srikers like Hateleys type would score lots goals for us, or daly to a much lesser extent.You only need to look ar Nicky Clark to see what I mean. 41 goals lasr season for QOTS & to me, in our set-up, he doesnt even look like a footballer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingWilBEARy 4,319 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Dont care how many we average, our formation and tactics are not suited to certain types of strikers, Hemmings being one.Only big battering ram srikers like Hateleys type would score lots goals for us, or daly to a much lesser extent.You only need to look ar Nicky Clark to see what I mean. 41 goals lasr season for QOTS & to me, in our set-up, he doesnt even look like a footballer.Andy Little scored lots for us last season, he's hardly a big battering ram is he? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
legalbeagle 3,734 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Hemmings never have flourished in our horrific style of football or our negative "tactics".Alvaro Negrado would struggle to score for us.You must think big JD is amazing then? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumbGER 24,518 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Big negredo is a battering ram albeit with plenty class about him Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack1690 793 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Andy Little scored lots for us last season, he's hardly a big battering ram is he?You can quote as many as you like, Little is def more muscle & pace than ability. Much more of a "battering ram" than Hemmings.If youre happy with our "style" that is not suited to 99% of strikers, thats your call. Me? I despise our "style".....or lack of. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1mgg 3,766 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 It has to be down to our formation and the style of play.I agree he had a few injuries and never really got a decent run in the team, but I think he could of done a decent job, and would it if been that bad to keep him on at £1k a week?We just don't give some players a chance, been seen in the past when a youth has started and played well only to be dropped the next game as jig is back or someone else undroppable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottBF2 3,540 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Mind when he missed a one on one v Queens Park?He was finished after that. Absolutely woeful for us, couldn't trap a bag of sand, looked like he was running through quicksand and other clichés. Was never going to work out for him, and it's his own fault. You don't "get time" at this club, you either do it or you don't. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCPRANGERS1 2,997 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 How many first team start was Kane given at Rangers? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumshie 205 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 He couldn't handle the expectations of playing for Rangers. Good to see that he has been injury free for most of this season and is banging in the goals. Good luck to him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sket 13,610 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Like clockwork, every week without fail! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAFKA 545 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 "Could HAVE" not "could OF" FFS!Had to re-read OP six times to understand the fucker Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyCR1 1,523 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 He had his chance to impress, and unfortunately, didn't Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFC55 109,739 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 How many has Rory Loy netted also?Sack the board.I'm glad Walter is gone since he let Rory Loy go Down with this sort of thing Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rfc#1. 1,877 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Thought he was shite in a Rangers jersey,mibbe couldn't handle the pressure at Ibrox. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tam watp 77 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Kevin kyle scored aswell Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFC55 109,739 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Naismith has 10 goals or so in the English 4th tier wtf are we playing at Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plymouthranger 3,902 Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 I think he only started 3 games for us, having just came back from a serious injury. I'm not saying he is "Rangers class", and anyone who does hasn't read my post at all.What i'm saying is that myself (and many others on this forum), despair when we're signing players (and allegedly still looking at players) who we simply don't need at this level. To make matters worse, players such as Daly, Shiels, potentially Kenny Miller etc. won't be that effective in the SPL in 2 years due to their advancing years.Can anyone honestly tell me a side consisting of the likes of Gallacher, Gasparotto, Hemmings, Clark, Little, McAusland, Mitchell, etc. wouldn't have won the league last year? Or won the league this year? It seems to me that all of these players who are let go/denied opportunities by our management, could easily of got us back into the SPL. We would of needed to sign better players in the SPL, but we'll need to do that anyways with our current set-up.We're obviously going to have to pay off a large chunk of our current squad, as their just not SPL class. Its sad that nobody in our management, saw that the level of our youth teams/reserves, were good enough to win these leagues on a 5th of our current budget...at least! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Negri's Beard 1,423 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 I think he only started 3 games for us, having just came back from a serious injury. I'm not saying he is "Rangers class", and anyone who does hasn't read my post at all.What i'm saying is that myself (and many others on this forum), despair when we're signing players (and allegedly still looking at players) who we simply don't need at this level. To make matters worse, players such as Daly, Shiels, potentially Kenny Miller etc. won't be that effective in the SPL in 2 years due to their advancing years.Can anyone honestly tell me a side consisting of the likes of Gallacher, Gasparotto, Hemmings, Clark, Little, McAusland, Mitchell, etc. wouldn't have won the league last year? Or won the league this year? It seems to me that all of these players who are let go/denied opportunities by our management, could easily of got us back into the SPL. We would of needed to sign better players in the SPL, but we'll need to do that anyways with our current set-up.We're obviously going to have to pay off a large chunk of our current squad, as their just not SPL class. Its sad that nobody in our management, saw that the level of our youth teams/reserves, were good enough to win these leagues on a 5th of our current budget...at least!I genuinely don't believe that a side consisting solely of those young players would have won promotion last year. They would have got battered from pillar to post and many are simply not very good. Hemmings didn't start many games but that was mostly down to him having awful injuries. Said it before, it would have been nuts to offer him a new dealEdit - and that's not to say our transfer policy is any good at all. I agree that we've gone about it, in large part, in the wrong manner. Previous board has a lot to answer for. Letting Hemmings go was the correct decision though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre 1,663 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 McCoist would have got slaughtered if Hemmings had been offered a new contract with us after his injuries and inept performances.He's getting slaughtered anyway for his selections and the quality of football so adding Hemmings wouldn't make much difference Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plymouthranger 3,902 Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 I genuinely don't believe that a side consisting solely of those young players would have won promotion last year. They would have got battered from pillar to post and many are simply not very good. Hemmings didn't start many games but that was mostly down to him having awful injuries. Said it before, it would have been nuts to offer him a new dealEntitled to have your own opinion, but I think the evidence shows they'd of been fine.Gallagher has played over 50 games in the lower leagues, for clubs such as Forfar, Cowdenbeath and Airdrie. Granted not of a high standard, but he'd of been solid at the level we're currently at. Certainly wouldn't of struggled last seasonLittle scored consistently at SPL level. In fact in our last year in the top flight, he was averaging a goal every other game. Might not be the best all round player, but he'd of been getting 20 goals a season in all of the lower leagues, when being played as a striker. I see little evidence to disprove thisClark scored 40 goals for a side in this division last year. Was a good signing by our management, but he's hardly going to go on a great run for us when management refuse to play him for 90minutes consistently. Has still got a goal record of over a goal every 2 games for us.Hemmings, currently top scorer in a division above us. Had he played 30+ league games in both this and the previous season, I don't doubt he'd of comfortably got 15+ goals (already has 12 at Cowdenbeath, who are pish by the way. So can't see how he'd fail to get more in a better side)Gasparotto looked solid whenever played. I rarely saw him struggle in any matches which he featured in, so struggle to see how he'd get "battered from pillar to post" in the current season. The same goes for Mitchell and McAusland.Combine the above with Jig, Wallace, Templeton, and various other players in our reserves/youth teams, who I can't be bothered to list as fully as the above, and we'd of walked this season. And the previous, and the next one for that matter. It wouldn't of been by 20-30point margins, but we'd of done it all the same. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogzy 31,195 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 fucking hell.Kane hemmings had his chance, and failed to set the heather alight ever, in a Rangers shirt, he has found his level of club ( and by that i mean the expectation level of the club)Wasn't strong enough in the mind to play for us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogzy 31,195 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Hemmings never have flourished in our horrific style of football or our negative "tactics".Alvaro Negrado would struggle to score for us.Jon Daly has managed 18 goals for us. if he better than negrado? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
legalbeagle 3,734 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 The thing that we really miss with talking about these players is us. Rangers fans are a nightmare for kids to play in front of. We don't tolerate mistakes, we demand consistency. Look at Ross, Adam, Moore, more recently, Cole, Naismith, Hutton, Perry, Hegarty... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFC55 109,739 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 The thing that we really miss with talking about these players is us. Rangers fans are a nightmare for kids to play in front of. We don't tolerate mistakes, we demand consistency. Look at Ross, Adam, Moore, more recently, Cole, Naismith, Hutton, Perry, Hegarty...I didn't and still don't think Adam is great but he's probably took the most abuse of a youngster I've ever heard other than Maurice Ross Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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