Rangers Rumours Archive August 31 2016

 

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31 Aug 2016 23:27:23
done a couple of deals for youth players tonight
ursene mouanda 19
myles breeman 17 man city left back
amin bouzaig 19 striker
ursene mouanda 18 midfielder
and also finish winger thought I'd let u know guys.



01 Sep 2016 00:04:39
Yet I still see people posting "So disappointed with king and co" ect ect. These are exactly the kind of moves I've not seen us done in my whole existence as a Rangers fan (Only 20 but I can't remember a time where we actually made serious moves for youth development)



01 Sep 2016 01:04:52
Spot on Ross w and as a whole with the youth signings and the players we have brought in for the first team I think we have got to be happy with the buisness the club has done in this transfer window. Just need to find the right mix and balance in the side then I think we will come good this season although got to be happy with top 3 and a European place next season would be a great season.



01 Sep 2016 08:56:25
The moves for Youth players is encouraging and really highlights the way that Warburton and the team he has put together focus on the wider development of the team for the future.

I don't recall at any time in my 55 years of watching Rangers of us having a strategy for youth development.

In the early days we simply took the best young players from other Scottish Clubs and indeed those that were scouting for young prospects were either incapable of finding the right youngsters or more likely, the powers that be at the club at the time did not share their view.

As a result we missed out on Kenny Dalgliesh, Danny McGrain and others.

In the Souness and first Smith Era we bought what we wanted courtesy of David Murray and this carried on during the Advocaat er and even the second Smith Era to a lesser extent. Quality young talent that emerged such as both Fergusons, Durant and Derek Johnstone were more by luck than by design!

It is quite refreshing to see Warburton's backroom team signing youngsters from different backgrounds as well as young Scottish and English youngsters. This is indeed a new Era and one that we should welcome!



01 Sep 2016 10:13:41
Tom42
Excellent post 100% agree with it think we're of the same era mate.



01 Sep 2016 11:00:28
Anybody optimistic about old firm game, a good performance could kickstart our season.



01 Sep 2016 11:28:14
Great post Tom42 completely agree.



01 Sep 2016 11:30:08
DK and MW coming good on their promises.

Buying success today does nothing for the club's future.

Investing in facilities, youth development and carefully searching for low cost/ high potential players is where we are at for the foreseeable future.

Get rid of the legacy/ legal/ ashley issues and then the club can really move forward - at the moment the board has one hand tied behind their back.



01 Sep 2016 11:37:28
If we lose 5-0 nobody will be that surprised! Not a bad situation to be in considering, imo, we have just a much quality as they do! If we can compete physically and turn up on the day we are certainly capable of beating them! Be interesting to see how Barton performs as he has heaped pressure on himself!



01 Sep 2016 11:42:12
Excellent work by the Club over the summer. My one criticism is we should have perhaps gotten someone more reliable injury wise in at CB than Senderos but hopefully with Crooks coming back and being able to fill in their we should be ok. Hopefully some of these youths really shine and maybe one or two do well enough to get a run out In the cup.
Whether we win or lose the league this year we are on the right track!



01 Sep 2016 12:06:21
Strange though it might seem, the signing of Senders has given me new hope for the Celtic game. We could have close to all our best players fit for the game and the biggest headache for the manager will be who to leave out of the starting eleven! If the team gels on the day then there could be a surprise on the day!



01 Sep 2016 12:41:04
after heaping the pressure on himself I wouldn't let barton start in the old firm well imo I think he isn't a starting player anyways as yet unless we go 4 4 2 .



01 Sep 2016 13:47:59
We have lost all of our pace fro last season. Slow movement, lack of penetration and slower passing. I do not expect us to finish second or any of that crap. I am being realistic about the season ahead. I think we have done the very best we could have in this transfer window. I am certain we will find the right balance, that means dropping Barton, certainly for the moment. When others return from injury we will have more options also.



01 Sep 2016 14:40:05
we will play 433 we will play Barton why are people so insistent on playing 442? mccoist got lambasted for sticking with it, it makes it impossible to break teams down especially with 2 small strikers.



01 Sep 2016 15:48:03
totally different style of play and did he not just have 1 up front?
also totally different team you can be very attacking with a 4 4 2 you know cee!
I just think the 4 4 2 would give us the needed cover to put up with the likes of sinclaire and the wee rat and forest if we leave ourselves exposed we could be embarrassed. I hate losing old firm games but I think this will be up tghere with the 6-2 scoreline if we don't cover ourselves. we have no pace so that is why people are thinking of different tactics cee.
doesn't mean we need to stop playing nice football.



01 Sep 2016 16:35:02
Got to agree with Cee-we will play 433-one of the things I respect about MW most is agree with him or not he sticks to what he believes in and that is plan A or plan B (do plan A better) . He also didn't get Barton not to play him regularly now it's up to Joey to prove that Broony is indeed"not in his league". Whether hedeserves to play on current form- definitely not in my view but he will still play against Celtic.



01 Sep 2016 17:15:04
I agree Liverpool Ger, Barton has not translated his comments into his play on the football pitch and on current form he doesn't deserve to play. But for the very reason that he has mouthed off I believe that he needs to play and he needs to raise his game to a level that we have not yet seen. If he doesn't and Celtic win he will be written off, (rightly or wrongly), by a vast number of our support and his credibility as a Rangers' player will be shot to pieces.

Whether we should play him and Rossiter in the same team, especially against Celtic is open to debate. For me, Rossiter has been our best signing over the summer but I don't believe that he and barton should be in the same team.

Every position should be up for grabs and it should be down to those that show the most desire and commitment to play against our Arch Enemies that should be in the team on the day. This is not just any game and never will be. This is a game that every supporter, whether we admit it or not, wants to win and while we might say that it would be no surprise if we were thrashed is there one of us that would not be devastated by the loss. The players have to be the same.



01 Sep 2016 18:04:25
@Liverpool Ger
Im sure you are right, Barton will play, however on current form he should NOT be selected. He might come on a play a blinder and raise his game, if so why the hell is he not doing it now? He shouldn't get picked!



01 Sep 2016 18:04:40
Tom we have played 4 league games and everyone is just getting fit we will hit full strides soon and people like Barton will pay there dues. He is miles better than the league we are in we just look weak due to the lack of drive in there.



01 Sep 2016 18:57:23
I think it depends on the perssonell he uses. if its a midfield of barton, rossiter and forrester it could b a long 90mins but if we go with the energy of windass / holt and press them all over the park we can get some joy.



01 Sep 2016 19:15:30
I sincerely hope that you are right Ross. I believe that when all our players are fit, (and providing that Warburton gets the team selection right), then we will be a difficult team, home and away, to beat. I suspect however that a few 'fans' favourites might find themselves on the sidelines in the process although that should not matter if the results are right!



02 Sep 2016 08:17:08
Key to a result in this old firm game is winning the midfield battle ther will be chances for both teams as neither defence is great, but if we can win the battle in central area we can get a result! I reckon he will go with Barton rossiter and Halliday in ther purely for the dig i know people will say 3 holding midfielders but we must keep the ball and with mackay garner and forrester making up our front 3 and support from full backs we have plenty of energy in the side!



02 Sep 2016 19:35:20
If Sinclair, Roberts and Forrest run at the Gers defence at pace, and they will as that's their game, I cannot see for the life of me how they will not score 3, 4 goals plus. Gets must play same way as both defences are suspect. However, Celtic's starting to get it together.



01 Sep 2016 05:55:16
I don't think filling 20s with kids we buy is good. let's rear our own.



01 Sep 2016 21:10:39
i agree with most of the summer signings but i am dissapointed we never signed a decent centre back and as ar as midield goes against celtic to me there must be a place for halliday he would cover every blade o grass at parkhead twice and die or the cause i also ear or senderos due to pace o celtic forwards i would stick with kiernan and wilson because they did ok in the semi final because tav and wallace will not be as cavalier.



01 Sep 2016 21:38:29
I worry Barton will get sent off.



01 Sep 2016 23:42:47
Replying to earlier post on u20s and all the hysteria. sorry u guys haven't got a clue it's about what we do in next two years. if u think six good signings for u20s will solve things urge part of our institututional problem . we need to compete right now get real. ed delete as usual.



03 Sep 2016 12:01:34
wull63, I don't believe that anyone was getting hysterical! What i read was people saying how good it was too see young players with potential being brought in to our Youth Team and a general impetus in improving the quality of how we recruit youngsters and indeed our youth policy overall. Of course we will need to see improvement year on year however we should have been seeing a lot more homebred quality than we have seen over the years. You only need to look at Scottish Football over the past 50 years or more to see the number of quality young players in the game both in Scotland be it Scottish born or be it youngsters from Ireland, England and Wales, to see how poor we have been at developing our own players.
Yes, in the short term we are going to need to continue to be clever in the transfer market to improve the team but I will be delighted if, thanks to Warburton's initiative we end up with the 21st century versions of Dalgliesh, Baxter, Macleish, McGrain, etc., all of who we could have had as youngsters without paying the money. All we needed was a quality Scouting System and a Youth Policy that clearly didn't exist!

There were quality Scouts at other clubs, like Jimmy Bonthrone at Aberdeen; indeed we had good guys like Laurie Cummings although I reckon that Fergie ended up with more of his youngsters at St Mirren than we did at Rangers since if I am correct he scouted McGarvie, Fitzpatrick and MacLeod.



31 Aug 2016 19:57:25
ITK poster on another site saying were after oli mcburnie from swansea. possibly Reece Brown too.



31 Aug 2016 21:01:24
Have we signed serge atakyi. the young boy from Finland? Nothing heard today.



31 Aug 2016 21:53:17
I take Jim white's word over yours and he's not mentioned it.



31 Aug 2016 23:11:22
Yes atakayi has signed pal, youth player obviously. A long with 3 others for the youth. Obviously very important scouting players for the youth so well done.



31 Aug 2016 23:25:12
The Finnish boy was signed to the accademy today along with another 3 players.



31 Aug 2016 23:37:56
Yes we have signed atakayi. It's in the news section on club website. Signed 3 other academy players as well. All the info is in the same news article.



01 Sep 2016 07:17:23
Good news with all late youngsters signed up. we must invest in youth. Auchenhowie needs to save us transfer fees that's why it was built. onwards and upwards Bears!



01 Sep 2016 07:35:42
Good to see these boys coming in positive moves for future, I do however always feel we leave it late in bringing these promising youngsters into the first team fold! Surely benefits them to be atleast training with our experienced pros.



01 Sep 2016 10:16:00
Aido
No Very nice Jim Whites got as many wrong as he has got correct!



01 Sep 2016 11:06:04
Its all about opinions bongo. fair play aldo, bad info. although i wouldn't say Jim White is the be all and end all of all things Rangers.



01 Sep 2016 14:45:34
Jim white is the eptimone of deadline day!



01 Sep 2016 15:48:08
Is he aye?



31 Aug 2016 23:45:35
Dissappointed wee Murdoch been released. Watched him last week at Forthbank until then forgot all about him. Looked like a real prospect aswell. Think we need Holt back in the middle of the park to give a wee bit of energy lacking at the moment. With the exception of Rossiter the others need a kickstart.



31 Aug 2016 23:45:35
Dissappointed wee Murdoch been released. Watched him last week at Forthbank until then forgot all about him. Looked like a real prospect aswell. Think we need Holt back in the middle of the park to give a wee bit of energy lacking at the moment. With the exception of Rossiter the others need a kickstart.



31 Aug 2016 16:42:42
Senderos Signs a 1 year deal. Murdoch is released though.



31 Aug 2016 17:16:35
He was junk another player who played in our shirt who just wasn't good enough.



31 Aug 2016 17:23:53
Surely we've no had to chucked young Andy just to free up wages for senderos?



31 Aug 2016 17:30:21
Is that us finished this window? I reckon they will have been in talks with others incase senderos fell through, just maybe tie another utility defender up?



31 Aug 2016 17:37:07
He was a wage theif Copland, hasn't kicked a ball since MW came in therefore to me he just isn't anywhere near good enough. To think two years ago we would have settled for him.



31 Aug 2016 18:28:38
Senderos has signed Nic, about an hour or more ago.



31 Aug 2016 18:48:15
Ross I meant after senderos, thought we may have still been looking at a loan deal to add some depth.



31 Aug 2016 18:05:06
RossW1995 let's just jetison all the young guys who haven't played under MW then. Guess we'll just keep the first team.



31 Aug 2016 20:04:37
Nope MW has said repeatidly one more and that's it, we got our one more therefore that's it.



31 Aug 2016 20:56:43
'Another junk player'

What a small minded pathetic comment

Done more for the club than you ever will pal.

Good luck to the lad, he played really well in the worst rangers team in history. Deserved a chance under Warburton, never got it.

Hope he does well where ever he goes.



31 Aug 2016 21:17:28
Bit harsh here on Murdoch. think he is a fantastic talent. hope he proves our mw wrong. Good luck Andy.



31 Aug 2016 21:32:11
Murdoch was not given a chance by Warbs but with Holt and Halliday it was always going to be difficult for him to get a game but he was a decent player whenever he played.
Good luck Andy.



31 Aug 2016 21:36:39
Copland w've no let Murdoch go to free up wages mate, he clearly wasnt good enuf for Warbs and its the summer transfer window after all, so its obvi best for the player to leave if MW doesn't have him in his plans, good luck to the boy though.



31 Aug 2016 22:25:51
Why is only a one year deal?



01 Sep 2016 08:30:05
MW says he's prefer short-term deals so players have to earn a better/ renewed one! Plus when it's a slight gamble a one year deal is a safer option!



31 Aug 2016 17:51:40
What the average age for our team now? 30 or 40?
Cant wait until we sell Joey, etc on next year and get all those massive bucks (millions in)? cough, ok maybe nothing sob.



01 Sep 2016 07:33:12
WhatATeam believe that if will; for me I am disappointed that we have sacrificed youth for another over the hill CB to add to the gash we already have. DCK where is the money you promised; where is the openess and transparancy, where is the evidence of what has been spent and on what. If its had to go on the Stadium or to pay off the soft loans or suppliers then show us. Really worried for the season ahead. 3rd place and Europe is a nice dream but not achievable with the squad we have. At least we have MW and Davie Weir.



05 Sep 2016 22:00:14
Dailyrager, have we all forgot the humiliation of two seasons ago when Celtic destroyed us, the current board are doing an amazing job, the hat and dw are bang on it, youth is definitely the way forward, I can't wait till Saturday, win lose or draw we're back and we will continue to improve every window and silence the doubters both from our terraces and the Sutton's of this world, let's enjoy being back.



31 Aug 2016 16:31:50
Andy Murdoch has left Rangers and is now a free agent! He looked a good player to me but obviously Warburton wasn't a fan.



31 Aug 2016 16:51:40
Said on here a number of weeks ago himand Crawford weren't good enough and would be surplus to requirements.



31 Aug 2016 16:52:50
Had his moments, but if your being honest he wasn't that much of a special player. at 21 he was still being chucked out on loan, He should be sniffing about the first team at 21. waste of a wage in my eyes.



31 Aug 2016 19:19:59
He had promise a couple of seasons ago, but never kicked on from that. Crawford, Aird also need to move off the wage bill after their current loans.



31 Aug 2016 20:22:08
Can't understand why you would say that about Murdoch young boy done well for us every time he played agree with Crawford but think your talking nonsense about Murdoch mw didn't give him a chance can't understand why boy didn't even get one game to prove himself instead wasting money on 37 year old has been still puzzles me how we haven't signed a quality CB he knew we needed one all his contacts in England and we end up with hill and senderos boy would be better at Blackpool beach #donkeys.



31 Aug 2016 20:45:21
Just like Ross McCormack, Kane hemmings etc aye?

Lad was never given a chance to develop in first team. Just hope you guys are right and this one doesn't come back to haunt us and make our development staff look like they've not got a clue.



31 Aug 2016 21:21:26
Aird murdoch and crawford suffered under Coisty and our crawl back to the top tier. All went back the way. Thought Murdoch was a big talent and Aird is doing well in MLS. i'd bring him back in a heartbeat. who covers waldo if he gets injured or suspended.



31 Aug 2016 23:13:36
Agree on Aird, not sure about Murdoch but would agree that he and just about every other half decent young player went backwards at a rate of naughts under McCoist and McDowall.



01 Sep 2016 00:23:48
I watched Aird last week on sky he had a cracking game, thot Murdoch looked good when he played u want to talk about wage thief's rossw have a look at your big pal keirnan that u can't see past right up there with the worst players I've ever saw in a rangers strip.



01 Sep 2016 02:02:56
These boys were just decent against Alloa and Annan etc and were never going to make it to the very top. Good luck to them all wherever they find their level, but none of those mentioned here were the future of Rangers. McKay, who is better than them all, needs to up his game to stay in the team, and Thompson, who I've seen and rate highly, is out on loan and he'd be in front of Murdoch.



01 Sep 2016 08:43:10
They were decent against Annan and Alloa because that's the league we were in at the time. Started off well but coisty eventually preferred has beens and never will bes. likes of Daly Shields Clarke Law Jig Moshni Boydy Foster etc and the young boys were shunted off on loan or to the bench. Climb back up leagues should have been making of these boys. but Mccoist wasnt long in losing faith in them. and wasting millions in process. Like i previously said Aird is performing at a higher level than SPL at the moment and don't understand why we won't bring him back.



01 Sep 2016 14:42:45
ross mccormack was never ever going to get a game ahead of the likes of boyd and prso, just because they would get a game now doesn't mean they would have at the time.



03 Sep 2016 12:11:02
I have mixed feelings regarding Murdoch and would have liked to see him given some game time by Warburton however I assume that there were good reasons why this did not happen. I fully agree that our young players went backwards at a great rate of knots under McCoist and McDowall and I will never understand Smith's rational behind bringing this guy to Rangers.

Most of the players that McCoist brought to the Club were donkeys and expensive ones at that but even the guys that he signed, for example Shiels, that were very good at their previous clubs, were poor under McCoist so there has to be concerns there.

Three seasons lost, but given how poor Smith was at bringing on youngsters I am not sure that it was anything other than what we could have anticipated!

Lets look forward now, not backwards because, with the exception of Advocaat, I doubt that any of our managers over the past forty years have had much credibility for bringing in and developing youngsters!



31 Aug 2016 15:21:45
Are we being linked to anyone from Swansea?
My mate was at Ross Hall yesterday afternoon being assessed for a knee op. He is not a football fan but told me there was a "big" guy having a medical and that he had a Kit bag with the Swansea football badge on it.

Hope it might be for us rather than the Brenda connection.



31 Aug 2016 16:08:46
A big Swansea fan maybe?



31 Aug 2016 16:12:58
apparently rangers will be making no signings today, so i wouldn't get your hopes up lads. Hopefully it ain't true but i fear the worst myself as well.



31 Aug 2016 16:40:59
Senderos has signed.



31 Aug 2016 16:46:33
Senderos has just been confirmed. Contract till the end of the season.



31 Aug 2016 16:55:53
No signings will be made today other than Senderos, sorry lads but we just don't have the funds to compete with the funds Celtic have. Just not ready to compete with them just yet.



31 Aug 2016 17:34:07
Sadly our so called benefactor, Dave King, does not appear to be as willing to invest as Desmond does at Celtic. I am not a fan of Desmond but in the past he has funded deals, such as Keane, and given that King expects us to finish first two he hasn't exactly spent much, if any of his own £millions to improve the playing squad.

Thankfully they did not improve either their management or their team when we were in the footballing doldrums so we are not that far behind them however our return to the SPL has clearly motivated them to significantly improve both their management team and their playing staff.

From our perspective, with the arrival of Senders, hopefully we will see the back of Kiernan and Hill but our central defence will still be at risk on the break and a fast, quality centre back really should have been acquired.

I just hope that we can hold on to Waghorn and that he is not sold to balance the books.



31 Aug 2016 20:14:24
go over to the celtic page and ask them if you think Desmond invests!



31 Aug 2016 17:40:11
4 games in and the hobgoblins think the league is won! . love being the underdog and coming from behind. keeping words in the right place not my strong point however! #55.



31 Aug 2016 15:03:32
Nathan Cameron from Bury being reported by the Daily Mail, not seen much of him personally. Anyone know anything about him?



{Ed039's Note - he is huge)

31 Aug 2016 15:11:35
You shouldn't have been looking Ed! :)



{Ed039's Note - lol)

31 Aug 2016 15:14:41
Signed 2 year contract extension on 20th Aug.



31 Aug 2016 15:15:40
Looks like a lump of a boy, just what we need to throw a few opponents about instead of getting bullied.



31 Aug 2016 15:16:58
Hahah cheers Ed! Just read on ibrox noise he's a strong no nonsense centre half that would command the back line - exactly what we're missing.



31 Aug 2016 15:21:09
24, 6ft2, played over 100 games from 2013, looks like exactly what we need, big, powerful, decent in the air, i'd be esctatic if we got him.



31 Aug 2016 15:27:36
looked fantastic at coventry but career hasn't gone any further let's hope we can just get someone in lol.



31 Aug 2016 15:42:12
Watched video on CB Nathen Cameron looks a big guy lots of pace very alert reads the game and doesn't shirk out of tackles. Could get him for about 250k and coming up to 25 years of age. Could be just what we need.



31 Aug 2016 15:54:33
Saw a bit of him last season when I went to see Bury (Brother in Law played for them) .

Big lad with loads of presence. Commanding and dominant. Bury will be easy to deal with as they are desperate for money.



31 Aug 2016 16:07:11
is there any truth in us going for him ed.



{Ed039's Note - centre defence ia needing strengthening but I don't see us spending any money)

31 Aug 2016 12:16:10
Daniel Batth now being rumoured. Very much doubt it as he is Captain at wolves.



31 Aug 2016 13:15:12
Also doubt this will happen but very much the type of defender we should be looking at.



31 Aug 2016 14:19:13
Would be a very good signing but it would cost money that we haven't got.



31 Aug 2016 15:27:58
would take kourtney hause aswell.



31 Aug 2016 14:12:24
Waggy having medical at Bristol.



31 Aug 2016 15:52:41
Yer pants are on fire.



31 Aug 2016 16:21:29
Only way waghorns having a medical is if bristol are signing 2 strikers as replacement for the one they sold, They've just signed a striker from gothenburg.



31 Aug 2016 16:38:22
His pants are indeed on fire because it's 4.35 and Waghorn is sitting in the cafe at the David Lloyd WestEnd with his Mrs and kids!



31 Aug 2016 16:39:39
I think yer right negri. seen it on twitter but it's a false account thankfully. like the sound of this no nonsense merchant cb from Bury a few bears r talking about. Need someone bigtime.



01 Sep 2016 02:19:13
were wull the goals come from if waggy leaves? Av spoke to Waggy n he said he followed us a wee boy, he's a true blue

Mon boys stop wae the fibs.

We have four years to win the league get off the boys backs.



31 Aug 2016 09:44:02
Josh Meekings rumoured. Solid CB, 23 yrs old, has experience in league and tbf would be a good signing for us. Senderos doesn't necessarily need to sign today since he's a Free Agent but I'd take Meekings, will be cheaper in the long run over a guy that "wants other offers".



31 Aug 2016 10:30:53
Meekings would be a better fit for us than most of the other people we're linked with. He has the experience in the league and is a really solid player. Would love to see him join

Him and senderos would be a pretty great partnership I reckon.



31 Aug 2016 10:37:21
Don't think you can blame Senderos for hedging his bets after we have messed him about. They brought him in for a trial when it looked like they had no intention of signing him as they wanted Lescott and whether it's true or not there are rumours Rangers held off after this as they were hopeful of someone else.



31 Aug 2016 10:40:51
that is i good shout but do we have money to spend it seems not.



31 Aug 2016 10:57:44
We have money to spend. People seem to forget that signing players even on a free cost money, Senderos might want a signing on fee etc, Meekings will be a cheaper alternative and in the future with European experience etc can bring us afew mil down the line - Senderos won't. He has value in him. ---- We were trialing players and he was aware of that, he understands our philosophies but its down to again, whether he wants to sign for us and be part of our future. We have plenty of time to make a decision on him and can easily sign a player by the end of today such as Meekings.



31 Aug 2016 11:04:30
Good point, how much do you guys reckon it would be to get Meekings?



31 Aug 2016 11:28:11
we are picking the cheap option regarding freebies and old players king promised money for transfers for this window and that has not happnend.



31 Aug 2016 11:32:01
Josh Meekings is not solid guys, he's worse than RK and hopefully this is just nonsense. I'm hoping MW has a trump card up his sleave to sign a powerful fast CB before midnight. there has to be loads of decent CBs needing game time and available on loan from the premiership. Someone like Denayer that no one had heard of but done a great job for the other lot. No more 30+ permanent signings please.



31 Aug 2016 11:49:58
£250k for Rossiter, £1.5M for Garner, £220K for Windass and Crooks.

So explain to me how King promising money this window hasn't happened.

Some folk need to get their heads out the ground and realise we can't go throwing money about we don't have. We don't even have control of our merchandising finances so basically run off ticket sales.

Live in the real world and don't post complete nonsense.



31 Aug 2016 11:56:18
In all fairness guys I would be happy with any CB at the moment as long as they are better than the guys we have just now regardless if we get them on the cheap or for nothing, We desperately need a CB before this game next Saturday or I can't see it looking good for us. Even if MW can get a right decent CB in on loan I would be happy with that.



31 Aug 2016 11:57:57
In all fairness guys I would be happy with any CB at the moment as long as they are better than the guys we have just now regardless if we get them on the cheap or for nothing, We desperately need a CB before this game next Saturday or I can't see it looking good for us. Even if MW can get a right decent CB in on loan I would be happy with that.



31 Aug 2016 12:01:07
You forget signing on fees, agent fees, possible appearance fees etc. Too many dumb fans out there that don't understand how transfers really work.



31 Aug 2016 12:03:12
YES STU I agree with you againg bring back bougy for nothing problem solved.



31 Aug 2016 12:15:29
Blu stu - it's quite simple, the money you reffer to came from season ticket money and from reductions in wage bill from the players that left at end of last season. NOT from David King.

Nobody wants club to spend money it doesn't have but DK made some very clear promises he hasn't kept, that's true whether you see him as the clubs saviour or just another shady character.

"We will sign a team of Scott Allans" last summer.


"There will be significant sums available in January" last summer


"We will invest heavily (upon promotion) in summer market to compete with Celtic" January

"We will invest around 15m to compete with Celtic" January

"Significant money will be made available in January" this summer

"We will invest significant sums to compete again at European level" this summer

These are just a few of his quotes, unless your calling him a liar (which he is)



31 Aug 2016 12:15:29
Blu stu - it's quite simple, the money you reffer to came from season ticket money and from reductions in wage bill from the players that left at end of last season. NOT from David King.

Nobody wants club to spend money it doesn't have but DK made some very clear promises he hasn't kept, that's true whether you see him as the clubs saviour or just another shady character.

"We will sign a team of Scott Allans" last summer.


"There will be significant sums available in January" last summer


"We will invest heavily (upon promotion) in summer market to compete with Celtic" January

"We will invest around 15m to compete with Celtic" January

"Significant money will be made available in January" this summer

"We will invest significant sums to compete again at European level" this summer

These are just a few of his quotes, unless your calling him a liar (which he is)



31 Aug 2016 12:53:36
Am I right in saying we still aren't backed by a bank? Might be a reason we aren't splashing the cash but he's probably paying better wages for the likes of Barton etc because they aren't paying transfer fees.



31 Aug 2016 12:59:05
I can't see Meekings costing more than 150k. Inverness have no money and they never secure their players on long term deals.



31 Aug 2016 13:13:13
All negative again mr nice. what is your agenda?

It clearly has nothing to do with supporting RFC.



31 Aug 2016 13:18:03
BR65 that's the most pathetic comment iv seen on this site.

Because you disagree that means I'm not a rangers fan. Grow up.

I could say the fans supporting a chairman who is a shameless liar and has caused massive problems for the club off the pitch are not proper rangers fans- only i'm not that pathetic.



31 Aug 2016 13:19:12
Not everyone who can see the faults and failures has an agenda, it's called intelligence.



31 Aug 2016 13:43:30
Mr Nice, I'm not doubting that you're a Rangers fan, I'm doubting your ability to grasp basic mathematics. Using your logic, my season ticket and everyone else's must've cost around £10,000 each.

I support DK and think he's doing a great job at trying to rebuild our club. His Q&A was a masterclass and he gained a lot of respect from me for that.



31 Aug 2016 14:32:12
mr nice what massive problems off the pitch has mr king made?
the retail deal and cancelling of said contracts is something that he has to do for the clubs survival we can't compete with celtic aslong as that's in place and the 7 year grace notice is unheard of!
so would u rather we stay with the fat rat and the simple maths of 4 pence to the pound we make just now while celtic have the best deal in their entire history!

what is your agenda mr nice, I wanted to spend lots of money as did every ragers fan but such stupidity can not be allowed.



31 Aug 2016 14:34:07
every millionaire is a liar Mr nice I suppose you would prefer green back eh?



31 Aug 2016 17:36:53
King is no better than Murray, Whyte or Green.

Can't believe that have to explain the trouble he has caused.

Instead of quietly exploring all legal options and taking a softly softly approach with Ashley he came straight out from day one and declared war on him. Even before he had gained control of the board his personal war with Ashley was going to be a major factor in the long and short term future of the club.

Then there's the farce over the strips, the fact we are in breach of contract with one of the worlds largest sports companies and the even bigger farce that is our handling of the retail company. We actually allowed Ashley very recently to vote on two new members to that board, even though we had the majority on the board and could have easily blocked it.

Honestly no wonder fans of other clubs are laughing.

No wonder our club is getting a bad name when journalists point these facts out they get threatened and abused.

Every time someone points these facts out they get at best branded negative or attacked via a ridiculous pack mentality.

I remember when Celtic were the paranoid ones.



31 Aug 2016 20:49:00
Mr Nice, you act like you've never heard of Mike Ashley or any of his dealings. They guy is a bottom feeder. Him and the previous board have drained us dry so of course DK was going to go to war with this chump. Any of us would. I'm happy he's started this war. No surrender Dave King.



31 Aug 2016 22:47:05
Mr Nice u need to go and do one mate, all u seem to bring to this is negativity, just go and be a wee neagative man and keep that negativity to urself thanks.



01 Sep 2016 04:27:46
Cant understand why you wouldn't want Dave King 👑 to attack fatty? I'm delighted with the man, and I'll support him and his board all the way, King 👑 has taken the rats on in court, and not lost, he is standing up for Rangers, and I worship the guys, you must remember he and other people begged The real cause of our problems Murray not to sell to the rat,? You forget that? He warned us all that Murray was selling to anyone who came from the gutter, and along with Alastair Johnston, and a few others was desperate to save our club, he didn't have to come back from his luxurious life in SA, he loves Rangers, always has, Richard Gough is one of our greatest ever captains, and always supported King 👑, thatl do for me, and if you think he's stealing from Rangers? Then you are very wrong.



31 Aug 2016 08:04:40
Have we accepted a bid for waggy then?



31 Aug 2016 08:17:41
Hope not.



31 Aug 2016 08:38:50
Me neither, don't want to see him leave.



31 Aug 2016 08:50:52
Neither do i.



31 Aug 2016 08:51:57
The only source I can find for Rangers accepting a bid is on here so I highly doubt it.

That said there is still 15 hours left in the window. I would think accepting a bid this late would be league suicide though as we will struggle for a replacement.



31 Aug 2016 09:18:29
15 hours for warbs to pull the finger out and get a CB in.



31 Aug 2016 09:28:58
I can't see us selling our top goal scorer at this time. If a bid was accepted (which I doubt) Warburton would be extremely unhappy about it. He's trying tool up to take on Celtic not the opposite. There is probably interest but remember he came from a higher level English team. To go to Bristol would be a step backward. Their all up here having lost their way, to put themselves in the shop window for EPL moves.



31 Aug 2016 09:54:30
Sensible one seems to think we have at a cut price Ask him Mwahahaha

I hope not, but there were rumours that there were a bid of 3m plus add ons.



31 Aug 2016 10:01:08
6 people disagreed with my original post! haha. how can you disagree with a question? 😂.



31 Aug 2016 10:09:56
I'm pretty sure that if Waggy does go (don't think it is likely) then it would only be with MW blessing.

Everything he has done so far has been calm, disciplined and sensible, managing the money that has been made available.

Contrary to many opinions on here, MW knows what he is doing, is aware of financial restrictions and will have a plan to develop the team in a structured way.

No instant fixes without £mmmmm's.



31 Aug 2016 10:41:05
sorry I love warbs tactics on the pitch when we play nice football, but he has made a rookie mistake for me one that will mean we will find it hard to get anywhere near celtic and maybe struggle to keep up with the sheep and hearts.

only really poor part of our team last years was defence and the one area we needed real quality.
we get a back up rb and an old man that beside keirnan was left for dust off of boyde who I think is maybe the slowest striker in the league!
any manager should know to build from the back and fix your problem areas first. I don't know what they have been doing on this front, whatever it is its not enough and should anyone be signed they should have been signed before the league started!
this for me is just underestimating our spl . as for barton he needs to get his finger out playing nowhere near what is expected of him.



31 Aug 2016 00:29:12
Josh Meekings from Caley to Rangers. Decent cb, better than what we have. by my guess that means the Senderos deal is off!



31 Aug 2016 01:01:47
id actually take meekings right now, good experience in the league. We are desperate like. only 24 too.



31 Aug 2016 02:12:20
I'd take meekings not worse that what we have, also someone mentioned a Portugues CB Yohan Tavares who is unattached would snap him up to.
Cumon MW get your mind in gear every one knows what we need.



31 Aug 2016 02:50:18
Both meekings and taveres would be a dream come true at this stage, we'll be lucky to bring in 2 centre backs tomorrow, also any news on waggy yet and if he does leave robson-kanu is still without a club, would be the signing of the season if we got him imo.



31 Aug 2016 07:17:49
Don't think meekings is the answer.



31 Aug 2016 08:04:45
Hes a decent spl center back but surely we could get some1 a wee bit better?



31 Aug 2016 08:29:04
Meekings isn't any better than Wilson or Kiernan. better than Hill mind you. So Senderos has passed medical and agreed deal in principle but is holding out to see if anything better comes his way. Time we told him to take it or leave it. stop f***ing us about.



31 Aug 2016 08:32:36
there's not much better in Scotland, Liam Lindsay or.



31 Aug 2016 08:43:17
According to the press, (if you can believe anything in the Media these days! ), Senders is hedging his bets, waiting to see if he gets a better offer from 1860 or some Spanish outfit.

If that is the case then we really should move on and bring in a loanee and a decent quality centre back to replace Hill and Kiernan.

We are running out of time unless we are still looking at other free transfers.

That and Jack Wiltshire please!



31 Aug 2016 08:57:38
Meekings would actually be a very smart signing, has tons of experience in the SPL plus is still fairly young, I think I would take him.



31 Aug 2016 10:41:36
How much is meekings going to cost but, can't see us paying more than 1 mil today.



31 Aug 2016 10:45:57
to be honest we should have had defenders in before anyone else as I've previously stated but look i'd take him right now as I believe he canny be worse that two defenders who got passed by boyde the guy is slow as a week in the jail just shows u how slow r/ k and c/ h really are.



30 Aug 2016 23:22:37
Senderos waiting for better offers.
we need a decent centre half B4 next weekend.



31 Aug 2016 10:48:21
if warbs doesn't do some good business today then i'd stop saying in warbs I trust because its stupidity if we don't nothing other than stupidity.

this is the area we needed to work on all year last year but still nothing done about it! #RAGE.



 
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