Noddy
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How often have you seen him play in the last two years?Wee boy going for a mans fee and Brentford fans will get a shock when they see him play. He would be our 3rd choice full back right now on either side.
How often have you seen him play in the last two years?Wee boy going for a mans fee and Brentford fans will get a shock when they see him play. He would be our 3rd choice full back right now on either side.
He's played every game for Brentford and is getting decent reviews.Amazing deal for Bologna. Hickey will be a squad player at best.
He looked good for Scotland recently tooHe's played every game for Brentford and is getting decent reviews.
Guilty. Fair play to the lad, he is definitely a player. I thought he would struggle with the physical side in the EPL but he’s handling it very well.Looks like those slating Brentford were talking Bologna!
And for this reason, is why I don’t subscribe to FFs assessment of Scottish players. Everyone is shite according to some on here.Amazing deal for Bologna. Hickey will be a squad player at best.
£17m did see it though.I have honestly never rated him and every time I watch him he still looks like a wee boy.
It goes against the grain though as so many posters on here must be part time Bologna fans due to their constant raving of him.
I just dont see it!
If we signed him directly from Hearts, I wonder how many would have said on here he’s not good enough.
More that if a player is worth a million, Scottish clubs wants three off us. Then complain we buy all their best players and at the same time cut our away allocation by pretending their fans come first.Josh Doig is doing well at Verona as well; 5 games, 2 goals and an assist.
Successful Rangers teams have always purchased players from our own league, but people on here always turn their nose up at them. There seems to be a political opinion of "don't give any money to any Scottish club, ever" also making this worse.
100%If we signed him directly from Hearts, I wonder how many would have said on here he’s not good enough.
Trouble with that is, at Rangers we absolutely have to win every game or there’s a meltdown and everyone gets dogs abuse.What it really shows is the value in taking a risk at blooding young players, even if you were to then sell them on.
Unless they play in the XI nobody will buy them and there will be no upward trajectory or subsequent sell on for bigger profits.
Rangers should really be using their development players a lot, lot more.
They may not go for £17M after a few years but they might make the club some decent money as opposed to them leaving for nowt or going for buttons with no sell on.
Particularly as a loan deal for a 'sweetener' when buying top SPFL players. Gets them premiership game time but not against us, keeps the cost of signing down and in some cases may mean the other team doesn't need to replace them.What it really shows is the value in taking a risk at blooding young players, even if you were to then sell them on.
Unless they play in the XI nobody will buy them and there will be no upward trajectory or subsequent sell on for bigger profits.
Rangers should really be using their development players a lot, lot more.
They may not go for £17M after a few years but they might make the club some decent money as opposed to them leaving for nowt or going for buttons with no sell on.
Domestic Cups are an obvs easy option as would be games at home vs the lower team.Playing development players a lot more sounds great in theory but they are all really inconsistent at that age and that results in dropped points.
Which would've been the right call tbf. He's a good player now, but at that time he wouldn't have been good enough for our starting XI. He needed that stint at Bologna to become the player he is now.If we'd have signed him when he left Hearts he'd have sat on the bench mostly no doubt.
I agree.Hickey has went on to show he’s a great player. But again it’s this snobbery on here when talking about signing Scottish players. Go look at the Lewis Ferguson thread, peoples snobbery turning him down he’s not good enough etc, have they people seen our midfield options this season?
Ferguson is an upgrade over any option we have next to lundstram currently. Davis is too old, still decent to bring on if we’re 2 nil up etc, jack is injury prone, Kamara doesn’t want to be here and should’ve been sold at the end of the window. Arfield is a good sub player. Ferguson starts for us and probably plays a lot of games.
Still remember the meltdown on here the night Sone Aluko signed, also remember the meltdown the night David Goodwillie signed for BlackburnWe seem to have this strange reluctance to sign Scottish players from other SPFL clubs or accept they might be good enough.
This is a big part of the reason most good Scottish players are down south or abroad as I feel both Celtic and (especially) us have some sort of arrogance against signing them.
It's not like Hickey, Doig, McGinn, Ramsey etc all went for huge money.
Deleted stupid post.Why do these players go for big money when ours don't.
Nonsense,teriffic young fullback,well worth the fee.Because he has proven himself in a better league. Even though he is nothing compared to Bassey.
I don’t think Ferguson is that great a player but your 100% spot in with everything you’ve posted. He’s also Scottish and would help with that quota.Hickey has went on to show he’s a great player. But again it’s this snobbery on here when talking about signing Scottish players. Go look at the Lewis Ferguson thread, peoples snobbery turning him down he’s not good enough etc, have they people seen our midfield options this season?
Ferguson is an upgrade over any option we have next to lundstram currently. Davis is too old, still decent to bring on if we’re 2 nil up etc, jack is injury prone, Kamara doesn’t want to be here and should’ve been sold at the end of the window. Arfield is a good sub player. Ferguson starts for us and probably plays a lot of games.
I don’t think Ferguson is that great a player but your 100% spot in with everything you’ve posted. He’s also Scottish and would help with that quota.
I think we should also have signed Doig rather than Yilmaz for the same reason.
I agree.
There are things he can't do, that for instance, Kamara can, but then he has attributes that other players don't have, such as a physical presence and the ability to finish.
The way he simply got dismissed because he was at Aberdeen was a bit daft.
He does have limitations, but some very successful footballers have made fantastic careers whilst having limitations.
The secret is learning to play within your particular skill set and fitting intelligently into a team system.
I would take an intelligent footballer with a limited skill set long before I would sign gifted headless chicken.
It will be interesting to see how well he does in Italy.
a lot on here seem to miss the major point, that Brentford ain't getting the same player that was at Hearts, playing in italy would have developed him immensely.
so folks bitching about us no buying scottish talent need to keep that in mind. I very much doubt he'd have improved as much if he had stayed in our league
easier said than doneWhich says nothing for the was we develop players. As a club we need to make the likes of Patterson and Bassey the norm.
Everyone would have moaned that we need to play him, then when we play him, everyone would moan that he was shit and they would drive him to the airport (or any other building offering transportation themselves).If we signed him directly from Hearts, I wonder how many would have said on here he’s not good enough.
Spot on. When Middleton almost went to Holland, I for one thought that it would be a fantastic move for him and actually had hopes we might get the lad back ready for the first team. When he then decided to remain in Scotland, it sort of spoke volumes of his lack of ambition.I can’t help feeling that the biggest obstacle to youngScottish prospects is Scotland.
Remove a young player from Scotland and it’s hammer throwing thugs and they have a much more conducive environment to develop their skills. I also can’t help thinking that external factors like the British drinking culture and influence of mediocre former Scottish pro’s within the game is hugely damaging to young minds. A final word for our press who consistently over praise emerging talents as doing so turns them into Billy Bigbaws. A wee bit of praise is great and encouraging but far to many seem to think they’ve made it into the big time as soon as they’ve played 30 minutes as a sub for a lower league club.
Hickey as a great example of a young player having the cajones and confidence in his own ability to step out of this poisonous backwater and learn from those schooled in a much more successful footballing country.
I really wish we could farm some of our young talent to clubs out-with the UK and bring them back when they’ve by passed the young daft lad stage and they have developed into focussed pros who are determined to make the most of their abilities.
I’m not 100% on the doig over yilmaz myself. Yilmaz came with a much better reputation over Europe so I would say when he gets his chance(which should be soon) he’ll show he’s the superior player, but we need to wait and see till he plays.I don’t think Ferguson is that great a player but your 100% spot in with everything you’ve posted. He’s also Scottish and would help with that quota.
I think we should also have signed Doig rather than Yilmaz for the same reason.
but he's playing in europe every week, as in european style of football of a high standard, which I think would prepare him for other big leagues better than a few european games and the football in our league.I also think Bassey and Patterson were the exception rather than the rule for usSurely playing European football with us would have improved him like it done with Bassey plus our coaches should be improving players and identifying areas of improvement and working on them. Too many players come to us and don’t push on and improve.
An indicator of poor squad management and a lack of investment rather than Lewis Ferguson's quality as a player.Hickey has went on to show he’s a great player. But again it’s this snobbery on here when talking about signing Scottish players. Go look at the Lewis Ferguson thread, peoples snobbery turning him down he’s not good enough etc, have they people seen our midfield options this season?
Ferguson is an upgrade over any option we have next to lundstram currently. Davis is too old, still decent to bring on if we’re 2 nil up etc, jack is injury prone, Kamara doesn’t want to be here and should’ve been sold at the end of the window. Arfield is a good sub player. Ferguson starts for us and probably plays a lot of games.
I wasn't Ryan Jack's biggest admirer when he first came to Rangers.He would have been a very good replacement for Ryan Jack.
You were spot on......Amazing deal for Bologna. Hickey will be a squad player at best.
You were spot on......
Aaron Hickey has Brentford fans all saying same thing after shining vs Liverpool
The former Hearts kid is shining bright with Brentford in the Premier Leaguewww.google.com