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Tbh Mullen or Rudden make perfect sense. They're not our #9 but can sit on our bench and come on when KVV is injured/suspended/booked.

Rudden would be my preference as I'd swear Mullen has only ever scored in the first and last months of the season (don't fact check this).

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33 minutes ago, thisGRAEME said:

Tbh Mullen or Rudden make perfect sense. They're not our #9 but can sit on our bench and come on when KVV is injured/suspended/booked.

Aye. We're in the market for someone in budget, who's going to be happy to sign up and be parked on our bench which narrows our options from the jump.

If we're talking OOC SPFL players it's a limited market.

14 minutes ago, crazylegsjoe_mfc said:

Yes please. Sold.

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22 minutes ago, well fan for life said:

Not sure why he'd want to join us but I'd definitely be interested. 

I mean, aye I'm sceptical.

He's not going to get rich(er) with us and you'd think he'll have plenty other options but to be objective...we've just seen 3 midfielders leave as of Friday so there's a space in the team for him, he'd play regularly, he's precisely the type of player we need (experienced and can control a game) and with Lasley having left for St Mirren there's a vacancy on the coaching staff opened up.

Although in fairness I'd imagine plenty of other clubs will be able to make a similar pitch. It's really a case of what he wants tbh.

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I don't get the Rudden chat. Didn't he already sign for Dundee?


As for Davis, said when chatting to mates earlier, I'd pass. Ye he's class and he's defo an improvement on what we have but I am always wary of old guys stepping down. Think Brian McClair scarred me.

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1 minute ago, Busta Nut said:

I don't get the Rudden chat. Didn't he already sign for Dundee?

I think the suggestion is that he may have a similar get out clause in his deal as Lamie. He's only at Dundee on loan just now.

Dundee actually announced his PCA though.

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We are delighted to announce the signing of Zak Rudden on loan from Partick Thistle for the remainder of the 2021/22 season.

Zak has already agreed to a pre-contract and will sign a permanent deal with the club until 2025 when his contract at Firhill expires in the summer.

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From a Rangers fans perspective, you'd be gaining a player with undoubted quality. A master at reading a game and being able to break up play and also get the team on the front foot with penetrative passes. He's not really a goal threat these days but contributes well in building attacks.

With that being said... I was very critical of him at the start of the season. His form wasn't where it needed to be, however that could've been said for much of the team. He was then out the team for quite a bit but since coming back in has contributed well.

It doesn't look obvious that he has lost too much in terms of fitness as he gets older, but having only played in 31 of our games this season that may be an indicator that he is beginning to decline.

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14 minutes ago, AJF said:

From a Rangers fans perspective, you'd be gaining a player with undoubted quality. A master at reading a game and being able to break up play and also get the team on the front foot with penetrative passes. He's not really a goal threat these days but contributes well in building attacks.

With that being said... I was very critical of him at the start of the season. His form wasn't where it needed to be, however that could've been said for much of the team. He was then out the team for quite a bit but since coming back in has contributed well.

It doesn't look obvious that he has lost too much in terms of fitness as he gets older, but having only played in 31 of our games this season that may be an indicator that he is beginning to decline.

How's his neck muscles? He'll need them for watching the ball getting cannoned directly over his head for 90 minutes every week. 

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Our player budget last season was above what we would normally be comfortable with. That includes paying £30-50k for Tierney. Still seen asa coup as many clubs we’re interested.

So this season it will be less. How much less I am not sure. But I would have to imagine that would rule us out of making an attractive offer for Steve Davis. You never know but would he be prepared to go from £20k per week to £2k per week. Depended on what else is out there, but I would assume a Championship or League 1 club in England would blow us and St Mirren out of the water so to speak. 

To me Rudden would be no better nor worse than Shields. Both fit and fast. Would we not look for something a little different ? That said we were supposedly in for him when he opted for Dundee. 

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