BlueSuedeSambas 53,789 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Koppen and Clement are probably rubbing their hands with glee at the idea of being able to offload a potential 14 players from this squad and having a blank canvas to rebuild it. AGM_72, STEPPS BOY and 6superbarry6 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBOO72 4,372 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 12 hours ago, Jimfanciesthedude said: Can we handle the potential loss of Sima, Silva, dessers, cortes, roofe, jack, balogun, barisic, wright, davies, lammers, hagi, lundstram, matondo All either OOC or undeniably not good enough or loans going back to their clubs Even if we did clear most of them, sell them etc, and save a fortune wages, would we find even 70% of that number within our transfer and wage budget to beef the squad up again We've got Mclaughlin, Barisic, Davies, Balogun, Jack, Raskin, Dowell, Matondo, Wright, and Roofe who have contributed fuck all to very little over the season. All should either leave out of contract or be sold in the summer. Add Hagi and Lammers who are clearly out of favour. And Dessers who has contributed numbers wise this season but who the vast majority of fans would happily see sold this summer and it's a huge turnover of players. But it has to be done. Drunk and disorderly., Negri's lovechild, adam2102 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,789 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 4 minutes ago, KBOO72 said: We've got Mclaughlin, Barisic, Davies, Balogun, Jack, Raskin, Dowell, Matondo, Wright, and Roofe who have contributed fuck all to very little over the season. All should either leave out of contract or be sold in the summer. Add Hagi and Lammers who are clearly out of favour. And Dessers who has contributed numbers wise this season but who the vast majority of fans would happily see sold this summer and it's a huge turnover of players. But it has to be done. The squad is bloated overpaid for the returns it provides. The sooner we can offload a whole load of players the better, even more so now that we know that we have people who at this stage at least, come across as competent working on the football side of things. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
esquire8 42,756 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 19 minutes ago, BlueSuedeSambas said: Koppen and Clement are probably rubbing their hands with glee at the idea of being able to offload a potential 14 players from this squad and having a blank canvas to rebuild it. There's going to be a clearout but I don't think there's going to be the same coming in. Squad will be trimmed and more youth players used and developed instead. The Godfather 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,789 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 19 minutes ago, esquire8 said: There's going to be a clearout but I don't think there's going to be the same coming in. Squad will be trimmed and more youth players used and developed instead. Don’t think that’s a bad thing. We have too many bit part players on the biggest contracts they will ever have. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
esquire8 42,756 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 2 minutes ago, BlueSuedeSambas said: Don’t think that’s a bad thing. We have too many bit part players on the biggest contracts they will ever have. Didn't say it was. It's what we should've been doing since being back in the top league. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Traive 22,779 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 13 hours ago, Jimfanciesthedude said: Can we handle the potential loss of Sima, Silva, dessers, cortes, roofe, jack, balogun, barisic, wright, davies, lammers, hagi, lundstram, matondo All either OOC or undeniably not good enough or loans going back to their clubs Even if we did clear most of them, sell them etc, and save a fortune wages, would we find even 70% of that number within our transfer and wage budget to beef the squad up again Wouldn’t rule out Sima and Cortes being here next season, especially if we win the league. Dowell and McLaughlin can take their seats on the bus imo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEPPS BOY 73,923 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 14 hours ago, Jimfanciesthedude said: Can we handle the potential loss of Sima, Silva, dessers, cortes, roofe, jack, balogun, barisic, wright, davies, lammers, hagi, lundstram, matondo All either OOC or undeniably not good enough or loans going back to their clubs Even if we did clear most of them, sell them etc, and save a fortune wages, would we find even 70% of that number within our transfer and wage budget to beef the squad up again The days of signing a swathe of ‘squad’ players are over under Koppen. Where possible, the back up players will be youths. The squad will be cut and average age will be brought down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeyserSoze 14,545 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Every summer we hope for a clear out of bit part players, the pish and the injury prone every summer they go nowhere. I get the feeling this summer will be different with a culling of epic proportions 🤞 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albertz85 940 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 1 hour ago, KeyserSoze said: Every summer we hope for a clear out of bit part players, the pish and the injury prone every summer they go nowhere. I get the feeling this summer will be different with a culling of epic proportions 🤞 The problem with in contract players is finding a buyer. Hagi - hopefully still enough credit to get something back Dessers - on paper stats wise im sure someone would come in Lammers - decent loan spell at utrecht Davies, Wright, matondo may be more difficult. Out of contract guys obviously no issue. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negri's lovechild 14,055 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 5 minutes ago, Albertz85 said: The problem with in contract players is finding a buyer. Hagi - hopefully still enough credit to get something back Dessers - on paper stats wise im sure someone would come in Lammers - decent loan spell at utrecht Davies, Wright, matondo may be more difficult. Out of contract guys obviously no issue. The main issue becomes income generation. From that list there, we're going to struggle to generate £10m from transfer fees. Obviously wages saved will go a long way, as a number of those players will be on decent wages. Albertz85 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger 8,662 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Mixed feelings about Barisic. The time is right for him to leave. On his game he has a wand of a left peg and was (and possibly still is) a very fine left back. but..... his Rangers career has been marred by long dips in form (or was it confidence?) and questions about his overall psyche. A player that if a good sports psychologist got a hold of in his mid/late teens, probably would have played a level higher than ourselves. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amokachi 3,010 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 1 hour ago, Albertz85 said: The problem with in contract players is finding a buyer. Hagi - hopefully still enough credit to get something back Dessers - on paper stats wise im sure someone would come in Lammers - decent loan spell at utrecht Davies, Wright, matondo may be more difficult. Out of contract guys obviously no issue. Big part of the problem is the player being very well looked in every possible sense whilst at us and the contract we asked the player to sign runs for many years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeRab 2,745 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Hard to speculate on the rebuild. So much depends on winning the title. Confident that any money we do spend won’t be on guys like Desser’s anymore. Will be a younger profile, athletic, resilient etc Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenoz 30,843 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Looks like he will have the chance to leave on a high with Ridvan's injury. Ridvan is now the better choice, but I still think Barisic can do the job in these last ten games if it turns out to be a long-term injury. Rangers_no1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albertz85 940 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 3 hours ago, Amokachi said: Big part of the problem is the player being very well looked in every possible sense whilst at us and the contract we asked the player to sign runs for many years. Yep. Big salaries are the issue for sure Amokachi 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeyserSoze 14,545 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 6 hours ago, Albertz85 said: The problem with in contract players is finding a buyer. Hagi - hopefully still enough credit to get something back Dessers - on paper stats wise im sure someone would come in Lammers - decent loan spell at utrecht Davies, Wright, matondo may be more difficult. Out of contract guys obviously no issue. Motivate them to leave is an option perhaps 🤔 Tell them to find another club, don’t let them train with the first squad. Get their agents on board Problem being they might just sit about happy to take a wage kicking about in their tracksuits and sliders telling folks “they play for Rangers” rather than be willing to play football elsewhere (which says a lot about them). I agree it’s difficult Albertz85 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belshaft 290 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 10 hours ago, BlueSuedeSambas said: Don’t think that’s a bad thing. We have too many bit part players on the biggest contracts they will ever have. I would rather have Quality than Quantity! too many players sitting on good contracts not bothered if they play or not Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunk and disorderly. 14,441 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 14 hours ago, KBOO72 said: We've got Mclaughlin, Barisic, Davies, Balogun, Jack, Raskin, Dowell, Matondo, Wright, and Roofe who have contributed fuck all to very little over the season. All should either leave out of contract or be sold in the summer. Add Hagi and Lammers who are clearly out of favour. And Dessers who has contributed numbers wise this season but who the vast majority of fans would happily see sold this summer and it's a huge turnover of players. But it has to be done. That's a long list! Some of their contracts extend beyond the summer though. That will hold us back. That aside we have lots of players out of contract and that's a tidy sum to play with. I have every confidence that big Phil will spend it wisely. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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