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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2023 9:41:16 GMT
Exactly. If he wants an easy life, which he obviously does, he's not the sort we need around the club with that attitude. We need and must get better than him. May be he’s got the best line of sight of our prospects under this management and chose an alternative after all he’s not on his own in making that decision Enlighten us, who else has made that decision. As far as I'm aware other than the rumour that Pearson isn't interested in a permanent move I'm not aware of any others.
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Post by gcamoutsideboot on May 14, 2023 10:20:44 GMT
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Post by independent on May 15, 2023 9:53:29 GMT
I'm sure he will play every week, after all he is versatile. I am just glad that we didn't offer him a 4 year contract. The next few weeks are going to be boring, with only outrageous speculation to entertain us. eg. AN (who knows everything about football) is set to replace Pep who is retiring after winning the treble. Over to you,Top that.
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Post by nottsover60 on May 15, 2023 10:02:03 GMT
I'm sure he will play every week, after all he is versatile. I am just glad that we didn't offer him a 4 year contract. The next few weeks are going to be boring, with only outrageous speculation to entertain us. eg. AN (who knows everything about football) is set to replace Pep who is retiring after winning the treble. Over to you,Top that. He was obviously keen to join Beale who had worked with him at Chelsea and presumably who he trusts to give him playing time at Rangers. It wasn't as if we didn't try but as Brighton say every player has a value, you decide what that value is for your club, whether purchasing or selling and if it doesn't match the demands of the player or other club you move on.
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Post by independent on May 15, 2023 10:10:03 GMT
I'm sure he will play every week, after all he is versatile. I am just glad that we didn't offer him a 4 year contract. The next few weeks are going to be boring, with only outrageous speculation to entertain us. eg. AN (who knows everything about football) is set to replace Pep who is retiring after winning the treble. Over to you,Top that. He was obviously keen to join Beale who had worked with him at Chelsea and presumably who he trusts to give him playing time at Rangers. It wasn't as if we didn't try but as Brighton say every player has a value, you decide what that value is for your club, whether purchasing or selling and if it doesn't match the demands of the player or other club you move on. So true. I actually take it as a good sign, then again he may have been going to Rangers no matter what we offered him. I just hope that we didn't offer him a 4 year contract.
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Post by dirtclod on May 16, 2023 3:28:49 GMT
I'm sure he will play every week, after all he is versatile. I am just glad that we didn't offer him a 4 year contract. The next few weeks are going to be boring, with only outrageous speculation to entertain us. eg. AN (who knows everything about football) is set to replace Pep who is retiring after winning the treble. Over to you,Top that. But hold on, AN ends up swooped by Nathan Jones who replaces Pep in an 11th hour, ....monkey-dust infused "deal" initiated at a Citeh annual office-party by junior associates playing around with a fax machine.
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Post by somersetstokie on May 16, 2023 10:03:29 GMT
The depressing and even most worrying thing about Sterling going to Rangers, is that he seemed to have an almost universal approval rating amongst Stoke fans and was probably thought to be the most likely of our various loan players to sign with us permanently. The fact that he has chosen to go elsewhere, for whatever reason, doesn't bode well for our Summer recruitment plans.
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on May 16, 2023 10:15:52 GMT
The depressing and even most worrying thing about Sterling going to Rangers, is that he seemed to have an almost universal approval rating amongst Stoke fans and was probably thought to be the most likely of our various loan players to sign with us permanently. The fact that he has chosen to go elsewhere, for whatever reason, doesn't bode well for our Summer recruitment plans. It's neither here nor there in terms of our summer recruitment plans.
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Post by iglugluk on May 16, 2023 10:29:57 GMT
The depressing and even most worrying thing about Sterling going to Rangers, is that he seemed to have an almost universal approval rating amongst Stoke fans and was probably thought to be the most likely of our various loan players to sign with us permanently. The fact that he has chosen to go elsewhere, for whatever reason, doesn't bode well for our Summer recruitment plans. There was never anything from the player, himself, that indicated he was seriously thinking about making the move permanent as far as I'm aware.. sure Laurent sent that message but nothing from him and the only other info was apparently his friends laughing at the idea. I thought it seemed unlikely tbh as we don't offer much of a draw nowadays to players from big clubs. Gotta hope the new management team are prepared to be flexible and innovative, rather narrowly focused over this summer.
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Post by knype on May 16, 2023 10:31:59 GMT
The depressing and even most worrying thing about Sterling going to Rangers, is that he seemed to have an almost universal approval rating amongst Stoke fans and was probably thought to be the most likely of our various loan players to sign with us permanently. The fact that he has chosen to go elsewhere, for whatever reason, doesn't bode well for our Summer recruitment plans. Why?
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Post by somersetstokie on May 16, 2023 11:18:09 GMT
1.The player had performed well for Stoke and seemed to have settled into the team. 2. He had a good pedigree from a big club, but was not being touted around for unrealistic transfer fees. 3. Stoke were in a strong position, being able to talk to the player on a daily basis about any issues. 4. Competition for his signature seemed to be muted, with Rangers the only club mentioned in gossip links, so not fighting with several other clubs to acquire him. 5. It all seemed to happen very quickly and quietly at the end. Did we not want to keep the player, and if not why did we persist in playing him rather than trying other options? 6. If we could not keep/attract a modest target in Sterling, we are not likely to offer an attractive destination for other transfer prospects.
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on May 16, 2023 11:22:06 GMT
1.The player had performed well for Stoke and seemed to have settled into the team. 2. He had a good pedigree from a big club, but was not being touted around for unrealistic transfer fees. 3. Stoke were in a strong position, being able to talk to the player on a daily basis about any issues. 4. Competition for his signature seemed to be muted, with Rangers the only club mentioned in gossip links, so not fighting with several other clubs to acquire him. 5. It all seemed to happen very quickly and quietly at the end. Did we not want to keep the player, and if not why did we persist in playing him rather than trying othger options? 6. If we could not keep/attract a modest target in Sterling, we are not likely to offer an attractive destination for other transfer prospects. 1. That doesn't necessarily mean he's more likely to sign. 2. Well no, he was out of contract? 3. That doesn't necessarily mean he's more likely to sign if he thinks he can do better. 4. We don't know that plus Rangers would have a certain pull regardless of who else was in for him 5. I'd imagine we did want to keep the player but he kept his options open, which is his right. 6. The player himself didn't consider himself 'a modest target' and it's apples/oranges in terms of our other targets.
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Post by moon on May 16, 2023 11:29:57 GMT
No great loss to be honest, he did a job in a few positions but I was expecting him to be better
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Post by pottersrule on May 16, 2023 13:07:37 GMT
1.The player had performed well for Stoke and seemed to have settled into the team. 2. He had a good pedigree from a big club, but was not being touted around for unrealistic transfer fees. 3. Stoke were in a strong position, being able to talk to the player on a daily basis about any issues. 4. Competition for his signature seemed to be muted, with Rangers the only club mentioned in gossip links, so not fighting with several other clubs to acquire him. 5. It all seemed to happen very quickly and quietly at the end. Did we not want to keep the player, and if not why did we persist in playing him rather than trying other options? 6. If we could not keep/attract a modest target in Sterling, we are not likely to offer an attractive destination for other transfer prospects. Was told a couple of months ago he was after more than we could afford or wanted to pay.He has landed himself a four year deal on probably the wage he wanted and a chance to play in Europe.A no brainer isn't it?
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Post by riproaringagain on May 16, 2023 13:34:57 GMT
1.The player had performed well for Stoke and seemed to have settled into the team. 2. He had a good pedigree from a big club, but was not being touted around for unrealistic transfer fees. 3. Stoke were in a strong position, being able to talk to the player on a daily basis about any issues. 4. Competition for his signature seemed to be muted, with Rangers the only club mentioned in gossip links, so not fighting with several other clubs to acquire him. 5. It all seemed to happen very quickly and quietly at the end. Did we not want to keep the player, and if not why did we persist in playing him rather than trying other options? 6. If we could not keep/attract a modest target in Sterling, we are not likely to offer an attractive destination for other transfer prospects. Was told a couple of months ago he was after more than we could afford or wanted to pay.He has landed himself a four year deal on probably the wage he wanted and a chance to play in Europe.A no brainer isn't it? I doubt very much Rangers pay any more than decent championship wages there’s no money at all in the Euro Disney Scottish premier
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Post by Northy on May 16, 2023 15:10:33 GMT
Was told a couple of months ago he was after more than we could afford or wanted to pay.He has landed himself a four year deal on probably the wage he wanted and a chance to play in Europe.A no brainer isn't it? I doubt very much Rangers pay any more than decent championship wages there’s no money at all in the Euro Disney Scottish premier Give over, are you dissing Europe's most exciting and passionate league. according to SPFL CEO Neil Doncaster www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63047106
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Post by mtrstudent on May 16, 2023 15:20:39 GMT
No great loss to be honest, he did a job in a few positions but I was expecting him to be better I really liked him. Was less creative than Hoever but decent going forward along with looking really solid defensively. Seemed right at the upper end of what we could hope for in a championship FB. Good luck to the lad, he put in some decent shifts for us.
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Post by thevoid on May 16, 2023 15:22:46 GMT
I doubt very much Rangers pay any more than decent championship wages there’s no money at all in the Euro Disney Scottish premier Give over, are you dissing Europe's most exciting and passionate league. according to SPFL CEO Neil Doncaster www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63047106Aberdeen, currently 3rd and 31 points behind Rangers 😃 Yeah, there's a real clamour to watch Livingston v St Mirren in front of three men and a dog
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Post by somersetstokie on May 17, 2023 19:51:35 GMT
There was a dog, but he died of boredom towards the end of the season.
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