Been saying since the start of the season that this can't be done on the cheap and without substantial funding Gerrard has no chance of success
The elephant in the room is where are we getting the money from to buy better players and challenge.
As I have said before, it is the responsibility of the Rangers Board to properly fund the Rangers manager to put a title winning team on the pitch.
There are no cheap or easy options; loan signings, unearthing gems and budget buys ain't cutting it
I agree with that.
I think we’re in a position financially that we’ve been forced to adopt a more frugal approach whereby we look to unearth a few gems like Morelos and Tavernier while utilising the loan market effectively and developing our own players. We can then add the odd player around the £2-3m mark to bring the squad up to a higher level.
In theory this looks like a sound strategy, but in reality it doesn’t always work as well as we’d like.
Kent aside, our other loans have been poor to middling while the bigger money signings - Murphy, Grezda, Barisic, Lafferty, etc - have had limited success for one reason or another.
If we continue with this approach, and for what it’s worth I think we will because we don’t really have any other option (I don’t think we’ll see any greater net spend this summer, firstly because the money isn’t there to substantially elevate our transfer budget, and secondly because we have a blueprint that I think we’ll stick to) then chances are we’ll meet with a similar degree of success.
In terms of value for money therefore, so far I think it’s been a bit of a mixed bag.
McGregor, Goldson and Arfield have definitely improved the overall quality of the squad, but other permanent signings haven’t really delivered yet.
We’re in a position therefore where we’re probably looking for a better return on our investments this summer, both permanent and on loan.
