Yilmaz

[TW14]

He’s 5ft 11, hardly a dwarf.

Think he is actually just under 5’9 but hey ho. I just prefer a more robust defender.

 

[Mview83]

Is Ridvan slight? Yes, however it’s not like we didn’t know that when we scouted him. We must think he has the attributes in his game to combat his lack of height etc. & to be a success in this league.

 

[OldMilhouse]

Too true.

I reckon your average drunk Glaswegian would take one look at Paddy Pimblett if they didn’t know who he was and think “I’m having him….”

Honestly man, even the heavyweights are small. Some of the guys that get listed at 6’4 or 6’5 don’t really appear as large as they do on television. Even their overall size, frame wise, they’re so much thinner than you expect. It’s quite wild. In summary, Yilmaz is going to smash everyone.

 

[RfcIbrox]

He's definitely not 5,6. Seen him up close and same height if not slightly taller than me and I'm 5,9

Aye but folk who say they are 5'9 tend to add a bit Rab

 

[Valley Bluenose]

Is Ridvan slight? Yes, however it’s not like we didn’t know that when we scouted him. We must think he has the attributes in his game to combat his lack of height etc. & to be a success in this league.

Per Transfermarkt he's about 1cm smaller than Zinchenko. Who's done alright for himself. Once he's in the team he will be absolutely fine.

 

[Jorgthegreat]

Some one get the measuring tape out. We have everything from 5ft 6 to 5ft 11 on here.

FF demands to know the real height

 

[Bearsuk]

I don’t.

I agree.
He needs time to settle.
His isn't the game for him yet.

 

[BlueSevenTwo]

Think he is actually just under 5’9 but hey ho. I just prefer a more robust defender.

Which we don’t appear to have.

 

[KemarRoffe]

Read one page and Yilmaz has been 5'6, 5'7, 5'8, 5'9 & 5'11 ..

Wing back don't need to be tall anyways, as the old saying goes " if you're good enough - you're old tall enough"

 

[Nightman]

The internet has him down at 5’7

174cm is 5’8.5 - You are reading it wrong on the conversion chart.

Who cares about his height but the number of folk converting 174cm to 5’7 is worrying, as you are looking at the decimal foot number only.

 

[Loyal72]

I thought we'd have seen him at some point in the second half against PSV tbh, Borna was toiling at one point, blowing out his arse, thought for sure he was going to be hooked.

Somehow managed to get a second wind though, presume we see more of Yilmaz at the weekend.

 

[Valley Bluenose]

174cm is 5’8.5 - You are reading it wrong on the conversion chart.

Who cares about his height but the number of folk converting 174cm to 5’7 is worrying, as you are looking at the decimal foot number only.

I did it the simple way, convert cms to ins rather than feet. Easy then.

 

[douzpwa]

What if Yilmaz Trumps him in training though?

Then it is great news and a great problem for Gio to have but most likely the decision will be made on who is best to face the opposition and how they play, danger men etc etc

 

[CaptainCourageous]

I’ve not got an issue with height or lack of, it’s comes to ability and how you also cope/deal with restrictions. In regards to height. What was the first thing Kilmarnock did at Ibrox. A long ball down their right in which Lafferty peeled out wide on top of Yilmaz and just stood his ground. Yilmaz had no chance.

That will be the target for most sides so we’ll see how he deals with the aerial side of football in Scotland.

In said game Yilmaz won 0 headers, 0 tackles, and completed 0/6 crosses.

 

[Bada-Bing]

Why?

Do we just drop Borna purely because we have paid a decent amount for Yilmaz?

Or do you not have to earn your starting jersey anymore?

This

 

[XabGer]

I did it the simple way, convert cms to ins rather than feet. Easy then.

1.74 m = 5ft 708661inches

 

[GeckoBear29]

Then it is great news and a great problem for Gio to have but most likely the decision will be made on who is best to face the opposition and how they play, danger men etc etc

Whoosh! Lol

 

[the_ref]

He’s 5ft 11, hardly a dwarf.

The internet has him down at 5’7

Yilmaz is 5 ft 8ins or so, maybe slightly more.

 

[Valley Bluenose]

1.74 m = 5ft 708661inches

68.5 inches when you convert cms to ins.

CM to Inches Converter

Centimeters to inches (cm to in) converter and how to convert.

www.rapidtables.com

 

[Nightman]

1.74 m = 5ft 708661inches

Here we go again. The debate around his height just might stop if people could actually convert 174cm to ft and inches.

 

[BoyciesDa]

Hope the wee guy hasn’t got a log in for here
Or he will be out trying to get Cuban healed fitba bits

 

[Bud Johnston1972]

Who cares about the boy’s fucking height, it’s his football ability and intelligence on the field that matters and as he is in the full Turkish International team, Gio and the club know that he is several levels above the utter opposition shite we come up against in our diddy league.

 

[the nowhere man]

Just been sent images of Borna apparently in Dubrovnik airport.

 

[irvine96]

That's a stunning amount we have paid for a left back.
It's understandable fans are getting the fear over the lack of his game time.

Especially for playing in Scottish football

 

[Bluebluecee]

Too small too lightweight not very talented and not suited to Scottish football if the showing against Kilmarnock is anything to go by just can’t see the guy cutting it in the shite league we play in
Hope the guy gives me a great big girfuy but can’t see it

 

[Captain_Buns]

I strongly dispute the notion that Barisic has suddenly ‘come onto a game’. No howlers maketh not a player.

What about assists?

 

[Captain_Buns]

Too small too lightweight not very talented and not suited to Scottish football if the showing against Kilmarnock is anything to go by just can’t see the guy cutting it in the shite league we play in
Hope the guy gives me a great big girfuy but can’t see it

Wow is this the quickest write off in FF history?

 

[Mount_Bear]

He’s 5ft 11, hardly a dwarf.

There's absolutely no chance Yilmaz is 5'11. He was so so much smaller than literally every other player on the park against Kilmarnock.

 

[Mount_Bear]

Too small too lightweight not very talented and not suited to Scottish football if the showing against Kilmarnock is anything to go by just can’t see the guy cutting it in the shite league we play in
Hope the guy gives me a great big girfuy but can’t see it

%^*& sake man. Will people like you never learn? This must be a joke man. Not very talented? %^*& me.

 

[Kirbys House]

Too small too lightweight not very talented and not suited to Scottish football if the showing against Kilmarnock is anything to go by just can’t see the guy cutting it in the shite league we play in
Hope the guy gives me a great big girfuy but can’t see it

 

[RFC-GSTQ]

Who cares about the boy’s fucking height, it’s his football ability and intelligence on the field that matters and as he is in the full Turkish International team, Gio and the club know that he is several levels above the utter opposition shite we come up against in our diddy league.

Aye - and for the record Roberto Carlos was 5'6" = 1.67m

 

[douzpwa]

Whoosh! Lol

Indeed!

 

[JMCK]

Is this really worth the thread, all this about a young player who has played a mere ONE game?

 

[Bluebluecee]

Aye - and for the record Roberto Carlos was 5'6" = 1.67m

What height is he now ?

 

[RFC-GSTQ]

Is this really worth the thread, all this about a young player who has played a mere ONE game?

Similarities to a US national election.

 

[Bluebluecee]

%^*& sake man. Will people like you never learn? This must be a joke man. Not very talented? %^*& me.

Did you watch him getting the runaround by the wee guy with the odd shaped head who plays for Kilmarnock?

 

[Valley Bluenose]

Did you watch him getting the runaround by the wee guy with the odd shaped head who plays for Kilmarnock?

I was at the Killie game and saw nothing of the sort. He looked short of fitness and got subbed in the end because of that. He certainly didn’t get the ‘run around’ from anyone with a funny shaped head.

 

[stoogie]

Unbelievable to write a player off after ONE game. Just pure nonsense. Some of our greatest ever had indifferent debut games. And if he is 5 foot 9 then it hardly makes him a munchkin.

 

[Bluebluecee]

I was at the Killie game and saw nothing of the sort. He looked short of fitness and got subbed in the end because of that. He certainly didn’t get the ‘run around’ from anyone with a funny shaped head.

Gio subbed him because he was getting targeted and was not covering himself in glory if was short of fitness why did he get a start before Borna

 

[Valley Bluenose]

Gio subbed him because he was getting targeted and was not covering himself in glory if was short of fitness why did he get a start before Borna

See post #115. He pulled out of the race right in front of me fearing for his hamstring. He wasn’t fit or was feeling the pace, however you choose to put it.

 

[IbroxForever]

Aye - and for the record Roberto Carlos was 5'6" = 1.67m

He was not playing in Scotland though. Nobody knows how Yilmaz will do but to dismiss his lack of height as nothing is wrong.

 

[Hurricane Run]

He was not playing in Scotland though. Nobody knows how Yilmaz will do but to dismiss his lack of height as nothing is wrong.

Weve got plenty of small players in our team just now. Theyve got a few as well. Even historically when it was "a mans game", weve had plenty of hall of famers about Yilmaz height.

 

[Big Vern]

1.74 m = 5ft 708661inches

No, 1.74m = 5.708ft = 5ft 8.5 inches

 

[IbroxForever]

Weve got plenty of small players in our team just now. Theyve got a few as well. Even historically when it was "a mans game", weve had plenty of hall of famers about Yilmaz height.

For me the main problem is Davies and Yilmaz on the left side, we have lost far to much height and power with Bassey going and have not replacecpd it at all.

 

[Tino_Col]

I'm glad this thread has cleared things up. He's the same height as Philipp Lahm - 5 foot 11.

 

[AriseSirWalter]

Wish I understood the mindset of those who write players off after a handful of games, what’s the thinking behind it?

 

[Hurricane Run]

For me the main problem is Davies and Yilmaz on the left side, we have lost far to much height and power with Bassey going and have not replacecpd it at all.

Tbf mate Bassey was terrible in the air. Power, yeah, i get that argument. But i think Yilmaz and Davies will both be put on a strength and conditioning program regardless. Its pretty common. Scottish football is physically challenging. Yilmaz physique will be night and day by next season.

 

[Colinstein69]

Most worrying thing about this thread is the amount of people that can't do a simple metric to imperial conversion.

Even with the help of the internet ffs.

 

[Novichok]

Why?

Do we just drop Borna purely because we have paid a decent amount for Yilmaz?

Or do you not have to earn your starting jersey anymore?

People made exactly the same comment when there were calls for Bassey to replace Borna at left back last season.

 

[1BrianLaudrup]

Half the posters on this thread have to be taking the piss at this point. Must be one of the most demented threads on a newly signed Rangers player in FF history. Boy's not even played a full game and he's being written off because he's under 6 foot and lacking match fitness.