Welcome to Rangers, Philippe Clement!

[SkylineBlue 23,570]

1 minute ago, Broxi said:

Not going to criticise Phil for losing one game with a front 3 of McCausland Dessers and Sterling

Imagine back in the August rebuild we'd be here with that as a front 3. Absolutely criminal. And it was half addressed and we just got very unlucky with injuries but overall he's still clawed back 6 points on them if they win today. 

Doing a cracking job and whether we win this season or not I'm excited for next

My worry us that without winning the league and knowing we have Champions League money, we won't have much to invest in the squad. On the flip side, if that mob win the league I think they'll back Rodgers heavily.

[MacBoyd 5,495]

1 minute ago, SkylineBlue said:

My worry us that without winning the league and knowing we have Champions League money, we won't have much to invest in the squad. On the flip side, if that mob win the league I think they'll back Rodgers heavily.

No point worrying about that till it happens. I seen scum fans saying the opposite this time last week

[JackAlex93 11,373]

Gaffer has worked wonders with the players at his disposal and the injuries we've got. Things would be so different with a fully fit squad.

[Darth Bear 15,112]

As he said when he first came in it's a marathon not a sprint. Plenty of time yet to win the league. 

[fourfourtwo 1,982]

Keep up the good work.

[McEwan's Lager 30,624]

On 02/03/2024 at 17:45, STEPPS BOY said:

I’d love to know if the striker thing in January was a budget issue or if the manager thought Silva was that player we needed.

The right forward position just continues to baffle me.

Allegedly Clement said at the Souness night that the transfer budget in January was £0, and we had to be creative with our signings.

I wasn’t there so can’t confirm but that’s been said on FF.

[RFC55 109,273]

Just now, McEwan's Lager said:

Allegedly Clement said at the Souness night that the transfer budget in January was £0, and we had to be creative with our signings.

I wasn’t there so can’t confirm but that’s been said on FF.

Someone posted the same on here 

[.Williamson. 82,690]

13 minutes ago, McEwan's Lager said:

Allegedly Clement said at the Souness night that the transfer budget in January was £0, and we had to be creative with our signings.

I wasn’t there so can’t confirm but that’s been said on FF.

 

12 minutes ago, RFC55 said:

Someone posted the same on here 

Ffs sack the bored

[graeme_4 34,674]

He’s done a brilliant job, but he’s made two really bad selection choices in the last two games that have seen us 1-0 at halftime both times.

Good thing is he corrects things quickly, and seems a guy to learn from his mistakes.

If we can get some forward players returning I’ve every confidence in us winning the league. If we’re going with Wright, Sterling and McCausland as wingers then even Pep wouldn’t win it. 

[SkylineBlue 23,570]

1 hour ago, McEwan's Lager said:

Allegedly Clement said at the Souness night that the transfer budget in January was £0, and we had to be creative with our signings.

I wasn’t there so can’t confirm but that’s been said on FF.

You'd have to assume that the summer budget is going to be close to the same then, since we've already spent £4m on Diomande. 

Winning this league and getting Champions League money is absolutely vital.

[Colin Traive 22,876]

Said that he was in the office on Sunday preparing for Benfica and didn’t watch the Tynecastle game but he was watching Alex (Rae) so he knew what was happening 

[esquire8 43,010]

10 minutes ago, SkylineBlue said:

You'd have to assume that the summer budget is going to be close to the same then, since we've already spent £4m on Diomande. 

Winning this league and getting Champions League money is absolutely vital.

From the accounts it's pretty clear we wouldn't have anything to spend in January. Hence why we only brought in 3 loan signings, one with obligation to buy, another an option. 

Even when we had CL money we didn't have much to spend, adding to that much more transfer money coming in. 

The board are determined to see us be self-sufficient before anything else.

[JCDBigBear 10,830]

4 minutes ago, esquire8 said:

From the accounts it's pretty clear we wouldn't have anything to spend in January. Hence why we only brought in 3 loan signings, one with obligation to buy, another an option. 

Even when we had CL money we didn't have much to spend, adding to that much more transfer money coming in. 

The board are determined to see us be self-sufficient before anything else.

We need to be self-sufficient and stop wasting money buying duds on long contracts on very high wages.

Our wage bill is shamefully high.  We have spent a lot on the stadium maintenance which was needed and spent a stupid fortune on New Ed House.

Off-loading Roofe, Davies, Wright, Lammers, Dessers etc would be a start.  Even Steve Davis retiring saves a big wage.  

[Rlm 412]

So I think we all knew as the January window dragged on we clearly as above posts say we're unable to buy anyone except on a loan basis..how much did beale spend in the summer on dessers, Danilo alone?

[STEPPS BOY 74,208]

2 hours ago, McEwan's Lager said:

Allegedly Clement said at the Souness night that the transfer budget in January was £0, and we had to be creative with our signings.

I wasn’t there so can’t confirm but that’s been said on FF.

I think the manager deserved better and obvious that Beale emptied the bank.

[6superbarry6 14,162]

Think Clement deserved to be better backed tbh, there’s a time to be pragmatic but January with huge CL money as the prize wasn’t it. 

[KingKirk 25,699]

Manager deserved better than that tbh if he wins us this league he's a miracle worker. Hopefully he gets serious backing this summer regardless of outcome. 

[graeme_4 34,674]

He’s actually a good laugh as well as a serious winner. 
 

 

[Colin Traive 22,876]

4 hours ago, McEwan's Lager said:

Allegedly Clement said at the Souness night that the transfer budget in January was £0, and we had to be creative with our signings.

I wasn’t there so can’t confirm but that’s been said on FF.

He was quite open about it. Was told at the outset he would have ‘zero to spend’ (his exact words).

[RFCRobertson 11,789]

if thats true. Then hats off to the gaffer for the work he's put in. But it's painfully clear we're a few players short from being where really need to be in terms of coverage.

 

 

[RossS1873 1,670]

Guys worked absolute miracles. The board must have hit a riddy telling him he's got no money because they blew it all for a PE teacher. Regardless of how this season pans out, he deserves backing in the summer. Beale got it on no merit at all. Clement has more than earned it

[TartanTeddy 758]

Assume with around ten players leaving in the summer (end of contract/loan deals and players clearly not in his plans) that he'll then have a bit of a budget simply based on saved wages and hopefully a few transfer fees - especially if they can get something decent back for Dessers and Lammers?

So much dead wood kicking about that ten out and maybe three or four quality players in and I think we would have a pretty strong squad

[Jakes Pal 5,628]

43 minutes ago, TartanTeddy said:

Assume with around ten players leaving in the summer (end of contract/loan deals and players clearly not in his plans) that he'll then have a bit of a budget simply based on saved wages and hopefully a few transfer fees - especially if they can get something decent back for Dessers and Lammers?

So much dead wood kicking about that ten out and maybe three or four quality players in and I think we would have a pretty strong squad

This is why it is important that despite the priority obviously being on the Title, we should still be giving it everything in the European games. This round alone will be worth several million to the Club, same again if we get through, we need to get as much cash from the Euro run this season as the Title and the CL jackpot is obviously by no means guaranteed.

[Nk89 1,289]

Surely a change in formation until wingers are back is the best option? 

Tav Yilmaz push on to give the width n have Silva Dessers central. With 3 CBs

[Colin Traive 22,876]

1 hour ago, Jakes Pal said:

This is why it is important that despite the priority obviously being on the Title, we should still be giving it everything in the European games. This round alone will be worth several million to the Club, same again if we get through, we need to get as much cash from the Euro run this season as the Title and the CL jackpot is obviously by no means guaranteed.

He mentioned last night the importance of developing more young players.

Said that some of the kids he brought through in Belgium and Monaco went on to play for Real Madrid and clubs in the Bundesliga.

Thats part of his thinking for our future.

Didn't sound like we were a stepping stone, more like a substantial long term project.

Went down very well with the assembled bears.