Rangers Rumours Archive August 23 2011

23 Aug 2011 23:04:13
my fellow rangers fans, you lot are being mind f****k by mr whyte, how dare u say taylor-fletcher, le fondre, and sam baldock should sign for us, they arent worthy of gracing the ibrox turf, its a sad state of affairs if ur getting exited at the prospect of signing leagie 1 and 2 players from england, we havnt brought in any1 of great value, weve had bids in for players totaling 12million, but didnt sign any of those players, so wheres that money?? weve spent, 1.5m on lee wallce, that our biggest buy, the rest have been between 250k and 700k, absolute joke, whyte needs to put his money where his mouth is, or just f*** off, i for 1 am sick of him and want him out asap ive never felt so ashamed as i do right now with the 3 strikers that are being mentioned, u lot who post that nonsense should hang your heads in shame

Absolutely spot on....i am getting p***ed off at people saying "we should buy them" (le fondre, murphy etc.) "there great players" they are MINCE i dont know what is happening at rangers but being linked with these players is just too depressing to read about i am fed up of seeing crap players sign for us and watching them (trying) to play football this is not the rangers i support they are now long gone back in the advocaat days
or 2002/03 when spl was good and good football was getting played

And now im hearing rhodes, we need someone with a bit of european class, these guys wouldnt make the grade at st mirren, they will probably end up at some 2nd rate championship club, your all being brain washed by whyte, like i said, 12million we had in for 4 different players, non were signed, so begs the question where is that 12milliom, oh and b4 u say that was b4 we went out of the cl, it wasnt, whyte was quoted in the daily record 10 days before the malmo first leg sayin we will spend 15million if we have to, but deffo 10million

Been wondering where all the money is. did we deliberately under bid for these players because they aint any.

You are totally right. We should just panic and sp*nk 12 mill up the wall on over priced duds rather than trying to root out a wee diamond.
Where's the money? Sitting, waiting to be spent wisely on the right player, at the right price. That is why successful business men are successful and you are at home sitting on your thumb with your maws pants on your head.

You need to check yersel sweetie rangers has to be ran as a business we might not have made any BIG buys as you put it but these dudes we've signed are good enough and WILL be good servants to the club.these league1/2 guys yer talkin aboot may not be good enough but we haven't signed them yet,and if I'm not mistaken there was a boy on for Man Utd the other night who had come through those very same leagues I'm sure ED and a few others will know the dudes name.whoever ally and mr whyte signs WILL be good enough to get us 4IAR...Keep calm carry on...watp {Ed001's Note - do you mean Smalling? Because he came straight from non-league football into the Prem.}

It's changed days from the 90/00s ya loon ball. We have to live within our means. It's frustrating but necessary. Fact of the matter is the top top players don't want to play here any more and the good players we do get see us as a stepping stone to the EPL. The players mentioned might end up being diamonds or they might end up being dung Who knows? Your basing the talent of the player on his fee and current club and that is wrong.

Ok, answer me this... Where would we be right now if Craig Whyte didn't buy us? I know Davis & McGregor would be in England. Nobody would touch Rangers with a bargepole with �30M debt but he did. Craig Whyte is completely new to runningz football club & it's McCoist picking players not him. Let's see how the new players do in the team before moaning about prices. Goian was 500k and he's fantastic.

Look if it wasnt for Mr Whyte then rangers top players would be away, I.E Whittaker, Mcgreggor, Davis and many more so stop criticising the guy, we are now no longer rub by Lyolds banking group.

Infact you'd actually think yous are Martin Bain and Alistair Johnstone reading this, if yese aren't gona back Ally and the team then we don't need yous as rangers fans simple as that.

Totaly agree with the original post.
There must better players in the u19 team than la fondre or Murphy. If there's not, there is a major problem.

Who slow down lads, obviousley you are a couple of young pups who have not lived through the bad years I am 52 years of age and have always supported the famous glasgow rangers, I can remember when the manky mob won their 9 and also when we did this is a new era in scottish football, no souness no advocat and no murray, i wish sir david had gone about 5 years ago but no takers as all bears im only interested in results on the park and not the s**t off it, seems mr murray has made some deals that did not involve paying the TAXMAN so it was a tax free signing on fee or we will pay the tax on this and that, but guess what we did not and the tax have found out about it, we now face a massive tax bill and if anyone who has an ounce of buisness acumen knows you dont f**k with the tax man, show him something and he will be happy show him nothing and you will get hammered, This debt will fall on MR Whyte as he is noe the owner of the business and responsable for all debts, not mr Murray who in my eyes sanctiond these deals and should be held responsable, so stop Getting on Mr whytes back, He had the guts as a Rangers man to take the strain in a very hard economical climate and im sure he will do his best to keep us at the top in Scotland, give the new owner and management a chance and lets wait till the prises are handed out at the end of the season and not before.

Oh oh idiot alert If you are a genuine Rangers fan then you are nothing short of an absolute disgrace

OK, and who do you suggest we sign? Messi? Ronaldo? Maybe, just maybe these are the best players we can tempt to play in our third rate league. Like it or not, Rangers are being run as a business. Some of us remember six months ago when we couldn't even afford these 'lesser' players. Do you really think without Whyte we'd have signed anyone, let alone kept McGregor and Davis at the club? Big spending will only lead to more debt and financial insecurity, I'd rather we were run securely in regards to finances and survived than splashed out on big money transfers to keep glory hunters like you happy and end up halfway down the toilet again.

Get a grip you 2... If you really think we can attract better players than that then I assume you have season tickets, buy all 3 strips/training gear/GK strips and follow then team away from home aswell? Thought not, so just f**king support your team and stop moaning. If u add players wages to what whyte has spent then it's bordering on the �5mill Whyte has been quoted per SEASON. That includes this window and Jan transfer window... I assume you have no more knowedge of football than your bedroom Football Manager aspirations... Or are you just DIMS in disguise?

Get a grip. Whyte has come in to a club in severe financial difficulty and saved us from what could have been an embarrassing demise. Mcgreggor, davis and whittaker all on new long term contracts, where do you think that money is coming from? The main point to make is that nobody else was coming in to buy the club. Murray wanted out and whyte was evidently the only concrete offer he got. The days of the Advocaat spending are what put us in the financial position we are in today. If you want to see that sort of spending again i suggest you start supporting man city. The lack of transfers is frustrating I admit, but we have bulked up the team with squad players that were badly needed. I have faith there will be signings to come, you should too.

People should stop praising advocaat so much, yeah it was great when we were bringing in world class players and spending big bucks, but if we had been more careful we might not be in the situation we are now.

Also to say we shouldn't be looking at guys like le fondre and baldock is mince. Championship teams are looking at both of them and we are struggling to compete with them at the moment. Yeah in an ideal world I too would like us to sign a marquee forward, but with the epl inflating every players price, value for money looks like the only way forward for now.

Hang on a minute mate. Are u a declan in disguise? With an attitude like that u may as well be. I'm fed up of hearing so called fans say that players are not rangers class. Ur pining for the "good old days". I am old enough to remember terry hurlock. He wasnt much of a footballer but he got stuck in so I liked him. The manky mob were complaining last year about signing unknown players like izaguirre and kayal. They were also moaning about signing a lower league striker in hooper. Unless ur too blinded by your own stupidity, u have to admit that they have been good signings for them. Is rather take a chance on players like that who will give their all to play for a club like ours than sign some player with a pedigree who will cost a lot in wages ie capucho, Emerson, etc. It's guys like u who create an atmosphere of fear for players making them scared in case they make a mistake. I bet u were one of the guys who were constantly on buttons back and then the moment he was sold were complaining that we had sold our best player. Ur embarrassing urself, ur embarrassing other fans and ur embarrassing our club with ur comments.

How can you say these players arent rangers class when laugherty, edu, mcculloch, whittaker and broadfoot get a game, f*****n grow up

My last reply was supposed to say Hutton not buttons.

It's a sad state of affairs when someone thinks they can put 'whittaker' in the class of our best players, absolute joke Can't describe how angry I get at that boy playing in a rangers jersey, I don't care about the comments to follow e,g support the whole team, your not a true ger, jog on timmy etc The boy should not be in a gers top, neither should Ortiz or Broadfoot FYI incase people want facts to back it up. Whittaker lost Obua for the corner in which he scored, he lost the ball against malmo for them to score, he got sent off against malmo to put us down to 10. I am glad FIFA gave him a 3 match ban, we will maybe get further in Europe an the league Give McMillan a chance

We cannot compete with most of the top clubs in europe when it comes to fee's and wages, so it's time to get real, we need to shop in the bargain basement and hope to find a good deal, the American players will help get us exposure, we have just signed the captain of the USA ... thats got to be good .. get off whyte's Back ffs let him get to grips with the financial side of things, He's been left with a hole full of s**t and a broken shovel to get it out, are spme of you totally blind, some of the last regime bled the club dry, we will be stronger at the end of this month than we were at the same point last year, WATP

I totally agree with what you say about whittaker, why we madw him one of our best paid players is beyond me The guy is an absolute joke

We ARE rangers its thats simple, no moaning or whinging- a ranger understands - lets get it on and get behind OUR team , the famous glasgow rangers im proud to be a ger.

Just a reactive fan... cant see anything for the tree's.
we are champions three years running, you dont do that with really terrible players.
go support your own team fool

To the first post and this one underneath -
'How can you say these players arent rangers class when laugherty, edu, mcculloch, whittaker and broadfoot get a game, f*****n grow up'

GO BACK TO THE LOSERS PAGE AND ENJOY BEING ST JOHNSTONES B******S, BEND OVER AND TAKE IT LIKE THE GIRLS YOU ARE AND STAY OFF OUR PAGE

I think it's you who needs to hang your head in shame. Craig Whyte has single-handedly saved Rangers FC. What you prefer... buying players or not buying players and craig whyte doesn't choose who they buy.

I think this gers fan in particular are still living in the past would you rather we were ran by llyods? and still in 30mil debt plus?? Davis and magzie wouldnt be here, and we have signed international quality players, so what if they were cheap? thats playing the market well you idiot, why pay 3-4 million for someone that may turn out to be a dud? think of some of the signings we made in the not so recent past, jelavic was a great signing but not every player is of that quality for that pricemark, away and watch the premiership or something mate and dont support and be disloyal to my club, ignorance and lack of knowledge is what led to this post, pay no attention folks, AND a player can be linked to a club so easily doesnt mean zouch there are plenty of players playing a low level that could play and a much higher level sometimes thats the way the system flows as not all young guys get the same chance trust me i know i worked for the SFA for 7 years.

I totally agree that the club is saved from ruin, that players have got new contracts who may have been gone by now and we have to live within our means. This is all very well and good BUT Whyte rose in and made promises about how much he was going to spend. He even repeated this after the Malmo debacle. My concern is that he is not being honest with us about this so how can we be sure that he has been honest about anything from the tax issue to his long term intentions. I am confident in the squad we have but I am nervous about the clubs health going forward with Craig Whyte in charge when he is clearly misleading us.

Dont see how anyone can say Kirk Broadfoot has not done a great job at Rangers?
He is the best we have at right back by a country mile.
The lad that slotted in on Sunday could come good once he learns to stay on his feet.

So we should just invent rumours that we are going to sign better players to make us feel better, hang your head in shame for not living in the real world. Oh and try cutting down on the swearing, if you can't make your point without swearing you don't have a point wirth hearing.

Original poster is right

i miss the times we spent money on players with big reputations

My team would read
GK: Letizi, DEF: Prodan, Fan-Fan, Rodriguez, Svenson MID: Emerson, Capucho, Sionko, Nerlinger FOR: Flo, Ostenstad

I think you will all agree that it is more important that players have a reputation than ability. Signing players from Kilmarnock (Boyd, Naismith), Hibs (Whittaker, Thomson, Miller), Charlton (Bougie) and Derby (Davis) where will that get us, i mean these players had no reputation before they signed for us and where did it get us

4 in a row and a Europa League final

Signing miller from Hibs had no impact on 4 in a row it was closer to the 9 in a row era, and which Davis did we sign from Derby? Sean or Billy? or is that the Steve Davis who came on loan from Fulham for a season then signed permanently the following season......Everyone knows the days of attracting big names are long gone but there are some really good players in the championship and lower European leagues....this current side seriously lacks pace and we seem unable to hit teams on the break.

Use some common sense. Why did Rangers find themselves in the financial turmoil that they were in? Because for years we're dived into the transfer market feet first and spent millions on overpriced, over rated player. 11 years ago we spent that 12million on one SINGLE player. We're not Manchester City, we have to be realistic. Whyte is a business man, he has offered up that money for transfers, but like a lot of us, wants to see it spent wisely, and help rangers through the current economic climate. As for Le Fondre, I'd take him. He's match fit, he's brimming with confidence, he's a good finisher of the ball, he's young, and most importantly, he's cheap.

Noone is fooled by the selllick fans posting a lot of negativity on our page - perhaps they should put more effort into getting their own team in order - Top of the league

What a load of complete BS, if Whyte goes who buys us, there was no queue previously, and for the 3 guys you mention how often have you seen them play to judge them.

I wrote the original post, i read ALL of you replies, i have to say whyte did save our club, and for that im grateful, but when you have four seprate bids in for players totalling 12million, and the u spend under 1million on 3 players it makes me wonder if we were ever interested in signing them, im not sayin splash 10million on 1 player, im sure theres a jelavic type of player out there worth 3-4-5million that we could snap up, we bid 2.8million for jahusz, we were 150k short of having our offer accepted, now hes been linked with everton arsenal, villa and chelsea that is very very strange if u ask me

Here we are another "MIGHTY GLASGOW RANGERS" person thats over m8 humble glasgow rangers with a big ground and very little else..what might have been and whats now are 2 different things.. and if you want to stay "mind fcucked" at peace
buy into rangers take what you get and be a FAN otherwise go support septic.

Ballbag fan. lol, listen to yourself.

confident in this team we are building.

Wondered how long it would be, before the first muppet on here mentioned those immortal words ' you're no a real rangers fan' bullsh*t.

I agree with the original poster to some extent. We had 9.8m worth of bids in for cuellar, juhasz, goodwillie n verhoek. Now, ally is always banging on about having a 'good few' targets in mind. If so, im guessin a few of these would be similar calibre players to the ones above. Why havent we gone for them instead of focusing on, in my eyes, lesser players to the ones above? No disrespect to bocanegra (who will do well for us), he isnt the same as cuellar or juhasz. Im still hoping we spend a few mil in the next week on a decent striker, cb and lm/rm, but i cant see it. Imo, we are signing from allys second list, the one which was made up if we didnt get bought in the summer. Technically we have only spent 1.7m, which is far less than last season when we were still in serious debt. Why is this?

Before the abuse starts, i fully back the manager, whyte, and the players signed. I will be at ibrox every other saturday cheering the team on. In bedoya/mckay/goian, we have made some good signings. Just hope it isnt a case of what could have been due to our inexperience in the buying market.

WATP
TrueBlue

What a complete D..K, if you think there is lots of Jelavics hanging around at that money you need to come back to the real world, were you sitting in on negotiation on Juhasz that you know we were 150k short, and Chelsea etc. now want him, boy you really do have an inside tract on things.

You are entitled to your opinion, but i think me need a reality check. We are in the market for these players because we cant afford or attact BIGGER names.
The big spending days at Ibrox are gone for the moment, and we as fans need to except this or at least try and understand it.

Lets not beat about the bush,players like murphy and le fondre(who i personally think would be good for us) fit the wage structure/transfer fee,we could go bust next year,if we afre served a 52 million tax bill we have not got the assets to cover that other than the stadium/murray park.We are looking at players to buy cheap and young enough for a resale value,gone are the days of 4-10 million players coming i.If you dont like it go and support the darkside who have plenty money but are not allowed to spend it.WATP.

23 Aug 2011 21:43:13
There is a rumour on main page, football rumours that rangers are after nikola djurdjic from Norwegian team fc haugesund, here by Friday. Have not heard of team or player

A seen this on the transfer target site aswell

He is a 25 year serbian not a full international so might have a few problems with the work permit if needed not 100% sure. He has scored 7 goals in 18 games this season and 4 assists for a mid-table team. He's a striker just so you's know ;)

23 Aug 2011 21:37:31
Rangers Make Their Move For Baldock

Leading officials from Ibrox at tonights MK Dons match and the player has indicated that he'd be delighted to sign for the Champions of Scotland.

A formal offer will be lodged tomorrow morning.

Excellent source.

Ive a m8 down that way who agree`s that this lad would dance in the SPL.

What is the source you left that part out t

Dream on timothy the banger we have bigger fish to fry should have got rooney on a free missed the boat again

Dont support the franchise they are the english manky mob- afcw

Really hope you are right my man, that Baldock boy is getting better and better each week, fast and can finish too

Ger4life

A formal offer will be lodged ? That will amount to 1/4 of the actual value then ? If the current transfer dealings are anything to go by, then we will offer �2.50 NEVER F**KING HEARD OF THIS GUY, MK.DONS ? you are of course having a f**king laugh ? M.K F**king DONS ?

He is going to west ham,10 scouts watched him on saturday,anyway we couldnt afford him.

23 Aug 2011 21:36:14
come on ally get jordan rhodes from huddersfield hes amazing, very prolific goal-scorer

He is linked with them not us

23 Aug 2011 20:21:31
i cant believe were letting wee vlad go to kiev the boy loves rangers has bags of tallent and potential great direct player wich we sadly miss we should be knocking as hard as we can on mancinis door

Dont know why people want him as bad he was inconsistent, he had 2 /3 good games in a row them bout 5/6 s**t games. well he is much better than ortiz imo

God bless the wee guy,hope he has a great season,because a top,top team will buy him.those rangers fans who dont rate him are clueless,they live in dreamland,he is the best ball player we have had since laudrup.

He is well over rated, he stood in the stands way fans on final day and suddenly he is a hero? like the 1st reply said, more s**t games than good, better keeping what we have

If Weiss was such a good player don't u think that man city would keep him instead of selling him ? he was good at the champs but too inconsistent reminds me of McGeady when he was at the other lot good skill scores a few goals and falls out the game far too easily and gets lazy tracking back to help out the defence

Willie

Sorry but if that was the case i think ally would see that in him having worked with him every day and having played alongside the great brian laudrup. wouldnt say i dont rate him - i thought he was a decent player - but he wasnt as good or as consistent as you are making out.

And how much was he on per week at Man City? And how much will he get in Russia? It's not just transfer fees, it's about how much we're willing to pay for salaries. We have a sensible system in place now (if by sensible you assume that players are worth 20,000 a week) and it would be foolish to put that at risk for one or two players...

Just because he loves the Gers we should sign him - great signing policy mate, should we sign Scott Brown as well??

Its not just because he loves rangers he has got bags of energy and can unlock any spl defence on his day Hes miles better than ortiz Weiss had the most assists in the spl last season that tells a story. Thats the spark we could really be doin with ryt now.

I'd like to see a top player from the English premier league try an get into the man city team, so how can you get on at the boy for no gettin into that team, If he wasn't that good he wouldn't have been at man city in the first place He can run like f**k, he is very skillfull and he has a few tricks up his sleeve and he can only get better, he's much better than Ortiz who we signed and any other midfielder at ibrox apart from Davies

23 Aug 2011 18:28:09
Andy 'the goalie' Goram is opening up a new pharmacy in Kennishead on Friday Just got a leaflet through the door-Alan Rough is making an appearance also-how the great have fallen WATP

Mr Steve

10.00am -1.00pm Friday 26th August
To make this rumour up would take a great imagination-i simply dont have that-this is true Nearly fell over laughing when i seen it pop through the door-wonder if the goalie will sign my 2fortuesday dominos pizza box?lol

Mr Steve

Pharmacys cost up to a million to buy as the gorvernment require to have them, so you buy and sell the building and the license, so even if they have "fallen" then they will be making a fortune....not to mention you must have a degree in that line of work to own one

The great alan rough, haha must be having a laugh mate if hes great so's lukas zaluska

23 Aug 2011 18:19:31
In a statement, Rangers said: "We are extremely surprised by the complaint of NK Maribor.

"As confirmed by the SFA, Carlos Bocanegra was deemed eligible to play at a domestic level within the UEFA deadline in accordance with the requirements of the UEFA Regulations.

"We have at all times acted with due regard to the requirements of the UEFA Europa League Regulations and we are confident that the complaint of NK Maribor will be rejected by UEFA. "

STV News

Sue the arses off the SFA for loss of earnings 7 home games and prize winnings players should sue as well for their bonuses

Wouldnt be surprised if we do end up kicked out, after the whittaker fiasco getting his ban upheld for a sending off while playing for scotland, nothing surprises me about uefa. them seem to enjoy having a pop at rangers. however if it turns out that the sfa gave us dud advice then we should threaten an "escalation of hostilities" until heads roll.

They are clutching at straws cos they know they're onto a hiding tomorrow night.

This is quite worrying and what were the SFA doing. Granted if it comes out we were in the wrong it is a major ffff up by the hierarchy at the club but the SFA are supposed to be the ones who verify this - I think they have not got a clue about their own rules or anyone elses for that matter.

Article 23 of Uefa’s competition rules states that protests must reach their Control and Disciplinary Body in writing, with all details outlined, within 24 hours of the match in question. From this mornings Herald, so this complaint may not even be investigated anywat as it seems doubtfull it was lodged in time. Even if it was, seems that all the relevant football paperwork was done in time, just the relevant paperwork for uk border agency, which isn't relevant as match was in slovenia. They running scared and trying to secure a 3-0 ?

23 Aug 2011 18:11:52
Douf wants to come back to champs come on ally there is your striker wont cost u much source bbc sport

Away u go , he contributed nothing just wanted to cause trouble & will end up getting the club fined cos he's a knob

As much as I loved the guy for winding up our friends across the city, please get real his only telling contribution was a goal against Lisbon

Striker? wan*** waste of space. hemmings deserves his chance to shine youth not yobs is what we need

23 Aug 2011 18:03:14
Owen hargreaves would be worth a shot cracking player when fit

He would be no good, too injury prone, and we need a creative player, someone with a bit of flair. how about asking ferguson for owen on loan, doubt he'll get a game in that team

So is Daniel Prodan and Andy Webster...

23 Aug 2011 17:29:17
Iam sick that ally didnt sign weiss and think he should be sacked,wee weissy was in the rangers crowd,hes a diehard rangers fan all his life,our best player by far last season much better than naisy,naisys good but not as good by a mile,does anybody agree?i also heard that ray wilkins is incoming,hope its to replace ally,wee butch rangers legend

I am a Celtic fan and even I dont believe this one lol

You talk s**te mate. He's probs no even heard of rangers. Before he came to Britain And your lucky if he started 8/10 games last season so how could he be our best player
Get a real job.com
Scooby

Rangers lengend? Get a grip. He was there for about 2 season at the very end of his playing career. If you want to talk about ledgends, look at Ally. U r a donkey

Away and shout for your own manager to be sacked ya edjit. (Lemmon) I know that your from the darkside. You were probably one of the edjits shouting for lemmons head on Sunday. Put a name to your post ya coward.
We Are The People.
In Ally We Trust.
Followfollow81

You lot are unbelievable, because he wants to sign should not mean that we buy him. Since he appeared in the crowd at an old firm game he is made out to be some hero. I am fifty, 15 stone and I want to sign for Rangers and I have been at every old firm game for the last ten years, does that mean ally should sign me. Weiss is a guy that spent most of last season on the bench and you want to pay �3m plus for a benchwarmer. He was half decent not a world beater and certainly in our current financial position not worth the money.

And because he wore a scarf and sang with the rest of us, you want to sack a legend, get real

Your sickness has obviously affected your brain. Wiess diehard rangers fan all his life?? Try 1 season. Sat on the bench more often than not last season. dont get me wrong I think he is a good player and will become some player in a few years but Naisy has got to be in the top 3 players for us (with greegs and davis in there too) Unlike Weiss Naisy has been a rangers fan all his life

So get rid of Rangers all time greatest goalscorer, a man who has Rangers running through his blood, a glaswegian and someone through the Souness years that sat on the bench and never complained, just got on with it?? Compared to a player that played for us for less than 5 months, scored only 5 goals and has just become a supporter.

Come on, get a grip and when you call a player 'butch' it makes me think he should have signed for the village people rather than kiev. He's not worth 4 million and 50k a week. We cannot afford that sort of wage and fee.

What a load of p*sh The lad plays one season and suddenly he's a ranger through and through yet your not willing to support a man who bleeds red, white and blue and was there for the club when we were in the sh*t, who worked without a contract because he loves this club so much, you know f*ck all mate, why don't you p*ss off to Kiev to b with your mate Weiss and don't come back to ibrox, no man is bigger than this club and certainly not a jumped up little sh*t like Weiss. The toys were well and truly out the pram for his interview, a man who loves the club as much as he says he does would never disrespect it by airing their dirty laundry in public.

Dont talk crap weiss had an ok season & he just jumped on the rangers bandwagon cos we were winning dont think he would have been in the crowd if we were playing crap, give ally a chance once he gets the formation & first 11 sorted we will dominate the spl & do ok in europe so get a grip watp

Our best player last year? Shut yer mouth Shagged, davis, jelavic? All by far better he played 21 games half of them as a sub An u want ally sacked? Maybe mccoist sees a better way to spend 4 million Ur a joke Weiss is a good player correct but not a world beater in ally we trust

Are you for real? Diehard Rangers fan all his life? Don't think so buddy. I'm pretty sure that the main reason that we didn't even attempt to sign Weiss was the cost - both to buy him from Man City and then to pay him.

Not a bad wee player but in my opinion I'm glad we didn't pay over the odds to get him.

Really?? So Jelavic and Mcgregor were not as good as him. I don't think so ya nugget. I bet ur an armchair fan aswell and the only games u watch are highlights as a season ticket holder i went to every home game last season and seen Weiss play, the boy has no finall ball hesitated to much and couldn't handle gettin kicked about the park, just because he sits with the crowd and supports rangers doesn't mean we will spend �4 mill on him. Seriously we paid that for Jelavic, Weiss is no way near as good as our no. 9. Anyone agree/disagree?

Weiss is rotten , 4million for him is very over priced when hes worth 1m

Sorry pal but as a diehard gers fan,i feel that post is just ridiculous.so allys career as gers boss should end as he doesnt want to spend the majority of his budget on vlad weiss? i'd have loved to see wee vlad back but to say ally should be sacked over that is just plain dumb.
drumlad

Heard this whole Wilkins nosense a month ago-claims that Whyte is unwilling to back Ally in the transfer market because he doesnt believe he is the man for the job....in fairness once Wilkins was chucked out of Chelski last season they fell apart-he would be a magnificent No.2 at ibrox

Mr Steve

What are you talking about weiss wasn't that good, played well in about 5 games and made a good pass to jelavic in the cup final but not much more than that, Wee butch remember him at QPR couldn't hack it as a manager

He was a benchwarmer at best, loved to take on 4 or 5 men then not get a cross in.

HAHA This post is't even stupid, its hilarious, weiss was our best player? Jelavic won us the league Next..........

Jelavic did not won us the league miller did. And weiss was a good player with a bit of time may have been class.but ally is a all time rangers legend.

Looks like the darkside page is quiet,"wee weissy" is not as good as everyone thinks.

You must know nothing about football mate, weiss hardly ever showed up, when he did he was a good player, far from consistent alot, were all diehard fans and if we wore the jersey wed do the same as him, does that mean is should sign with rangers?

Well I never
They said it would never happen
Monkeys wi' typewriters.

I love science me.

Well you've just made a complete t**t of yourself ya pr*** I can't believe you even had the nerve to post such absolute pish. Agreed Weiss was a good wee player, and I too would've loved for him to come back, players with the passion and desire to play in the Red, White and blue are sorely missed these days. But best player??? SH@@@
And as for mccoist, how fickle some people are. Super Ally, yesterday, today and always, no matter what.

Omg seriously man. think you need to go back on your medication your brain is clearly addled pal. and im desperate for ally to do well as boss cos no one deserves it more after all the years he has given this club you are clearly an absolute idiot without a brain in your head.

You are full of kack Weiss is a fair player nothing more, just because he was in the stand when we won the league means nothing.....would you pick a Rangers team out of the Louden Bar regulars? Of course you wouldn't but they are all true blues Get a grip youngster

23 Aug 2011 16:49:16
Maribor have ldoged a protest with UEFA over the eligibility of Carlos Bocanegra. Bocanegra didn’t have his UK work permit at the time of the tie in Slovenia and Maribor have now asked UEFA for clarification on whether he should have been able to feature in the first leg.
Maribor’s complaint stems from article 18.14 of UEFA’s Europa League regulations, which state: “For the three qualifying rounds and the play-offs, a club may register a maximum of one new eligible player on List A after the above-mentioned deadlines, provided the quota of locally trained players is respected.

“Such registration must be completed by 24.00 CET on the day before the relevant first-leg match and the club’s association must confirm in writing that the new player is eligible to play at domestic level at this time.”

Source stv news app

William Ibrox

Taking it the clubs associations means SFA and as it must be in writing, the SFA must have sent a letter there error so they would be liable for loss of earnings if Rangers were thrown out ?

Think you need a new computer

What is laughable about this "seeking clarification lark " is that had maribor cited their problem on the day or night of the game then one could have said ok they might have a point..but a week later No they are just trying their hand and nobody will get kicked out ,thats just fools talking ..probably from the east end .So zip it away back to schoool heh heh.

23 Aug 2011 16:39:24
Garry O'conner will be a Rangers player next season.. Ally McCoist told him in the summer he has a year 2 prove himself in football again,thats why o'conner only signed a 1 year deal at Hibs. FACT..

Ha Gary Oconner get a life mate never good enough for rangers

Omg lol NO just no

HILARIOUS Could give him 20 years and he would never be found guilty of being a footballer

You seem confident he'll do it.. he's rank tho

Rather have des O,conner

I think if he manages 15-20 goals this year for hibs gets called back up for scotland then we might go for him. he has made a good start to the season, the only person to score for Hibs this season with all 3 of the teams goals

More stuff from fantasy island or was it paradise? geta properjob.com

Your talking BS. FACT

23 Aug 2011 16:25:19
Will people stop posting naismith as a striker hes a midfielder, we need another striker, craig whyte said we had 5 million to spend, we have spent about a million of that, go out and get another jelevic type player that costs 4 million and the league is a cert.

Best attaking midfielder in scotland by a mile

�500k ortiz
�1.5m wallace
�300k bocanegra
�500k goian
�400k bedoya
�320k mckay

There is over �3.5m and we had big money bids in for verhoek, cuellar, goodwillie

No kidding mate did you see him in the ibrox game against malmo shocking couldn't score in a barrel of fannies. We need a good finisher with a bit of pace and we could be about ready 4IAR

Dreaeeeeeeeeem, dream, dream, dreaeeeeem........ dreaeeeeeeeeem, dream, dream,dreaeeeeem Whyte has no intention of spending ANY money m8, let alone a significant amount on ONE player, sorry m8. 4 in a row ( regardless )

Remember the money in from Bouggie and Cahrlie Adam so haven't spent 3.5 million

Yes but we received�1.6 for bougherra

�800,000 from charlie adam so we've not spent much

thought whyte said there was �15 million
the goal posts got moved when we got knocked out of the champions league

But we have also brought in over 2.5 mill for Bougherra and Adam. What the original post failed to mention is that a lot of that cash is to be used on wages.

�3.5 million on 6 players you spanner.
Goian and Bedoya might not be too bad but these are hardly glamour signings.

I agree in that we need another marquee signing like Jelavic, not a striker though because Lafferty Naismith and Jelavic are good enough.

The money for bougy n adam sell ons about 2.5 mill is it no?

Might be over 3.5 milion but we got 1.7 million for bougy and 800,000 for adam so that works out net spending of 1 million clown, If whyte sticks to his word of 5 million we have 4 million left to which i feel we should spend on a striker as we are covered in every other area.

We had big money bids in for verhoek, cuellar, goodwillie and the hungarian centre half ss there should be plenty left for a marquee signing that ally was taking about

To the guy who wrote this:

"Remember the money in from Bouggie and Cahrlie Adam so haven't spent 3.5 million"

Do you understand maths..? Just because the fact we've received fees for players doesn't subtract from the amount we've spent. We could get �20M for Jela, Naisy and Shagger and that still wouldn't take away the fact that we've spent over �3.5M. And regarding the amount Whyte said he'd spend, it was reported that he'd invest �5M a season in the squad. So, spent �3.5M on transfer fees, then you've got signing on fees, agent fees and again for the new deals for Davis, McGregor and Whitts. This will take the amount invested in the squad to well over �5M...easilly Then as other folk have pointed out, we've had official bids for Cuellar, Verhoek etc fall through, again showing that Whyte is williing to spend more....the �15M that was reported in the papers, was just that, reported. That's the word journalists use when they don't have definite facts. People need to get off Whyte's back, from what I've said, and the many, many other going ons that I'm sure are happening within Ibrox, he's doing well. Sure, we've not had the greatest start to the season, but we'll get there, Super Ally will get things right, I have no doubt in this. What we as fans need to stop doing is p*ssing and moaning about absolutely everything that doesn't go our way....it's a terrible attitude and it needs to stop. WATP

Well said that man, 2 trophies last season, championees, we can afford to be in the transfer market this season yippee. held on to a top goalie and striker, give whyte and super ally a break.

23 Aug 2011 15:43:31
well troops 8 days left of the transfer window wonder who will come in i reckon another 2 and we should be okay heres to 4 in a row ......bigt

Would like to see us bring in 3; cb, lm/rm and a fw. Use the supposed money from the cuellar/juhasz/verhoek/goodwillie deals

23 Aug 2011 14:37:49
Just heard that Rangers have made an approach for Ebanks-Blake

Would be crackin buy for us but doubt we will get him ..bigt

Wouldn't mind Maierhofer either

Were did u hear tht ? He a good player.

My mate's brother used to play with him and keeps in regular contact, said 1 of the big 2 from Scotland were interested in him and it was "the more desireable blue half" his words.

23 Aug 2011 10:09:31
Ed, do you know what has happened to Jamie Ness? I have searched the Rangers site, the newspapers and there is not a mention of why he was not considered for the Well game. Do you know if McCulloch's knee injury will keep him out of the maribor game? GeeBee

Jamie Ness got another groin strain from the game against Inverness Caley a couple of weeks ago.

Groin and Hip problems have plagued his whole career due to the fact he has one leg slightly longer than the other. And the feeling is this will continue to hamper him in the future. Seems to get 1 or 2 games then our for about 5 or 6

Who cares about mcculloch the longer him and edu are out the better. Sunday is best we have played all season with both them out.

A agree wae edu though :L

Ness was injured before well game as was hemmings and 11 other first team players ie weir, mcculloch, bartley etc etc

23 Aug 2011 14:11:23
If you go through the Premiership squads and try and ascertain who may not make the 25 man squad there is not really that many players that we could realistically get.

Just my opinion.

Thoughts?

23 Aug 2011 13:35:39
How about getting Barry robson I know he is 32 but still a decent player

Still a decent player he never was a decent player he was out of his depth at celtic hes out of his depth for scotland and is no where near good enough for us.

Theres a reason why rangers released him as a youngster not good enough and was never going to be
BALLYBOY

We want to go forward no backwards

Robson is twice the player edu is and that donkey still gets a game, how do u know how he was @ celtic? do u go2 parkhead? any celtic fan ive spoke 2 say that getting rid of robson was 1 of moggas biggest mistakes and lets face it he made plenty of them

23 Aug 2011 12:43:04
Alejandro Bedoya is eager to get his
Rangers career started, saying he is
looking forward to the �pressure�
for success at the club.

The American midfielder completed a
move to the SPL champions last
week but is still awaiting clearance
from the UK Border Agency to move
to Scotland, with a visa expected to
be processed by Wednesday.

Bedoya could then come into
contention for Sunday�s league tie
with Aberdeen and the former Orebro
player says he is looking forward to
thriving under the expectation of the
Ibrox faithful for silverware.

�Rangers are a well-respected club
with a lot of history and a winning
tradition,� Bedoya told USSoccer.com. �Hopefully going to Glasgow gives me the ability
to compete on a big stage in Europe,
but also gives me the pressure of
trying to win something every year.�

Bedoya though was already sold on
his switch to the SPL and says Ally
McCoist played a big part in
convincing him his future lay with
Rangers.

�Ultimately at any club your
confidence comes from the manage,
� said the 24-year-old.
�Being able to talk to him and seeing
the interest that they showed really
made me feel like they were keen
to get me there.�

Welcome to the gers.

Blue bells are blue

23 Aug 2011 12:37:32
The game is on ESPN on Thursday

The game is also live in ibrox stadium, 7.30 kick off

23 Aug 2011 12:40:24
Question: weiss is on 50k a week, jelevic is on 20 a week, do u think weiss is worth 30k a week more than jelevic?

Weiss is on 50k a week are you for real pal hes on 20k at man city

Of course not, jela is twice the player he is

Weiss is a much better player than jelavic
Fact

It depends on who is paying your wages and which league you're in.

How do you know Weiss is on 50k a week?
Highly doubt it, promising young player in a mega rich paid squad granted but 50k a week- NEVER
McCoist just doesn't want him, end of lets get on with it.

�50k a week is what Kiev have tabled - his Man City wages are not the discussion point here. As for Weiss being better than Jelavic - get back to your own page If Jelavic was to be sold this summer the bidding would start at �10m - Weiss has just gone for �3.9m which is less than Jela cost when he joined us.

Aye pal alrite your sickened b,cos didnt sign weiss guarantee you wouldve said vice verser if ye did thanks my friend

23 Aug 2011 12:17:21
Vladimir Weiss is going to Kiev for £3m. Weiss desperately wanted to return to rangers but Mcoist rejected the chance to buy him.

I don't know why we didn't buy him. He scored goals, he got the most assists in the SPL and we could afford him. The cuellar money [£2m], the goodwillie money [nearly £3m] and the verhoek money [£2m].

I think something must have happened between them.

www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/3768105/Im-going-to-Kiev-it-should-be-Ibrox.html

Maybe its coz he was counter productive and only interested in skinning 4 ppl then losing the ball. Not a team player yet... Joe Cole at west ham... same thing, party boy

I dont think it was the initial price i think 4million for him is naw bad for someone with his talent and age but the wages i heard he was on 50k dont think be as much as that but still dotn think he would take a hefty cut in wages to join adn his Dad National manager advised against going to the scottish league as it is not good enough in his opinion

The bottom line is and we all have to ake up and accept it - we are not going to spend �2m + on any player. Looks like we pushed the boat out to get Lee Wallace at �1.5m. The rest of the 'bids' were just a smokescreen, Whyte had no intention of signing any of these players for Ally. bargain basement I'm afraid guys.

Wages. He's on over 40k a week

Something did happen.

rangers failed to negotiate the c/l qualifier.

weiss was out of our price range after that

Sir Walter did not rate him highly enough to play him all the time as he is definitaley not a team player He blew hot and cold so could not be relied upon to give a display. Why would we go back to that when there are another thousand better optionswho would probably cost less and be far more positive foir the team

Where did you find the stats for weiss and assists?

Wiess started himself that he had most assists in the SPL last season.

23 Aug 2011 11:52:34
Does anyone else think Darren Ambrose would be a realistic target? Ipswich are apparently open to offers

Does he not play for crstal palce?

Yeah he plays at Crystal Palace

Sorry palace are open to offers, Ipswich are interested. Surely the mighty Gers would offer a bigger challenge for him than that lot

Hope not a HATE the guy alway have always will. would be gutted if he signed

Very under rated player in my opinion. can beat a player or 2 and can take a goal.

23 Aug 2011 11:12:25
Glad ally hasnt paid 3 million for weiss liked the man but not much, no more money signings, maybe 2 loan signings? Ally checkin progress of jamie murphy for a swoop in jan.

Vlad weiss would have been a great signing for the ger's. lets face it he is miles better than Wylde, ortiz and any other fu*king dafty Alli wants to play on the left. why not try Edu on left. It couldn't get any worse.

Total agree with the 2nd poster there. He had the most assists in the spl last season and could unlock any spl defence

Agree, Wylde for me offers more

Weiss done well in a few games. After his debut I expected a lot more from him. He's a gd player bt rite now we can't afford to spend three million on a player thts nt goin to do the business week in week out. Wish the wee man all the luck in the world n hope to c him bk one day. Anyway,Edu on the left, R u havin a f***in laugh. Put ur fone away n listen to ur teacher wee Man Utd obviously dnt hav a clue

Murphy isny the player people make him out to be hes no better than any rangers youngster put wylde,ness,hutton etc at motherwell they would be much better than him dnt want to c him at ibrox ever

Lol no more. where was the first lot

23 Aug 2011 10:49:02
Rangers new signing Alejandro Bedoya is expected to obtain his work visa on Tuesday, allowing him to make his debut at Ibrox on Sunday against Aberdeen. (The Herald). rangers also to step up their attempts to sign a striker before end of window and possibly even a wide player also

My source has told me that rangers are looking to secure the loan signing Roman pavluchenko if his move for Jamie murphy is unsuccesful

23 Aug 2011 10:41:21
Is the game on tv On Thursday?

Yes Mate. It is on ESPN. Kick-Off is at 7.30 PM. Jimster.

Espn bud. half seven kick off.

23 Aug 2011 10:01:49
Rangers interested in Magaya Gueye. Heard from a good source.

23 Aug 2011 09:55:06
Surely ally has to go with more or less the same team.ness for naismith and maybe bocanegra even though perry was top notch.although I can see edu mculloch coming back in otiz moved to the left and davis on the right even though davis is twice the player in the middle and ortiz looks good on the right but totally useless on the left.also would be s**t for wylde to be dropped after that performance.he needs to get a team and stick to it so the players can form partnerships