Marching On Together

LeedsGers wrote: ↑Mon Mar 17, 2025 10:14 pm As a Leeds United fan from 7 years old(now 60 ffs) I remember us being IT, the number 1 team, favourites for every competition they entered.
I have also from 16 supported Rangers Fc I live in between Edinburgh & Glasgow now.
Anyhoo in 1992 I was on cloud 9 Leeds won the league & so did Rangers....The meeting in the champions League the next year was horrible for me.
Now with this merger I can see many good things could come from it, benefitting both sides.
If we dont feck it up as usual & get into the prem loaning our best youngsters to Rangers could be the best thing to happen for all, not only that, Rangers have a great scouting system now & they are also identifying markets unexplored mostly.
Scotland is actually a great place for younger players to be blooded into EPL football, its not as wealthy obviously, but has great atmospheres & they all play passing football now, the only long balls in football anymore is to break the pressure or counter attack.
Leeds have a very good academy it cannot harm them being introduced into an environment where winning every game you play, even in Europe is a fantastic mindset to carry with you, also Rangers have some excellent young players who will go far in the game, Igamane, Raskin, Diomande will all be playing at top levels & if 6.2" John Soutter(Scottish International) had'nt had such a bad time with injuries he would be playing with a top 6 EPL side & to be honest, he seems to have overcome a lot of that, he is a warrior defender who has played DM before, looks like Desperate Dan/Dave Mackay type barrel chested figure but boy can he play & I would love to see him in a Leeds shirt as he always seems to stick a leg head or body out to stop goals.
First refusal on these players has to be a stick on & the monies reman within the organisation.
I look forwards to hearing your thoughts on this

Orange Box wrote: ↑Mon Mar 17, 2025 10:40 pm Welcome LG, sorry I don’t have time right now to give a proper reply, so only a quickie, but we share a love of clubs. I’m Cowdenbeath born but moved to Leeds as a wean now back home again n my retirement, although in the west. There’s a few of us on here with Rangers links, not so many for the other lot, but a couple. Be good chatting, later.
Great goal from Igamane yesterday, btw, great win. Liking Raskin a lot, too.

1964white wrote: ↑Mon Mar 17, 2025 10:54 pm Welcome to the forum Gers.

LeedsGers wrote: ↑Mon Mar 17, 2025 10:14 pm As a Leeds United fan from 7 years old(now 60 ffs) I remember us being IT, the number 1 team, favourites for every competition they entered.
I have also from 16 supported Rangers Fc I live in between Edinburgh & Glasgow now.
Anyhoo in 1992 I was on cloud 9 Leeds won the league & so did Rangers....The meeting in the champions League the next year was horrible for me.
Now with this merger I can see many good things could come from it, benefitting both sides.
If we dont feck it up as usual & get into the prem loaning our best youngsters to Rangers could be the best thing to happen for all, not only that, Rangers have a great scouting system now & they are also identifying markets unexplored mostly.
Scotland is actually a great place for younger players to be blooded into EPL football, its not as wealthy obviously, but has great atmospheres & they all play passing football now, the only long balls in football anymore is to break the pressure or counter attack.
Leeds have a very good academy it cannot harm them being introduced into an environment where winning every game you play, even in Europe is a fantastic mindset to carry with you, also Rangers have some excellent young players who will go far in the game, Igamane, Raskin, Diomande will all be playing at top levels & if 6.2" John Soutter(Scottish International) had'nt had such a bad time with injuries he would be playing with a top 6 EPL side & to be honest, he seems to have overcome a lot of that, he is a warrior defender who has played DM before, looks like Desperate Dan/Dave Mackay type barrel chested figure but boy can he play & I would love to see him in a Leeds shirt as he always seems to stick a leg head or body out to stop goals.
First refusal on these players has to be a stick on & the monies reman within the organisation.
I look forwards to hearing your thoughts on this

andrewjohnsmith wrote: ↑Tue Mar 18, 2025 6:03 am What would happen if the 2 clubs had a common owner and were drawn together in Europe? Hypothetically, of course.