Rangers Banter Archive April 13 2015

13 Apr 2015 17:39:33
Defence needs sorting, Gareth McAuley (new captain) would be a tremendous signing, Chris Brunt & Kyle Lafferty would complete a strong Northern Irish spine.
Now all 3 wouldn't come cheap but all the released guys & the extra cash from King & his boys should make it feasible. These 3 guys would supplement the young fellows already @ Ibrox & the 3 or 4 best that should be signed.

13 Apr 2015 18:09:24
Big Lafferty couldn't wait to leave us. I think he is a waste of space

13 Apr 2015 18:13:05
Don't want Lafferty anywhere near the Rangers team. Remember this guy jumped ship as quickly as he could when the club needed him most. Interesting how he starts talking about coming back when Rangers are in the play offs and more importantly his career is flagging. Don't be taken in by this imposter

13 Apr 2015 18:24:18
Wishful thinking mate. I wouldn't take Lafferty tho. I personally think we should sign Vuckic for another year and then try convince him to sign a pre contract in January if he keeps on performing the way he has been. I also like the look of Jason Cummings from Hibs.

13 Apr 2015 19:22:04
lafferty should never be allowed back to ibrox along with naismith whittaker macgregor ness wylde and the rest of the deserters only s davis went about things in the right manner the rest should never be back and boyd should never been back either

13 Apr 2015 19:42:23
Who on Earth do Rangers need a 'Strong Northern Irish Spine'? What about Richard Keogh, David Meyler and Johnathan Walters to give us a strong ROI spine? Better still what about Danny Wilson, Scott Allan and David Goodwillie to give us a string Scottish Spine, we're a Scottish club FFS!

13 Apr 2015 19:49:03
Mcauley is tooo auld!
Lafferty and brunt would be good signings

13 Apr 2015 21:16:49
No more x players please same old same old we need to move forward not take a step backwards most of them were just merceneries anyway!

13 Apr 2015 21:37:54
So if it was Steven davies or vlad Weiss you would say no because they are ex players?

13 Apr 2015 22:23:39
When cxxx mentioned our ex midfielder steven davis there it made me think of what me & my mates were talking about after our 4-0 win against raith on sunday,we were mostly all in agreement that when nicky law is playing to his best like he was on sunday he's a very similar styled midfielder to steven davis,I'm not saying law is as good as davis but he's not far behind him,law is now playing the football that got him his move to rangers in the first place,he's playing well under stuart mccall just like he did for motherwell under mccall

13 Apr 2015 23:05:57
BIGWULL

100% correct mate don't want anyone of those imposters anywhere near the club.

13 Apr 2015 23:27:50
Ceexxx the answer is yes,
The world Is full of players so why do we need to go for the same ones, I'm all for a new coaching system as well and hope we have the balls to go down the route of of Director of coaching and get a scouting system in place that doesn't just find us great up and coming players but also makes us money as well, we need to drag ourselves out of the old ways!

13 Apr 2015 20:22:33
So nothinglefttogive you wouldn't take Chris brunt then! The guy was only putting 3 names up for possible transfers it is a banter site, being from Northern Ireland I love seen rangers players from my country is there a problem with that!

14 Apr 2015 07:47:02
Hooly78. I think somebody touched a raw nerve mentioning Lafferty. Personally I can't stand him and, aside from the fact he walked away with the rest without a thought for us, he was actually pretty hopeless like Bambi on ice. He got involved in too much off field stuff and only ever gee'd himself up towards the end of the season when he was looking for a new or improved deal. He's not the answer. As for the other Northern Irish guys I have no problem with any of the ones mentioned. On the point of ex players returning this tends not to work although Steven Davis may be an exception. The guy is a class act and Ronald Koe man recognises this by playing him every week at Southampton. Law has some good qualities but he's not in Davis ' s league

14 Apr 2015 08:16:53
You are mental if you wouldn't take back the likes of davis, weiss, jelavic, aluko etc. These guys are an improvement on what we have, any player who is better than what we have would be a good signing.

14 Apr 2015 08:57:14
Noddy I agree with you I wouldn't take lafferty back under any circumstances!at least Davis got us some money when he left, as for law being close to Davis no way jr Davis is a premier league player law maybe bottom of championship are division 1!as for the players that walked away from us I think the worst 2 are naismith and whitaker the press conference they give and the things they said were a disgrace!

14 Apr 2015 10:45:31
Aye Hooly. And to think the way the club nurtured Naismith back to full fitness on 2 occasions following bad injuries. Then he just turns his back on us. It's shameful at least the guys who did things the right way acted impeccably and told the truth. Guys like Bocanegra, Goian, Edu. They didn't want to play in the bottom division and who could blame them? But they were honest with the club and all of them have my utmost respect. Carlos Bocanegra was interviewed later stating he thought Rangers were the coolest club on the planet and that he couldn't quite believe what had happened. The guy was pure class!

14 Apr 2015 12:35:48
Was at West Brom v Leicester on Saturday , can't say I was impressed with Mcauley or Brunt

13 Apr 2015 11:02:56
A lot of fans have a right moan at times about nicky law, but yesterday to me Law was fantastic, his second goal was very good, most players would have put the laces through it but nicky placed it perfectly! I think Law under Stuart McCall could be a great player in the rangers midfield for another 3 seasons atleast! and young Murdoch, I don't think I can Praise him enough! he's like ian black but good. I really hope we sign Vuckic in the summer, Newcastle will want to cash in on him soon, and with Cashley wanting Austin from QPR he'll want some money coming in? the big question I have is who will we be bringing in during the summer? we need to sort out the defence, I'd love to see the full team getting a refurb but I'd honestly settle for the defence to be fixed first! like what Sir Alex Ferguson says, Attack wins you games, defence wins you titles.

on a serious note what does everyone think of the current board? personally I'm now starting to feel like they are not being transparent as they said they would be, however I can understand why it is taking so long to come out with certain things.

13 Apr 2015 12:42:44
Problem with Nicky Law is that he hides too much in games. He disappears for large parts of the game. The QOS game was an example

13 Apr 2015 12:51:54
They made a rod for their back by saying they would be honest and transparent. I still believe they will get us onto a steady footing. I am happy to give them time. I think there was an even greater mess left by the old regime, than what was expected.

13 Apr 2015 12:55:43
seen a few people I have been impressed with from the SPL. lee erwin maybe from motherwell? he's young and like templeton but can actually beat a man, not feint a few times and dive. seen another player with the same second name but first name was jackson maybe erwin he looked decent as well in that one game I saw.

the board are fine as far as i'm aware. they did promise transparency but they also say in a few statements they will not release a statement every other day. The situation hasn't changed, they are still waiting to be cleared and still waiting to be put on a stock exchange.

I expect once they get a resolution they will keep us posted. They aren't silly enough to alienate their only source of major income imo

13 Apr 2015 13:04:14
Like the boy Erwin big strong fast and ddescent on the ball.

13 Apr 2015 13:07:29
Absolutely perfect signing was just about to post this, not sure about comparisons with templeton! Lad from Motherwell is more of a Striker I'd say he isn't that quick either

13 Apr 2015 13:36:09
I only seen him in one game in which he scored and assisted another, he was a striker but most of his work was done on the left hence the comparison with temps. he's young as well and i'm sure mccall knows a thing or 2 about him ;)

I like how he gets the ball and just drives through players looking for the net. miss having players like that. again our players hide and fail to break down defenses.

13 Apr 2015 13:54:14
Lstv, yeah compared to temps maybe doesn't seem as quick but compared to Daly, Miller, Boyd and Clark he is quick lol! Am I the only person that would get rid of Wallace? Sign Holt(qos) or leahy(falkirk) descent young talented boys!
Get odonnell(partick) or naismith(st mirren) for RB. Half way to a descent defense.

13 Apr 2015 14:18:55
If anyone's getting signed from Falkirk it's the lad Sibbald, give young sinnamon a new contract aswell!

for the summer I'd bring in McGinn from St mirren, Sibbald from Falkirk, Bain from Dundee and Cummings from Hibs then a few European free agents

13 Apr 2015 14:55:31
Please no Europeans like faure and Daly. Lol.

13 Apr 2015 15:05:54
Greg Stewart from Dundee is a descent player, and so is Cummings but hibs won't sell cheap.

13 Apr 2015 15:32:08
Decent mate,decent!No "s" involved.Not trying to belittle anyone,it just bursts ma arse!

13 Apr 2015 16:50:58
Gavin Reilly from QoS look sgood as well, liked him since we played them in our first season after being demoted.

13 Apr 2015 17:23:35
Gkk iTs damn predictive text lol!

13 Apr 2015 18:19:29
L3mst3r

Couldn't disagree with that one mate. They have a few good players in their team that are better than what we have. There are some good players in teams like QOS and Falkirk who wouldn't cost the earth and coukd progress under a good manager

13 Apr 2015 19:13:55
Sorry guys - all good stuff, but I think there are a few other priorities - finishing 2nd; winning 2 , 2 leg play off games ; & then only then can we as a club start to look at players.
Gone are the days when anyone would sign for Rangers when they come calling. & in this case there will be no big money available for any of them which was always the draw for most in the first place.
Onward & upward but it will take some time.

13 Apr 2015 20:35:19
Bil72

So we can't have a discussion until we got promoted, where's the fun in that? We can't plan ahead?

Sorry mate going to have to press the disagree button here. Don't like using it as well

14 Apr 2015 08:48:03
we have all sayed from time to time wev signed players who have ability but under macoist went back the way who appear to be improving under s macall ie law clark faure crawford walsh murdoch macgregor none of the young players mentioned would have got a game under super cash if macall had been there at the start we would have a awesome young team now

14 Apr 2015 09:27:54
No probs L3mst3r
We all have opinions, & yes I agree it would be nice to start lining up a new start (should have been done 3 years ago though)
I just think that for the last couple of seasons it's 1 step forward and 3 back.
Let McCall sort out the team and get us back up is step 1 - then I will throw my list of contenders for the famous blue jersey along with everybody else.