Rangers Banter Archive April 15 2014

15 Apr 2014 20:44:16
Youngest man on the park tonight Nicky Clark at 22 everyone else atleast 3 years his senior. Enough said.

Same old same old Larky. Was super ally not in the paper stating he's ready to give youth a chance? For the first time in a very long time I never bother going or watching the game and just seen the line up there and Nicky Clark is youngest player on the park. It's an absolute disgrace. Ally is my boyhood hero but I'm an sick to death off his 5hit! John1glasgow

15 Apr 2014 22:48:37
'Super' must be really desperate to end the season unbeaten against joiners and plumbers even though even he must know that this is to the detriment of the club we all love who need to bring through youngsters.

An incredibly selfish man who puts himself first at every possible opportunity. Rangers really are going backwards every game he takes charge of as manager and the sooner he is gone the better for the team and the fans.

We deserve much better than McCoist.

Have Said it before just stop buying tickets until he is gone, which won't be very long.

Thats not exactly true, Hutton is 23 and played a part.

Sadly when you look at records and statistics book in years to come. it will be seen as a major success

@ 5 It will only be seen by Super Ally fans like yourself as a "major success" the rest of us will remember it for what it was another lost opportunity to play youth and plan for the future.

N5 weeman you do know the record books will state it was part time teams we played against

15 Apr 2014 18:04:34
Well folks, I don't expect a great crowd tonight, and we will struggle to break down a determined Forfar, so no change there, but I do expect the players to put in the effort they did on Saturday, nothing less will do, the fans on Saturday did them proud. I think the latest spat between the board and Mr King will get fans attention yet again. I can't wait till the season ends, i'm drained of all emotion, i'm a Ranger, first and foremost, but this has been the worst time of my footballing life. Rangers Always. Come on the Rangers!

Billy b good news mickey mouse has an ally macoist watch which sums up expertise

15 Apr 2014 13:50:31
You've got to laugh a poll on here the other day 64% reckon murry park has been a waste of time and today we've got people on saying give youth a chance as it doesn't matter if we lose because the league is won well sorry I'm a bluenose and I won't my team to win as many games as we can.
r. f

Look how can murry park not be a waste of time until we see progress.

That progress is youngsters coming through.
How can we see youngsters coming through until management (ally)
Plays them.

So to me your post is redonkulous.

OP I was going to say your posts confuse me most of the time but having thought about it I believe it is just that you are confused.
I found the fact 36% thought Auchenhowie was money well spent was the astonishing surprise.
I remember we received £9million for Allan Hutton but all the other large fees escape me as do the long list of graduates from the expensive custom built youth development facility.
This year really saw McLeod and possibly Aird other than that?
Should have been McAusland and MacKay but your manager preferred out of contract mature players who cost a helluva lot more.
Not really the point of having an expensive custom built youth development facility to develop youth now is it? Or is that still a bit too complicated?

SA not alone mind you WS spent £30million in his last 4 years but having gone pop 2 years ago perhaps we shouldn't be trying to go bust again so soon Mr McCoist? What is my transfer budget this year? ZIPPO, nienty, nada- nowt!

@2 You do know that the first team train at Murray Park as well don't you? in fact ALL our teams train at MP. If we did not have this facility we would have to train some place else either pay rent to someone or maybe you'd prefer to have the teams train in the public park, What is it you want? If the players are not there then great facilities will not create them sorry.

@ 3 having worked as an engineer on both civils and building projects all my days if all we wanted was training facilities for 55 players we could have built something all these years ago for £1million instead of the £12million it actually cost.

So whether you are being obtuse or trying to be dense I think we both know the facility was built to develop our own young talent to save any more £12million transfer fees for premier division reserves.

It was to make as self sufficient which is why our "second chance" under Green and McCoist has been such a spectacular disaster.

And no amount of dense repetitive justifications of played 32 won 30 lost none will elevate the manager's performance to anything other than a very costly disappointment.

A complete missed opportunity to come back as a young exciting attacking footballing force which in the words of Bill Struth would have had evermore people coming to Ibrox to see them play.

Here are some youngsters playing in the top flight who were exactly the type of player some of us envisaged seeing at Ibrox.
James Forrest- Celtic
Andy Robertson
Ryan Gauld
Armstrong
Mackay-stevens- all D United
Peter Pawlett - Aberdeen
Kenny MacLean- ST Mirren

but also as someone else posted it is ironic that 3 of the nominations for Championship Player of the year are McDonald, Loy and Hemmings all deemed not good enough for us.

Our first team wage bill is more than twice that of the other 29 teams in the bottom 3 leagues but Forfar and Raith Rovers put us out of 2 of the three cups this year whilst it required a highly contentious decision to secure a replay against Albion Rovers.

We have spent £17- £18 million of IPO money plus a loan of £1.5 million just to see us through until the end of this season (18 months in total) although this years unseemly rush to get out the ST books suggests to me more money might be required to fulfill this seasons fixtures.

If you are content with Ally and his team then I have more in common with the supporters of any other team in the world that I have with you.
I quite simply want McCoist out of the job because he is not up to the job and my club is suffering by damage to it's reputation and finacially because less and less of us are going to watch the team.

15 Apr 2014 11:03:31
Quote of the season goes to ally mccoist people like donald findlay are saying we need to strengthen to win the championship so i'm happy to take donalds advice

15 Apr 2014 13:51:12
Expenditure on staff at Ibrox is 99% of turnover with hikes in wages for the likes of McCulloch and Templeton kicking in the moment the new season begins and Super Dooper Ally is still whingeing on about strengthening the squad?

Anyway Ally, didn't you back up Jig just a couple of months ago when he said the standard in Div 1 was comparable with the top division.

You really couldn't make up half the garbage Ally comes out with nowadays.

Rhetorical question OP but would he have been happy to take the advice if Donald Findlay had said 4 frick sake Ally get a grip the club is skint? Develop youth ya tube!
What planet do these Rangers men inhabit?

Nbear if mr finlay had said that to ally then ally would have replied not guilty

Tmwnn and a number of us would have shouted out in good pantomime tradition or yes you are!