Rangers Banter Archive February 23 2020

23 Feb 2020 21:48:29
Okay, since a few of us are saying SG is not the man to take us forward who do we think is?

I'll make a list below of some realistic targets who I think can do the job.

I'll start off with who I would like to see take over, Slaven Bilic. Been in management a few years now and also plays a good style, has fire in his belly and will know the championship market well for our budget.

Next is mainly ex players with managerial experience and ex managers that know what it means to play for Rangers and in no particular order:

Ally McCoist
Davie Robertson
Ian Ferguson
Barry Ferguson
Alex McLeish
Dick Advocaat
Gio Van Bronkhurst
Stuart McCall
Davie Weir

And a few others I think have the experience to do it and in our price range:

Eddie Howe
Chris Wilder
Sam Allerdyce
Scott Parker

Possibles ( from a post Oct 2019 of out of work managers, these 3 seem credible but probably back in work now)

Roger Schmidt
Marcelino
Ralf Rangnick

I'm pretty sure there are others out there but I think all of above are realistic, albeit not everyone's cup of tea and I'm not saying all of them are mine but thought I'd open it up for discussion seeing its been asked a lot lately, over to you chaps 🤔.

23 Feb 2020 22:22:51
Steven Gerrard is not the man for us? . get a grip. of course he is. Name any manager u want and clowns like you would want shot of him.

Its not the manager it's the players. We can't buy the players that they can.

23 Feb 2020 22:25:27
OMG. The end.

23 Feb 2020 22:28:28
Terry butcher for me . a good Rangers man.

23 Feb 2020 23:11:12
Long time since I read such nonsense please read through your list some are premier league managers why would any of those come up here others have managed in India, Australia some have already been here I’m glad you said at the beginning a few of us.

23 Feb 2020 23:21:16
Jeezo I Hope Gerrard never reads this site, absolutely unbelievable. The guy’s our manager and yes some of his signings haven’t worked out but every signing is an element of a gamble. Look at the ones who’ve worked out great for us! We are MILES better than we were under our last 2 managers.
Everyone to their own but I for one will back Gerrard until the day he leaves, and guys, be careful what you wish for!

23 Feb 2020 23:26:07
Van Bronkhurst for me.

23 Feb 2020 23:30:37
John Brown? 😂😂😂.

23 Feb 2020 23:53:57
Although I still think and believe Stevie g is the man to CONTINUE taking us forward as he already significantly has, I will chip in just for fun with Gheorgie Hagi, Brian Laudrup and Ronald de boer . That’s who I would like to see take the reins, 3 footballers with extreme vision on the park will hopefully have it off the park too, and Hagi Snr has been involved in management already 🤔.

24 Feb 2020 00:29:18
Sam Allardyce in our price range? Did u see what he was on at everton? also one of the worst managers ever, ruined every team he's been at since Bolton mate. back to ally mccoist wow.

24 Feb 2020 08:29:41
Bilic? Who’s about to take West Brom to the EPL will leave to join us? 😂
Super Ally the manager? 😂😂
Ferguson from Kelty Hearts? Failed at Clyde? 😂😂😂
I won’t bother going in as I would run out of emojis!

24 Feb 2020 09:03:54
Dutch - we might not be able to buy the players Celtic can, BUT we should be able to identify and buy players who can beat Hearts, Aberdeen, Kilmarnock, St Johnstone etc.

24 Feb 2020 09:59:56
Stuck Bronkhurst on three million a year in China. Dream on.

24 Feb 2020 10:21:28
as bad as we've been since the new year, we're 20 odd points better off than the rest of the league.

24 Feb 2020 12:36:19
Good to see some posts actually backing our manager.

24 Feb 2020 13:04:20
I mean if we could get them I would take GVB or Chris Wilder in a heartbeat but think both would be a stretch. But someone with experience, not another rookie.

The ideal would be someone who has experience but also understands Rangers have to win basically every game domestically, so GVB ticks both boxes. You didn’t have Frank De Boer in your options. Probably wouldn’t be my choice but he’s another realistic option.

24 Feb 2020 13:06:50
JC please no ex players we are bad enough wanting ex players back the last few years. I like bilic but he won't co. e if he gets west Brom promoted. I like sean dyche. No nonsense has years epl experience took burnley into europe YES BURNLEY. And he would boot some arse.

24 Feb 2020 13:01:09
Be very careful what you wish for. 👍.

23 Feb 2020 20:32:33
The lack of consistency is the only thing hurting us in the league or maybe the players we have don't have the guile for the Scottish winter and the slog it is we have made massive progress and we do have some class players I along with every supporter wants to win every game and it Hurst when we slip up time and again but I believe in SG and his coaching staff so c'mon bears just get behind every one of the team.

23 Feb 2020 22:02:46
This sack SG is crazy, today we went behind to a terrible piece of defending that no manager could have predicted, we huffed and puffed to get back in the game but the manager saw it wasn’t working, he took Halliday off as we needed to get our full backs up to support the attack and Halliday wasn’t doing that, Aribo was great along with Kamberi we got our selves in front and played well but again our defence let us down especially Katic it was school boy now when he was out of the team people was on here shouting for him to be back in the team well today he cost us the win, we need to stay together sacking the manager is not the way forward the money that would cost should be invested in the squad we have came a long way but we’re still a bit short confidence is low right now and the team needs our support SG has been here just short of two years if we sack him bring in new management and they don’t do it in two years do we keep sacking till we have no money left stay with the team support them we’ll get there.

23 Feb 2020 22:03:10
Is that Geoff.

23 Feb 2020 23:26:46
Absolutely agree! Some posts on here are unreal! There must be loads of goldfish posting on here because they can’t remember how dross we were and got regularly spanked off the mhanks. Get behind the manager and let him get on with his job. It was never going to be done overnight and we’ve improved year on year under him. We’re not a million miles away.

24 Feb 2020 06:52:57
Totally with you AlloaGer. I also back gerrard and was always prepared to give him a minimum of 3 years. I said as much many times on these pages. Sacking gerrard will put us further back IMHO. He's most definitely improved us, to especially the absolute mess he inherited!
Gerrard still the man for the job, for me anyway.

24 Feb 2020 09:02:09
Yes we’re not a million miles away agree getting rid of Stevie g be big mistake cost us be back to square one always going to take time stick with it we’re getting their.

23 Feb 2020 19:42:17
Honestly can't even bring myself to watch the gaffers post match interview. Gutting. doesn't win at weekend v hearts and he has to walk imo. Some of his signings are absolutely shocking. Throwing good money down the drain.

23 Feb 2020 21:48:39
Spot on. How a player as good as Gerrard can have sanctioned some of the signing we have had is incredible. Liabily.

24 Feb 2020 08:11:23
Which ones?

23 Feb 2020 19:18:05
AS1974 I've posted here many many times in support of our manger I know he's made mistakes but do we just wipe out first half of season, Europa league run two years in a row qualifying from early rounds?
Honestly you and swagman need a night off it's never ending and ok let's say he gets bullet where do we get the cash to pay him off along with his back room staff off where do we get cash to fund new guy coming in
You mentioned earlier someone was deluded in their opinions
I'd say the same to you if you think sacking gaffer is the answer.

23 Feb 2020 19:45:56
Blue sea. So you tell me the answer? You need to wake up and see that we are going nowhere. What have we won? You think qualifying for Europe would save his job? Mistakes you say? I say very COSTlY MISTAKES. The first half of the season has gone mate. It now means nothing. So does beating Celtic as we can't capitalize on these results. You can't be at Glasgow Rangers for 2 years, win nothing and been given a huge budget for our financial position. It's not good enough.

23 Feb 2020 19:50:25
I most definitely sit in your camp Blue blue sea!

23 Feb 2020 20:07:04
Blue blue sea - the man is CLUELESS. Ojo, Flanagan, Ejaria, Barker, Sadiq, Jones, Polster, King, Worral, Lafferty.

Has no plan B.

Chucks his players under the bus after every poor result. And people say his interviews are honest? I don’t often hear him say “I got it wrong. ” It’s always the players didn’t want it enough, people were poor etc.

The man is an embarrassment at this point. 12 points behind, could easily end up 20, which means we are going BACKWARDS.

23 Feb 2020 20:16:18
The answer ain’t sacking the manager you still haven’t given any indication of how we fund it
The players have to take massive responsibility it’s not just down to manager every time and to sack him is crazy what happens if the next one comes in and same happens so we sack him as well? Finances dictate where we are Europa gave us income so let’s just blow it on sacking the guy? the I don’t know the answer nor do any others on here But I know savaging the guy I isn’t the answer
Do you think Guardiloa 20 odd points behind in EPL deserves to be sacked? because as you say yourself what’s gone before means nothing? So what’ he’s won in past doesn’t count and on this season’s performance deserves sack now he’s does have a huge budget.

23 Feb 2020 20:39:46
Swagman I now know it pointless trying to argue with you and As1974 no matter what does it wing be enough
Let’s just agree to disagree 👍.

23 Feb 2020 20:40:53
So who gets the sack? The players or manager?
Look at Docherty. can't get near our first team yet has burst in to life at Hibs. Same with Murphy. So do we just stick with SG, give him more money to fritter away then we are in a worst position? he's had money and time. He gets plaudits when he gets it right so it works both ways mate. he's got to take the criticism as he deserves it. Why play the sane formation week in week out? Why play the same players that are letting him down? Stevie will get the sack if I came to it. Not the players.

23 Feb 2020 20:45:30
Btw we blew the Europa League on money on Kent.

23 Feb 2020 21:31:46
BBS I've given you reasons why I think he doesn't deserve more time. I respect your opinion.

23 Feb 2020 22:27:45
As1974 no we haven't as payin kent over 3 seasons.

23 Feb 2020 22:37:17
Folks we won’t have to pay Stevie off. If he wants, he will walk into another job. It might not be Liverpool but a job. I’m hoping he goes and takes a few with him for fees. Gio was my choice before Stevie and he would be my choice after. 442 formation.

23 Feb 2020 23:29:47
The swagman can I ask how he threw his players under a bus today he said he should be talking about Aribo and Kent instead he is talking about defending, surely he is correct Katic was like Bambi on ice for both goals, SG changed his team at HT and it worked we were ahead but the two goals conceded were school boy and if players can’t handle being told the truth well they shouldn’t be there.

23 Feb 2020 20:33:46
Although correct AS that it's just not good enough, who do we get in? If you think sacking Gerrard is the answer, I don't think it's as easy as that. How many more managers do we go through before finding the solution?

Gerrard knows full well his reputation offers him a level of protection none of his predecessors were lucky enough to have, and for that reason, and that we probably can't afford to sack him, his position is safe. Gerrard, If he decides to stay on, will get another season to try and stop 10 in a row. If he fails, then he goes!

24 Feb 2020 13:05:15
Blue blue sea saying I’ll never change my mind is nonsense. I said weeks ago he was going to lose us the league this seasons and I said I hope I’m wrong and will be delighted to come on here and admit it. Sadly I’m right.

What will it take for you to admit he’s not up to it is the question? Will Celtic winning this treble be enough? Or do you want to wait till next season when they have won 10 in a row as well as 5 trebles in a row? Or wait until they get to 55 before us?

24 Feb 2020 13:07:53
I never heard Docherty or Murphy get a mention after the Braga result? 🤔.

24 Feb 2020 13:08:18
You say the same players are letting him down every week AS1974.
So considering we are getting beat / drawing and nobody deserves pass marks in the current starting 11 who would you play then?
Because you've not got much left to chose from!

23 Feb 2020 19:07:36
Here's a light hearted thought to help soften our depression guys.

If Stevie had went to celts as manager instead of us, we would have won the league and Scottish cup by now.

23 Feb 2020 18:02:41
lets get this straight katic did not cost us the league it was lost against hearts in my opinion losing to the worse team in the league in my opinion is pretty unacceptable.

23 Feb 2020 18:36:47
Ian the team cost us the league however Katic is one of several players that won’t win a league medal for rangers.
Too many not good enough.

23 Feb 2020 19:01:53
Not sure what's happened defensively the last 6 weeks. Katic isn't suddenly sh*t. Have to disagree John, I think katic will win silverware with rangers.

23 Feb 2020 19:10:19
Mr grumpy Katic has been poor since we signed him. Very easily bullied dives in too much.
Problem we have is someone has one or two average games scores against them they become world beaters with our fans.
Then they think they are great footballers when in fact they are average.

23 Feb 2020 19:11:22
Sorry mr grumpy I don’t refer to a cup I mean the league. Also mate I hope you are right and I am wrong.

23 Feb 2020 19:25:27
The manager cost us the league. He sign, trains, organises and picks the players. This seasons has been a failure domestically and the buck stops with him and him alone.

23 Feb 2020 19:36:19
Where's all the Free Katic posters now?
Where's all the Katic is our best CH?
I've posted before - he's a fans favourite because he's all blood and thunder. But he's young, naive and inexperienced. Which has costed us on numerous occasions but others prefer to blame easier targets. 👍.

23 Feb 2020 19:39:06
The manager has been let down by individual errors from key players Swagman.
But you keep up your petty campaign against Gerrard that had sacked pre Thursday, then Hero after Brava and back to rookie must go today. 👍.

23 Feb 2020 20:08:49
He was never a hero after Braga! His ridiculous formation meant we were 2 down, that and Barasic injury forced him to make changes! The only hero on Thursday was Hagi.

The manager is out of his depth, you’ll all see it eventually, I’ll be here when that happens.

23 Feb 2020 20:18:09
Mr tupacman every manager is judged on results and there ability to change games and get the best out of players, at rangers you are made aware u must win trophes with your players if u can't get the best out your players to do so then you will not be here. Gerrard is lucky he was a great player so some fans are blinded by it but he will keep his job not because at the moment he deserves it just people we don't have the cash to let him go, please stop saying players ofcourse the players are letting him down but its his job to either get the best out of players or change the starting 11 to get the results.

23 Feb 2020 20:39:38
Young bear, if sg decided to upsticks, it would put our club back, years, remember its also gerrards backroom staff, training guys gym guys its all we need eh.

24 Feb 2020 05:43:38
As i said paulellen we don't have the cash for sg to go i agree with you, my point is at the moment he is not delivering what is expected at ibrox but iam not against sg i hope he can turn it around we all want the same thing our great club at the top, just think he is lucky not to be under much more pressure.

23 Feb 2020 17:50:12
maybe stevie g should have started his managerial career at the bottom and worked his way up from there---maybe he thought deep down that's what he was doing ---but EARTH TO STEVIE--this isn't the bottom ---maybe at acrington Stanley 2nd in the league is successful but not here ---its downright failure----time for stevie to take that league one team and start afresh and prove you can actually win games in the league ---I don't give a rats arse about the Europa---I want this 9 in a row stopped as watching browns coupon is way to much to bare.

23 Feb 2020 18:16:29
I've asked that a few times recently. Perhaps he did and think that Liverpool youth players Ejaria and Ojo would be enough up here. The Europa League run has been nice but in all honesty it'll probably be ended in Portugal. We couldn't stop 9, so next season is THE season where we can't have this level of performance, professionalism, effort from the players. I can't stand the thought of them getting 10. Look at what they did when we were going for 10, brought Wim Jansen in, new philosophy, players, ideas and stopped 10. Do we do likewise?

23 Feb 2020 18:26:53
Been saying this since Stevie came to us deecee, Stevie was an experiment and an unproven manager.

We can only blame ourseves for the predicamant we are in, we all believed he was our saviour and have given him oportunity after oportunity without success.

Yes he got us on in Europa and a good few quid for that.
I could not care less for Europa, we will be out of that league soon enough.

Tell me he was not here to get us to win the SPFL and I will shut up .
Said it many times on here he is on his way home end of 2022 if no silver by then.

He will leave a broken and disheartend man if he fails us plus his dream of the liverpool job in tatters as well.

23 Feb 2020 18:52:09
I cannot see a man with the pride of Gerrard staying for another season having won zilch in two seasons and facing zilch in three unless he is given a mountain of transfer cash to boost his chances of success but where is the cash coming from?

23 Feb 2020 19:02:41
That's us supporters biggest fault Muppet, we believe too many unsubstanciated stories of billiomare investors and top class players coming to us but nothing concrete being stated by the club hierarchy.

23 Feb 2020 19:28:08
Problem is there’s still people on here deluding themselves into thinking Gerrard is the answer because he has a famous name and not seeing him for what he is, a youth coach out of his depth.

Our own Wim Jansen is exactly what we need. A proven manager who can come in and properly organise this table and stop 10. The fans need to come together and say enough is enough, get him out and get us a proper manager.

24 Feb 2020 03:33:07
He’s now that poor they are off his back now.

23 Feb 2020 17:31:31
if Gerrard wins nothing for two years in a row are all bears in agreement that that's unacceptable and he will need to go.

23 Feb 2020 17:52:46
Anotherbear, i will start it off by saying no, in gerrard i trust. its not his fault he came too us when we are in a state, he will sort it out.

23 Feb 2020 18:04:12
Sorry Paul it is his fault. He knew the situation and he chose to come. We didn't kidnap him and hold him against his will.

23 Feb 2020 18:14:22
I just feel winning nothing for two years in a row is unacceptable not sure anyone else would get that time .

23 Feb 2020 18:19:18
I'll put my tuppence worth in and say yes - can any fan sit and accept them getting 10 in a row to persevere with the Gerard project which many have said he needs the full 4 yrs. I know I can't bear them getting there.

23 Feb 2020 18:19:40
Paul your deluded mate. Sorry.

23 Feb 2020 18:37:24
Let's try to put this into some kind of perspective. Less than two years ago our club was in such a shambolic state we were minutes away from making Derek McInnes our manager. Let that sink in for a moment then remember there were load of fans on here who backed this move. Give him his due, Coops and I both shouted this down as hard as we could.
Then let this sink in - we were such a mess that McInnes turned us down! That's right, a former player turned us down, we didn't turn him down, he was getting the job. Credit to the board, realising what a bullet they had just dodged because of panic in the ranks, they re-assessed and captured Steven Gerrard, one of the biggest names in world football, for us. It was like we'd won the Champions League.
Players like Defoe and Davis came north to help us because of Gerrard. Other players signed because of Gerrard - Barisic, Hagi, and more. We were as near rock bottom as we could be but in his first season the manager took us into the knockout stages of Europa League. At that time I for one never expected to win the league. The performances in the first half of this season were often stupendous, beating some top European names, getting cheated out of a cup then beating the mhankies with some ease, we were so good.
Now we are suffering from loss of form, a really bad loss of form, but as a whole club we are still miles better than we've been for almost a decade. More than anything we actually have a club to support, one that is competing with some top European teams.
Now I know that it breaks our collective heart that we probably will not stop their winning 9 in a row, but when Gerrard was appointed many of us believed that would be unrealistic anyway, but that given time and backing, we could stop ten. That's still the way I see it, and no matter how much it hurts to say it, they can have their nine as long as we still have our Rangers, building for a solid future, for when their turn comes to fail and we take over again as Scotland's Number One. It will happen, courage brothers, do not stumble!

23 Feb 2020 18:39:14
We have no divine right to win anything. You have to earn it. Stevie G is just practicing with us. He's actually at a loss what to do. His initial aura has rained. Sorry SG you'll get another year because we can't afford to change.

23 Feb 2020 18:46:31
I say no. We can’t keep changing managers, then they want their own players. So how do we pay them off.
In case some on here do not realise we are skint. Where would we be without two years of Europa league money.
I’d say bottom six.
I have followed our team for more than sixty years, I have seen worse, lived throttle nine in a row soon to be three
Many on here know I predict they will win twelve.
However I will never stop following my team home and away. This season been in Poland Holland Porto Dubai heading to Braga.
On here one day SG is a hero. Players r worth tens of millions next day everyone is crap, as hard as it is stick by our club. We will get there. RTID.

23 Feb 2020 19:03:40
Can we bring back Pedro Caixinha he wasn’t so bad after all 😐 here are some of results: st Johnstone 0 Rangers 3, rangers 0 hearts 0, Motherwell 1 rangers 2, Ross county 1 rangers 3, Hamilton 1 rangers 4.

23 Feb 2020 19:09:22
Well said, John25. There is nothing more frustrating than the petulance of youth. If only they could have seen us regularly finishing third and fourth in the league, winning the title just four times in 22 years, maybe they'd appreciate just how far we have come in the past few years. I often wonder just how some on here can actually consider themselves to be fans, fickle, impatient, sometimes hysterical and seldom actually just being supporters.

23 Feb 2020 19:31:19
Paul, you are deluded, as is anyone protecting the manager. All this “we were a shambles, he has to build” nonsense - he’s had two years and millions to spend. He has frittered way money on utter garbage signings.

Get someone experienced who can sort the wheat from the chaff and get us properly organised to try to stop 10.

If we let Scott Brown cut about Glasgow with his smug face holding their 10th title in a row because some of us were too in love with the “Stevie G” persona to see the wood for the trees this club might not recover for a generation.

23 Feb 2020 19:33:25
John25 and Covenanter are talking so much sense!

23 Feb 2020 20:20:59
As1974,there seems to be more than me deluded eh, i know where we've been, we ver neer folded, you think we just turn up and knock celtic off there perch, i hate to inform you pal, it doesn't work that way.

24 Feb 2020 10:19:42
Of course he should. this is becoming a farce. no heart. no fight no balls. livid.

23 Feb 2020 17:15:24
1st time this season i have no other choice but to admit defeat. devastated to say there's no way back now . Atmosphere on the bus back home from game was horrible. as much as i don't want to say it celtic have basically won their 9iar.

I said it yesterday kamberi should get a start in front of morelos .
Morelos is doing nothing for the team. sorry but he's not. kent aswell today piss poor.

20 odd chances though. we should've scored more than 2.

Basically damage control in league now. try and close the gap a bit with them and have some respect for ourselves . let's face it. only team able to beat celtic atm is rangers and we are going to get beat if we can't take our chances. Thought kamberi was amazin today. done all he could for the team.

Decent enough performance from the ref today. no major complaints.
No blame on towards gerrard today. the way he played the team we shouldve won. was our players that just couldn't score.

All in all sad day as its now 12 points. game in hand if we win that's 9 2 old firms maybe down to 3. But can't see that happening atm based on the fact we can't take our chances and definately can't see us winning 100% games from now til end of season.

Gutter of a post but think we should now be concentrating on closing the gap. Make it more respectful. win scottish cup and see how far we can go in europa.

To go from the highs of thursday to this is just heart wrenching.

Miracles can happen but think this is just a mission impossible now.

23 Feb 2020 17:36:52
Manager is culpable for allowing Katic to remain on the park to play the full 94 minutes. That is unforgivable in my opinion.

23 Feb 2020 19:09:00
In caixinha last season we finished 12 points behind Celtic at this rate it’s going to be worse.

23 Feb 2020 17:00:33
Next two games are huge. Braga then Hearts at Tynecastle in the scottish cup. Who honestly thinks we can win both. Not me.

23 Feb 2020 17:08:33
Think we’ll probably squeeze by Braga as Europe and the counter attack suits us then lose to Hearts. If we lose both he has to go. I don’t see how anyone couldn’t honestly defend him after that.

23 Feb 2020 17:13:51
If Katic and Goldson play against Braga over there it could be a cuffing. Hearts will be right up for it at home and i don't think we are agressive enough. We will know soon enough and 2 defeats must spell the end.

23 Feb 2020 17:19:01
We will probably lose to hearts swagman? ?
Tighten your belt lad . don’t know if that’s the right attitude.

23 Feb 2020 17:23:48
Well we’ve just lost to Hearts so 🤷🏻‍♂️.

23 Feb 2020 17:24:16
wont be braga they will take about 4 of us.

23 Feb 2020 17:38:22
Braga have the potential to take 3 or 4 off us at this moment in time. Katic will know he had a mare today and confidence will be shot. Not just him, but the whole team when they hear Gerard say he wasn't surprised by the result.

23 Feb 2020 22:07:04
The swagman whatever you do don’t go to the bookies and put a bet on your prediction is the wrong way around Braga will stuff us but we will beat Hearts.

23 Feb 2020 16:57:10
Sorry Guys, I forgot to say in my rant, that Kamberi was excellent, why oh why didn't Stevie start the same team as finished on Thursday, the momentum from that game was immense, but no back to this boring sh-- of 1 up, and he's as useful as a chocolate fire guard sine January.

23 Feb 2020 16:56:09
So heres what it boils down to---Its either Liverpool or acrington Stanley next up for stevie---am I stating the obvious when I say its the latter---in saying all that its not over until its over and if he brings home the league this year it will be Liverpool ---so heres what we now have---9 points back if we beat saints at ibrox---so celtic have to drop 10 points---6 against us and one with a top six team along with a draw----is it worth a tenner ---you tell me?

23 Feb 2020 17:07:58
Its not wort 5p.

23 Feb 2020 17:09:21
You’d be better betting on aliens landing or something.

23 Feb 2020 20:27:55
Deecee, it would depend on the odds surely.

23 Feb 2020 16:50:28
Liverpool are watching you stevie and they love what they see in Europe but ain't too pleased with the domestic scene----much like the 20 years when man u won the league down south--its a carbon copy albeit at a different level but a leopard never changes its spots-----.

23 Feb 2020 17:33:01
Seriously, do you honestly think Liverpool are watching Steven Gerrard ? It's more like Steven Gerrard is watching Liverpool. Could Gerrard be another McCoist? A superb player, a legend but poor at management.

23 Feb 2020 17:56:32
I think he'll leave by mutual consent at the end of this season. we don't have the funds to sack him and he knows his reputation will be badly damaged by being sacked from his first managerial post. He needs to go.

23 Feb 2020 18:04:27
Biggaybear, steven gerrard is going nowhere this season, nowhere at all.

23 Feb 2020 18:57:21
That's why he said "at the end of this season". I agree, I think he'll walk if he thinks his reputation and chances of the Liverpool job will be affected by continuing to win hehaw.

23 Feb 2020 16:18:01
What a lacklustre display, Kamberi and Aribo were switched on, all I’ve got to say. Except come on Kilmarnock 😃.

23 Feb 2020 16:32:54
C'mon K?
Thats not going to happen.
They are 3-1 down, player sent off and they are away from home.
Looks like 12 point gap now (and a good of 20)

23 Feb 2020 18:24:10
So that’s a 3 point gap by the time we beat them twice and win our game in hand 🤔 they will drop that 3 points and more once tiredness kicks in, and injuries when when we get our fringe players to kick them off the park in the old firms once the result is assured, Jordan Jones has the right idea but injured the wrong person 🤔😂😆😂.

23 Feb 2020 16:10:13
Boyd describes Katics performance as the worst he has ever seen from a Rangets centre half. Everyone could see it yet Gerrard allowed him to stay on the park for 94 minutes. that's just wrong the defence and manager are letting us down.

23 Feb 2020 16:51:09
Tav, katic and goldson scared me every time they went near the ball to be honest. He drops katic when he's playing well, then keeps playing him when he's not playing well. Showing my age now, but goldson thinks he's beckanbauer, swans around like he's got all day to play the ball. I cannot remember the last time I saw a Scottish team score a GOOD goal against us, and i'm afraid this slow build up style just doesn't work Stevie, the rest of the league have worked us out. I remember him talking about " high tempo, high pressing " but when did we last see that? There is no leader on the park, they all look like they are waiting for someone else to do it. Poor ball control, terrible passing, its all gone wrong since the break. Hope we turn up against Braga on Wednesday, or the season really is finished, !

23 Feb 2020 18:30:16
True, where’s the high tempo, high pressing gone? Where’s the pushing each other onwards gone? As in when one player loses the ball the next I is right behind him gathering it And backing him up? The players aren’t backing each other up anymore, United they stand divided they fall . It takes going goals down to make them start playing as a team, why aren’t they fully focussed on playing as a team before going down on goals? It should be running perfectly by now, it started off great and is getting worse, can’t pull ourselves out of losing the first goal etc every time , rant over.

24 Feb 2020 08:32:54
Well boydy obviously didn’t see Richard Goughs display against juventus when they beat us 8-1 on aggregate I think it was 🤔 don’t get me wrong gough was up against an in form allesandro del piero, fabrizio ravanelli, gianluca vialli etc not St Johnstone 🤔 and big Dave Macpherson carver a career out of being crap, won trophies too, Stephen Pressley wasn’t graat😂😆😂.

23 Feb 2020 15:51:01
Cant haveanymore slip ups after todays result😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 omg we've been saying that since hearts humped us.

23 Feb 2020 15:57:52
Its embarrassing mate. Then he says "We need Hellander back" Fs he's no much better!

23 Feb 2020 16:07:11
He’s a damn site better than Katic guys, I really like Katic but we’re giving goals away to strikers that are utter gash and it’s embarrassing.

23 Feb 2020 16:14:43
As74 helander is far far better than Katic and Edmundson.

23 Feb 2020 16:17:41
You think? Well if he is he's not worth the money we paid for him.

23 Feb 2020 16:37:54
Katic been struggling for a few weeks now . think Edminson should have been in today . Felt that before the game . He did make a couple of mistakes last outing but Katic today was a pitiful watch . Morelos not firing and thus not pulling us thru games like he previously did . plus signs . Kamberi is positive.

23 Feb 2020 16:49:42
Molsgoals. Katic was utter rubbish today and it cost us. His only other poor game i can remember recently was Aberdeen and we still got a clean sheet. I don't think he's been struggling for weeks like you say. Helander us a decent ball playing defender and is certainly more composed in the air but he looks like he is running in quick sand and isn't fantastic in the air. Goldson takes massive risks and doesn't have great distribution from the back. He doesn't read the game very well on a consistent basis either. Edmundson seems like our best centre half but its difficult to claim that because we haven't seen enough of him. I guess its easier summed up by saying we have 4 decent centre halves but no outstanding ones. Unfortuneatel 3 out of 4 have deficincies in their game that are easy to spot and for opposition to play to and the other is untested.

23 Feb 2020 17:03:57
All the Katic fans seem to have gone to ground, that was one of the worst CB displays I have ever seen. He flapped and panicked at everything. He's a half decent player so god alone knows what happened to him.

23 Feb 2020 15:49:53
What do you say about that performance? Someone on Live Chat said that Katic was possible one of the worst defensive displays ever? 100% agree and the boy needs removed and is out of his depth and was very sad to watch! He was not the only one but have never ever seen a player play so bad! Sorry guys😡😡😡😡🇬🇧.

23 Feb 2020 16:03:16
Don't know how old you are but I will give you Jim Denny and a multitude of Mccoist signings sure you will remember some of these.

23 Feb 2020 16:22:04
Yeah except McCoist had pennies in comparison.

23 Feb 2020 16:29:11
Come on Penrith.

23 Feb 2020 16:54:06
And McCoist was a Manager when Rangers were in the bottom leagues - Of course he want attract that type of player in lower leagues You can compare that McCoist also had no money he was barely able to keep eleven player let alone the good ones that went to better their career

Penrith you speak absolute drivel mate 😂😂.

23 Feb 2020 15:46:56
Goldson, Katic, Barisic, Davis, Kamara, Kent, Jack and Morelos. All performing well first half of season. How can so many first team regulars performance drop so badly? 1 or 2 you can understand. This is not a dip in form. There's something underlying here and I really don't see it resolving anytime soon. Terrible performance from our players yet again. Kamberi looks very bright and thought Aribo tried hard. Players got what they deserved today.

23 Feb 2020 15:44:47
i said it after the hearts defeat where do we go from here, we have not improved at all since we came back from the winter break, we are getting outbattled by very average sides, have we become a half season side, I know that ryan kent did not ask to be bought for millions but he surely has to contribute more for us, he will be our most expensive flop.

23 Feb 2020 16:47:56
Tori Andre flo?

23 Feb 2020 18:35:21
Tori Andre Flo was better than a lot of people make out. Look at his stats, you can't compare him with Kent.

23 Feb 2020 15:24:37
Does anyone have any expectations of this mob anymore? New defense needed in the summer - or a new manager. Yes I've said it, a new manager.

23 Feb 2020 15:33:20
Absolutely a new manager. Has shown he has no ideas. Everyone can see we had to shake it up to freshen the team up as we have been turgid since Dubai. But every week the same formation and same players. He is being shown up for what he is - a rookie.

23 Feb 2020 15:34:32
Signings are shocking

Not even a 50% success rate. Jones, Barker, Stewart, ojo, flannigan offering her haw as per coulibally, king, Sadiq, Lafferty did last year

If Jamie Murphy can’t offer more than Stewart then he must really be bad.

23 Feb 2020 15:35:04
For goodness sake get a grip. Katic poor on Thursday and even worse today. Edmundson should have started today.

23 Feb 2020 15:38:58
Ask suness to give it a go woundnt b any worse than this muppet yes i said it he's a muppet.

23 Feb 2020 15:41:59
Harsh on Stewart as he has had very few chances but agreed on the rest.

23 Feb 2020 15:45:18
League has been done since hearts game. let's change formation and try get playing 2 up top for next year. Goldson and katic are both honkin that was junior football stuff 2day. Really was. Kent on his usual step over come inside and a square pass. Well worth 7 mill. Morelos again zero composure. Kamberi a big plus but don't matter to much when got those clowns at the back.

23 Feb 2020 15:45:51
Swagman think it’s about time your mrs takes the laptop or phone away from you. Been reading this site for years and you talk biggest load of single fish on here haha. If we had just won that game 2-1 we wouldn’t have heard a peep out you. You were probably on here singing teams praises before Christmas and because we have dropped maybe 9 points or something after the break gerrard has turned into a hopeless manager. Why don’t you have a look at some of players today in particular Katic, who for me caused both st Johnstone’s goals?

23 Feb 2020 15:46:19
Don’t blame manager for Katic being awful.

23 Feb 2020 15:52:33
That mob will reach 55 before us! 😡😡😡🇬🇧.

23 Feb 2020 15:57:15
Im a big Katic fan but he was at fault forboth goals today and that just isn't good enough.

23 Feb 2020 16:03:07
Sirstruth, every time, of any game when golson has the ball i expect an opposition player too take the ball off golson, wither the opposition score or not is down to luck, but since golson signed for us I've never had any confidence in our defence, him and tavinear are pure hopeless, tav done us a few good goals on our way back thru the leagues, but the championship is where these two done well, never premier league player, imho.

23 Feb 2020 16:05:21
Bankie - Katic was poor on Thursday and had a shocker today and it's not the first time since the break he's been shocking. The same can be said for other players, and we can all make a few, however Gerard keeps on playing them expecting a different outcome - he's not learning as far as I'm concerned. Successful managers are ruthless e. g Sir Alex, who wouldn't stand for this level of professionalism, performance and effort from some of the players who are guaranteed their place. He's let the wrong players leave and kept the dude, Doc and Murphy are doing well, he was desperate to get rid of JJ - I think JJ would contribute more than Kent just now. We'll lose this league by a bigger margin than last season. Do you really want the same team, formation and tactics next season when we're trying to stop 10?

23 Feb 2020 16:44:13
Sir Struth, next season I will be looking for a stronger starting 11 and improved squad. I will also be looking for SG to be a wiser and significantly improved team manager in all aspects of the role. We have improved dramatically under SG. Performances like today demonstrate that whilst improvements have been made we have a long way to go. In the words of the other Bill Struth “no matter the days of anxiety that come our way, we shall emerge stronger”.

23 Feb 2020 15:14:48
Ryan jack been a shadow of his usual self. Seems as if, what was such a good selection of centre mids, are gradually losing their way.

23 Feb 2020 15:36:55
Docherty should have been available to play part today, bad shout letting him go out on loan.

23 Feb 2020 15:12:38
Gerrard needs to now change the system for the leauge games it is not working 1 up front teams have now sussed us out sick of the poor performances in leauge has been going on for two long now something needs to change.

23 Feb 2020 15:33:50
He isn’t capable or he would have done it long ago.

23 Feb 2020 15:38:27
Why change the system now Craig? The leagues gone man. It should have been changed 5 weeks ago!

23 Feb 2020 15:55:32
Yeh should have been i seroiusly doubt him as a manger now and would look at getting a replacment.

23 Feb 2020 15:09:45
My god katic you are absolutely stinkin son.

23 Feb 2020 15:43:59
I like Katic but he was a disaster today.

23 Feb 2020 15:08:08
What is our defence all about today
Been a shambles at the back
Katic and Goldson just not on it today.

23 Feb 2020 15:00:19
Morelos and kent need dropped, they don't look interested and have lost there spark, a spell on the sidlines would do them good. Also a lot of greed in the team just now, players in good positions but are not getting the passes to score. Joe Aribo is getting better and better with every game. need the full team in top form and a think we could still have a chance, a lot of player in form and some important ones are not. What u think Bears.

23 Feb 2020 14:42:30
Aww tavvvvvv should have been our 2nd

We need more conviction in our passing with the state of pitch ball needs more power behind it, ball pulling up short a lot of the time when passing along the floor

We should go onto win this now though confident 😊.

23 Feb 2020 14:38:13
What a goal from kamberi

Get in there son

Just as Katic let st Johnston player go by him him seconds before to get a shot off

But what a finish by kamberi
Did say he I wanted to see him on 2nd half
Thank goodness 😅.

23 Feb 2020 14:21:09
Fair to say our manager just doesn't seem to grasp the domestic scene. Yes, no doubt he's on fire in Europe and has been since he arrived but domestically he's a flop. Just like he was at Liverpool and this is a carbon copy--I was so hoping for a change in formation today with 2 strikers but I guess that was a bridge too far. We are playing stjohnstone not real madrid---someone has to sit this young manager down and explain how things work in the spl or domestically we will flop this season again---get kamberi in a 442 or risk going 13 points behind.

23 Feb 2020 14:05:12
Rotten again so far today. Told everyone we would learn zero lessons from Thursday. Everyone could see how much better we were when we moved from this daft formation bar the manager.

23 Feb 2020 13:58:18
Katic is too terrible. If goldson or Halliday played like he did half you lot would be going berserk. Edmunson is surely a better option?

23 Feb 2020 13:59:47
Goldson has.

23 Feb 2020 14:20:16
Goldson has been worse today.

23 Feb 2020 14:38:48
Goldson has been bad but Katic is on a different level altogether. He’s an utter liability.

23 Feb 2020 13:44:09
disappointed kamberi isn't in for kent---work to do here boys as saints have a sting in their bum---cmon boss switch to a 442 asap.

23 Feb 2020 14:29:30
Kamberi should be in for Morelos and Stewart in for Kent for this game. Both offering very little.

23 Feb 2020 12:16:16
Opinions on the record saying Gerrerd says rangers players are motivated by £££a and days off. I know most players nowadays will be motivated by money over winning things, and when signing forms club will just say what the fans want to hear.

23 Feb 2020 12:49:19
There human like the rest of us, salary and time off most important 2 things in my job however there are other parts I could list but there the top 2 for me. We all want to do a good job and help your fellow workers out. Its a complicated question with a complicated answer but anybody criticising a pro for want a good salary and time off is either the Dalai Lama or a self-righteous hypocrite. don't think SG was criticising the players merely stating the facts.

23 Feb 2020 13:21:01
Great post TJBB.

23 Feb 2020 13:23:21
I also agree. I do my job because of the salary. There is only 1 job I'd take a pay cut for, but it wouldn't be a huge one. Think the headline is also misleading. The headline of what motivates rangers players but the story reads what motivates players today in general. Was just thinking back to Sandaza quoting he was only here for the cash and everyone had a go.

23 Feb 2020 11:30:45
On the subject of a new kit sponsor, how do people feel about keeping the relationship with Hummel? Personally I think they're a really good kit maker, an interesting brand - not run of the mill - good product design and a company that if we could build a good commercial relationship with them why not?

The kits over the last couple of seasons are modern but have a really strong look and feel to them that reflects our traditional kits and colours. Thoughts fellow Bears?

23 Feb 2020 11:48:08
They listen to what the fans want mate. I've always really liked Adidas kits but wouldn't mind staying with Hummel to be honest. Last season's home kit was really nice.

23 Feb 2020 09:07:18
Come on the famous Glasgow Rangers.