Rangers – Season 09/10
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Transfers In;
Tore Reginiussen – Free*
Yassine Chikhaoiu – £3.4m*
Anthony Annan – £4.5m*
Javier Chevanton – £1m
Ezequiel Carboni – Ln Fee £180k
Rudi Skacel – Free
Glauber – Free
Marek Sapara – £1.8m
Transfers Out;
Andrew Shinnie – £575k*
Alan Lowing – Free*
Kyle Lafferty – £4.4m
Lee McCulloch – £900k
Kevin Thomson – £4.2m
Steven Smith – £600k
Gregg Wylde – Loaned to Partick
*Deal was concluded during January window.
It was always going to be an extremely tough first season transfer wise. I started with a budget of £0 and an almost non existant wage budget. The only money I parted with was in securing Sapara who performed very well throughout the season although my other dealings weren’t so successful as I brought in a fairly average Chaventon and Carboni and Skacel whom although were both needed as injuries took their toll they were simply awful. Just before January I was given an £8m boost in my budget due to improved finances and I managed to bring in Annan and Chikhaoui, both of whom did well throughout the season. I was sad to see Thomson go as it certainly wasn’t planned but felt I couldn’t reject such a substantial bid.
Best XI;
McGregor©
Whittaker – Bougherra – Reginuissen – Papac
Davis
Mendes – Sapara
Miller————————————–Beasley
Boyd
As you can see with the official Best XI, most of the original team were relied upon. Davis didn’t play DM once despite being strangely rearranged with Mendes in this version, it was normally the other way about. Boyd was the pick of the bunch scoring 36 in 43 overall and 32 in 34 in the league. Beasley and Miller provided over 30 assists between them also. I remained with this formation for most of the season, relying on Boyd to lead the line although Miller and Beasley were never far behind. Mendes dictated play from his defensive mid position whilst the others in front were allowed to roam somewhat.
Top Scorer: Kris Boyd (36)
Most Assists: DeMarcus Beasley (19)
Fans Player Of Year: Kris Boyd
Personal Favourite: Kris Boyd
Rising Star: Danny Wilson
League;
Scottish Cup: Final vs Celtic (0-2)
League Cup: Semi vs Dundee Utd (3-4)
Champs League: 4th in Group C
I knew the season would always be tough but I finished with no silverware and not even a win against Old Firm rivals Celtic all season to boast about. We were ahead in the league for a while but then fell miles behind after a shocking run of results. In the end it looked closer than it was in all honesty. The Champions League was absymal. In a group that consisted of Lyon, Sevilla and Kobenhavn we finished with a sole point which came courtesy of a draw in Spain.
Overall I was disappointed obviously but had always known the first season was more of a transition period and I had a healthy bank balance going into season two. Season two was where the pressure kicked in however, I had to do the opposite of what I had this season.
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