Rangers Banter Archive May 04 2014

04 May 2014 20:35:51
I said this before the Utd game. The team for next season should be: Bell, McAusland, McCulloch (final season), Gasparotto, Wallace, McKay, Crawford, McLeod, Templeton, Clark and Gallacher. Willing to concede on a couple. Think Wallace is staying which is great but if he left to further his career, he'd do so with my blessing as he owes us nothing. A better centre half in place of Jig would be great, but on 18k, he's going nowhere. Would like to hear what others think of this. Happy bank holiday.

{Ed039's Note - not on £18k big Jig)

Ed, I'd like to think not but it seems his contract may have been transferred verbatim and with bonuses is on the 18k mark. I'd love to think otherwise.

Legal eagles on here who know everything

Not a legal eagle or even close but it's apparent an open secret in the football world. I'd hope to goodness it's not the case as no one should be on anywhere close but he is club captain and don't forget the gaffer was on that or thereabouts. Regardless, what about the line up bonbon, what would yours be?

Like the sentiment of the young players but Crawford, MacKay, Gasporotto, Gallacher and McAusland have yet to prove they can do it for Rangers in front of 40,000 every week. This is totally different to playing at Ayr or Morton but I would give McAusland a go

My team would be

Bell

McAusland McCulloch Moshni Wallace

MacLeod Black

Law Clark Templeton

Daly

We need to get rid of Foster, Sheils, Cribari, Little, Simonsen, Peralta

Replace these with

Billy MacKay, Kenny MacLean, Kris Boyd, (On right salaries)

Young Players with Potential

Kelly, Telfer, Stoney, MacKay Gasporotto, Aird, Sinammon, Murdoch, Halkett, Hardie, Ramsay.

Like that MOLS. Agree that they haven't shown it. Need to before the bigeague though. Your list of youngsters is encouraging too. Hope we see a few more of them. I think Moshni will get found out though unless he can consistently raise his game. Great post though mate.

Nice to see youth given it's chance yesterday and today. Dunfermline's 9 youngsters were good enough to draw with Ally's elder citizens.
Good to see Heart's blend of a couple of experienced pros with the overwhelming numbers of youngsters coming good after a difficult season.
Couldn't help thinking shouldn't that be us? Are we really talking about Craig Gordon as a back up to Cammy Bell? Are we seriously going to offer 34/ 35 year old Kenny Miller a deal? And are we for one minute thinking about Cribari on £7,000 per week?
Did anyone else read Kevin Kyle say he would have played for a quarter of the money he received and players could not believe the money they were getting to join wee Ally.
Hearts youngsters will be too hot to handle for our old hands on recent evidence.
Others have been responsible for wasting more money than McCoist but we are a football club.
We pay to see the team on the park and that is McCoist's remit.
We should have had a team of youngsters who by now had 2 seasons of playing together with developed systems and tactics and instead we have a rag tag team of mercenary's which Ally will add to this summer.
Chance to redeem ourselves blown and I for one will never look on this undefeated season with any pride whatsoever. Lost opportunity yes but pride definitely not.
The only solace might be Ally finally packing in when we do not win the championship next season.

Greybear, I think you are spot on.

OP. I was at the 4-0 win for the U20 at Falkirk on Friday night. Particularly impressive were Telfer, Halkett but mostly Ramsay. They can all play but have they got the mentality

Greybear. you've hit the nail on the head.

05 May 2014 10:10:32
Agree Mols, I saw the under 20s a few times this season and there are at least half a dozen players who should have been integrated into the first team whilst in the lower leagues I fear more of the same next season just look at Allys transfer targets I would love his job i'm sure I could do better Ally could be given the pick of the best players in the E P L and not get them to gel clueless. W. A. T. P Bluebear

OP what is your source as to Jigs wage? Please tell me its not a pal down the pub, you really should not be posting things like this at this time unless it is true of course. Are you happy with the information being true?

Came from a person with a fair bit of clout in the football world. Would be delighted to be wrong. My understanding is that this was a continuation of his original contract. Asides from this, there was a far wider point around the team for next year and the youth. Few have picked up on this or offered a thought. And one final point, I develop my own thoughts and don't reply on a guy 'down the pub'. One reason I seldom post anywhere is because some people like to shoot everything down if it isn't a) their opinion, b) they don't agree. No harm but if you know different, tell us. Still waiting for bonbon's team.

Greybear great post at n6 mindreader is the name you be posting under cause you have certainly posted what hundreds or thousends of us are thinking lol

Greybear great post at n6 mindreader is the name you be posting under cause you have certainly posted what hundreds or thousends of us are thinking lol

04 May 2014 11:08:19
No matter that we didn't really give the youth a chance after the League was won, we finished the campaign undefeated and all waking up happier for it this morning?

Here's another angle, the under 20s do the League and Cup double and that's a far bigger deal than the first team achieved. Gordon Durie's doing a damn fine job.

Op, unfortunately there are some on here that will agree with your first point and not really care about your second.

Shame really, these guys should have been given a chance to step up weeks ago but ally's ego did not allow it.