10 Jan 2017 17:49:15
I think Rangers should make a move for northern Ireland pair Craig Cathcart and Garth McCauley, Cathcart out of Watford 1st team n McCauley in last 6 months of his contract I'd also seriously think of putting in a bid for Jason Cummings and Patterson of hearts


1.) 10 Jan 2017
10 Jan 2017 18:24:07
Could their be anything worse than mcauley and hill at the back? Cummings would be a great buy but Patterson is out for 9 months


2.) 10 Jan 2017
10 Jan 2017 18:31:56
Mccauley is still putting in quality performances each week but he is 37 so can't see him going on much longer! Cathcart is a shout good experience and still mid 20s! Not a great fan of either cummings or patterson

{Ed001's Note - Cathcart has been injured most of the season, but played 5 of the 6 matches since returning to fitness. He is certainly not 'out of Watford 1st team'.}


3.) 10 Jan 2017
10 Jan 2017 19:13:13
Why are we always seeing it suggested that we go for Northern Ireland players. As a team and with an excellent manager they do play well but individually the majority of their players are ordinary.

As for Patterson he is out for nine months and there is absolutely no guarantee that he will be as good a player when he returns.

Jason Cummings, not for me.


4.) 10 Jan 2017
10 Jan 2017 19:25:40
Ordinary? We are a better team than Scotland anyway. Michael O'Neil was in the league of Ireland before he got job. So I'd hardly call him an excellent manager. And for the record mccauley is better than any defender playing in Scotland.


5.) 10 Jan 2017
10 Jan 2017 19:37:54
Dont knock McCauley i think he's scored 4 goals in the prem this season! Lol not bad for 37 yr old


6.) 10 Jan 2017
10 Jan 2017 19:38:02
Cathcart is way above what we can afford, however he is a quality player. Gareth McAuley would be the best defender in Scotland by a country mile. Who ever said McAuley and Hill would be a bad pairing for us needs to lay of the buckfast!


7.) 10 Jan 2017
10 Jan 2017 20:54:09
Cummings would also be a terrible buy!


8.) 10 Jan 2017
10 Jan 2017 20:56:12
Would be the worst pairing in football history so slow the pair of them. Northern Ireland are poor and certainly not as good as Scotland just because they had the easiest group of everybody doesn't make them good.


9.) 10 Jan 2017
10 Jan 2017 22:02:33
Cee your having a laugh. Scotland is twice the size of northern ireland and we our still higher up the rankings than Scotland and have been for years. Scotland are the worst side in the British Isles. Especially there defence. Not 1 of there defenders would get in the northern ireland team and stevie davis is in a different class than any midfielder you have. And even the much maligned kyle lafferty has scored more international goals than all your forwards put together l.


10.) 10 Jan 2017
10 Jan 2017 22:29:33
Given the players that both Northern Ireland and the ROI have and how well both teams play, surely a United Football Team, just like the Rugby, would give both countries the opportunity to put together a team that would be on a par or better than England!

I won't include Scotland in the discussion since it is a long time since they had any top quality players!

Goodness, even the USA has better players these days!


11.) 10 Jan 2017
10 Jan 2017 22:46:58
Was big Davy Wier slow? Was big Davy Wier good for us? Is John Terry slow? Enough said! U don't have to be a flying machine to play centre half if you can read the game well, make good decisions, be aggressive and attack the ball well etc. McAuley very very good at these things. Clint Hill is not bad at these things either and has probably been our best centre half this season


12.) 11 Jan 2017
11 Jan 2017 08:37:59
Davie Weir and John Terry were top class football players that played in significantly better teams than we see at Rangers today. McAuley looks top drawer in the N. Ireland team but I fear like others, and I include Clint Hill and even Wilson and Kiernan, he would be hung out to dry playing behind Halliday. Yes, he would improve our defence but until we have a quality Holding Midfield player / defensive midfield player of quality the defence will be at risk and this is a position that Warburton has failed miserably to fill.


13.) 11 Jan 2017
11 Jan 2017 10:02:01
MCAULEY is a top player but i'd like to build for the future and buying 37 year olds isn't going to help with that the northern Ireland team isn't much better than Scotland they just have a better manager sake i'd be better than Strachan.
wouldn't be picking the likes of the two fletchers for a start