Rangers Banter Archive February 06 2020

06 Feb 2020 22:20:48
Signs of encouragement last night especially 2nd half but why do our fans insist in slating the players when things don't go right the stick Ryan Kent got was a disgrace. Encourage the players getting on there backs won't help.

07 Feb 2020 06:59:07
Kent is vital to Rangers even when he is not at his best, don’t forget he’s only 21. He will become a Rangers hero get off his back and get behind the boy confidence is a big part of any players game.

07 Feb 2020 10:06:43
Gerrard is bringing the stick on him by making him one of his “undroppables. ”

Would love to know the comparison in actual end product between Kent and Stewart, relative to minutes played. I would bet good money Stewart is the more productive player.

07 Feb 2020 15:25:25
Stats only tell part of the story thewagsman. I don't mind Stewart, think on occasion he could have played more than he has but I don't think he's anywhere near Kent to be honest. Kent is in a poor patch, performance wise that's all.

07 Feb 2020 15:59:39
Correct mr grumpy. Stewart does add on occasion when he plays but never a patch on Kent.
Also folk say Kent needs dropped very seldom any manager drops a player who is such an expensive signing. Kind of admits he got it wrong.
I under stand why sg plays him in middle however I’d prefer him down the line. But sg knows what he is trying to achieve.

07 Feb 2020 22:03:13
I agree mate. Although kent isn't playing to his best just now, doesn't mean he's all of a sudden become a bad player, as some would make out he was. He's a quality player, who'll regain his best form,
no doubt about that. He'll prove to be a great signing for us. Get behind him, instead of hanging off the guy's back.

06 Feb 2020 21:27:38
5 match ban for Mick Beale for the John Kennedy bust up. 5 match ban for words being exchanged. I was going to say unbelievable but nothing suprises anymore. Lennon got involved. 5 match ban coming his way too no doubt?

06 Feb 2020 21:49:35
Yeah I’ve just posted something similar c of Ibrox. Sadly nothing should surprise us it just looks like there is agenda here and don’t mean to sound like how paranoid that lot have been for years but the evidence is becoming over whelming!

06 Feb 2020 13:49:49
does anyone know what's happening with the chairman situation?

06 Feb 2020 14:54:39
Balloon at time of agm it was stated a group would be set up to look at a share issue which would start around March.
Thereafter it is proposed that Mr King would stand down and a new chairman would be selected.
I suspect we will see new chairman in post by end of May, there is really no hurry.
Also believe some major shareholders would be happy to see king see out season as chairman if we were to win league.

06 Feb 2020 17:03:01
Sorry predictive text Balloch.

06 Feb 2020 20:23:41
right first time ;-)

07 Feb 2020 18:22:49
Would love to see Mr King unfurl flag . bring a tear to a glass eye.

06 Feb 2020 13:33:45
I was worried to see Hagi in starting 11 as I thought he wasnt here long enough to play in a game that nothing but 3 points had to be won. I was proved very wrong.
However I thought Edmundson was very impressive. Do you think he will take katic place?

06 Feb 2020 14:20:19
His Jersey to lose now imo. Was the same when katic came in and done well. Since then his performances have been poor.
Just to add i have been one of Goldsons biggest critics however since october he has been a rock for us and i have been impressed by him.

06 Feb 2020 14:56:40
Katic blows hot and cold, happens with young lads we saw same last year, he will continue to improve.
Goldston is our best CH.

06 Feb 2020 15:09:11
Felt sorry for big Katic getting dropped but got to say the boy Edmunson looks the part every time you see him. Think the big fellas in the team to stay.

06 Feb 2020 15:20:25
Thought big Edmundson done very well last night, i'm a massive Katic fan but based on his performance against the sheep i can see why he had been dropped. good place to be at though when you're torn over the centre half pearing you choose. For me Helander is bottom of the pecking order which says something because i don't think Helander is bad its just places for that position are very competitive and based on Edmundson's performance last night he has definitely given Gerrard a lot to think about.

06 Feb 2020 17:45:49
Edmundson did fine last night. I really like him and think he will be a great centre half for us. I still feel sorry for Katic. The best way to let someone get over a bad game is to send them out and give them a chance to play better. Like i said in a post last night it only takes one poor game for Katic to get dropped. For others in the team they are given the opportunity to go show what they can do in the next game.

I completely disagree with anyone who says Katic has been horrendous. His distribution is sometimes a bit slack but in general he's been good since coming into the team in my opinion.

06 Feb 2020 18:28:05
Agree mate, big niko has a bad game he's dropped, others get 6 or 7 games like that.

06 Feb 2020 19:40:15
i think Katic has had more than one bad game. unfortunately for him his mistakes can cost goals where as someone further forward wont. the other aspect is the performance of all 3 of them aren't that far apart ie not much difference between 1st, 2nd or 3rd choice so its easier to drop him. other positions don't have the luxury of having 2 replacements waiting in the wing to take over at same or better level.

07 Feb 2020 00:10:30
John25, I agree young players will blow hot and cold. Edmundson is a year younger than Katic, so no doubt he will hit a spell of poor form too, and it will be all change again?

07 Feb 2020 00:12:52
Bring honest geeza, we had 3 clean sheets out of 4. Defending hasn't been the problem since break middle to front we've been terrible. Davis looks like the davis from last january kamara been awful kent awful. Still think katic is gerrards scapegoat at times.

07 Feb 2020 12:00:15
Agree Covenanter, two good young players for us, the next change could be Helander back in.
Defending against hearts and hibs goals were not the best, however that is first goal we have lost in league at ibrox since October.
Let’s keep it tight and deliver more up front.

07 Feb 2020 12:02:25
Geesa interesting to not manager says he changed Katic as he was moving the ball to slow against the teams who defend deep.
He says he played Edmundson as he moves ball quickly and more accurately.

06 Feb 2020 10:00:41
Forgetting about the refereeing performance last night our 2nd half display was excellent. The treatment of Ryan Kent by some gers fans is a joke though. I posted about him being frustrated at not getting enough supply from his teammates and going looking for the ball. At the start of the second half he held his position wide and high and showed glimpses of what he is capable of. Beating his man and getting the ball in. It was obvious that Gerrard had told the team to deliver early crosses into the box and that's what they did. It caused chaos in the Hibs defence and the amount of corners we won in the second half as a direct result of this was unbelievable.

Ryan Kent will get his confidence back and prove to be one of our best players. I just hope that the fans get off his back and understand that when he roams from his position its for the right reasons, showing great attitude to get more involved in the game.

06 Feb 2020 10:20:18
Definate improvement MOCbear, and yes we had loads of corners they did not result in goals tho .

And yes the refereeing was abysmal but some of us are beginning to sound like loony lenny on his previous stint wi them "never their fault".

Some saying should we should complain to the SFA about poor refereeing .
All the panels are dominated by celtic interested parties Lawell / whyte and god knows how many others so thats's a no no.

Our players should look on this as motivation for revenge and get it up them.

06 Feb 2020 10:32:04
Why is it that when any of our players are struggling for form some fans can’t wait to get on they’re back. Kent is the latest to be whipping boy in the past it’s been Borna. When Kent gets his form back which he will then some other player will get groans every time he gets the ball. How about everyone get behind the team and we will see players wanting the ball again.

06 Feb 2020 10:32:48
All you hear is 7m man this and that around you at game, it’s a joke. The guy is quality we knew his end product was nt always top notch but he’s worth it. Too much pressure being aimed at him to pull us through when others need to chip in. Good second half from the team but need to get clinical again as if it was nt for hagi magic finish then that was a draw and game over. Hopefully it’s the boost we need to kick on.

06 Feb 2020 10:36:06
Fair enough Bluebilly. You're right, any complaints we make would fall on deaf ears.

06 Feb 2020 10:57:43
kent's form has been poor, and a rest out of first 11 might help him focus more. We all know how good he can and should be, but players do suffer at times, often by trying too hard. he is a case in point. booing the lad will not help.

06 Feb 2020 15:55:38
I think Kent would have more success if he stayed wider, him and borna could terrorise defenders between them. He is wasted with all this cutting back into the middle, and I agree that we should look to get the ball in the box earlier instead of this slow sideways stuff, but we need bodies to get in there when they come in. We did seem to do that more in the second half last night, and looked better for it.

06 Feb 2020 16:19:42
He needs taken out of the lineup for a bit. Mid-table teams can afford to let players play through dips in performance, title chasing teams can’t. Give him a rest and some appearances off the bench till he gets back up to form.

07 Feb 2020 18:17:04
Struth, When a player is a bit low on confidence the last thing u do is drop them. We heard the same with Tav etc. Kent just needs to relax n do the simple thing. Last night was an example of how fickle our fans can be, someone beside me was screaming to the player shoot shoot, the player shot, it was blocked and the guy said why the fk did he just shoot there.

Remember these guys are the same ones who were doing the business before year end. Someone just stated if it wasn't for hagi goal it would have been a draw, well had it not been for their goal it would have been a 0-0 draw. What a stupid statement. Games last 90mins, doesn't matter if we score un the 1st or 90th. As long as we score one more than opponents who cares!

07 Feb 2020 18:25:08
Goal of the season . Kent . smeltic 1. Rangers 2
Give the boy a break.

06 Feb 2020 09:03:08
I posted last night that I didn't want to hear excuses about refereeing performances. That was said out of frustration when we went 0-1 down last night. However looking at it again this morning, I have never seen a referee performance like it before from Madden, I thought Clancy's was bad, but last night's tops it without doubt. I accept that referees make mistakes as their human, however last night was more than a mistake. How Hibs and Aberdeen have finished the games with 11 is bewildering. Then you've got the Griffith's blatant stamp on the Accies player and not even booked - that would have been a straight red had it been Morelos. It's clear that we are now up against everyone if we are to win anything. Can anything be done? A complaint to the SFA will fall on deaf ears, can we go to UEFA?

06 Feb 2020 09:24:00
I agree with you mate but if we take our chances we pump them 3/ 4/ 5-1 last night. Arfield and Aribo good chances with someone volleying over from about 5 yards aswell. Hopefully we have now signed an midfielder who can finish in hagi. We re also not helped in some instances Alfredo throws himself down for very little/ first half. The rest of game however was ridiculous and the bear hug humping session was scandalous.

06 Feb 2020 09:37:31
Sirstruth, i'm a bit like you. I can moan about refs but wouldn't normally use it as an excuse but this season it has been shocking. Despite all the poor decisions, lack of yellow and red cards for hibs, allowing Morelos to give Stevenson an in game piggy back where did he get 5 mins of injury time and then play 6 mins. Yeah a couple of hibs players went down for a few seconds in the second half but never 5 mins. If Hibs were leading 2-1 at the time there would have been 2 mins tops of injury time.

Yes, i'm afraid to admit. i'm now jumping on the "officials are against us" bandwagon.

06 Feb 2020 11:00:38
Ref was abysmal and ignored his linesmen at times too. He was visibly annoyed when we scored the winner, then awarded 6 mins overtime which was stretching it a bit. Hibs, like aberdeen before were let off time after time.
Alas that's the way the sfa is now.

06 Feb 2020 15:00:09
Struth what a load of nonsense, ref was visibly annoyed when we scored.
He was just terrible, many on here starting to sound like them re paranoia.
We are Rangers, better than seeking to blame everyone else.

06 Feb 2020 17:48:23
We are not 'blaming everyone else'. We won. The referee at the very best made many dubious decisions (and non-decisions) against us that were mystifying and at worse blatant cheating.

06 Feb 2020 18:15:28
Covenanter my post elsewhere highlights benefits we have had in ref decisions.

07 Feb 2020 18:11:37
Mocbear, i posted on hear back in december saying the refs aren't giving us anything., i noticed some people are now starting to see what i noticed 10 year ago, lol.

06 Feb 2020 07:27:30
Fingers crossed we will kick on from the 2nd half showing and get back to where we were before Xmas. We can’t afford another slip up as they are on fire right now and scoring for fun. It’s so evident that all the other teams up there game against us. Last nights scores reflect that big time. Victims of our own success.

06 Feb 2020 08:50:49
What success?

06 Feb 2020 13:19:43
Most successful club. everyone wants to beat us.

06 Feb 2020 00:41:37
Watched Aberdeen kick the rubbish out of rangers and get away with it now watched hibs do the same, do we get no protection, neither Aberdeen or hibs should have lasted with ten men on the field, might sound negative but bloody hard to watch others getting away with worse, looks like if we are going to win anything we are going to do it without help from officials not that it should be a surprise but last two games been ridiculous. But that's just my take on it and sometimes it's good just to get it out there.

07 Feb 2020 18:12:13
70sger, i wonder if there is anyone we can ask to look at a few of our games just to see an noutsiders view, its pointless asking the sfa or uefa to get involved cause one or more ex celtic players have got there smely feet under tha table with them already.

06 Feb 2020 00:15:18
Awright new to page! Followed while, like debate. Tonight needs to be start of something. Dug in, fought back . Hagi looking the part. What's anybody's thoughts on Tav atm? Love him no convinced the now.

06 Feb 2020 08:34:12
Alberts95,welcome aboard pal, tav is definetly back a week or so to soon, i think sg knows that he has been missed, expecting a lot from young hagi,

06 Feb 2020 07:50:47
Hes only played one game, u not been watching?

06 Feb 2020 10:10:10
Albertz95.Tav one game back after appendix op. And your not convinced He's been missed. no mistake.