Borna Barisic

[rangersross 6,530]

It would be good to make a bit of money on him but it would leave us very light at LB. He’s been one of our better performers so far and I haven’t seen nearly enough from Yidvan to put that much faith in him (let alone his injury record). If we end up with 3-4 months of Sterling starting at LB, the league is over. 

[GA1972 9,658]

3 hours ago, Jamie0202 said:

There are also plenty of high pressure games where that hasn't happened which include games where he is playing well and games where he is playing poorly. He has also started 17 OF games. 

I'm not saying what you and Jim are suggesting is definitely not true but it's a very strong accusation against the player based on no more info than a hunch. It would be different if there was leaked info from inside the club or a club doctor suggesting he really was fit to start last Sunday. Even a WhatsApp message would add weight to it 😂

I do get it’s pretty mad to be accusing a player of essentially shitting out of playing in some big games while he does play others but it happens too often for me. You never see him barely being able to walk off or stretchered off, always seems to stroll off the pitch and be fine shortly after. Maybe it’s an unfair accusation levelled at him because he comes across as a bit of a mouse on the pitch, we’ll never know for sure 

I do get the feeling from him that there are some days he just really doesn’t fancy it rather than it being down to how his performances are. Like you said he’s had some awful performances where he hasn’t taken an easy out but I think if he’s having one of those days he doesn’t fancy it and it’s not going well that’s when he looks for an out. He’s totally bipolar in that his best and worst performances have all come in big games

What I will say is when he does take one of these knocks he’s very quick to ask for a sub when you see most players trying to soldier on or get treatment. I think we all know he would’ve been in the 5 penalty takers for the EL final and he went down not long before the shootout. On that one in particular you’d be hard pressed to convince me that it wasn’t because he just didn’t fancy that pressure. 
 

After some thought I’m torn on him leaving now,I’m not keen on him, wanted him gone for a while and definitely don’t think he’s the kind of character we need in the squad. I’d almost want him gone just so we’re forced to replace him and don’t have the option of extending his stay beyond the summer. However leaving us with a never fit Ridvan with Sterling backing him up is less than ideal. Sterling looked okay last Sunday but before that was absolutely dreadful against PSV 

[Blues Brother 1,115]

Does he need a lift to the airport? 

[BlueKnight87 17,316]

Not going to be sad to see Barasic go.

The only issue now is it leaves us with Ridvan and Sterling at LB until January.

[esquire8 43,002]

5 minutes ago, BlueKnight87 said:

Not going to be sad to see Barasic go.

The only issue now is it leaves us with Ridvan and Sterling at LB until January.

Rather see Devine at left back than Sterling again. At least he tries to use his left foot.

[NeoGeo7 10,560]

Another colossal fuck up.

Last year of his contract so he should have been sold this summer, we don’t sell him, Ridvan gets injured (again) then we look to sell him leaving us with the prospect of Sterling, Devine, Yfeko or Fraser as our first choice wing back.

I actually think Devine did really well in that position last year during the World Cup but for some reason in this instance Beale wants to stand by one of his signings in playing sterling, but we should never find ourselves in these positions if we had people at the club that prioritise mid to long term strategies for the playing staff. It proves it wasn’t just Wilson that was completely incompetent in this department

[Tiger Shaw 30,639]

9 hours ago, GA1972 said:

You cant deny that he has a real track record of going down in pressure games and walking off the pitch only to be fit again the following week 

I gave him the benefit of the doubt at first in the PSV game but was a similar incident, he’s out for the scum game but now he’s made a miraculous recovery to play for Croatia 

Has he even played a match for Croatia this international break or is he just away with the squad and will be assessed by their doctors?

[MacBoyd 5,494]

The riddler at left back till Jan, Jesus.

[Bears r us 30,826]

Is he being sold or is it just paper talk? I believe their window closes tomorrow. 

[Johnnyem 238]

He won't be missed to be honest. He has been a bit of an enigma and has had some really good playing spells, but annoyingly just as many bad ones as well, we can do better.

[Jimfanciesthedude 24,609]

On 07/09/2023 at 18:43, Tiger Shaw said:

Has he even played a match for Croatia this international break or is he just away with the squad and will be assessed by their doctors?

Came on and got an assist tonight, 

Must have had a spare spine for him in the kitbag cause he left his in holland last week

[KeyserSoze 14,603]

I take it he’s staying then 

🙄

[Albertz85 944]

On 09/09/2023 at 00:44, Jimbeamjunior said:

Came on and got an assist tonight, 

Must have had a spare spine for him in the kitbag cause he left his in holland last week

Started tonight also

[MayboleLoyal_atb 3,731]

 

[BlueSuedeSambas 53,944]

On 07/09/2023 at 19:50, Johnnyem said:

He won't be missed to be honest. He has been a bit of an enigma and has had some really good playing spells, but annoyingly just as many bad ones as well, we can do better.

Yes he would. Would leave us with Sterling, who’s not a natural left back, and Ridvan, who doesn’t seem to be rated by the management team and is unable to stay fit. If Borna went now we would have a massive hole at left back in the short term.

[The Specky Forum Organiser 65,095]

He should have been replaced last year but he hasn't been and Yilmaz clearly isn't going to make it here so he would be missed, that says more about the shape of the squad than him though.

[esquire8 43,002]

18 minutes ago, MayboleLoyal_atb said:

 

Should be a banning offence posting his tweets.

[ayro 3,024]

Just now, esquire8 said:

Should be a banning offence posting his tweets.

Was just going to ask if he was actually ITK or just some bell end with a twitter account.

[BlueSuedeSambas 53,944]

2 hours ago, MayboleLoyal_atb said:

 

I would take anything he says with a pinch of salt, but if this is true then what are we playing at? 

We’ve already got two defenders, who are into their 30’s at the club on long term, expensive deals. Why are we looking to hand out another new deal to another defender who will be 31 when this season ends? 

That’s before you even mention how many flop performances and collapses three of those four defenders have been part of over the past five years.

Should be looking to transition away from all three of them, and yet here we are allegedly giving another one of them a new deal and persisting with a dads army aged defence, which has been exposed a number of times this season already. 

[Jimfanciesthedude 24,609]

11 minutes ago, BlueSuedeSambas said:

Yes he would. Would leave us with Sterling, who’s not a natural left back, and Ridvan, who doesn’t seem to be rated by the management team and is unable to stay fit. If Borna went now we would have a massive hole at left back in the short term.

Issue we have is that its a management team who absolutely none of us trust anymore, they perhaps rate barisic over yilmaz, but do we trust them given how fucking shite our season has been

[The Specky Forum Organiser 65,095]

6 minutes ago, esquire8 said:

Should be a banning offence posting his tweets.

Least self aware post of all time.

[Ivybank 4,595]

25 minutes ago, MayboleLoyal_atb said:

 

When you think things couldn’t get any worse, more years of him taking the ball near the half way line stopping passing the ball back  the 20 yards he’s just came to the ch 🤦‍♂️🤮🫣

[RossS1873 1,670]

The year is 2112. Rangers are about to take on a Mars XI to celebrate their 250th anniversary. The back 4 will be Taverneir Goldson Balogun and Barisic 

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[Colin Traive 22,876]

The only possible justification for this is to be able to sell him next summer (with a year left of the new contract) as opposed to yet another walking away for bugger all.