Rangers Banter Archive January 20 2014

20 Jan 2014 20:31:13
Can't watch the game tonight but read the team on the website. Can someone confirm the guy who wrote this us high and we are not playing 4-1-4-1 with faure holding midfield against Forfar?

{Ed039's Note - true he was)

OMG! At least we won. Glad to see templeton on the scoresheet. Can anyone fill me in in the performance?

Yes mate crap like every game this season, and it won't ever improve till McCoist is gone

Lucky you LS!i have had less torturous dental visits. god th's hard watching us just now. I really hope we don't get septic in the next round of the cup. it could be embarrassing. providing we beat Dunfermline that is.

@SpivsOut - I have no idea if this will make it past moderation, probably not but here goes. It's the liek of you who should be out of the door immediately after the spivs. Away and follow a team with a manager you like! Coisty has a team 20 points clear at the top of the league. See my post elsewhere for the rest of my thoughts on this. If you really think all of the performances have been "crap" then I have to wonder what you have been watching

{Ed039's Note - Nothing wrong with that post, but just a note, anytime anybody starts or mentions in a post, it might not make it past the moderation, or the Ed probably wont post this, makes me very inclined not to post it)

20 Jan 2014 13:12:33
I have been reading about the cost cutting requirements with great interest. It is obvious that these cuts need to be put in place if we are to avoid administration. The truth is that we shouldn’t be anywhere near this mess. Stockbridge position is a joke how you can let things get this bad before realising cuts are required is nothing short of at best incompetence and at worse gross negligence. McCoist also needs to shoulder some of the responsibility. We had a great opportunity to start something special here. A blank canvas to nurture youth and build a style of play that could have seen us work through the ranks be commended on our attitude and style of play and build year on year. Instead, what has McCoist done? Spent a fortune on wages on players that just aren’t good enough to sustain an SPL challenge. Faure cannot even take a throw-in properly. Steve Smith is injury prone and just not good enough. The Brazilian centre half that cannot get a game is rank. Black is a ticking time bomb on the pitch. Another wage on a goalkeeper who will never get a game. Loyalty to McCulloch no matter how bad he plays. McLeod constantly being played out of position. All these high earners are getting a game ahead of bringing on youth. McAusland was playing well before the embargo was lifted and then just farmed out. What happened to McKay this season? McCoist just because you were allowed to spend the money doesn’t mean you are not accountable for the financial state we are in. It is time for all the management team at Rangers to face up to their responsibilities. Don't get me started on luxury hotels. One irate Rangers fan.

I'm sure most of the players ally brought in were free transfers and as for the wages ally does not dictates them either as with any manager he hands the board a wish list he may speak personally with the player but wages etc are then discussed between the board/finance director and players agent mccoist has nothing to do with the financial side
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Spot on OP- you are not alone.

McCoist should take his share of the blame for this fiasco, why does he need a squad of this size? he was still talking about bringing in even more players only 3-4 weeks ago, we all knew that Rangers couldn't sustain their spending and yet McCoist was apparently unaware of the damage that his team of big earners is doing to Rangers and even felt he needed to strengthen the squad! As OP said this is at best incompetence.

Good post OP. Smith and Foster were probably luxuries we couldn't afford. I suspect the Queens Park left back, Robertson, would have said no to a move to Rangers, playing on the bench to Wallace by the way.

McAusland I agree with. McCoist did make some good signings and strengthened the team and I think McCulloch should be rested from time to time and Gasparotto given a run alongside Bohsni. McCoist has got to take more risks on youth and prepare them for the future. Why wait 'til we're 30 points clear. Do it now!

As for " wee Blackie ", as McCoist calls him, well that says it all and it'll be tough for a Murray Park graduate to topple him from his place in the team in light of the manager's undying support of him. More than a hint of favouritism at work.

20 Jan 2014 19:24:55
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Didn't Ally choose to not even fill the subs bench the Saturday before last?

This being seen as a message to Graham Wallace that the squad of 56 needed added to.

Almost as unbelievable as the fact that apparently Ally's proposed wage cut still hasn't been rubber-stamped.

Haha unbelievable. The goalie that will never get a game is playing tonight. McCoist must have read this post before picking the team. We'll I still stand by the rest of my post

@6 LOL- you stick to your guns mate. Just between you and me maybe no one else saw the spectacular out of this world one handed super reaction save by Simeonsen- keep schtum- never admit to being wrong You don't need to be right to have an opinion on here

MIght have got the goalkeeper quote wrong but McCoist has just proven me right with another fine quote today. Saying that the stay in the luxury hotel before the game is justified. Unbelievable he is like a wife let loose with a credit card.

How can mr wallace sit and watch stockbridge and the sleasdales and the other imposters take take take we will soon see if mr wallace is another of charlibhoys understudies