Rangers Banter Archive September 14 2020
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14 Sep 2020 19:48:34
Have many of you heard of the boy Johnson, were you aware of him before the link? . I don't know if he is any good but playing for Preston doesn't automatically make you a great player. He is 27 years old, Preston paid 50k for him, to date Preston are the most notable club he as played for, is this really the great signing that so many of you are suggesting? . If so I think we are in trouble. I could be wrong but given his age I would have thought that if he was a superstar, most of us would have heard of him before now. I say even if it puts the club under, get decent players in and stop ten. I wasn't born in 66 or 67 but it's two years that I'm continuously reminded of, how bad is it going to be having actually lived through them getting 10.
14 Sep 2020 20:35:52
Lots of players were later bloomers Ian Wright and Jamie Vardy are just two examples and neither of those two turned out to be half bad. I'll judge him if and when we see him in a Rangers shirt and to say you'd go under just to stop 9.75 is ridiculous.
14 Sep 2020 21:15:12
The days of us signing superstars is long gone I don’t know much about the boy myself but the championship is a decent level and seemingly he is one of they’re best players so let's wait and see if he signs he might just do well for us 🤷🏻♂️.
14 Sep 2020 22:31:58
bsmate what drugs are you on? You would prefer us to spend big and maybe go under to stop them winning 10. Unreal if we did stop them then we did go under they would eventually go on to win 10,11,12 and more in a row because there would be no one to challenge them. We are looking good and going in the right direction and we won't be far away come May I honestly believe this will be our year, stay aff the glue though.
14 Sep 2020 22:57:47
Ger88, the situation is pretty frustrating for all of us, I see Celtic bringing in young players from home and abroad, keeping them for a few seasons and then selling them on for big money, not to mention the sell on clauses they always manage to add in. We need to do more of that. This boy Johnson isn't the next wright or vardy, I think you probably know that as well as I do. Obviously I hope he can do a job for us but I just find it worrying how hyped up signings like this become. Everyone goes on about how Celtic are signing nobody's just now, well it's them who laugh when they sell them on for millions, and this has been the general way of things for years.
14 Sep 2020 23:08:12
he has not signed till he’s wearing the jersey.
15 Sep 2020 01:41:29
So what exactly is it you want us to do? Sign young nobodies and chance them turning a healthy profit.
15 Sep 2020 08:37:49
Celtic have also wasted a good few £Millions also on duds, I do agree though, we need to stop giving our younger players away too cheaply.
15 Sep 2020 09:40:51
yes but the tic don't sell their dumplings on the cheap, they don't give them away either like we seem to do.
15 Sep 2020 13:41:27
Tried to sign him on Fifa and he was going to cost me 8 million as a guide price.
15 Sep 2020 13:43:36
I just said the same trueblue, we need to see a return in cash on our transfers.
15 Sep 2020 16:41:41
Johnson doesn't fit the ideal signing strategy and I had to look at YouTube ( which I wouldn't normally do but wanted to see what he can bring) . He can play Centre Mid or Attacking Centre Mid and is left footed which is a bonus to bring a bit of balance. Looks like he like to take a shot from outside the box, something we need from our MF. £1.5 - 2m for a player who's contract is up in the summer is a bit steep for us but, 12 goals last year and 7 assists in the championship which I rate a much better league than ours is a decent return. So yip, I would take a chance on him, we should be able to recoup that fee in about 2 or 3 years no probs if he plays well enough.
15 Sep 2020 19:05:44
Yes we have let players go at substantially reduced transfer fees but think of the inflated wages these players have been collecting every week.
It’s like NIGHT AND DAY the value of our squad since the appointment of SG.
16 Sep 2020 12:35:27
and by the way Celtic do offload duds just like us. they have had plenty on the books that they told to find other clubs and made losses on them.
14 Sep 2020 19:26:03
The boy ludstrum certainly looks a player, nice and physical, playing down the right.
15 Sep 2020 01:35:27
link up man not a rw on his own. was done for pace on first goal but would be a great asset through the middle.
15 Sep 2020 17:32:24
Sure his club has just activated the 12 month contract extension in his contract.
14 Sep 2020 19:21:57
Absolutely delighted to hear that our very own Brian Laudrup has been given the all clear from cancer. What a player, what a man!
14 Sep 2020 19:40:11
4 stepovers and a nutmeg I'll bet, just like old times, go Brian big man.
14 Sep 2020 19:56:36
Yip great news.
14 Sep 2020 22:26:45
Absolutely delighted! The greatest player I've ever seen wearing the jersey.
14 Sep 2020 23:31:19
Same here Geronimo. Laudrup, then Gazza for me.
15 Sep 2020 03:06:48
fantastic news for a fantastic man.
15 Sep 2020 08:38:54
Terrific news for Brian, all the best to him for the future.
14 Sep 2020 19:19:52
Got to praise the the team when they played well.
14 Sep 2020 23:32:10
Think I need to go and lie down! Only joking ds 👍🇬🇧.
15 Sep 2020 08:01:04
He's talking about Celtic, Seeker😜😆😆😆.
15 Sep 2020 09:02:35
SPUD am talking bout us no the manks.
14 Sep 2020 16:14:03
Was helping the wife with the shopping this afternoon and she picked up a we box and was reading it, I had a laugh out loud moment and she said what you laughing at, nowt I said you wouldn't understand.
The wee box she was reading was for stain removing and it was called Buzz Eraser, the wee rhat is everywhere.
14 Sep 2020 13:46:54
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14 Sep 2020 11:42:37
Morning Bears. What do you think Gerrard will do for Thursday's match in Gibraltar? As well as Aribo, Morelos, Jack, Balogun and Barker were all injured on Saturday. Should he ensure they are all fit for Sunday's match against Hibs? If so, who should step in on Thursday? I'd go for:
McLaughlin; Tavernier, Goldson, Helander, Barasic; Davis, Kamara, Arfield, Hagi; Kent, Roofe or Itten
Thoughts?
14 Sep 2020 12:06:37
There’s not much debate doiger as that’s about all we have fit.
14 Sep 2020 12:43:14
We have Bassey, Stewart, Edmundson, Patterson, Jones available.
14 Sep 2020 13:15:00
I'd play some of these guys bizzmybrox 👍.
14 Sep 2020 14:06:28
I was reading a statement from Tav that the injuries won’t derail Rangers quest for euro glory. I for one would love Rangers to win the ELC. But the Scottish league is the most important trophy this season. 🏴🇦🇺⚽️😎👍.
14 Sep 2020 14:21:19
It's very tough to win Europe league these days but if we get into the last 16 again it's a great run.
14 Sep 2020 15:19:50
Yes bizzmybrox, on reflection why not play Patterson, Edmondson and Bassey and rest Tav, Goldson and Barasic? Surely we can still win in Gibraltar with that team?
14 Sep 2020 16:02:05
Thoughts Doiger - that’s the team ring SG.
Good call but we need to see who is fit.
14 Sep 2020 16:03:50
If it was a 2 legged game I would be inclined to play Patterson, Edmunds on, etc but it's a one off. Strongest team available has to start.
14 Sep 2020 16:39:25
Get 2 goals in front, then get as many first choices off that pitch asap, if they can’t beat imps they should be kicked out the door.
14 Sep 2020 17:06:03
Good point about it being one tie only, so yes, strong 11 then hopefully make subs is doing well.
14 Sep 2020 17:30:31
I would give barasic a rest for this game and play Bassey.
14 Sep 2020 20:26:55
I just hope we start strong and get the goals early. No messing around with slow build up play. Need to get thru this/ these ties quickly and rest our better players for the league games.
14 Sep 2020 21:08:58
Don’t rest anyone it’s a must win game.
14 Sep 2020 10:45:17
Greg Docherty all ready getting plaudits
Honestly think we will regret letting him go especially so cheap
Best of luck to him.
14 Sep 2020 11:26:14
The thing with Docherty and McCrorie isn’t that they were in any way ‘bad players’ or not good enough, it was always that their actual style of play doesn’t fit into the way we play. Docherty said it himself in an interview just after he left. Everyone at Rangers rated him as a player and thought his effort and work rate were great, same with McCrorie. However we are trying to develop a very possession based style where we control the ball and wear teams down. This means Gerrard wants players who’s game is all about being comfortable in possession and being able to hold onto the ball. Look at the way Kamara, Davis and Jack play, holding onto the ball, turning away from players and moving it on, very rarely giving it away. Unfortunately when you look at both Docherty and McCrorie that’s the one weakness they both had. Both gave tremendous effort, are good in the tackle and are very direct type of players, but that doesn’t fit our game. I have no doubt they will both do well at Hull and Aberdeen respectively due to the fact that they both play a more direct style. McCrorie will thrive in that Aberdeen team who are all about getting in the oppositions faces, putting in hard tackles and getting the ball forward very directly, doesn’t mean he would of been able to fit in to our style of play though.
This is also why I feel Jones won’t work for us. He again is very direct, all about chasing balls in behind defences, something he’d rarely be able to do with us as teams set up with so many players behind us. Barker (for all his faults) is more comfortable on the ball and playing that possession game, which is why he’s getting a game ahead of Jones.
Docherty and McCrorie will both probably go on to bigger clubs for more money (hopefully we have decent sell on fees in their deals) and it would of been good to get more for them but the fact is they weren’t playing for us and they needed to go and play to increase their values. (Plus we can only accept offers that are put in front of us, if they were the only offers in the table then it’s either accept them or have them sitting in the stands with us taking wages)
14 Sep 2020 11:38:44
Great post gers78 👍.
14 Sep 2020 11:43:06
Gers78 100% on the button.
14 Sep 2020 12:58:44
Gers 👍.
14 Sep 2020 13:07:06
Good post gers1978. I still think mccrorie could have had a role to play for us. He'd have been a brilliant backup to Jack.
14 Sep 2020 13:28:53
I don’t really disagree with you Mr Grumpy, however we have to take the individual players wishes into account as well. McCrorie hasn’t really played for us in two seasons and he has his career to think about. As Rangers fans we’d all love every decent player to stay at the club (especially the home grown ones that are also supporters) . But at his age he’s not going to be willing to stay with us and play 5 or 6 games a season just cause he’s a fan when he could be playing every game elsewhere and developing himself.
14 Sep 2020 14:01:54
a very balanced G78 and view and in my opinion, spot on. The same could be said for Katic and Edmundson - both young and full of energy, but Goldson (not my fav) and Helander seem very composed and happy with he ball at their feet.
14 Sep 2020 14:17:05
hes playing down in league 1. he simply was never good enough for us.
14 Sep 2020 16:41:26
Well done Ger
That wee pep talk done you the world of good, 🗣.
14 Sep 2020 17:32:54
I agree 100% gers best post on here in a long time.
14 Sep 2020 19:14:23
Couldn't agree more 78, terrific post sir. 👏🏻.
14 Sep 2020 10:30:35
I said too my mate at work hey Joe I can tell you use imperial leather soap in the shower he said is it because you can smell it I said naw it's because I see the wee label stuck tae yet forehead.
14 Sep 2020 12:28:23
Do you know any dirty jokes Laudrup that one was far to clean.
14 Sep 2020 16:42:02
It isn’t even a joke mate.
14 Sep 2020 07:39:06
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14 Sep 2020 01:41:14
Just seen a nice wee stramash at the end of the PSG match.
5 red cards
I wander if Morelos watched it so he can brush up on his red card skills.
14 Sep 2020 07:33:09
Just how much of a cowardly little weasel faced Babbage is neymar, puts his hand round and punches the guy on the back of the head . Feckin wee rat, usually greetin his eyes out when someone kicks his big toe, I hope that guy he rabbit punched comes to get him.
14 Sep 2020 09:07:51
Bunch of divas.
14 Sep 2020 09:16:25
Speaking of Morelos. Just showed my wife who knows hee haw abt football but knows of his Huffs etc. Showed yer a pic of Edwards tackle on his from sat. A said that guy didn’t even get booked for that. She said is alfie done that he would have been sent off. So even a woman who knows nothing can tell ye it’s a shocker.
One other thing on the matter. In the pic his other leg is twisting round during the challenge on impact. He’s/ we are very lucky the foot was so high or we’d have a valuable asset sitting with a broken leg.
14 Sep 2020 09:28:09
He’s a wee girl Tom. Really can’t be doing with his antics especially when he’s so good. Got the world at his feet and he’s on the ground more than a carpet fitter. Gets far too much protection from refs.
14 Sep 2020 09:33:10
He claimed he was racially abused, he only played that card because he got caught out. Can't stand him. 👍.
14 Sep 2020 11:41:27
The only good thing about him is he hates them.
14 Sep 2020 12:33:09
I agree Tom 12 he's a greetin faced wee rat.
Overpaid greetin faced wee rat.
Still it was good to see that they had a few thousand fans at the game.
