Rangers Banter Archive January 01 2017

 

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01 Jan 2017 19:23:57
@Delboy79 I was being a tad sarcastic about being so down that I didn't stay up to the bells. I was however annoyed about our second half performance and that was mainly the point I was making. We need more consistency and have to develop the ability to maintain that consistency.



01 Jan 2017 20:13:54
What is going on with rossiter out of all the summer signings I was looking forward to him playing the most. He's always a week away from fitness. We might never see him again in a rangers shirt the way it's going.



01 Jan 2017 20:40:57
Hooly, there must be something we aren't being told about the lads original injury.



01 Jan 2017 21:27:18
Ya rafbob there's definitely something going on. The sad thing is we are missing a great wee player who has as much potential as dembele has and who's probably thought of as highly as him down south.



01 Jan 2017 21:38:02
Hope he's not prodan 2.0.



02 Jan 2017 11:06:50
I was annoyed also yogi, but I never expected to win, sorry if I offended you yogi.



02 Jan 2017 11:11:36
I'm gutted for rossiter, you could see his pride at playing for rangers, he said he was blown away the first time he walked into ibrox, I hope he can get fit, do you know we are missing Barton, rossiter, crooks, niko, that was warburtons first choice midfield for this season.



02 Jan 2017 12:19:11
We have been very unlucky with the Barton fiasco and injuries to key players. I still think there is a very good side within the current squad and another couple of additions in January will undoubtedly help. I think it was a big mistake not to play Hodson in the of game.

He might have prevented both goals. However if you consider the chances that they missed I think they were all created by midfield runners like Armstrong and Roberts. We have Holt who is lightweight but may be good enough with the right partner and Windass who is just not good enough I'm afraid. McKay is certainly good enough. We also need a McCoist or a Boyd as not nearly enough goals are being scored.



02 Jan 2017 12:30:13
Got to disagree mate windass is far better than Holt, did u not see pass for our goal when was last time Holt produced something like that he's a wee trier but at times he just runs about like a headless chicken.



02 Jan 2017 21:51:21
I think when you say Rossiter was "blown away", you meant literally.



02 Jan 2017 23:13:34
I am with BigBlue, Ayr; Holt is no more than a squad player although he does have youth on his side so with the right coaching he might improve. Windass however is the more cultured football player and we will have a quality player there if we can hold on to him. Our major problem is the lack of a quality holding midfield player and Warburton's inability to look beyond Halliday for this role.

We need a quality player in this role. That plus one additional box to box midfield player and we should see a much improved team!



01 Jan 2017 18:33:17
Happy New Year Bears!

Was working yesterday so only bit of the game I got to see was the first half hour where I thought we were brilliant, managed to now catch up on the highlights of the game and I'm baffled at their second goal and how Tavernier actually watches Sinclair go far post yet still doesn't pick him up. Hodson has got to go into the second half of this season as first choice right back for me cause Tavernier just hasn't been up to the job so far this campaign. Will say however that I've been a big Barrie McKay critic as well but the wee man was fantastic and I hope he can keep that up. Keeping my fingers crossed we can get 2-3 players in this month, one of which will hopefully be a leader/ playmaker for us cause I feel that's one of a few areas we're lacking quality in.



01 Jan 2017 19:10:11
Barton? Hahaha.



01 Jan 2017 23:44:42
Take it there's not a lot going on in your life SB if you're on our site again on New Year's Day? Surely a dating agency might be worth a call.



02 Jan 2017 11:32:29
Hugh Jared: Nobody would have him.



01 Jan 2017 17:43:15
Alright fellow bears, I'm still hurting from yesterday. I was so down after that game that I didn't even stay up to bring in the bells. I truly thought rangers had the measure of the tinks in that first 30 minutes but after they pegged us back I could see there was only ever going to be one winner. Same as the saints game, we go into our shell after losing a goal and we really don't get it going again after that. I don't understand why! If we can play as well as we did for the first 30 minutes of our last two matches for longer periods and more consistently then I think we can get second place but, not if we shy away every time an opponent scores against us.



01 Jan 2017 17:59:46
Celtic just have better players in every position mate. It's about time you all let Dave King know that he can't run a club on soft loans. We welcome a challenge but it will be years away.



01 Jan 2017 18:42:02
Get a grip yogi, it's a game of footbal, not life or death.



01 Jan 2017 19:08:45
Look on the bright side Yogi, the way we are going you will save a fortune by not hitting the bottle.



02 Jan 2017 11:29:55
A wee question for you dafabet and if you don't mind be unbiased with your answer mate! You say celtic have better players than us in EVERY position, i honestly agree with you on most positions, but what about rangers winger barrie mckay? Do you not think he'd get in the celtic team? I certainly do! He's a superb player with everything to reach the very top in football and i don't say that lightly mate! My unbiased opinion is that barrie mckay is better than james forrest and time and who mckay eventually goes on to play for, will prove this!



02 Jan 2017 15:32:27
Being honest Cooper I thought McKay had a great game the other day and do think he would get in the Celtic squad. As you know yourself he has been a bit hot and cold at times and you only need to look as far as Paddy Roberts who has all the potential in the world to see that there is competition for places throughout the team (as he is finding himself on the bench most games) . So in short I'd take him, but wouldn't guarentee him a place in the starting lineup unless he could replicate that in every game!



01 Jan 2017 16:51:58
Happy new year to all my fellow true rangers supporters. Reading through this site just totally depresses me. So many so called fans on here wanting to get rid of MW and DW also having a go at Dk and the board. What we need to remember is two years ago we where struggling to beat Dumbarton and alloa.

Now we are seconded behind Celtic. This has been done with no European money no merchandise money. MW and DW have brought in 9 players 4 of these main signing have been constantly injured and one was a muppet which we got rid off.

The unclean have had 5 years playing European football and prem experienced teams. They have players in the reserves that would be regular first players in our squad young Christie, Scott Allan ect. Yesterday's game showed that we can compete with them and where unlucky not to get something from the game, this has been all been done because Mr king and the board have backed the manager and gave him and continue to give him funds to improve the team.

MW and DW have tried to provide the fans with a entertaining brand of football and at times have been brilliant to watch. The manager has been unlucky with some of our signing but in general sitting second first 20 games back in prem league we where unbeaten in 8 till yesterday. So get behind the team, management and board and stop giving them a hard time.



01 Jan 2017 17:52:06
Each fan has their own opinion, its not for you to call them out because they don't follow your line of thought. Your team showed up for the first 25 mins yesterday because the big bhoys were in town and you were at home. You have to compete for a lot more than 25 minutes. I predict that the next game at Celtic Park will be similar to the first, if not worse for you. let's see how much of a true fan you are then. MW and DW are not the management team to take you forward. Loyalty is blinding you.



01 Jan 2017 18:01:16
Well said Stewarty. No mind to the demented obsessed. Lecturing about loyalty. Buuahahahaha ha hilarious.



01 Jan 2017 18:03:31
Guys on chances Celtic should have won the game 2-6. We have won the game and I have no reason to lie, Celtic didn't get out of 2nd gear as they didn't have 2. The gap is a massive 19 points a record for this period of the season. You will be in 3rd place at best this year. Celtic will win the SPL by 30 points.



01 Jan 2017 18:31:50
So are we not reall fans if we ask for some clarity from our chairman on the situion of his promised transfer money. there is only a handful of games this season that our team have performed in and beeing so many points behind them is a joke so who takes the blame for should it be Warburton king or the players that we 19 points behind and this is us getting closer to celtic supposedly this is not progress.



01 Jan 2017 18:39:07
Defabet,

Celtic did get out of second gear, we had the better of yous for the first 30 mins and you had to step up the pace so don't spout that "never out of 2nd gear" nonsense.

You're right about the amount of chances and what could've been but that's like me saying we could've gone 2 ahead and possibly won that game before yous "never got out of second gear. "

We will finish in 2nd, I don't think Aberdeen will do better than us in the second half of the season.



01 Jan 2017 19:05:11
Rubbish Rafbob, cast your mind back to when your team was doing 9 in a row and you knew for a fact that your team was far better than ours and would win easily. That's how we feel know and trust me if Rangers ever decided to go toe to toe with Celtic you would get an even bigger beating than you have had this season so far.



01 Jan 2017 19:14:12
What do you call playing each other in a game of football? Is that not toe to toe?

Don't tell me I'm talking rubbish and then publish some.

Your team had to put the effort in so don't talk mince.



01 Jan 2017 19:20:54
Rafbob what was surprising was that your lot found some balls from somewhere, it was a bit of a shock to see but we went from 1St to 2nd gear and dafabet is right we never left 2nd gear. We were nowhere near as good as we've been this year and that had nothing to do wae your players. A wee bit of complacency set in, but not for long. A don't think for one minute we were ever in danger of not winning yesterday. It was pathetic from yous, rangers will be turning in their grave. Shocking.



01 Jan 2017 19:22:16
Going toe to toe means end to end. Your team hardly got into our box after the first 25 mins. The GAP is massive, one look at the SPL table will tell you that.



01 Jan 2017 19:31:17
We had a few chances to level that game, I think we went toe to toe and lost to a better team.

I'm not daft, I know where we sit in terms of the table and a gulf in class etc. but I'm not acknowledging the 2nd gear nonsense because yous had to step up to get back in to that game and you didn't take your foot off so don't act as though your team didn't have to put the effort in.



01 Jan 2017 19:42:45
I watch Celtic week in and week out, we didn't get out of second gear. Motherwell away has been our hardest game this season in the SPL. Rangers at Celtic park has been our easiest.



01 Jan 2017 19:43:32
Rafbob think u'll find the first 20 min we spent in 1st gear then shifted to 2nd for the rest of the game! We could have easily had 5 goals in that 2nd half! It's a game even at one nil down I knew we would win! Because our players and our management are superior to yours in every department! And like I said this was off the back of 9 games since the start of December! I honestly think the league be done by the time we play yous again! And I'm not even kidding!



01 Jan 2017 19:48:58
Utter utter domination for 60 mins. It was 50/ 50 for half an hour till we found 2nd gear. Well done, if u see that as progress. As long as u lot believe in king and Warburton then u will never progress.



01 Jan 2017 19:56:49
Spot on bob. A few squeaky bums in green and white until their team found at least fourth gear. Concede we lost to the better team but I'm not accepting that second gear nonsense.
Happy new year by the way.



01 Jan 2017 20:19:49
The only thing u need to accept is king will never be what u want him to be. But please carry on believing. In warbo we trust.



01 Jan 2017 20:35:18
Steph,

I don't really see any point in your comments, your like that wee guy who would stand behing a lad having an argument giving it "aye, see! " or "He telt you. " so away to another corner.

No where near 50/ 50 for the first 30 mins and you all know it, just like I know we aren't going to challenge for the league this year.

I get the feeling that you aren't that daft Defabet, I haven't said I thought we could have won or that you don't have a better team but I can't accept the 2nd gear comments as that is my opinion of that one game.

Lh86, the league is done now and I confidently say that because I know your manager wants more and won't settle like Deila.

We are back in the league and we will be second the first year back, I'm content with that but we need to look at our team and build a challenge for next season.

Cheers Pie, I hope you had a good one. 👍.



01 Jan 2017 21:34:52
The day a give a toss about what any of u think will be a sad day indeed. Am on here for a laugh and to get a wee rise now n again it is a banter site after all. So cheers for your input, u gave me a wee smile on a day that's been full of them. Well done sir. It was a great day yesterday, a great day today and probably a great day tomorrow.



01 Jan 2017 21:44:16
Stewarty it's posts like yours that depress me, why do people think they have any right to say so called fans or think there a better supporter than anyone else? We all have an opinion can't be doing with people like u who think your opinion matters more. Personally I don't think Warburton is up to Job and think the proof of that is clear to see. Fir me it is away, I refuse to be drawn into this crap of if u criticise your not a real fan it's nonsense.



01 Jan 2017 22:03:21
Steph,

I think you have mistakenly taken my replies for yourself; I mean that I'm not interested in what you are saying and if you get a wee smile from being told you are of no interest then that's fair.

A banter site it is, some banter is boring though.

Enjoy your great day tomorrow. 👍.



01 Jan 2017 23:28:06
Has anyone noticed that every day more of the obsessed come on this site inventing descriptions "not giving anything for what we think" yet they still come seeking justification. just more hilarity.



01 Jan 2017 23:25:23
Bigblue ayr, considering everything regarding budget and where we are just now, who would you want to replace mark warburton as our manager being realistic regarding we can't give a manager a lot of money to spend mate?



02 Jan 2017 09:18:11
Supercoopereleven

He has had a lot more to spend than the Aberdeen manager however there isn't a gap between the 2 sides.



02 Jan 2017 09:35:09
Stephboy can a ask u a wee question see when yous were playing in europe what gear were yous in then if saturday was 2nd yous must have stalled it against barca.



02 Jan 2017 09:49:18
Wearerangers, i come on this page like any other, and call things as i see it. You seem to be finding the situation funny, you really do have nothing to laugh about. Scraping the barrel for a comeback to any post made. You seem like a desperate fool. But you carry on. Only one side laughing pal believe me.



02 Jan 2017 11:02:23
The only way to improve the Rangers team is to accept how bad they are. Some of the fans don't have the brains required to accept this, as a result they will be in the wilderness for many years to come. Surely they should be trying to get King and his minions removed. King said he would spend 30 million, where is it guys? He is playing you all for idiots!



02 Jan 2017 11:38:22
Think you'll find Celtic who haven't been great recently continued in that mode and couldn't get up a gear, they didn't try to take foot off gas, it was just they couldn't do it.



02 Jan 2017 11:49:18
Stephboy: Rangers are not in a grave.



02 Jan 2017 11:50:03
No he's not, he wasn't going to spend it all at once and not just all on the team.



02 Jan 2017 12:06:44
True fans are those who call it as it is, not base an opinion/ assessment through tinted specs. Sugar coat it as much as you like, Just because it was awful 2 years ago doesn't mean we have to put up with the dross being served now. Warbs is clueless if he believes tav is a better option than hodson. We all know hodson is better but warbs persists with tav. that's just one example, I could go on. Stewartyblue open your eyes mate.



02 Jan 2017 12:19:39
Funny I thought we did go to the end evidenced by the chance Forrester had when he should have passed to Dodoo, 8 mins to go, something like that.
Miller hit the post not far off the final whistle.



02 Jan 2017 12:39:41
Supercooper that's not my decision to make regarding manager and if our job became available I can guarantee there would be lots of applicants way more qualified than Warburton! I know u like him mate but where is the evidence that we are improving? we are turning into a laughing stock it's nice to back a manager and his philosophy but how far? If this was mccoist or mcall running this team wed all be wanting them out were going backwards and that's the clear truth.



02 Jan 2017 12:54:26
How's about Andre schubert supercooper terrific record at moenchengladbach likes to play 4-4-2 which would suit the players we've got more, his teams are strong defensively which we need and maybe just maybe he would know a different market for player than English lower leagues.



02 Jan 2017 12:54:52
He's also out of work btw.



02 Jan 2017 12:55:59
Don't know about going backwards argument so much, we are 2nd in a poor league behind a team miles better equipped than us and even more miles ahead of the rest.
More a case of not going to bridge the gap for the foreseeable future.



01 Jan 2017 15:37:26
if no funds are released this Janurary for 2 3 quality signings who go straight into the team
then I feel David king has led us up the gardening path regarding his investment in the squad am pritty sure the like of Brian Kennedy would have even invested more money to challenge celtic if king does not have the funds or can not raise them then he should seriously consider selling to people who can take us forward.
regarding mark Warburton his limtions as a manger are well and truly showing tactics wise player requirement and his inability to learn from the mistakes he keeps making
buy chosen the same player who are not good enough the funds he has spent have been spent in wrong postions ohallaran and garner money should have been spent on centre defence or at least on a goalscoring striker he has so far not got success in the transfer market can he be trusted with more funds this is questionable as we can not afford more mistakes in the transfer market
king has got a few decisions to make at the club cause the way we are going there doesn't seem much progress on the field.



01 Jan 2017 16:12:21
It does not matter if its dave king or kennedy. No one is going to throw any big money at Rangers or any scottish team. Rangeds need £25 mill to challenge celtic. Need 5 or 6 quality players who can go right into the first team so that's £15 mill. Then these guys will want £20k a week so another £5 mill over the year.

Then rangers need to win the league and go through 3 qualifying rounds for cl qualification and cl money. Why would anyone risk £25mill? The alternative and this is what will happen is this. No transfers of any significance in january. Rangers will finish second anyway. Small investment in summer transfer window and see if rangefs can qualify for europa. It will be that model for the next 3 to 5 years.

Celtic will get to 10 in a row and tbere is nothing that can be done about it unlesx they have a disaster pne season and rangers nick it but overall rangers are probably never going to be within 12 points of celtic for the next 5 years at least. Why does anyone expect anyone to yhrow money at rangers when celtic just have so so so so much more?



01 Jan 2017 17:39:02
if you are clever and astute in the transfer market 5 or 6 players could be brought in for 9 million and the wages would not be near 20k more like the 8 to 12 k bracket if you shop in the right market this is something I feel Warburton is not going to do tho as he is operating in the most over valued market of English football regarding champions leauge qualification is achievable If we get the 4 to 6 good players and if the manager starts getting the youth players involved in the first team I feel very strongly that some of the youth players are better than some of the first team players we have.

does Warburton I don't think he does if we where to get the 4 6 players plus youth we could get much closer to celtic and win the league.

do you really think the fans are going to accept second in the league for the next 5 years I seem this very unlikely and Warburton certainly won't last the 5 years if that is the case and I certainly think David king would be a very popular man up Govan way why do we aspect investing in the squad on the figures mentioned above is because David king promised these figures for squad investment.

now it seems he has changed his mind and misled the fans only reason celtic get more money is champions league and buying good first tean players who they sell on for huge profits not buy getting freebies and 30 year old plus players like the likes of Barton, kranjkar, senderos and hill celtic can be caught but it needs some of that investment king promised.

if he can not provide this then he should let people in who are willing to invest and someone who more astute in the transfer market than Warburton maybe a director of football would help him.



01 Jan 2017 19:26:09
So king has misled the Rangers support. Have you only worked that out today? He never had any intention of putting in £30 mill. Why would he? So what can you do about it? Nothing apart from not buying season tickets. Sounds like groundhog day again. Warburton won't ladt 5 years. And so what.

Who is going to come in and win the league with no investment? You think you can get 4 or 5 players for a few million who will win you the league? You can find 5 or 6 players for little money can you? Well you should be head of recruitement at Rangers.

You can do what no one else can do. Dream on. don't you think celtic will strengthen with even better players than rangers can afford. Stop dreaming son. You say Rangers supporters won't accept being second best? The sensible amoungst Rangers supporters understand the issues that you seem to miss.

So what are you going to do about being second from now on? tlYou see the problem is that you make big statements ike Rangers supporters won't accept this or accept that the fact of the matter is that you have no option. don't you think the Leeds united supporters, or the Bolton supporters or any top EPL team who dropped down 2 or even 3 divisions made the same statements?

Facts are facts. If you have no noney you have a problem. You are where you are. The best thing all Rangers supporters can do is to accept the real situation. Understand the problem because until you acknowledge the true facts there is no solution.

Now king has understood the problem and he probably understands it may take 10 years to fix. So don't give it all this stuff about what you will or will not accept. Usuall nonesense talk. Come back in 5 years time when nothing has changed and you might start to understand that therr is no money in scottish football si there is no easy or quick fix here.

The CL qualification criteria is changing and that may effect Celtic and level the playing field. Until then second best is as good as it can get and you will need to accept it.



01 Jan 2017 20:23:02
are you beeing for real who is going to come in and do a better job than Warburton there is better managers out there who are capable of changing a game and tactics diffrent game plans and signing players on the sort of budgets I mentioned even the budget Warburton has just now he has wasted it on players who are not good enough so do not say there is not better options who would be willing to come to club and work on budget he has there are plenty I no there is no money in scotish football that's why you got to make your own money threw squad investment then sell on that's not rocket science who is sellable for good money in this rangers team mackay that's bout it for the next this and next season second is acceptable but vast improvements will need to be made to keep Warburton in a job next season that is for sure so yeh i will come back in 5 years time when things have changed and we have one the leauge withing that period then we can talk bout beeing champions once again and how much improvement has been made compared to today's squad of players.



01 Jan 2017 21:52:40
First point is king does not own Rangers. He can't sell it to anyone. He is simply a shareholder. So explain to me how yhe money comes into the club? Someone needs to buy or offer to buy all of the shares so that's before any funds would come in. He would also need to repay all of the loans.

Do a deal with ashly etc so its not going to happen so yes come back in 5 years. I believe that's how long the deal with ashley still has to run. Rangers fans judt need to accept that tvefe is no short term solution so go get a new manager in but rangers still won't finish higher than second. Fact.



01 Jan 2017 23:20:14
so king doesn't own rangers but i bet he has got the majority of shareholders on his side and majority say in running of club and if they cannot raise funds they should try get other people on board who can.

selling and buying of shares ain't the only way we can get funds into the club. there are numerous ways and all should be explored by the club if it help raise funds for the squad.

all the soft loans will converted into shares that is just a matter of time king is not going to deal with Ashley and this matter will be settled in the courts in the next year or two.

no there may not be short solution but we can be doing a awful lot better than we are and if they where to change manager, we could finish champions before 5 years. just cause you put "fact" at end of a sentence doesn't mean it is true and this is fact.



02 jan 2017 10:55:04
craigs8688, you stated that there's plenty of managers out there who could replace warburton as the rangers manager, taking into account where we are as football club just now, with not a lot to spend in regards to closing the gap on celtic! name the plenty of managers mate, who?



02 Jan 2017 16:30:35
Supercooperereleven you can be guaranteed there would be managers who are more qualified for the job at rangers than Warburton that would apply for the job 19 points behind and with Aberdeen still breathing down our neck with the budget Warburton has compared to Aberdeen we should be clear in second and closer to celtic but we are not and the players are not improving with more games or learning just quite simply the football is not good enough if this was say mccoist for instance most us would want him out the door.



01 Jan 2016 15:15:34
We truly need to pronto, tie barrie mckay down to a new long term contract, as he's only 18 months to run on his current contract! Heard there was representatives from both aston villa and leeds utd at the old firm game at ibrox today, watching mckay! They must have been very impressed with mckay today, as he had a superb game against celtic! If we're not careful we'll lose mckay for peanuts!



01 Jan 2017 15:27:08
Good performance from McKay yesterday and shows what he can do when on his game. It's a 2 way thing though and unless the team improves then McKay may want a move away.



01 Jan 2017 18:06:33
The boy played well for 45 mins with no end product, he actually was the cause for the 2nd Celtic goal.



01 Jan 2017 21:12:52
If scott sinclair, who incidentally is a cracking player, is worth around the 6million quid mark, it makes you wonder what barrie mckay might be worth in a few years time, especially if we get him tied down to a new longterm contract!



01 Jan 2017 23:14:04
He along with windas are our only promising players at the moment, typical of us not to have McKay tied down already- we seem to be waiting until he makes a name for himself rather than actually doing the astute thing and having him tied down first.

It's brainless activities such as this that have lead to us losing top talent in the past.



01 Jan 2017 13:20:00
Yesterday was disappointing result but we salvaged some pride. Wednesday against SJ was terrible and not acceptable from a rangers team.

I thought we had solved the Right Back position a month ago when we promoted Hodson. Not only was Tav posted missing at the second goal (familiar sight) he was out muscle by Izargurie a number of times. Forrester's decision taking at the end was almost shameful.

Anyway it is past now, we are the world famous Glasgow Rangers, and somehow the world today does not feel quite as bad as I feared it would.

Happy New Year to all.



01 Jan 2017 13:41:35
I wouldn't say that we solved the right back position. We improved upon it with Hodson being given this role but until we have a right back of the calibre of Gary Stevens, Bobby Shearer, Porini etc., we are still not at the level we should be. The problem with Warburton is that Tavernier is one of those players that he will not drop, Halliday being another one!



01 Jan 2017 14:21:17
Slightly unfair on Hodson - he hadn't been given a run.

We don't want to build on good performances rather go back the "tried and tested" failures.

Something will have to change in 2017 the sooner the better!



01 Jan 2017 12:09:41
If we actually have money to spend I should bring in Josh Meekings. Kiss the league, still plenty of time to develop and has a bit of pace at cb which we dearly miss. Also need to use the loan market to get a real top playmaker, someone who can unlock a defence, don't think we can afford to sign one outright.



01 Jan 2017 14:18:50
Knows the league*.



01 Jan 2017 15:11:25
Jota would be the perfect playmaker to play wide right and i'm led to believe we're in advanced negotiations with him regarding an original 6 month loan deal with a permanent contract in the offing in the summer! That would then give us 2 terrific, playmaking wide players! Barrie mckay on the left and jota on the right!



01 Jan 2017 11:00:23
Bears a like warburton but the last 2 home games his subs have been strange the inverness game fair play we won but at one point we had no wingers on and had no out ball and put ourselfs under pressure same again yestarday why bring on forrester and not moh ment our play was all through the middle which suited celtic when we got it wide to mckay and let him run at them they struggled and we created chances and wee looked knackered with 30 min to go and he says its all about fitness and possesion we had neither yestarday and all this we need to learn nonsense on every interview needs to stop and the hard work start.



01 Jan 2017 13:53:28
Hi problem for me is that he has his favourites, (either that or he does not want to offend some of our support), if it was anyway different, Halliday would be no where near the team and neither would Tavernier and Holt would start on the bench at best!

While we have been unlucky to lose Crooks and Krancjar through injury and Rossiter appears to have been an injury risk that so far has not worked, little has been done to improve the quality of the team in real terms and on the spat with Barton Warburton seems to have chosen the wrong side!



01 Jan 2017 10:14:35
Can I just take this opportunity to wish everyone health and happiness for 2017.
And to all the Ed's well done for running a great site.



{Ed001's Note - Happy New Year to you too UJ, I hope 2017 is a good one for you.}

01 Jan 2017 12:48:18
+1 Jack.

And why anyone would disagree with your sentiments I have no idea.



01 Jan 2017 13:33:18
@naz - probably the same kind of bawbags that think it's OK to disrupt a minutes silence? Even though they disagree my sentiments are directed at them as well. Good will to all men etc.



01 Jan 2017 07:21:26
Happy New Year to all out there and to Ed who never seems to take a day off. Tavernier and Forester, the absence of Hodson have all been spoken about these past 12 hours or so and with good reason and I'd add that Garner's injury was an ideal opening for O'Halloran. He's never played against Celtic in a Rangers jersey and the space they allow is what brings out the best in him with his sheer pace. Waghorn offers no pace at all and there's no surprise factor and O'Halloran might just have done to Celtic what he did to us last season in the league cup. Could've, should've, would've I suppose.



{Ed001's Note - a day off? Not sure what that is mate! Happy New Year and all the best for 2017.}

01 Jan 2017 05:48:23
I said before the game to my sons "we better not concede from a corner again! " And low and behold the first goal was a total cluster **** from a corner. guys yes it's horrible, and yes Stephen hawking could defend better but this hysteria asking for 'heads on spikes' is a brasser!



01 Jan 2017 09:52:22
It's not hysteria a lot of fans can see that the manager isn't up to the job and want him replaced. He keeps playing the same players who make the same mistakes, his transfer policy in the summer was atrocious and to spend £1.8m on a striker who can't score was idiotic. Also remember him saying earlier on in the season that 2nd is nowhere for Rangers now it's don't judge me on the Celtic games.



01 Jan 2017 10:35:04
@djkorjat16 - totally agree. What can MW do about seasoned pros ( Wilson ) getting drawn to the ball and leaving his man in acre's of space?
I think the game also highlighted Tav's limitations as a defender but the option he gives in attack with the ball across for Miller's goal ( though some of his shooting looked as if he had the contract too demolish the roof! ) .
I thought we at least competed this time and created chances and if individual errors can be eradicated and the issues with the back 4 are addressed we will be in a better place.
I'm also not 100% convinced with Halliday either and would like to see Rossiter when fit given a chance.



01 Jan 2017 12:30:32
UnionJack

Who do you think it is that bought Wilson and plays him? He like the other centre halves at the club have been guilty of this since Warburton has been the manager yet they still play and we keep losing the same goals. That is down to the manager to sort and he isn't doing it.



01 Jan 2017 13:10:09
@stewie25 - as soon as the players step into the pitch it is there responsibility to carry out team orders.
What about Waghorn and Forrester's inability to see a pass and the chance to slip in team mates who were in a better position?
Do we blame Miller for not getting a draw because he hit the post?
I know it hurts because we lost again to Celtic but at least we competed and created chances.
I believe if we can cut out the individual errors, address the back 4 issues and the forwards start taking their chances then improvements in consistency in performances will come.
For being the so called worst Rangers team in history by some on here we are still easily competing for 2nd which isn't too bad for our first season back.
P. S. Aberdeen are supposed to be the best of the rest and the benchmark and they are even further behind Celtic than us!



01 Jan 2017 13:23:51
Has anybody any idea how much influence DW has on the training and tactics. He was a solid defender who organised the defence at set pieces and could read a game sublimely. Yet we lose really poor goals on a regular basis, we left their best striker unmarked at a corner and Tav posted AWOL at the winner (remember Hearts) . We sit in the West Enclosure and Keirnan had a pop at Tav after the second was scored. What has Hodson to do to keep his place in the first team?



01 Jan 2017 14:29:11
I do wonder whether Warburton made the Wilson decision or whether this one was down to Davie Weir. That apart our centre backs, with the exception of Hill, have the potential to develop, Hill has proved to be a worthy transfer especially when funds are limited.
It is in midfield and attack where our major problems lie. Halliday is not a premier league player, his passing, defending and ability to read the game are all suspect. Holt will give 100% but he is at best a squad player. Crooks has been injured since the day he signed so we have no idea of his ability and Rossiter appears to be constantly injured, (and was known to be injury prone when we signed him)! Defensively, with the untimely departure of Barton, there is no one else.

In attacking midfield the only player of any consequence is McKay and how long will we keep him for if top teams come sniffing around. When Forrester arrived I had high hopes but after a good start he is going backwards, MOH has not shown the form that he was on display at St Johnstone, is this another square peg in a round hole like Garner. Why acquire players if we are not going to play to their strengths when it is evident that we are incapable of coaching them to play a different style!

As far as attack is concerned we only appear to have Miller and garner since Waghorn plays as an auxiliary midfield player and Dodoo doesn't get game time.

In terms of home grown talent we hear good things about some of our youngsters but they are not given the opportunity. Derek Johnstone was only sixteen when he scored for us and given the lack of resources and poor quality players surely there are one or two of our young players that could do a better job!



01 Jan 2017 14:31:51
Union Jack

Maybe you aren't aware of this but if the same players keep making the same mistakes and don't get dropped then they will continue to make the same mistakes. These defensive errors have been a common theme throughout his tenure at the club and that is one of the reasons we are so far behind. As for your comment about Aberdeen they have played a game less than us and are only 2 points behind. I would also point out that they have a vastly inferior budget to us.



01 Jan 2017 15:19:23
Tom USA, I think halliday could do a job for us but he's spent most of his career playing wide and all of a sudden he's a defensive midfielder. We can all see he clearly isnt, he isn't a bad player just can't play the role he's being asked to perform.



01 Jan 2017 21:50:47
@stewie25 - considering most of the defence have made a mistake at one point who can he bring in?
As for the budget debate, I don't bye into it as Celtic have proven against Man City in the CL.



01 Jan 2017 03:28:13
The Manager has to address the back 4. Not good enough. Basic defending at set pieces. What's Weir seeing in training? Apart from that, not far away. Need a centre mid to be feared and a natural poacher up front. Yes, we need investment also so hopefully King or someone else will step up. Yes, Celtic are ahead of us at the moment but not that far. Possibly 4 good signings could close the gap. Happy New Year fellow Gers Fans. All the best for 2017.



01 Jan 2017 09:54:27
The manager has had a year and a half to address the back 4 and has failed. If you think we are only 4 players away from competing with them then your off your head. We are miles behind them and the gap is only going to get bigger with Warburton in charge.



01 Jan 2017 10:56:23
I think if the forwards scored half the chances we have, then the back 4 wouldn't get just as much flak.
They get away with murder and don't get anywhere near same criticism.



01 Jan 2017 12:46:26
Dave King splashing serious cash in January, yeah sure.

Fans really need to let the guy know that we want transparency as he promised - and no, a Q&A with the questions vetted by our PR company doesn't count.

We deserve an explanation about his 30million spiel.

We at least competed yesterday but we are clearly miles behind Celtic and we aren't going to get near to them in the league with signings from Accrington Stanley and crocked players past their best.

Personally I have already written off next year's league.

A gloomy post for me to start the New Year on but it is how I feel.



01 Jan 2017 14:35:31
The back four are consistently criticised but what about our midfield and attack. Our midfield is a joke and our attack has scored less than two goals a game.

If we had a quality midfield a quality attack and a leader on the park then we could get by with our defence but our midfield is a joke and Miller apart our strikers could't score in a brothel!

This club needs investment, it needs two quality midfield players and a quality striker. Ideally it also needs a holding midfield player that knows how to play the game. We will only acquire these players with proper funds. Two questions arise, does King have the funds and is Warburton the man to spend them. Given the track record of both to date I suspect that we have no on both counts!



01 Jan 2017 15:46:58
I agree, if Dave King was watching yesterday he must realise that its obvious where we need strengthening - right down the middle spine of the team, let's hope something happens in this transfer window, or we'll be very lucky to finish second.



01 Jan 2017 01:53:31
Right dave king it's january get the cheque book open at this rate we'd be lucky to finish second, can't blame mark warburton anymore could anyone do there job with one arm tied behind their back only works with what he has to work with which isn't much everybody moans about past players coming at least they knew how to win games I think joe garner will be out a while now that leaves us kenny miller and waghorn were in trouble.



01 Jan 2017 08:25:11
I've got to disagree with you Aarono 76. I do blame Warburton, after all its him who buys those players and selects the team. Why did he leave out Hodson who in my opinion has been playing well? I would also of unleashed Ohalloran, his pace would have caused them trouble. The players that Warburton has brought in won't get any better, their probably at championship level so for those reasons I do blame Warburton.



01 Jan 2017 09:34:59
I thought he got the team spot on, okay we loss but it could have went either way both teams had chances.



01 Jan 2017 09:57:44
Cee

We lost and we are 19 points behind them having played a game more. Look at the stats they created far more chances and our keeper had far more saves than theirs. They deserved their victory and the league table shows how far away we are from them. Warburton will not win the league and will be gone either this summer or next.



01 Jan 2017 00:38:19
I like warburton and think he has done a great job in bringing a modern model to Rangers. But I still think he has to got as the simple fact is he can't change a game. Too Many times this season we have started games really well then a quick tactical change from the opposition and we are suddenly shocking! He doesn't know how to change a game and he makes the same mistakes every time!



 
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