Milel Bohsni
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I read somewhere recently he's cost £169k per start for us this season. Like a good few others the time is up for him.
There's no doubt he's a decent finisher but he seems to be vastly over rated. His overall game isn't great. He started at Parkhead under Gio and was anonymous, he also started in the 2-1 defeat v them when Ramsay scored and offered nothing. Both games he was subbed. In the very few appearances he's had for us, he seems to be all over the place and constantly trying to come into the midfield.He was fucking awful against Dundee. If that game was played when it was meant to be played then Dessers would have likely started and we may well have won, and be in a much better position.
Really struggling to remember if he was ever seen as our first choice striker. Missed so many games through injury has made it harder to recall for me. I think he is an excellent finisher and works very hard for the team . I have no recollection of him playing say 10 or 12 games in a row.
When we signed him I was in the company of a Leeds season ticket holder. He said he would score a barrowload and that he was annoyed when he left Leeds for Belgium.He never really longest run was 7 starts in a row
Was he not Gerrard’s most expensive signing after Kent ? Which is quite an achievement since he signed about 40 players. Gerrard was desperate to sign him
We took a gamble on damaged goods., there was a reason Anderlecht took a hit of over £3million the season after signing him.
Gerrard said something along the lines of Roofe being his best striker, Morelos took the huff and rather than knuckling down basically chucked it as a proffessional footballer. His career went on the slide as he preferred drinking and partying than training.
Roofe should have been a one season wonder and offloaded back to the Championship on a high.
4 goals in the last 2 years. He’s finished sadly.
Even until about a month ago there were fans constantly on here giving it ‘I know he’s been injured for almost two years but it he just gives us 8 weeks we’ll win the league’ when he’s never been fit for that long in his entire Rangers career.I'd be quite happy if Roofe doesn't kick another ball for us the rest of the season. I'd have Dessers playing instead of him every day of the week.
He's been given the benefit of the doubt he simply doesn't deserve.
We've had supporters pleading "If he can just give us a few months...weeks...games...minutes..." and he's gave us absolutely nothing in return. Two years this has been going on for.
Weeks away from him finally getting told to bolt and drain wages elsewhere and we're still at it.
A lot's been said about the support this week. But we deserve better than that guy.
He’s been absolutely shite when coming on as well.Even until about a month ago there were fans constantly on here giving it ‘I know he’s been injured for almost two years but it he just gives us 8 weeks we’ll win the league’ when he’s never been fit for that long in his entire Rangers career.
Same as posters saying ‘Phil will get something from him by managing his minutes’ when there are no fucking minutes to manage!
It was last weekend he should’ve been giving us 30 minutes and therefore, I suspect that he’s not properly fit even though he’s on the bench.Not saying from the start but surely give us 30 minutes
He's more Ryanair.Really struggling to remember if he was ever seen as our first choice striker. Missed so many games through injury has made it harder to recall for me. I think he is an excellent finisher and works very hard for the team . I have no recollection of him playing say 10 or 12 games in a row.
Fucking hell, ‘if he’s fit’!He's more Ryanair.
For me if he's fit he has to start. Play Sima and him together and put their back 4 under pressure.
Attack the weakest point of the enemy!
Over the course of his time at Rangers, we have paid out more than £250,000 per Kemar Roofe goal.I read somewhere recently he's cost £169k per start for us this season. Like a good few others the time is up for him.
He’s been a disaster of a signing. His only good season came the one we didn’t really need him.
Over the course of his time at Rangers, we have paid out more than £250,000 per Kemar Roofe goal.
His wage is reportedly £1,352,000 p/a so that's £5,408,000 over 4 years. His transfer fee was £4,500,000 and he'll be leaving for nothing this summer that's a total investment of £9,908,000 for a return of 38 goals. ~£260k per goal.
We have definitely wasted larger amounts of money on worse players than Kemar. I always liked him as a player and wish it had worked out differently. But jeezo, we really have to be more careful assessing the medical histories of prospective players in future.
It's very easy to work out expenditure-per-goal as I did above. It's much harder to quantify income-per-goal like you've just tried to do.You're ignoring the fact a few of his goals earned us a lot of money though. So you can't really have that simplistic a view through money terms alone. For example the goal in Betis made us millions and would significantly bring down the "cost per goal" of Roofe if you were looking at it from that angle.
You’re applauding him for occasionally doing his job.Not sure how you quantify him being a disaster.
He played a huge role in us winning the one league title we have in 14 years.
He was fantastic in the semi final of the one Scottish Cup we've won in 15 years.
He scored crucial European goals on the route to the one European Final we've had in 16 years. Most notably v Braga.
And that's before his smaller contributions like the goal in Betis that was worth millions.
He's been far from a disaster.
It hasn't worked out but disaster is a bit hyperbolic.
It's very easy to work out expenditure-per-goal as I did above. It's much harder to quantify income-per-goal like you've just tried to do.
Take what you've said there, "the goal in Betis made us millions."
The ball falls to Roofe 3 yards out from the goal. Are we saying that his final touch to send it into the net is the one that's worth millions and the corner delivery from Borna, the head on from Davies and the cut-back from Goldson are worth nothing?
Or do we need to work out the value of each of those touches in creating the chance for Roofe and then subtract them from the millions that the goal earned?
Then you've got to look the other goals that game from Sima and Dessers that game, and all the goals Rangers scored in the group stage that allowed that goal to be the one to send us through. Do we work out their approximate value and subtract them from the millions that Roofe's Betis goal was worth?
It's a pointless rabbit hole to go down.
All we can say is that while we have paid £260k per goal from Roofe, he has absolutely contributed to the financial success of the club through prize money earned, TV money, shirt sales and he has helped us win trophies.
Like I said in my post, we have wasted larger amounts of money on worse players than Kemar. I agree with you that Roofe was not a disaster. My fag-packet maths was just a quick demonstration of how expensive it is when we spend big money on injury prone players.
Believe me I'm not applauding Roofe.You’re applauding him for occasionally doing his job.
That's an apt comparison except it kind of highlights my point - we won't make any money back because we aren't selling him. He's leaving on a free, we get nothing back of the £9,908,000 we have invested through his transfer fee + wages and that means that his 38 goals have cost us 260k a piece.I do get what you're saying. I just don't think anyone can really be judged by their price tag/wages v goals as those goals earn the club access to money.
It's like saying the money you spent on a house and doing it up but not mentioning the fact you actually made all the money back when you sold it.
He has contributed for his money into practically everything good we've done in the past 15 years.
Not sure the goals v wages is a necessary thing to do.
He helped us to two (I’m not counting this season’s LC as he didn’t feature) trophies in 4 years. One of which we won at a canter and would have won without him.Believe me I'm not applauding Roofe.
Just saying calling him a disaster isn't accurate. He's helped us win things and made us money in doing so with some big goals.
Wouldn't call him a good servant but not a disaster either.
You can be anonymous and still be a great finisher. But he’s definitely not on the level some people think, I’m thinking guys who say we got him because of his injuries as though he’d be a premier league star if he was always fit.it's a myth that he's a great finisher imo.There has been games when he's been fit and he's been anonymous.
He helped us to two (I’m not counting this season’s LC as he didn’t feature) trophies in 4 years. One of which we won at a canter and would have won without him.
Maybe if we had a big money forward who wasn’t permanently injured we would have won more?
Not sure how you quantify him being a disaster.
He played a huge role in us winning the one league title we have in 14 years.
He was fantastic in the semi final of the one Scottish Cup we've won in 15 years.
He scored crucial European goals on the route to the one European Final we've had in 16 years. Most notably v Braga.
And that's before his smaller contributions like the goal in Betis that was worth millions.
He's been far from a disaster.
It hasn't worked out but disaster is a bit hyperbolic.
Personally, I think his unavailability extends beyond physical limitations at times.Probably the only player to score against celtic by using his chest.
And probably the only part of his anatomy that’s not been injured.
How could he be moved on?Personally, I think his unavailability extends beyond physical limitations at times.
I’m sure Gerrard made a veiled reference to this previously. The player appears to break-down very easily.
Perhaps that’s unfair & I don’t mean him any ill-will, but he should’ve been moved on by the Club long before now.
I never mentioned selling him?How could he be moved on?
Who on earth is buying a permanently injured player on big money? Absolutely nobody.
He also isn’t giving up his high salary for a reduced rate, why would he? It’s fanciful thinking. I know I certainly wouldn’t in his shoes.I never mentioned selling him?
More than one way to skin a cat, granted difficult to do contractually if he’s not prepared to do a deal to be released & try his luck elsewhere.
If you don’t ever play and are always injured how can you still be the best finisher in the league?He's the best finisher at the club (possibly in the league) but his body has clearly broken down
His injuries have probably taken a toll and lead to his body being much weaker even when 'injury free'.
But if we need a goal in the last 10 mins on Saturday I'd still fancy him 1 vs 1 with the keeper over the rest of our options. Stranger things have happened
it's a myth that he's a great finisher imo.There has been games when he's been fit and he's been anonymous.
End of June I think?When is his contract actually up? There should be absolutely no consideration given to extending it unless we are getting money from some kind of sports science investigation programme.