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5 minutes ago, AmericanFan said:
But do you really want to hold on to a player who doesn't want to be there and might be a cancer in the locker room? There's a difference between having a goal to play in a top-5 league and disliking where you're at. Plus, didn't the club just spend a few million new pounds for a couple new forwards?
I'm strictly looking at this from a business standpoint. And I disagree on the leverage. What's your counter to suitors? "Nah, it's not enough money, we'll hold onto a player that our manager stated publicly was so bad in practice we didn't play him and it's now publicly out there he might be a bad teammate?"
Maybe Rangers will prove me wrong and get more than the alleged 16-18 million reported in the media offered a few weeks ago, but I'm having a hard time seeing it at the moment.
Ross Wilson was the Southampton Director of Football when Virgil van Dijk pushed like f*ck to get to Liverpool in August 17, despite Liverpool not meeting Southamptons valuation. van Dijk went as far as handing in a transfer request and refusing to play or train.
Guess what? Southampton held on to him, bridges were repaired, he played the very first game after the window closed and he got his move six months later for the money that Southampton wanted.
It's really important not to put very much stock into media transfer stories. Transfer fees are ultimately decided by fundamentals - player ability, length of player contract, the financial position of both clubs and recruitment needs of both clubs. All of those remain in Rangers favour.
Morelos appears to be well liked among the squad, there's no suggestion at all that his team mates are upset with him.
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If Accies still have that horseshoe stuck up their arse, then I honestly can't tell. I think St Mirren and Livi are probably good enough to avoid the drop. Haven't seen as much of County but they've started well and have some fairly decent players.
If Motherwell don't sort themselves out soon, they could find themselves "doing a Hearts"
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3 minutes ago, AmericanFan said:
Rangers has no bargaining position now. That was the point of my original post. Due to the events over the past week, everyone can now see either Morelos wants out or that there are issues between him and the manager with the club wanting him gone. Therefore if you're making a bid for him, you'll certainly make it way lower than you originally would have because it's apparent he's likely going to be sold.
Rangers have Morelos under contract for another three years. They're in a comfortable financial position with ST money having just come in off the back of two very good European runs, with any losses covered by loans converted to equity by the board. They have all the leverage on this. Everyone knew Morelos wanted out, that has not changed - he's never hid his desire to play in a top five league. And I seriously doubt there are any major issues between Morelos and Gerrard that couldn't be repaired if both sides wanted to - Gerrard has managed him for over two years now.
Players values depreciate when they come within the last two years of their contract, hence why Celtic will be desperate to extend Edouard. If they don't, then they'll have to sell him soon or take the hit on his valuation and sell him at a discount, like they did with Armstrong.
As usual, folk have absolutely lost the run of themselves around something concerning Alfredo Morelos and Rangers. This is how these transfers always end - those of us who remember Dembele to Lyon will recall it ended in much the same way as this.
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5 minutes ago, AJF said:
I love how creative Celtic fans get when they make up stories like this.
It’s almost as good as the story that came out after the last Celtic v Rangers match where Celtic fans claimed Christie had to get a testicle surgically removed after Morelos assaulted him after the game
Maybe what happened is Morelos got so raging after being dropped for Saturday that he went and booted Christie's other baw into orbit?
If it ever collides with Tom Rogic's penalty, we'll know for sure.
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6 minutes ago, wastecoatwilly said:
I agree, El buffalo must stay open.
can someone come and collect their da
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Just now, wastecoatwilly said:
It would be a surprise if he did stay given what Slippy G has said, watching him trying to score against Celtic has been hilarious.
Slippy G, sensational bit of patter that
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Just now, wastecoatwilly said:
It's good to see rangers fans searching the internet looking for a bid that didn't exist.
With all due respect, nobody on this forum will have the slightest idea about the transfer business of either Celtic or Rangers.
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I love that all the non-Rangers folk on this thread are either Celtic fans or Sevcoites who support a team but have a signature completely about Rangers. It's class, exactly how you'd imagine it.
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52 minutes ago, HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows said:
Snake mountain ffs. Castle Greyskull was the good guys.
Not according to my source in the Square Mile
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8 hours ago, Szamo's_Ammo said:
Try multiplying that by 2 then adding a bit.
According to my sources.
lmao
my sources are telling me that not only are Helsinki due a cut of the Morelos fee, but they’re also due a cut of any future fee for Joe Aribo as a result of sevco defaulting on transfer fee instalments. Helsinki took this in return, according to my chap in the Square Mile. This was the source of much angst during a recent conclave at Castle Greyskull.
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St Johnstone will be furious with that. Robbed of three points by Beaton there.
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Shaugnessy was a red for me. Think he loses control of himself and the tackle becomes dangerous.
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38 minutes ago, rainbowrising said:
The guy committed foul after foul for 90 minutes and was close to getting Edouard carried off whilst the ref did feck all, so he was hounded when the winner went in. Happens in games. As for your newly promoted, punching down stuff, dry your eyes mate.
Watched the entire game and I don’t remember any real reason for Connolly to be sent off tbh.
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Just now, Savage Henry said:
I wouldn’t necessarily disagree with that, but it’s not hard to see why it was given. Bewildering is stretching a point.
Well it is quite hard to see why it was given tbh. Even harder to see why it’s a yellow.
Some refs have come out of the BCD period showing that they’re actually good, they just get affected by the crowd. Others, like Clancy, have shown they’re just bad.
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I don’t see how you can come to any conclusion over this when the transfer window is still open.
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2 minutes ago, Savage Henry said:
I’m pretty certain the Kilmarnock player didn’t take the Rangers player out like the poster claims there. Maybe a bit harsh, but it’s quite clearly a foul by the striker.,
It’s not really a foul by anyone, it’s a coming together. Happens a dozen times in every game.
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8 hours ago, Grangemouth Bairn said:
You’ll drop points because Killie are very organised and Aribo is injured and Gerrard has no plan B and no other creative players.
You’ll drop points because you spent c.£6m on 2 new strikers meaning you have 4 when you persevere in playing with 1 unfit, uninterested, huffy striker.
I agree that this will finish a draw but show Killie a bit of respect and don’t divert blame to the ref mate.
Class
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Excellent second half. Moving Itten into the middle made all the difference.
Brandon Barker going to be Scottish POTY? Not for me to say, but yes.
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Fair play to Livingston btw. We've only won 2 league games at the Tony Macaroni since they came up, Celtic haven't won any. They've a tactic for playing the OF that really works and it's one that I'm sure other teams have looked at implementing.
It might not always be great to watch, but Martindale won't give a f*ck about that.
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3 minutes ago, Bohemian said:
Words are hard
They are!
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4 minutes ago, Romeo said:
"not always good with words"...or facts....or maths...
Well to be fair, the maths was impeccable.
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6 minutes ago, Bairnardo said:
Thats not what matching means bro
Ah well. You take my point anyway, it is the maximum that our rivals could reach. I accept I'm not always good with words.
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Just now, Bairnardo said:1 minute ago, G51 said:Tough game at a place that always makes it difficult for the OF today.
Still plenty to be positive about. 10 points from the opening 12 is a total Celtic can only dream of matching, and it's a bogey fixture out the way.
Defence still looks very solid, and clean sheets are incredibly valuable in a league campaign.
First time in two years we haven't scored away from home.
Perspective very much required from some folk who have lost the run of themselves.In what way is it a total Celtoc can only dream of matching?
Well it would be impossible for them to beat it, no?
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Tough game at a place that always makes it difficult for the OF today.
Still plenty to be positive about. 10 points from the opening 12 is a total Celtic can only dream of matching, and it's a bogey fixture out the way.
Defence still looks very solid, and clean sheets are incredibly valuable in a league campaign.
First time in two years we haven't scored away from home.
Perspective very much required from some folk who have lost the run of themselves.
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