Only thing I wouldn't agree with is Aribo. He was our best player by a stretch in the first half of last season and then played a huge part in the Euro run when we had no fit strikers. I don't think we'd have got anywhere close to Bassey level fees for him if we'd sold him a year earlier and maybe only £1m or £2m more in Jan at best.
Agreed and counts towards HG
Tbh hes not my favourite player and hes never been a first choice but hes played his part and done a job, hes an off the bench player for me, comes on makes an impact but when he starts games he seems to go missing, scottish semi he came on amd was good, same with the final, played his part in the euro run to.
Pretty good post, some players/parts I disagree with though. You’re first part I agree with, and the only failure that cost real money was Itten - who we got more than half back for.
I like this it's very well set out may not agree with all the players but that's just my opinion.
If it's a choice between cashing in or keeping your best players for a tilt at CL and retaining league then I know what I chose.
In terms of fee and wage for a squad player he is perfectly acceptable
Yes we took a chance we could sort out his fitness issues.
What seems to be totally missing from the discussion about whether Aribo should have been sold in 21 after 55 or retained until he was sold in 22 is that Gerrard is pretty well universally credited with demanding that everyone be retained after 55. Whether there were even any offers to buy him or others after 55 is moot given Gerrard got his way. Similarly any discussion of whether he should have been sold then is also moot.
He also had a min release clause in his contract which meant there was never a way to get more for him.
Don't agree with all of this but very possibly the most fact based, and balanced view I have read on Wilson.
Hagi was scoring or assisting almost every other week for 18 months before his injury, playing a part in winning the league, along with European success due to his pivotal goals and assists.
Did anyone expect anything better? Hes done a job on minimal wages. Should hardly be put in the same miss bracket as a lot of that pile of junk.
I totally agree.
How many minutes has Lawrence played for us?Jury’s out on Tom Lawrence.
In the same boat as Souttar and Matondo.
Ok
Sands a hit? Right then
Wilson signed him permanently, to be fair.
How is it? He's had 4 big transfer windows and they have as whole been utterly woeful. (ill let him off with covid times). There seems absolutely zero plan in regard to the players we bring to the club.
It depends what we gather from his role. By placing emphasis on his four transfer windows you are obviously orientating solely on his role regarding transfers; is that fair though, in the appraisal of him overall?
Not just transfers but you would have to classify the appointing of Gio his big call and ultimately that has ended in failure too. We have not improved one bit in terms of player recruitment since he came to the club and his only managerial appointment was a failure. Is there a lot he's actually got correct yet?
Wilson has also made us far more professional when dealing with media/transfers.
This takes me back to my original point, I'm willing to be wrong, but I think it's too early to judge his performance; very few us, myself included, appear to fully appreciate the enormity of his role.
I don’t know one rangers fan who wasn’t in favour appointing gio.
Plenty on here thought Souttar was a decent risk free signing, with no fee involved.
3 years in with no sign of any improvements? Not for me but I'm rather impatient.
It's not for the support to decide though and we don't appoint a manager because the fans what them or will slag Ross Wilson. We appoint to build on the success of the previous manager and we appointed the wrong guy ultimately.
Right now I can't argue on the behalf of Ross Wilson, not on the back of our CL and domestic form, and in that sense this encompasses my original point. When we criticise him, we are inclined to do so from a narrow perspective.
If you can point out any examples of what he's done as a positive I may tend to agree but so far there's nothing for me.
Bassey and Colak
Then barely played either of them.
I'm not coming at it from this necessarily as a fan of Wilson, I just think we can't rush to judgement about him just yet.
No bother mate. Respect your view regardless.
Hes had more of an impact that I expect. So for that reason he gets a pass mark. You could hardly say a nominal fee random from sheep country had us all having massive expectations.
What actually is his role?
If Arsene Wenger had trouble defining the role of DOF, what hope do I have?
Ultimately he is a wage thief.
And if Beale proves to be a good manager he will have changed your mind.
