Rangers Banter Archive March 09 2019

09 Mar 2019 18:56:43
Holy Donald duck, the sheep drew. Maybe they have more than 4 games in them a season.

09 Mar 2019 17:59:36
People questioning why we would be interested in signing shinnie - last night was another example of the lack of leadership within our squad . Game should have been out of sight but yet again for the umpteenth time this season we let the opposition equalise. Whilst we are shopping in the north east I would also pick up McKenna and spend the next coupe Of months scouting a no10 and a replacement for morelos.

09 Mar 2019 18:37:07
I have been saying for ages that we need a leader.

09 Mar 2019 18:38:46
Still don't think we'll sign shinnie and i won't change my mind from the fact, that i don't think we need him.

09 Mar 2019 18:40:13
For me shinnie is a good player for Aberdeen but is he any better than what we currently have we have jack mccorie kamara rossiter coulibaly who can all play in that position in centre of park.
Do we really need to add another defensive minded player in the middle of the park i would say no.
Unless we use him as a left back i don't think we need him in the team.
We should look to trim the squad in the summer and use some of our younger players as backup players this would allow us to free up wages to sign better first team players.

09 Mar 2019 18:57:15
If he was to sign, I'd imagine it would be to improve the overall squad. I mind a lot of folk questioned the signing of jack. He turned out okay. Don't think it is a big risk to sign shinnie, he wouldn't need a crazy wage. It would make the sheep weaker and raging as well.

09 Mar 2019 20:01:54
How can you say we don't need a player like shinnie when half our own team don't have half the bottle he has? 🙃👍.

10 Mar 2019 00:14:11
Graeme shinnie wouldn't have helped last night, it's more help putting the ball in the net we need.

10 Mar 2019 09:00:42
Trueblue, I've been saying for ages, WE HAVE A LEADER he's called Gerrard, if he had wanted to close the game down he would have and should have. Its not down to the captain to decide when to stop the full backs bombing forward its down to the manager. If Mcrorie was on the bench then there is the substitution right there Arfield for Mcrorie and if they equalise with that formation put Defoe on then.
Our manager has no tactics at all and I defy anyone on here to tell me i'm wrong.

10 Mar 2019 09:05:08
Davis, Coulibaly, Dorrans, Holt and probably Rossiter out, Shinnie and Docherty in.

10 Mar 2019 13:26:11
i guarantee if we signed Shinnie he would get redcarded every game in a rangers top.

10 Mar 2019 18:46:34
No sure how many time i have to say McKenna has no interest in joining Rangers. The money they wsnt for him we also cannot afford him.

09 Mar 2019 17:03:01
More dropped points last night then they go and drop points today, typical. far too inconsistent, need to get that sorted.

09 Mar 2019 17:55:46
I agree but we need to invest in the summer
I am far from convinced by the defence. Looking at the summer we could be building a new team again
Let’s hope we win the cup as I still think the league is a bridge to far, I hope I am wrong.

09 Mar 2019 18:25:56
Last season we conceded 50 league goals to date 21 this season.
The problem is we need more goals from midfield and wingers.

10 Mar 2019 00:16:38
Totally agree jboy, for all Kent brings to the team his decision making around the opposition box is still pretty poor. tries to walk it in too much.

10 Mar 2019 01:35:56
Our defence would be even better if Katic got a game in front of Worrall.

10 Mar 2019 08:59:00
I struggle with the Worrall comments recently. It's the same with Tav.

It seems like certain fans pick a fault or mistake from a previous game and tar a player with it for the rest of the season.

Worrall has been our most solid defender over the last 5 or 6 games. Tav improved significantly his defending from beginning of season.

If morelos not scoring, we don't have enough others contributing, that's the real problem.

10 Mar 2019 10:02:24
Moles 73
Warroll is a strange one I don’t see what makes him stand out am sorry I think he is bang average at best
Katich should be playing.

09 Mar 2019 17:00:06
caught a break.

09 Mar 2019 14:02:30
Man Utd had 3or 4 youngsters in squad for champions league match with psg why isn't Gerrard using three or 4 of our 17 year olds now in Scottish matches.

09 Mar 2019 14:48:13
6 counties because they are not ready.

09 Mar 2019 17:20:38
If the players we have at academy were ready and good enough they would be playing simple as that. mccrorie, Middleton have had game time up to the rest to show they are capable.

10 Mar 2019 09:44:53
Man Utd also played a 70m striker, should we do the same? We shouldn't just put youth players in because another team has a bit of success, doesn't relate in any way at all.

09 Mar 2019 11:35:04
Time to reflect .

The league is over but Celtic haven't had to work hard for it again . After every two or three games it's the same shpeal .

We need a reaction that's been Gerrards post match interview all season .

Far too many times we have seen different teams turn up .

Glad all the title talk can stop now and hopefully we get lucky in the cup .

I think we will finish second but that's not an achievement so far this season the highlight was being back in Europe I would back our manager and give him another year .

This season has not been good enough .

Finishing second is not an achievement.

09 Mar 2019 15:30:28
Aw give yourself peace. SG has had to build at team from scratch. This is his first season as a proper manager, so he is bound to make mistakes.
We have lost the same amount of games as that mob across the city. The only difference in the league is that we have drawn 5 more games than them and in at least 4 of those draws we have been robbed by poor refereeing decisions.
I fully believe had var been avail this season we would be sitting 2 points behind that mob.

09 Mar 2019 16:36:07
Stewartyblue - if SG won the league by 10 points there would be Rangers 'fans' on here complaining that it should have been by 11 points.

As you stated this is his first year and tbh he should not be judged on this one but next year.

He is a rookie manager and is making rookie mistakes - this is what happens when a manager with little or no experience is brought in.

I fully support SG and I fully support his team. SG knows what needs to be done and I fully expect him to rectify it.

09 Mar 2019 17:03:07
I can’t accept mediocrity I'm a Rangers man

Blaming referees is just an excuse

They drew with the sheep today so another opportunity missed .

The truth hurts when it’s not good enough it’s not good enough simple .

It’s Gerrards first season and as I said I would stick with him but I’m not interested if it’s your first or tenth season as a manager at Rangers the message is still the same you need to win the league.

09 Mar 2019 17:38:00
Stewarty, the ref robbed us in at least four of they games. Did he aye😂😂👍.

09 Mar 2019 09:22:30
Funny how we read Morelos has interest from premier league bundasleague etc then bang new contract! Guys been woeful last 2 games.

09 Mar 2019 10:22:54
Woeful for 2 whole games? Jail him! Come on guys he’s the best player in the league by a country mile, top goalscorer, adores the fans, works tirelessly for the team, Columbia international and only 22.hes sure to have a few off games due to the standard he’s set himself. Absolute quality player and no one will convince me otherwise. We consistently go on bout how the media are hounding this gem of a talent out the league but all u have to do is take a look at these forums to see that so called rangers fans are hounding him out too unless he pulls out a hat trick. get real guys, open your eyes and realize we have a superstar in the making. the kid gets my support through good and bad why? Because he deserves it!

09 Mar 2019 11:08:38
Gersdaft he is not a Columbia international mate. Played 1 friendly which I didn't know doesn't count as a cap in FIFA eyes. Apparently has a lot to do with when we signed Rafael Scheidt (which he was) and Brazil got caught capping players in friendlies to boost their value and enable them to get work permits. FIFA clamped down on it.

{Ed001's Note - it depends on what you mean by 'doesn't count'. He can call himself an international, but he can't be judged for work permits etc as an international until he plays in competitive matches.}

09 Mar 2019 11:17:58
He’s played for the Columbia national team and that doesn’t qualify as an international? Sour grapes n jealousy won’t wash on here sir.

09 Mar 2019 11:25:28
Plus alfie was called up on merit! Not to inflate a fee . Also I would put my house on it that he will be called up again unlike your said imposter scheidt.

09 Mar 2019 11:32:58
I think Morelos is a good player but his ball control is terrible at times and he is one of the worst I have seen for being offside. Therefpre, I don't believe he is the best player in the league and would be doing well if he made our bench.

09 Mar 2019 11:48:42
Best laugh in a while Lennon. couldn't make your bench? Top scorer in the league, player of the year stick on and couldn’t make your bench? Just shows how petty and unrealistic your lot are. how many of your strikers are being touted for a 20 million pound move? Oh that’s right NONE! Try justifying the near 10 million yous paid for edouard b4 spouting absolute drivel bout our players.

09 Mar 2019 12:25:26
Ed001 I knew there was something to it. It's a complex issue you would think it would be straight forward, if a player plays in any game they should count.

Gersdaft how am I jealous? Was stating a fact about ALL international caps represented in friendly games.

{Ed001's Note - it is more to do with the change in rules to allow players to swap nationality if they have not played in a competitive fixture though. The reason FIFA hold off on calling them a international for X country is simply due to them being able to then change allegiance to another country in the future.}

09 Mar 2019 14:45:21
Ed001 I never knew that mate. That's another thing that needs sorted, players switching country they play for. It should be birthplace or dual nationality through parent, grandparent etc. Think Germany has players from Brazil and Ghana who qualified through citizenship rules. When you think about it, it's not really a Germany National team anymore.

{Ed001's Note - I don't see a problem with that, so long as the citizenship rules are not akin to the one that has seen the Abdulrahman family qualify for the UAE one. Basically they were given citizenship because Omar was such a good player and they wanted him to build the UAE team around. If you live in a country you can develop an affection for it. It does feel a shame for those poorer countries that have been stripped of their material assets during imperial days now to lose their skilled footballers to those same countries though!}

09 Mar 2019 09:07:37
Morning all. I like everyone last night felt very disappointed and frustrated at the end of the game. A game we should have won by a mile. Morelos has been great all season but he was awful last night you saw there goal coming we started flagging in mid field and needed a sub on to freshing things up. But my main worry is the pure hate the verbal and physical abuse to Rangers players, it's very close now to something serious that's going to happen. That idiot could have had a knife on him, the banners the chants the on line stuff is out of control now. All the authorities football ones and the police are doing nothing, the press IMO WIP the feelings up before every high profile game we play. Rangers fans sing one song and everyone past and present jump up and scream how terrible we are.

09 Mar 2019 09:10:53
cfc, aberdeen and hibs fans ALL need to be kept under control - what they say; what they do and how they do it need to be looked at -- it does seem to be collusion there.

09 Mar 2019 09:18:20
There is an incident at every game now when Rangers or Celtic are playing, is it pure sectarian or in most cases just thuggery? The media put a spin on everything to suit themselves.
Also I read that Hastie said he has not had talks with anyone, where did his story start, was it DR or from an honest source?

09 Mar 2019 10:06:52
Our stupid away fans think they are at an orange walk not a rangers game. They are embarrassing our club game after game. Step up fans groups and get this sorted. Some wee Hibs junkie runs on the park so we are up to our knees again. The hole game I had to listen to the old proddie, 1690 crap. Half the support at the game have no idea who is but would rather sing about him than any of the actual players or the team.

On the park I think we are getting there. Need an alternative to Morelos who has been outstanding this season. A number 10 and defence needs sorted. We know we need 2 goals as we nearly always concede.

09 Mar 2019 10:23:55
Celtic fan in peace - Robbie, you're 100% right about the conduct of some fans and I'm getting sick of Celtic/ Rangers fans getting blamed for Scottish football's ills. People always try to bring it back to bigotry/ sectarianism and say its a west coast problem which is all a lot of nonsense.

Its hooliganism plain and simple and Hibs and Hearts fans are the worst offenders. that's twice in a week a hibs fan has attacked an old firm player, look at the incidents at tynecastle over the last few years too.

I reckon its time for a coherent voice from Celtic/ Rangers fans, the main problem has nothing to do with sectarianism (most folk don't even know what this word means), its about time the Edinburgh clubs started taking the flak for it, clearly they have bigger issues than us.

09 Mar 2019 11:12:25
Hibs and Aberdeen fans are far worse than any side of old firm. You don't hear as much about it because media are selective what they publish, but if it was any side of the old firm they are all over it like a rash.

09 Mar 2019 11:39:53
Gerry and Phil
Talking a bit of sense.

09 Mar 2019 12:59:51
Indeed it's poor that it's mostly old firm getting it all the time. It's because we have much bigger fan bases, put it this way if a teams fan base is 10% idiots Rangers and Celtic have 5 or 6 thousand idiots The rest maybe have a thousand or so so we are heard and seen more it's just easy for everyone to blame the big bad old firm.

09 Mar 2019 08:48:21
After last night I realise any minimal chance of the league have gone. I've said on here before I cannot understand SG and his sub timings? giving Defoe 13 mins when we had to win seems madness. Tav yet again caught out of position, sitting on his arse looking for a foul as they broke and scored from where he should have been, Greegs reaction said it all
On a side note what was with Candias reaction to his team mates when he scored pushing them away bit like Gareth Bale the other week at madrid any thoughts or info what that's all about.

09 Mar 2019 09:15:53
When you have been blatantly fouled, obviously you are are going to look for, erm. a foul.

09 Mar 2019 09:18:59
Tavernier showed his mentality in that moment you mention Ibrox founders, a week selfish player with week mentality. No wonder McGregor's hair changing colours with the shenanigans of his right back.

09 Mar 2019 13:02:11
To be fair I think he went down looking for a foul that wasn't there which then cost us the goal but, that is irrelevant because once again we waisted countless chances as we have in the previous 2 games against them. We just don't have the mentality and there were roo many that just gave up the ghost.

09 Mar 2019 15:24:28
Sharpshooter sorry bud no way blatant foul even his appeal was half hearted.

09 Mar 2019 07:22:24
As the dust settles on another frustrating night Tuesday becomes our biggest game of the season. We’ve come up short this season when Celtic have been there for the taking, I’m not sure they will drop as many points next season so our improvement for next year must be cast. I’ve bern critical of Joe Worrall but the last two games he has been immense and outshone Goldson but he’s away back to Forest and another quality CB is required. We need an attacking mid to get us goals from there as only Arfield seems to score regularly, I’d also say we need another defensive mid as Ryan Jack can go missing in games however this is not a priority and we need 2 goalscoring wide men, Candeias chipped in last night but we need 10-15 each from these positions to mount a better challenge.

Still lots to be positive about this season as we have improved and hopefully we can push on towards 80pts to reflect this and provided we get through Tuesday we’ll have 3 games against Celtic to lay a few gloves on them.

09 Mar 2019 00:22:44
Very disappointed with Ryan Kent tonight. The amount of times he gets into good positions cutting into the box on his right foot, why does he never shoot. Always wants to try another turn, or walk the ball into the net. Have a shot for god sake.

09 Mar 2019 07:01:40
I’ve said it before on here, I really like Ryan Kent but in the formation that we play we need more goals from our wingers, they need to play more like inside right/ lefts and score more goals, we need 10-15 each to compliment a 20plus striker, Morelos has carried the attack and when he isn’t firing like our last 2 games we struggle to win.

08 Mar 2019 23:00:55
No idea why Davis on bench at expense of Lefferty tonight.

09 Mar 2019 07:07:49
For me, Lafferty wouldn’t have made a difference, we have struggled all season to change it up when we’re chasing a late win and last night was no different. The gaffer has to hold his hands up, Hibs were edging back into the game last night and he only changed it when they equalised, he has to be more proactive with in game management. That’s the 2nd game in a row we could’ve done with McCrorie coming onto strengthen the midfield, I don’t think Gerrard trusts the subs.

08 Mar 2019 22:36:15
Really need to be more clinical, game should have been put to bed before half time, makes the replay with Aberdeen a bigger game for us now as that's our last for silverware the league is probably gone now if it wasn't already, and must say think tav delt with that spoon burner well tonight, no point in reacting and striking him with a punch or anything stupid and getting himself in trouble, think as fans we can underestimate the restraint required in that situation the guys wife and kids would be watching that, imagine yourself at your job and some idiot does that to you hope the morons banned from football grounds for life.

09 Mar 2019 03:06:38
See someone on the tims page wanting tav charged 🙈.

08 Mar 2019 22:14:56
Not clinical enough very wasteful indeed. Same as last visit to easter road. good goal by candeias but deary me he's so frustrating works hard does the hard stuff well enough but the easy stuff like final ball while no pressure and covering back for tavernier? Sprints 70 yards back only to stop short of where he should be what does he not learn? As for our marauding captain all he needs to do is pass the ball 3 yards but no takes too long loses the ball as usual the rather than chase back immediately he drops down as if he's fouled like a lame excuse for giving ball away! Aye am sick of the same problems that we don't learn from. get it sorted.

09 Mar 2019 03:08:05
He was fouleducated tbf. A foul on tav plus an offside in the same goal.

09 Mar 2019 08:10:06
Tavernier went down very cheaply.

09 Mar 2019 08:24:49
I agree frustrated Blue, poor officiating again tonight changed the momentum of a game. Tav 100% fouled before they went up the park to score from and crossed ball from an offside position. Then there is the point of Alfredo being fouled in the box by david gray which i believe should have been a penalty. MacGregor should have been sent off long before he was.
Im not trying to paper over the crack but, again scottish referees have made themselves look incompetent.

08 Mar 2019 21:55:58
Gift wrapped and everything. You know what I mean lads, poor stuff.

08 Mar 2019 21:44:25
Again manager too late to make a change I was thinking after 30 mins get Defoe on he would have put any some of they chances not good enough.