Rangers Banter Archive April 26 2015

 

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26 Apr 2015 18:37:40
This is only my opinion here but I hope mccall brings mohsni back into one of the centre half positions with mcgregor beside him,if mccall can get inside big mohsni's mind to concentrate solely on defending then imo there's no doubt that he's a decent centre half,he's absolutely commanding in the air and when he keeps it simple a good defender who can also pass the ball & is solid in the challenge,if mccall can get mohsni to concentrate at all times then we have a good defender on our hands and that's my honest opinion!

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26 Apr 2015 19:56:24
Who would you play at right back?

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26 Apr 2015 21:04:31
A right back who is a right back stewie,ie.ryan sinnamon,there you have it mate

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26 Apr 2015 21:21:32
Crawford played well at right back but I would rather just see the youth player play, sometimes all a player needs is a chance

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27 Apr 2015 01:14:15
Crawford was awful! couldn't pass the ball and lost it every time someone passed it to him!

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27 Apr 2015 08:50:17
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Are you serious about Crawford?? He was awful at right back. The Falkirk players were going by him as if he wasn't there and his distribution was terrible

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27 Apr 2015 11:05:35
Crawford had a nightmare man!
I think McCall put him in there because he's meant to be the fittest player we have.He's no right back ok,but that shouldn't stop him being able to make a five yard pass. I've got to admit I agree with jr ewing regarding Moshni too.

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27 Apr 2015 11:23:52
I thought Zaliukas did ok before he was taken off on Saturday. Was he injured? I'd play him at centre-half beside Moshni with McGregor and Wallace as full backs with (I know I'm going to get stick for this!), big Jig sitting in front of them. The problem is he has no pace but I thing Jig can do a job in a kind of holding role. Remember Lennon played there and he was slower than me. I think Lee is a good enough footballer to operate in that position. Team would be Bell, McGregor, Zaliukas, Moshni, Wallace, McCulloch, Murdoch, Vuckic, Templeton, Hardie and Walsh - This is mostly a young, clever, ball-playing attack minded team with some pace in midfield and up front. I'd give Vuckic a free role and keep the ball on the deck as much as possible. Experience at the back and youth and energy in midfield and up front.

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27 Apr 2015 12:01:29
Noddy I assume you've got McCulloch in there on the premise that we must play him if fit?If not mate that's a wasted jersey having him sitting there.He's finished at this level never mind the premier if we go up.I think Zal was injured,if not McCall blundered.

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27 Apr 2015 12:32:50
I didn't mean the falkirk game I mean the Dumbarton game he played well there, but Mets be honest he was better than faure lol.

Where is Richie foster?

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27 Apr 2015 13:09:51
Foster is injured thankfully.

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27 Apr 2015 20:51:32
CeeXXX

Hopefully Foster will never be seen in a Rangers Jersey again.

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26 Apr 2015 16:48:07
Mcculloch is a bad defender yes, yet people refuse to speak out against a midfield which doesn't track back, tackle, challenge in the air, or do anything really. Law non existent defensively, Templeton is the most arrogant player in Scotland yet nobody comes on skating him. McCall refuses to play vuckic in his actual position behind the striker and continues which the below average Miller and Clark. Mcculloch is bad but trying to blame him is ridiculous we have struggled to score goals this year that is not mccullochs fault.

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26 Apr 2015 17:07:36
we may have struggled to score goals but we struggled big time to keep clean sheets due to maculloch

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26 Apr 2015 18:18:38
See your point about law but templetons hardly been playing not even in squad.mcculloch will probally be kept in defence which will cost us promotion and probally McCall his job.fed up going on about it he's done legs have gone. even if it's in his contract and he gets dropped what's he going to do terminate it oh please.unless he sorts defence drops mcculloch we won't go up

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26 Apr 2015 18:34:52
No wonder the financial mess if a plodder earns 15 grand per week.!!!

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26 Apr 2015 18:40:27
Jig has only missed four league games this season and we kept a clean sheet in only one of those where as in mid season we went six games running with him at CH without conceding and in the four games he missed we won only one scoring five and shipping six goals.Those are the undisputable facts.

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26 Apr 2015 19:12:14
Mcculloch does not earn 15k a week lmao he didn't earn that when he was a half descent player and we were in champs league never mind now.

He is terrible but other members of the team needs to step up law looks good going forward sometimes but the guys a wimp to scared to tackle. Templeton would play if he would stop acting like a little brat

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26 Apr 2015 19:58:48
u can make facts and figures to suit anything there is more to consider ie the team your playing class of striker u can make a case for anything if u want

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26 Apr 2015 22:54:47
Damning Figures v part timers the last 3 years. All SPFL teams budgets over 3 years put together still wouldn't add up to 1 years rfc outlay.Just think if had cut your cloth to suit a young team that would have gelled & would be prepared for top flight football,sadly the red white & blue specs couldn't see how Bad & tactically naive Mcoist was.

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27 Apr 2015 06:39:50
Bigwull, no ye can't ,there are people blaming Jig for all our ills but as I point out that is simply not true, you even blamed KM for drawing too often then did not come back when it was pointed out McCall has drawn more or did I make those figures " suit anything"?

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27 Apr 2015 11:34:54
Tits up. All is not lost. Young players are coming through, and good ones. We have Murdoch, Walsh, Hardie, Gallacher, McKay, Gasporotto, Sinnamon and probably more very promising talents. We had Lewis McLeod and benefitted financial wise from his sale. The Under 20's are going great guns by all accounts. I know things are not right just yet but we've cut away the main problems (McCoist and McDowell) and we've employed a manager who knows how to get the best out of a squad and can spot a bargain. Remember he is playing with the players left for him. We still have a reasonable chance of getting to the top flight. Next year, if we get up, a lot of these players will be gone and there will be investment in replacements. Do you think a club like Rangers back in the top flight wouldn't attract some interest from decent players? So it's not all doom and gloom! How many young players are playing regularly in your team?

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27 Apr 2015 12:34:10
Murdochs a centre midfielder who won't tackle or track back if he's the best of our youth we are snookered

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27 Apr 2015 13:46:46
Noddy the point it should have been implemented 3 year ago instead of Paying ludicrous wages to McCulloch Black Miller Boyd etc. This TRANSPARENCY that was promised will be rolled out in PR spin just shortly to sell season tickets & I bet you will be no clearer on a forward vision,The noise is deafening from DK & co regarding current important issues yet they will be accepting MA next 5 millions at the end of the month as have no collateral to pay the outgoings.So what will the peoples opinionbe on that if the current board accept it??

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27 Apr 2015 16:52:59
Titus, you are full of it. We know what should have happened three years ago, it wasn't allowed to happen. Too many snouts in the trough. Your club has benefited, but have they improved?

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27 Apr 2015 17:19:15
Ceexxx - From what I've seen Murdoch's a good footballer who is still developing and will learn other facets of the game.

Tits up - I agree this should have been implemented years ago but somehow we managed to stumble up to the second flight and paper over the cracks. I think once the DK situation and directorship or no directorship is resolved we will have a clearer picture of what is happening. I keep thinking what was DK's angle in getting involved in the whole thing? Why not just sit back and have an easy life? The same answer keeps coming back to me - he is a Rangers man and wants to help the club. Ultimately, this will happen and I expect things to fall into place by the summer. If we are in the top flight - fine. If not, it will be a blow, but at least we will be in a better position than with the last administration. I'm remaining positive and expecting these players to bust a gut for us and get us back to where we should be

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26 Apr 2015 15:33:33
How much and how long would it take to clone messi and Cronaldo?

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26 Apr 2015 18:35:35
Nipponbear I don't think we could clone them and blend them both in in time for the play offs,but I could be wrong,cloning is a thing I don't know too much about mate.lol lol

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26 Apr 2015 19:13:11
Don't think they have the ball skills for our team lol

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26 Apr 2015 21:30:07
Daveyt is it noo mate?You change your name more than the sheets in a Rotterdam whorehoose!But I always suss you out.lol

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26 Apr 2015 12:58:05
After watching yesterday's performance I feel heart sick for the 10 Rangers players that are having to CARRY a certain parasite pal of the Salary - McCulloch.

We have matched Hibs in goal scoring and sheer effort since McCall took over our one area that has been shambolic is MCulloch and his terrible 'defending' (I use the term very loosely). We are 5 goals behind Hibs due to the defence. McCulloch has directly lost NINE goals from terrible positioning and awful pace. Todays goals lost and the 5 other glaring gaps Falkirk exploited were down 6 out of the 7 times to McCulloch. The second goal being the most blatant example of just how SHI*E he is, falling on his ar*e and trying to claim a foul having completely messed up himself.

I really hope and pray that Stuart McCall has the courage like Law and Templeton have had to speak out to the press and the fans that he CANNOT drop this joker lump of wood claiming to be a Rangers player McCulloch. He needs to defend himself as if he does not everyone will question his management on SELECTING such a poor player. Moshni might make the odd crazy error but he makes up for it being a defender and would never have been caught out like McCulloch was today every time Falkirk broke forward.

I posted a whlle back that McCulloch could end up COSTING us promotion having this contract and refusing to be dropped he needs to be exposed and as for the man that brought him in and allowed this contract to be in place McCoist his dark shadow STILL haunts us to this day every time his big mucker Jig pulls on a Rangers top.

As I said I feel heart sorry for the other 10 players who ran their legs off the 90 mins+ today to see themselves robbed due to us having a passenger we can't drop!

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26 Apr 2015 14:38:56
McCulloch was done 2 years ago and was moved to the back by his mate ally what a disaster that's turned out to be. to sit and watch an £18 grand imposter is killing me week in and week out truth be told he should have held his hands up mid way through this season and stepped out but billy big baws wants to be captain fantastic and bring us back to the SPL well sorry if we keep playing him were not going to make it.

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26 Apr 2015 14:57:32
Kt,and gw49 that's the way most of us see it,but we will no doubt get the real (lol)fans coming on and telling us mcculloch is the captain of our club,and we are not allowed to slate nor boo the rangers captain,mcculloch himself must know he can't match the opposing strikers for pace,but won't admit it for reasons only known by himself,my thoughts on it is he has 18 thousand reasons weekly thatt are keeping his name on the team sheet,lets face it we all hate excepting defeat,when its down to fitness,

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26 Apr 2015 15:03:41
Can't really disagree with KT's post regarding our captain lee mcculloch,in fact the post makes a lot of good points and sense,what I was unhappy about after mcculloch's mistake for their 2nd goal at the game yesterday was booing a rangers player & captain,in my opinion you should never boo your own players,it achieves nothing and only makes the player concerned & the team as a whole more edgy,by all means have an opinion & debate about it but support your team to the hilt through the good times & the bad

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26 Apr 2015 16:36:20
Never happy with the terminology that is being being used to describe a rangers player / captain and clearly a fan of the club. Yes he's past his best but your making out he's the only reason for our failure this season. Let the big man end his rangers career with dignity and respect.

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26 Apr 2015 16:43:00
Carry Lee mcculloch? They can't carry themselves!! Murdoch and law are there to attack and DEFEND and I have yet to see them do it this year!

It's embarrassing that people's biased towards mcculloch will let the rest with the team off with there deficiencies!

Lee Wallace is a defender who has never made a tackle in his life. Get a grip mcculloch does a lot more for the team than the absent law and murdoch and Wallace.

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26 Apr 2015 18:23:44
I think the question is why mccall plays him.he dropped black,foster,smith,daly and boyd.why does he continually persist with super lee.i read a lot of posts saying he stood by the club,locality etc,but at 15,000 a week who wouldn't.also no one else would buy him.i always said when smith signed him he was a bad signing and contributed nearly nothing to the team.yes he scored a few important goals but that is a small return for what we have payed him.after yesterday mccall has a decision to make.if we are to have any chance of making it through the play offs he has to drop him now and bring in gasporatto or play mcgregor and zaliukas.

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26 Apr 2015 21:07:01
Smith & foster are injured Bigcol1872

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27 Apr 2015 08:28:29
Everyone knows Jig is past it but he has been an incredible servent to rangers. Parasite is not a word I'd use for a player who dropped down the divisions and stayed loyal to us despite mostly everyone else turning their backs on us. He also offered to play for free as "he'd made his money out of the game".

Bottom line is the management pick the team and if Jig is picked he goes on to the park and gives it all, its not his fault he is even on the park.

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26 Apr 2015 11:06:22
there has has been improvement under McCall but results should be a lot better should we be happy with some of these kind of results
1.1 with livi second game 2.2 with aloa then won the next 3 games hibs hearts cowdenbeith then beaten 3 nil by qos win against raith draw with livi again win against dumbarton then draw with falkirk
so that is 4 draws 1 game beaten 5 games won in total we have dropped
11 points mccall was happy with a point against livi and it certainly doesn't look like a good point now its 2 dropped

and same mistakes are being made regarding team selection jig and miller are past it Clark not good enough we have young callum Gallagher who has proven he can score in this league yet do not play him gasporata could replace jig and also have Barry McKay and hardie who should be playing week in week out
I do not like what I am about to say but on our performances
this season our team do not deserve to go up and on above results we would struggle in premiership if big changes are not implemented in the squad and running of the club

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26 Apr 2015 12:15:30
Craig its just a pity stuart mccoll never came to our place a few month earlier,i think had he done so more young players would have got us second place,though like you say we should never be dropping points against some of the teams youve mentioned,

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26 Apr 2015 12:32:43
Damn good post. The fact that Gasparotto's rated so highly by the Canadian national selectors speaks volumes. They aren't just good at ice hockey over there. McKay another mystery. I rated Andrew Mitchell as a fullback but another one gone. Telfer too.

A major change in strategy is needed to see us go up this year but as good as McCall has been in overhauling our squad I suspect the changes needed won't happen soon enough. QOS or Hibs will be in the Premier League unless the changes needed to happen, happen.

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26 Apr 2015 12:54:46
why does law get picked every week the guy is mince he just does not get involved until we go in front won't pick anyone up always standing between two players as the game passes him by I was going to say runs about like a headless chicken but he won't do that either this guy is a waste of space yet he is in the team every week we are the only team in the country that play without a mid field its no wonder we win nothing

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26 Apr 2015 12:57:48
i think u can take it as read that if we go up there will be a big change in the playing staff the damage was done before macall I reckon with what's available to him he has done ok gasporato and barrie mackay have been unavailable to him u have to look beyond this season whether we go up or not there will be big changes and with the amount of money saved by getting rid of high earning players who are out of contract there will be plenty of scope to bring some players in I would really like to have vulkik next season and think macall should be given a chance but as I have posted I have feeling he won't but again only time will tell whether there is soeone lined up or not

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26 Apr 2015 15:15:54
Zodiac,nicky law should be in the team before mcculloch,we know if the ball is near law he has the legs to run after it,my nose runs quicker than mcculloch in cold weather.

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26 Apr 2015 15:26:01
Zodiac,I think nicky law is getting back to the midfielder we all know he is since stuart mccall has come in as manager,when law is on his game he is full of energy,links the play & is a goalscoring midfielder as he certainly has an eye for goal,I was critical of law under mccoist and then mcdowall but I believe he's getting back to his best under mccall,imo law is undoubtedly a good midfielder who is very fit,he's linked with a good few english championship clubs for a transfer in the summer the latest club linked with a move to sign nicky law from us is leeds utd in one of the english newspapers this morning,an in form nicky law I would without question keep at rangers and build a new midfield with him in it

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26 Apr 2015 21:01:35
nicky law goes missing far to much in games and andy murdoch average so no spine to central midfield central defence ain't much better cause jig plays and miller and clark just run all game and do nothing else so rite down our spine of the team we are very weak gaporotta is available so get him in the team would hate to see where we would be in the leauge if it wasnt from vuckic wee will have no chance keeping him ashley will want at least 1 million upwards nearear 2 million

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27 apr 2015 07:50:29
daveyt did not compare mcculloch to law as far as i am concerned both are rank rotten

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27 apr 2015 07:54:47
j r tennent you must be watching a different game from me if you think that about law and i hope he goes to one of those english clubs you are talking about

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26 Apr 2015 10:01:38
Another disappointing result but I think I'm right in saying that McCall has only suffered on defeat since he took over. The damage this season was all done during McCoist and McDowell's time as manager. It was great to see Hardie, Walsh and Murdoch in the starting line-up and Crawford coming on. It was never going to be an overnight thing, changing the team's peformances. It will take time. The previous managers and corrupt directors have inflicted a lot of damage on the club. 35,000 odd for a game v Falkirk is pretty good. We were always going to have to play Hibs in the play-offs anyway so let's roll up our sleeves and beat QOS, Hibs and Motherwell and get back to where we belong! WATP.

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26 Apr 2015 11:10:05
i agree macolls big plus mark is the lads he has brought in unfortunetly he has had no recognised right back which has resulted in him having to move macgregor to right back weakening central defence zalukas has improved with game time and had he been paired with macgregor we would be a good bit tighter in middle without maculloch and as u say doiger the damage was done before him the biggest problem was the amount of draws when macdowall was in charge turn any two games into victories and we would have been sitting better than today

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26 Apr 2015 13:55:52
Bigwull KM only drew three games mate Mccall has drawn four.

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26 Apr 2015 09:56:21
Is stuart mccall the right man to be appointed the next permanent rangers manager irrespective if we go up or not?I still think he is,the reason I'm putting this out there is because there's a lot of rumblings coming from rangers fans on here that they don't think mccall is the right man, his honeymoon period is over in a lot of fans eyes!Give mccall a chance to rebuild & coach his own team that's what I say!

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26 Apr 2015 11:29:32
Mccall is responsible for the mess he made of the defense at half time, we had two or three warnings before they scored their first then he still didn't change it so we went two down, as I've said before he is no master tactician. Plenty of youth playing yesterday and none of them done anything special in my eyes. Played 10 won 5 is it good enough?

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26 Apr 2015 12:35:49
If we don't lose until last game of the season, it may well be. Only one way to find out.

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26 Apr 2015 15:09:24
Jyf,do you not rate stuart mccall as a good coach who has proved he can build teams with youth and undoubtedly has an eye for a player,mccall imo has very good contacts in england and can only fully be judged if he is given the rangers manager's job permanently as this is not his doing regarding the players he's been left with,if not mccall jyf then who do you 100% want as our next permanent manager mate?

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26 Apr 2015 15:51:48
jr, Mccall has come in and I can see no change at all, Mccoist did not play Walsh ,Murdoch,Hardie,Crawford or Vudic so we can't really say that its his team that Mccall is being forced to play, Mcinnes also has good contacts in England as does Mcleish so perhaps , if pinned down, I'd stump for Mcinnes as next manager. And by the way if this was the team he was left with why is he getting less out them than Ally did?

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26 Apr 2015 17:01:46
Jyf do you think mccoist would have got us promoted to the top league had he still been in charge.

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26 Apr 2015 18:10:08
daveyt, yes

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26 Apr 2015 18:12:32
Jyf my good friend,I have to disagree with you because rangers have improved under mccall with style of play and fitness,if mccoist's or mcdowall's teams had went 2-0 down to falkirk yesterday we would have been beaten mate whereas we had the legs and pressure to fight back to get a point,now I'm not saying for a minute that a point at home to falkirk is acceptable but that's not the point I'm making here,manager's can make tactical errors at times but mccall can hardly be blamed for this at this moment in time,mccall has got remember mccoists team playing a pressing game with workrate paramount and trying to play through teams and down the sides of teams whereas mccoists team played a boring kick & rush syle of outdated football in a long ball punt up the park,you say mcinnes as our next manager mate well in my opinion mccall and mcinnes are on a par with one another in managerial ability,nowt between them,mcleish I have to say is a better manager than both mccall & mcinnes,I rate & liked mcleish when he was our manager,imo give mccall the job and let him build & mould his own team as he is a good coach

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26 Apr 2015 19:08:19
As I said jr that's not Allys team and remember we went 2 goals down to QOTS and ended up losing another so where was their fight that night or do they just pick their games to try. jr I just can't see the improvement.

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26 Apr 2015 01:13:47
been at the match today as l have been all season supporting my team but I'm sick of it now, so much for a new board and money coming in,to me same pish different day, it's time for a big change and I mean a bit change, watp

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