Rangers Banter Archive November 03 2017

03 Nov 2017 15:22:19
can i just send my best wishes to Fernando Ricksen and his family it seems his health has deteriorated. i am sure my thoughts will be echoed by both sides of the city. a real rangers legend.

03 Nov 2017 15:35:06
I second that sentiment.

03 Nov 2017 16:59:25
Yeah its a horrible disease and fernando is only 41 imagine knowing you're going to die and leave your family behind it must be devastating beyond belief, my heart goes out to anybody cruelly put in that position

03 Nov 2017 17:20:11
My brother in law had MND and for 5 years we could do nothing other than keep him as happy and comfortable as we could as he wasted away before our eyes till he died at 41.As you say terrible disease, every sympathy with Fernando and his family.

03 Nov 2017 17:29:07
We are all going to die sometime but the fact he is so young makes it a whole lot worse. I am sure they will finally find a cure for this disease but it is probably going to be a long way off. Anyway as i said thoughts are with his whole family at this sad time. I still cannot believe it.

03 Nov 2017 17:55:18
Who can forget Gazza? Like it or not he also has an illness, granted not the same or severe as Fernando but just like him he is and always will be a bear, my thoughts, best wishes and love to their families go out equally.

03 Nov 2017 18:51:07
I probably shouldn't get upset but we get some really strange people on here. Who would press disagree about poor Fernando-whether you liked him or rated him as a player the guy is dying from a horrible terminal illness where his mind remains active but his body slowly bit by bit gives up on him to the point of death. I'd like the person/ persons who disagree to come on and let us know why they think we should feel no sympathy for the guy and his family.

03 Nov 2017 19:27:32
A friend of the Ricksen family has just come out and rubbished these rumours. Fernando is no worse, thank God. Can't get my head around why anyone would start rumours like that. Sick f*cks

03 Nov 2017 20:16:36
rtrnrf if that was a dig at me about starting rumours. I would never be that sick to report rumours i merely stated what the press were reporting. whatever the case it is still obvious that Fernando will not be getting any better and it is still pretty a sad sight to see him suffer like this. my prayers are with him through this difficult time.

03 Nov 2017 20:46:06
Absolutely disgusting that some moron should press disagree. You should be ashamed of yourself

05 Nov 2017 09:38:54
Tragic seeing a once fit athlete deteriorate like this, i hope he lives out the rest of his life surrounded by love from all quarters. A worthy opponent and an even better man. God bless FR

05 Nov 2017 09:42:10
Just seen a picture on FB and he is in a hospital bed looks like the poor guy is at the end of a long fight
God bless you Fernando a true Ranger
I can see you and Davie Cooper showing all up there how it’s done.

03 Nov 2017 12:09:23
FIRST time poster here. i'm sorry but i disagree with McLean Walker and Moult. Moult the exception ( iw would take him) but don't rate walker at all and Mclean isn't anything special. are they really the players needed to add to 54? or get into Europe? NO! we need players proven at the European Stage. We are the worlds most successful club and we need to start acting like it again. DM is not the man t take us forward, maybe he would steady the ship but then what? if we really want to compete with Celtic we need to be able to recruit players of similar quality Dembele sinclair roberts> moult mclean walker. For me its pardew or Big sam. successful at big clubs, will get the best out of players and hopefully be able to attract big names as they have contacts and more importantly a reputation. An investment in a quality manager is crucial look what brenda did at celtic. we need someone who is ambitious and wants to win the league not finish second. we are the biggest club in scotland that have been reduced to an embarrassmnet over the last few years. we need star power. who would you guys like to in charge and realistically what players could we bring in?

03 Nov 2017 12:49:55
Where is this money coming from? Unless someone has a spare £20-30 million in there back pocket.

03 Nov 2017 13:08:28
This annoys me, McIness has pushed Aberdeen as far as he can on the budget and resources that are available to him. He would be joining a club with three times budget of Aberdeen. All this about buying European proven players is stupid, it stems from building a new culture at Rangers, Mark Allen and his scouting team has the contacts not the Manager moving forward. Celtic have a Base of Scottish talent supplemented by quality who didn't cost the earth, we need to replicate and bring through quality like Celtic have done with Tierney, Macgregor etc and then supplement with quality players 2 a season for 3 to 4m each. If we had a better base last year we could have spent what PC had on 2 very good up and coming players with a resale value. The days of throwing good money after bad on foreigners who are useless and past it will never be again.

03 Nov 2017 13:18:14
Why people still going about big Sam between Mcinnes . moyes . pardew for manager unless you give him a bung then he might be interested

03 Nov 2017 14:10:02
listen i agree that we shouldn't go for walker as i think we need a better winger than him as his form shows this season if he managed to start the way he finished last season then yes i'd like to have him bger on the left like we have on the right

03 Nov 2017 15:07:19
Don't imagine a lot will agree, but I honestly think that Windass has been better than Walker this season, although he is far from the finished article, he takes players on and beats them the majority of the time, he's got a very direct approach. Only if his finishing had been better he would be one of the best players for us this season.

He's one of the whipping boys but can anybody honestly say Mckay performed better than him by this time last season? He's only 23 baring in mind.

But we need another left sided players definitely.

03 Nov 2017 17:16:07
I would rather we went for Jordan jones of killie than walker.

03 Nov 2017 17:21:29
Detmclane - the money McInnes has spent is a red herring. You can bett if he went for those players as Rangers manager the price would have at least doubled.
C EST la vie!

03 Nov 2017 17:39:15
That's not a bad shout Jaws. Only if we could get him for a reasonable price. Canny have Killie ripping the erse oot us like Hibs and Hearts.

03 Nov 2017 03:41:04
{Ed's Note - we have posted a new article entitled, Midfielders - Part 3

02 Nov 2017 21:27:01
Just throwing it out there, maybe de boer could be an option, not heard him linked with the job, might be looking to regain reputation after 2 failed jobs, did well at Ajax in Holland. If we go for Mcinnes can only see us attracting low profile players, his lot at the moment and past players.

03 Nov 2017 08:35:56
Van bronkhurst for me

03 Nov 2017 10:16:24
Id take de boer