Rangers Banter Archive January 18 2020

 

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18 Jan 2020 17:05:59
Zak Rudden making thistle debut against Celtic tonight.



18 Jan 2020 23:23:51
Long time reader. First time poster. I can't believe my fellow bears can't see the woods for the trees. How amazing does this feel right now. Win our game in hand and we are top with an enormous chance of winning this league. What do we do? Nothing. We sit and watch celtic take it from us. I'm no profit of doom but to sit here and think we will go through a league season with no major injuries is incredibly naive. Yes we outplayed celtic and what a feeling. To not strengthen 2nd half of the season is saying bye bye to the title. Prepare for heartache fellow Bears. Anyone who disagrees? Name 1 club who have such a thinly stretched albeit excellent first team squad who have stood still whilst their major rivals invest and gone on to win the title. The answer is zero I applaud Stevie Gee and what he's accomplished but I knew our finance situation would bite us. Any ideas? Crowd funding etc.



19 Jan 2020 08:43:39
I think your being slightly negative mate, we don’t know if Celtic have strengthened at all. last few players they ve paid 3/ 4milkion for have been duds. these ones might be aswell. let them do the panic buying while we have the best midfield in the country and it’s cost us pennies. we play 1 up front so another striker is nt needed til the summer, RF is only position I see as a potential area of improvement but the right players might not be available until the summer. I still expect us to do something nearer the end of the window when we clear a few more out though.



19 Jan 2020 08:54:19
What a load of negative nonsense which belies your nom de plume. We are all but top of the league, through to the knockout stages of the Europa League and through to the last 16 of the Scottish Cup. The only real glitches this season so far have been the two matches against the unwashed but we seem to have put that behind us now. Celtic are nothing special and despite their panic buying I think we'll have enough in the locker. Sure, injuries and suspensions will happen but I think we have ample cover in defence and midfield. The one area I agree where we are light is up front. Be positive and get behind our boys!



19 Jan 2020 09:34:09
They have ripped nothing from us. You could say they are panic buying rather than strengthening. Any right minded ranger would have ripped a hand off to be in the position we are in and yet you have nothing positive to say. 🤔.



19 Jan 2020 11:13:20
We've plenty of options in our first team squad. It was a disappointing performance against Stranraer but that doesn't mean players are suddenly poor. I have no idea or interest how celtic sign. Love the positivity from some on here 😉
We're going to win the league.



19 Jan 2020 11:24:40
The unwashed only managed to beat the Jags 2-1, so hardly a top class performance from them either. We've no divine right to turn up and expect to beat teams like Stranraer 5 or 6 nil. The next 3 games will tell if we can avoid a repeat of last year's jitters when we fell away. St Mirren and Ross County at home and Hearts away - should be 9 points.



19 Jan 2020 11:32:36
Thanks Doiger

Totally agree mate.



19 Jan 2020 11:49:09
I noticed their new forward was diving all over the place . and Frimpong was arguing with Lennon end if game . It’s not just all about signing players and hoping for the best . Defoe and Davis took a full half season and ore season to return the gaffas faith . So for me . it’s in Stevie I trust 👍bring it on.



19 Jan 2020 12:18:22
Don’t kid yourself that they are panic buying. They research these young players and they have a pretty solid record of selling them on for profit. For me, we have the better starting 11 but they have the better squad. Once the fixtures pile up and injuries start to occur, I worry that having to rely on the fringe players will cost us the title. A couple of quality players, ready to go, even on loan, could be the difference.



19 Jan 2020 12:28:55
To the guy saying play 2 up front. why are you wanting to change our system? League is currently in our hands. we ve only lost once and arguably that was Stevie g bad tactics in first old firm. Would actually think we re struggling the way folk are going on. we are the team to beat! Celtic went through by a deflection against Partick thistle. with 2 up front!



19 Jan 2020 14:13:10
Maybe it's what SG thinks that is important. He's said we're not going to sign anyone, I'll trust him.



18 Jan 2020 16:56:46
Any one any info re bounce game via qos.



18 Jan 2020 17:09:41
Nah, was thinking the same?



18 Jan 2020 17:52:56
We won 4-1, no further info.



18 Jan 2020 18:16:57
The Covenanter, was a player from each side sent off.



18 Jan 2020 18:22:37
Didn’t think Morelos playing today.



18 Jan 2020 19:06:04
Bankie my info was that he played.



18 Jan 2020 20:00:24
John25, I don't know mate, someone just texted me with the score.



18 Jan 2020 20:20:57
Cool Covenanter.



18 Jan 2020 21:09:12
Morelos played 90 full game, 4-1 final score, no details on scorers. No details on any sending offs.



18 Jan 2020 23:14:54
McGregor
Flanagan Goldson Mayo Barisic
Kamara Barjonas Polster Ojo Kent
Morelos

Didn't hear about the bench.

Goalscorers
Morelos (2)
Kent
Ojo.



19 Jan 2020 13:54:56
Cheers Covenanter.



18 Jan 2020 15:03:08
So we weren't at our best last night with a team basically made up of 2nd choice squad players and yet some are moaning about the result. Somen people need to realise that after 3 week off and no competitive football
We were never going to blow away stranrae.



18 Jan 2020 17:06:35
You say the team was made up with 2nd choice squad players IMO the team was made up with 7 first team senior players all 1st choice at some point - Katic, Davis, Jack, Arfield, Aribo, Dafoe and Jones. The only squad players were - Wes, Haliday, Paterson Edmunson and I would argue Wes and Edmunson are not squad players so I would say the real squad player was Haliday and Paterson being youth. i'm not point scoring here BTY just pointing out we had a very strong team out last night and shows how tricky it is coming back from the winter break regardless of the team we put out. Hopefully get past St Mirren and we should be getting back to our best come the 2nd, 3rd and 4th games getting that momentum back.



18 Jan 2020 17:33:18
What utter nonsense, with the first team players who played last night we should of blown Stranraer away, no excuses !



18 Jan 2020 17:58:00
Defoe 2nd string. he only starts in morelos injured or suspended.



18 Jan 2020 19:13:34
Paul, Yes Defoe only starts if Alf is suspended, to say second string is just a bit ridiculous. A squad player IMO is third choice behind the two players fighting for that position or perhaps a utility player. I would go as far to say some of our players in that 2nd position fighting for a jersey with the 1st pick are not Rangers class but Defoe does not fall into that category. eg Borna v Haliday no contest and the opposite Fred v Defoe a perfect foil.



18 Jan 2020 20:03:00
Does it really matter? We are in next round . to many experts on here.



18 Jan 2020 22:33:57
irony for sale.



19 Jan 2020 01:58:49
The stuck, we did blow stranrar away, or was i dreaming.



18 Jan 2020 14:30:19
Rangers served with a notice of complaint because the grass wasn't green enough lastnight!



19 Jan 2020 01:59:48
C of ibrox, it wouldn't surprise me mate.



18 Jan 2020 14:27:47
Disappointed in Jones performance last night, did nothing to suggest he can make an impact in second half of season.



18 Jan 2020 14:55:59
Behave yourself . he's been out for months injured and his first game back you want him to be up to pace and like he was before the old firm game.



18 Jan 2020 15:03:58
Let me start by saying jordan jones is a decent player. Now to my point.
There were numerous rangers supporters on here, before we signed ryan kent on a permanent deal saying we didn't need kent and the signing of jones would replace Kent and make us forget him! I said it back then and i'll say it again, kent is light years ahead of jones and for that matter ojo and barker. Jones i'll give time, to allow him to fully recover from his injury before i properly judge him. I will be honest however and admit i never rated him highly enough, for us to sign him.
Jones like i said when we signed him will never be anywhere near as good as ryan kent and that's my totally honest opinion guys. Jones has a helluva lot to do to convince gerrard and me as a supporter that he's rangers material and up to the job.



18 Jan 2020 15:08:27
I believe Jones just needs game time to get back to his best. We saw how good he is before his injury. I think we should send Ojo back to Liverpool and recall Hastie. We should be developing our own players.



18 Jan 2020 15:47:07
Kfraser, enlighten me pal! How good was jones playing for us before his injury against the anthill mob? I can't remember him being that good in most of the games i seen him. He had a good game away in europe and a couple of good games in the league but outstanding. He still has a lot to prove to me anyway, to think he can make it at rangers as a first team regular. Hope he can do it, but i have big doubts he can! I want and support every player playing in a rangers jersey and want them to do well.



18 Jan 2020 15:47:44
Jones needs to improve quickly, we could have got £2.5m from Stoke or Middlesbrough for him this month.



18 Jan 2020 15:53:19
We badly need a RF👍.



18 Jan 2020 16:31:54
Guy sitting next to me last night said we'd be better off with Corporal Jones who at least would try to get it up 'em. He was dead right. Before injury he was average to decent overall, but he is lazy and his head goes down to easily. He's running out of time to show if he's got what it takes to be a Ranger.



18 Jan 2020 16:41:09
Cooper, Gerrard rates Jones. So too does the Northern Ireland national team. I guess you know better than them.



18 Jan 2020 16:43:04
Coldo do everyone a favour and stop writing we need a RF it’s very annoying we get it in your opinion need a RF but then u thought we needed a LB and you thought we were better with Defoe than Morelos 👎🏻!

Anyway Jones is getting slaughtered but let’s give him time thought he was doing away not bad before injury that was his first game back and he was playing against a back 8 with no space to run in behind! 😂.



18 Jan 2020 17:13:55
We need a RF.



18 Jan 2020 17:28:34
Kfraser, steven gerrard doesn't rate jones as a first team regular although he signed him, surely you've discovered that mate? I've constantly heard gerrard saying in interviews that jones has to do better! So he doesn't see him as a first team regular and sees him as a squad player.



18 Jan 2020 17:29:31
We should get a RF in 👍 😂.



18 Jan 2020 17:36:50
Gerrard rates Jones, I'm not so sure. My Killie mates couldn't wait to get rid of Jones, a 1 trick pony he was described. I'm not a fan at all.



18 Jan 2020 18:13:31
Your correct The Stuck. Gerrard doesn't rate jones that highly and quite obviously sees him at best as a squad player.



18 Jan 2020 18:15:59
Another MEANINGLESS comment from Coco. 👍
We don’t need a RF.
And I’m not sure who our best CB is? 🤔🤪.



18 Jan 2020 18:30:17
The Manager does indeed rate Jones and is likely just as disappointed with his performance and inability to step up. Don’t believe Jones will be sold this window and will be in squad and get game time against St Mirren and Hearts. Hopefully Jones steps up and proves he can perform for us.



18 Jan 2020 20:56:59
We need a RF🤷‍♂️👍.



18 Jan 2020 22:07:46
we need two RFs.



19 Jan 2020 00:24:04
Wow Bankie! We could have got 2.5 mill for Jones this window from Stoke or Middlesbrough? If we did manage to get that then I would go on record as saying that Gerrard would never have a better achievement in his future managerial career. When Rangers want to offload a player we normally need to pay them off😂 but in this case we sign a free transfer from Kilmarnock who has done nothing but cripple himself in a stupid challenge in the old firm and his value has sky rocketed to 2.5 mill. Gerrard trully is the messiah!

Jones was only getting any sort of playing time at the start of the season because we didn't have Kent. He is not good enough, the manager knows that and will likely only of played him last night to put him in the shop window and possibly get 500k at a push.



19 Jan 2020 12:19:33
Amen R1.



18 Jan 2020 13:25:23
I'm as big a Gers diehard as any and am getting a bit concerned about our chances against the mob who are splashing the cash now that they see us catchin up.

Our win at the piggery got them worried and has made them bust the bank to stop us winning the league .

It could come back to bite them in the backside like D. Murray did for us. let's hope it does as it couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch.



18 Jan 2020 14:12:50
Don't worry about what they're doing. We're going to win the league this season.



18 Jan 2020 14:44:08
cannot help worrying mrgrumpy, sorry.



18 Jan 2020 14:49:47
Sir walter they have signed a striker for 3.5 mill who is not going to start ahead of eduoard. Then they have signed a centre mid everybody is raving about because of his youtube clips. Member youtube made pena look good.



18 Jan 2020 18:49:58
Paul, they have rwo already signed (one just waiting work permit) an loony lenny says has another two about to sign.

I'm no really "worrying" but really really "concerned" they could affect our league chances this season if we are no bringing in any backups like Stevie has said.



19 Jan 2020 07:07:40
Sir Walter they ain’t exactly splashing the cash on quality as they’ve just bought a Polish under 21 striker that has scored 7 goals in the Polish league which is probably equivalent to our championship 👍.



18 Jan 2020 12:12:27
I just want to say how impressed I was with young Patterson debut last night. He looked at ease in that team.



18 Jan 2020 11:41:08
What a lot of running around to get two goals one a penalty at that.

Little wonder second string players don't get many starts although they won't get any better without some starts.

Should have had about 6 in their net despite their parked bus.

Mind you only way part time players have any chance is to play like that.



18 Jan 2020 14:18:24
We lack a decent striker
Defoe is past his sell by date
Teams, like stanraer should be getting at, least 4 at ibrox.



18 Jan 2020 14:43:19
Aye ok then 🤭.



18 Jan 2020 18:04:22
Macbow seriously mate have a word with yourself Defoe nowhere near past sell by date.



18 Jan 2020 10:21:20
That's the winter break over and a very easy win in the Scottish Cup. Players like McGregor, Goldson, Barisic, Kamara and Morelos enjoyed a rest. Wednesday is far more important and the unwashed are at Kilmarnock's plastic pitch. We'll see how it goes.



18 Jan 2020 11:10:28
Any Gers win will do me. Sure it could have been better but we’re through to next round and no injuries.



18 Jan 2020 13:30:32
Wouldn't say it was an easy win Doiger, it would have taken a bulldozer to clear a way through that wall in front o their goal tho.



18 Jan 2020 14:23:25
Sor walter1, is a good job scotty arfiels has a c. d. l. Licence mate, lol.



18 Jan 2020 09:02:58
Personal opinion but I think winter break should be scrapped I know it wasn’t full strength squad but was shocking last night and flying before the break same with last year beat Celtic had the break and performance dropped. Don’t know if it’s going from warm country to coming back to freezing Scotland. Any1 else agree?



18 Jan 2020 09:11:22
It would have been shocking if we had not won the match. Other than that it was like a training match with mainly second string players.

No more, no less.



18 Jan 2020 09:16:03
See your point maybe just hoping we can hit the ground running this year and finally bring the league flag back home.



18 Jan 2020 09:32:22
So are you classifying defoe, Davis, aribo, arfield, Jack and katic as second string? More than half the team where first team regulars. Most of the changes where in defence that barely got tested it was like a training game I agree with the opening post I think the winter break could be damaging to the teams momentum.



18 Jan 2020 10:10:06
I think the game wouldve been exactly the same had there not been a winter break. Stranraer camped in there own half with 10 men behind the ball. We had something like 30 shots at goal to there zero. We won the game extremely comfortable. The only major dissapointment for me was Jones. No to fussed about barker as that's about his level anyway.



18 Jan 2020 10:18:01
Tav and Barasic along with Kent would have changed that game massively. they are missed going forward there is no doubt about it. they ll be back in minus tav for next game and should see an improvement. look at the positives we got young Patterson a game and he did pretty well although not tested defensively.



18 Jan 2020 14:26:02
Dk19. , we nearly got beat, or put another way we were mega lucky to win, that if you look at the b. b. c. Match stats. ye very lucky.



18 Jan 2020 14:51:29
Coully don't think Tav would have changed the game. Might have been just me but thot paterson delivery into the box was better.



18 Jan 2020 14:59:55
Very lucky with 33 shots, 10 on target and 12 corners?

Possession is irrelevant when they had 0 shots and 0 corners in the match. Comfortable win, nothing like a good looking display but far from lucky IMO.



18 Jan 2020 08:20:48
Anyone doing a coupon today

Not sure if we're aloud to post such things
But I'll give it a try and see if it's aloud
Ed you can keep me right as always 😊

Was thinking for today

Arsenal
Villa
Chelsea
Sunderland
Portsmouth
Shef wed

Heard guy on Clyde 1 scoreboard say
Bonnyrigg was his banker today against Clyde
Was thinking a single on them see how it goes

If lost allowed

Anyone putting one on we good to hear what you have
Need some luck not had any in longtime on my coupons always one team does it lol.



18 Jan 2020 09:29:42
Gave up with coupons 10 years ago as Villa let me down for 3500, 3 days before going on holiday to Cyprus. 14 teams for 1 pound.



18 Jan 2020 11:26:24
Best off luck Stig I have a small punt on my hometown team Broxburn Athletic away to St Mirren🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇦🇺⚽️👍😎.



18 Jan 2020 17:18:09
Thestigno don’t give up day job mate. My coupon also down.



18 Jan 2020 07:17:50
Some folk on here never seemed to get my point last night from my posts

It's nothing to do with Gerrard managerial skills where in hell did you get that from my post where did it say sack gerrard he's not good enough?

It's about fringe players not being good enough for the mighty Rangers and did you listen to Stevie G after the game?

He pointed our what I had been posting all night there not good enough and it bored him watching them and he's disappointed they couldn't take there chance

Yes it was a stroll in the park and through to next round great

But he also knows people like jones and barker were abysmal

And my point is we need one or two in now this window as those guys can't be relied on

It's simple it's really not hard to understand what I was saying last night

Thankfully Stevie G came out and said excactly same thing

Looks like I don't need to get a grip after all
When pointing out the obvious

There going to be a lot of games between now and end of season and we need a full squad we can rely on and right now he slides the have that and you could see it in his face after the game he held himself back from what he really wanted to say

As a few others have said hopefully no major injuries to the main squad
And if it came to it
I'd rather be out of Europe and win the league this season if it means keeping main pot of players fresh
or maybe I need to get a grip!



18 Jan 2020 08:08:04
Predictive text bloody nightmare but I’m sure you can get just of what I’m saying.

Anyway rant over onwards

Just don’t want to see us dropping any silly points like the rest of yous don’t

And it would be nice if we had the means to add a striker to help out up front when Morelos is not in team

#champions19/ 20 #55 #letsgo.



18 Jan 2020 08:43:11
Defoe was really average as well last nite as well as most of the team.



18 Jan 2020 14:35:25
Held your opinion for a long time Stig1 and have posted as much.

Also agree with you would rather win the league this season than get much further in Europe for the time being.

Don't worry too much about spelling we all make mistakes.

Cheers Bro.



18 Jan 2020 16:39:52
Thanks for the reply Bluebilly

Hopefully we’re all celebrating come end of season 😊.



18 Jan 2020 01:18:32
Great to see a young defence of pat, edmo and katic. Happy to see young mayo come on later or Kennedy. What a day for them.



18 Jan 2020 01:15:47
Saw Greg docherty training with gers today. Might he be playing tonight? Don't think so, but he's still in glasgow. thought he was off?



17 Jan 2020 23:00:42
was I watching the same game as the bbc sport website they had Stranraer at 59 percent possession, looked more like 80 percent for rangers.



18 Jan 2020 09:15:09
Ian mate, the BBC will never show Rangers in a good light. Last night was as I expected, we were never in any danger of even conceding a corner, let's hope Kenny can shut that other mob up today, C'mon the Gers! .



 
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