Rangers banter 2

19 Apr 2024 15:50:02
I would play Raskin and Sterling together on Sunday with Cantwell at 10, matondo, sima and dessers up top. I can’t see PC dropping any of the usual culprits at the back.

19 apr 2024 17:01:24
never been less confident playing a semi v hearts, I've no confidence on these players even putting it all in,

lundstrum had the absolute cheek to run at rangers fans banging the badge a few weeks ago after one of his very rare shots at goal that actuallyhit the target, get rid asap, and chase them all along with him, altho i knowthats asking too much

rangers desperately need rangers fans in our team, we are deeply entrenched in out history and traditions and only rangers fans can keep that instilled in the team

get mcburnie here, shankland possibly too, get mcnair, and hunt down the finest scottish talent first, then get quality foriegn talent, we should never ever have given another contract to goldson, and we must replace him asap, if balogun is fir i would absolutely have him at hampden, we cannot let most of these players start another season at ibrox, they are embarrassing us now, only money is important to most.

19 Apr 2024 17:17:26
If we were able to get Shankland, McBurnie and McNair, we instantly improve by a few levels - not just in skill and ability, but also strength and heart. Compared to some of the soft touches littered throughout our team, these 3 would add some much needed steel and passion. We can only dream, Tom.

19 Apr 2024 17:39:11
Sorry mcburnie is not going to get us the goals and mcnair is injured a fair amount of time.

19 apr 2024 17:43:14
your absolutely correct mate

its quite strange that a lot of people actually couldn't see the massive difference shankland would have made, i'm still trying to 7nderstand how they don't get that, he brings so much more than just being a fantastic finisher, and similar with mcburnie, he's on another level to dessers but

these guys are rangers supporting scots,

there's always been a deep dislike on here of almost all rangers supporting scots

and I've said this many times

he's a scot, a rangers fan too, not good enough

from barry to boydy
kevin to shanks
young feruson to mcburnie

some are actuallu hated, very very weird.

19 apr 2024 17:51:08
btw, its really difficult to comprehend that we have many fans on here who aren't able to understand that guys like mcburnie aren't failing to beat the likes of ross county and dundee, he's plying his trade v liverpool and man city, i find it hard to believe some can't see he's on another level to what we have here, but he supports rangers, so like shankland he can't be good enough, but, if he was from any other country, that's ok, ala dessers, lammers, silva, etc, oli is playing in the epl on saturday, but not good enough for the spl, 20odd goals in the english championship, not good enough for rangers, couldn't make it up could you.

19 Apr 2024 18:16:42
I get where you r coming from tt, do u have a view why gerrard gio beale and clemement don’t want shankland.

19 Apr 2024 18:19:14
We are going back the way if we are targeting McBurnie and not sure if McNair is the answer.
Said many times I doubt we are looking at Shankland unless maybe it was a low fee if his contract is running down and can’t see that.
It will be a younger player on the Continent that we target that shows potential and one that we can sell on for a profit, think that’s the thinking behind Diomande as well.

19 Apr 2024 18:29:51
C'mon John, 3 trophies between them in how many seasons, and you ask this question?! 🙈 And Beale?! 🤣🤣.

19 apr 2024 18:42:33
i totally get that john, but it means nothing

most managers will have their own ideas about who they want, you can't say those guys didn't want him, maybe they did, maybe they had other thoghts,

i wouldn't expect beale gio or stevie to have known much about shanks, they did when he scored afainst them and celtic though,

many great players havnt been picked up by rangers or celtic, especially by non scottish managers because there often not a lot of quality in scotland, shankland really couldn't have done anymore than he has, mcburnie is a no brainer fir me

btw john
gio beale nor stevie have won very much in they're respective managerial careers have they, maybe they would have won more if they had seen a scoring machine under their noses and begging to play fir rangers.

19 apr 2024 18:43:45
one other thing to add john, none of them seen other young scottish talent either
like ferguson doig or the 2 boys that now play for scotland.

19 Apr 2024 18:45:29
Shankland, mcburnie and mcnair, no sell on with any of them.
Thought we had buy cheap sell high policy.

19 Apr 2024 18:57:32
Under no circumstances were we going to pay Hearts the rumoured fee they wanted and i agree with John i don't see a queue of clubs chasing him if rumours were true and the asking price was 4-5 million that's peanuts for a team in the lower half of the EPL or even a championship club but none offered it if it was maybe 1.5-2 million he may be worth a punt but its up to the manager and i'm sure plans are being made right now.

19 Apr 2024 18:56:56
I don't get this stuff about shankland at all.

Hearts were never going to sell except for funny money which we did not have.

He is a decent penalty box striker but he is hardly amazing. If he were then his career would not have been the journeyman one it has been.

I would not be against him in summer but would prefer somone better if I am honest.

19 Apr 2024 19:29:50
Dhenky was still on our radar and another striker would of been needed unfortunately without qualifying for champions league a think that boat has sailed.

19 apr 2024 19:37:33
bar, we need to win things before we enjoy the comfort if buying young selling and repeat, we need to win, that's all important,

twacoos, makes no odds whatsoever that as you say “ nobody wanted him “

he's still scoring every week.

19 Apr 2024 20:20:42
Shankland is not the answer.

19 Apr 2024 21:10:06
Tom, I agree, sometimes you can find that little bit more grit and determination because you're playing for your heroes.
Time to get a core of Scots, then add the foreigners to enhance what we've got.

19 Apr 2024 21:21:52
What part of we couldn’t afford shankland in January do people not get 🤯.

19 Apr 2024 15:43:04
After Buff and Kent, You'd have thought we would have learned the lesson by now - you don't depend on players going out of contract. : (

Hope to hear a wee round of "there's only 1 Dujon Sterling" on Sunday, after the lads refreshingly brutal honesty .

19 Apr 2024 17:01:16
Agree Ted - nice to hear Sterling’s version of the Truth! So sick of ‘corporate diplomacy’!

19 apr 2024 17:53:44
too many years with sub standard players earning fortunes, not a penny peice for morelos, kent, tavernier, goldson, , not a penny,

but they all left, or will leave very rich with one damp cloth needed to clean they're medals, one between them i mean

i mind the abuse when i laughed at claims that kent could go fir “ nothing less than 30m, 30 bob was closer,

19 Apr 2024 18:08:11
I see on the BBC Sport Page, Clement is having a go at Dujong for his comments, saying that he needs to be more mature when talking about the team in the Press. I think it would have been more appropriate had he said this was the correct attitude for a Rangers player, waken up Phillipe before these underperformers cost you your job.

19 apr 2024 18:24:10
irv, listening to clemnts 2 interviews this past week i don't want to hear him speak again

i was gobsmacked by the nonsense he spoke on weds,

rather hear dujon any time, if the manager has criticised him then we can expect he will want away too, i'm beginning ti wonder if we have actually changed anything because the manager hasn't coup, i can see them seeing him out too.

19 Apr 2024 19:38:49
Stirling has endeared himself to the fans with his performances and telling us how it is, a hope he is rewarded with a midfield start, a think Clemont is being conned by some players and will soon realise his mistake, the fans are used too it over the seasons and can see it maybe Stirling can see too.

19 Apr 2024 20:02:01
7 point behind in league when Clement came in, won the league cup, last 16 in Europa, semi final on Sunday,3 points behind in the league with 5 games to play 1 against them, Rangers fans would bite your hand off for that when he came in.

19 Apr 2024 20:25:02
It’s not the right thing to be saying publicly, if he has an issue with some of his colleagues he should be challenging them behind the scenes, washing your dirty linen in public just hands the media all the ammo they need to start driving wedges between the players and management.

19 apr 2024 21:29:59
and showing every sign of chucking it and throwing the league ans cup away

your certainly great at telling us nothing star, we know we won the league cup

we also know they're playing like kids right now

its right now that matters unfortunately, or maybe we should hark back to the last time we won a treble, because that's as relative as your latest nonsense, if were 2nd again nothing else matters mate.

19 Apr 2024 21:59:33
Tom Clement will make us better that's all am saying.

19 apr 2024 22:50:11
he did, then he made-us rubbish again.

19 Apr 2024 14:53:11
Everyone has an opinion, but the Tav debate baffles me. Is he the greatest in the world? No. He would be long gone by now. Is he a John Grieg leader? No. But the argument about trophies is pointless given that Grieg was captain as Celtic won 9 in a row. Was he an expensive signing? No. At 250k he has been an outstanding buy That is the market we were in. Many have purchased and were total failures. His goal involvement this season stacks well against the total number of goals that we have conceded. By the way, this much maligned defence has the best record in the league. Lack of goals from midfield and some strikers has been the issue. On the issue of young players, top teams are playing teenagers in top leagues and the UCL. We should be able to play some.

19 Apr 2024 16:59:46
Bear but we also need to count all the goals in cup games.

Correct re young players we have a couple who merit a chance.

19 apr 2024 17:57:01
difficult to even put tav in the same conversation with john greig, very difficult

as john says, i played with many many dead ball experts, i considered myself one too

many of them were useless at everything else, hitting an occassional worldy diesnt make you a rangers captain, john greig is the epitome of a rangers captain, as were gough, butcher, ferguson and a few others, i will never ever consider tav a good rangers captain myself.

19 Apr 2024 18:02:40
And when big, costly mistakes happen its a high percentage he's the culprit.

19 apr 2024 18:27:14
absolutely kingy, possibly cost hundreds of goals hinself in his time,

someone was speaking of previous rangers gaffers having him as skipper

couldn't make it up, about 3 medals between those gaffers and most were dismissed, bet they're glad they had a skipper like tav tho eh.

19 Apr 2024 14:43:24
My predictions for Scottish Cup aberdeen to win and hearts to win.
Can really see this happening on Sat and Sun.

19 Apr 2024 16:35:44
Celtic v Hearts final unfortunately and they'll end up with a double.

19 Apr 2024 17:07:11
Think we will beat hearts. Clement has no option now but to read the riot act and I think we will see a difference on sunday.

19 Apr 2024 17:17:30
Rangers will beat hearts and they will beat aberdeen, simple as that for me 🤔 Rangers V celtic scottish cup final on may 25th . I ain't running scared of hearts that's for sure 👍🇬🇧.

19 Apr 2024 17:31:36
A think he would of read the riot act after the ROSS COUNTY GAME , it didn’t work I’ve never seen two teams run through our midfield as often as that, not even in Europe worrying is an understatement.

19 apr 2024 18:00:57
after this week i'm not even sure i want to see rangers v celtic at hampden, i don't trust these players one little bit at the moment.

19 Apr 2024 18:19:10
Hearts have not beat us in last 17 meet, if they do it’s a disaster.

19 Apr 2024 14:25:19
Not necessarily saying i want this to be the case but as like john said and players have been told by clement that they've no future under him next season it most definitely could backfire 🤔By the looks of it imo raskin, davies, lawrence, cantwell, lunny,
jacko, borna, roofe, McLaughlin will all be away if we can sell the ones that's still under contract for next season along with the out of contract players 🤔I also unfortunately think jack butland will be sold ☹️ I think dessers will be a squad player and a new striker will be bought to be our no.1 number 9, for next season.

19 Apr 2024 14:46:46
You would think professional pride would kick in.
But if I remember right Laudrup didn't do much once it was announced he was away to Chelsea.
The late great Walter Smith announced he was leaving half way through the run for!0 in row and we crashed and burned.
Klopp has announced he was leaving and Liverpool have slightly imploded.
It happens unfortunately.

19 Apr 2024 17:02:16
I don’t believe contracted players should be told until last ball kicked.

19 Apr 2024 17:09:15
100% John the squad were going along nicely why would we risk any upset doesn't make sense.

19 Apr 2024 17:19:53
I totally agree John 👍.

19 Apr 2024 17:38:34
John, I couldn't agree more.

19 apr 2024 18:02:13
schoolboy error if true, and ridiculous given the position they were in.

19 Apr 2024 12:54:07
From the youth/ b team do we have any players that have a genuine chance of making a solid contribution to the first team next season? I’m not talking making a couple appearances here and there I mean breaking in and pushing for a starting spot. Lowry, King and Devine seemed to be the most talked about a couple years ago and none of them have made the grade. Rice and Lovelace seem to be mentioned a lot earlier in the season but Rice seems to have fallen of the face of the earth and Lovelace can’t stay fit. Is there anyone else we should look out for? Ishaka, Stevens etc.? Really wish we gave more of these guys a chance.

19 Apr 2024 13:37:43
A number u mention now want out, particularly Lovelace ishaka stevens yefeko Nsio

I’m told rice extremely unhappy at rangers

Lowry may well go as will Devine and king.

19 Apr 2024 13:49:27
I don’t blame rice either John or the rest.

19 Apr 2024 13:54:31
You can't blame them. if they're never get any hope for a chance.

19 Apr 2024 14:47:30
Maybe some haven't kicked on as much as they should either?

19 Apr 2024 14:54:02
John27, I was told weeks ago that Rice was extremely unhappy at his lack of opportunities and has already asked to leave for the sake of his career. I'm also told that Archie Stevens thinks coming to us was the worst thing he could have done. For me those boys are the cream of our youth.

19 Apr 2024 17:03:35
Can’t disagree with anything u say hubby.

19 Apr 2024 17:40:44
Some of these youth players deserve a chance, they couldn't do much worse than some of the current first team.

19 apr 2024 18:04:32
these boys must look at the likes of lundstrum and others in that midfield and wonder wtf they're doing here.

19 Apr 2024 18:33:01
No wonder they all want out when they can’t get a sniff at the first team and the players who consistently under perform. Would be a terrible advert for our youth team if all the best players leave because of the lack of first team opportunities. If I was a young winger and Scott Wright consistently got played before I even got a chance then I’d want out the door.

19 Apr 2024 12:42:35
Interesting debate regarding Tav in my previous post and I’m only making a new one to stop it being lost in the archives. There’s points for and against Tav and I agree with both sides to an extent. For me though if I had to lose 2 out of him Goldson and Lundstram then he’d be the one I’d keep.

Goldson and Lundstram are the 2 biggest contributors in the painfully slow sideways and backwards passing that we can’t seem to get away from. I saw people saying Sterling would be better right back but for me he’s perfect to fit in the Lundstram role as he can do absolutely everything Lundstram can do and then some.

Tav has looked slow recently and has been poor all round I totally understand that but for me he’s the main reason we’re even in a title race and we need to remember he scored us the goal to win the cup a few months ago. For me out of the 3 he’s the one that stands out as being technically good enough to fit into a new system/ team. Goldson and Lundstram have consistently stank the place out over the last 2 seasons barring a couple months of a purple patch from Lundstram when Clement came in.

19 Apr 2024 18:36:32
If the Saudis are interested in Goldson, they will pay him the cash he is looking for. Otherwise, it may be impossible to shift him.