07 Jan 2025 10:02:05
Wonder where yesterday expert is who said I was flying a kite re porteous.
07 Jan 2025 10:11:05
What’s even better John is you should see the nuggets on follow follow who called you and this rumour out. Total heed the baws.
07 Jan 2025 10:12:20
John you told us before any media mate, some are only on here for having a go at others.
07 Jan 2025 10:16:58
Right dado, I don’t read follow follow, got to say I’d much rather we don’t sign porteous.
I was only reporting what I’d been told.
07 Jan 2025 10:23:17
Sorry I. issed this
Is their substance to it then John about Porteous coming to us
I Think he would be a very good addition to your defence he knows how to put in a tackle and not scared to get in and about it.
I'd take him even to help squad depth for our defence.
07 Jan 2025 10:34:06
Please god, hope not. He's been sent off 6 times in around 225 games, including the crunching challenge on Gundogan against the Germans. Questionable off field behaviour, he's a total ned who also hates Rangers. Just what we need.
07 Jan 2025 10:43:56
Was he caught urinating against a war memorial? If so, do we really want that type of person representing our club?
07 Jan 2025 10:51:45
I’d like to sign him as I think he’s what we need right now, we’re so weak it’s scary. I get we’re unlikely to build our defence around him but he could be a good squad player long term.
07 Jan 2025 10:55:26
Who was it john? Take no notice mate not worth it, just keep doing you ?.
07 Jan 2025 10:58:38
Personally I’m a bit torn regarding Porteous. As a player I feel he has certainly developed over the last 2 years or so. He seems to have calmed down a bit on the pitch, not as rash as he was in his younger days at Hibs (challenge on Gundogan aside) and overall I have been impressed by his performances for Scotland. Other pluses, he is Scottish and developed in Scotland so would help in terms of Euro squad, he knows how to head a ball (something we certainly seem to lack at both ends of the pitch and has scored 7 goals in around his last 70 games (1 in 10 as a CB ain’t bad and certainly something we are missing) . Yes he is sometimes over aggressive and a hot head but certainly seems to have improved on that side of his game since going to Watford.
In regards to him as a person… yes there are definitely a number of negatives, was very much a Ned when younger, did some very stupid and shameful things off the pitch, certainly put in some shocking challenges against some of our players.
However, he won’t be the only questionable player we have signed. Personally I detested (and still do) Ian Black, and also really didn’t like El Hadj Diouf as a person either. Also Tom Lawrence has done questionable things in the past too. So as I say, a bit torn ?.
07 Jan 2025 11:06:29
With the injures we have I can't say absolutely no to any CB we can get in. Loan or a swap for our dead weight. Not a fan of Porteous but if we can get him on a trade with little financial out going and a reduction on the wage bill I can't say no. All I know is we need reinforcements badly.
07 Jan 2025 11:18:56
A very good post gers 78, I can relate to most of it
Stig I posted that we had been rejected in an attempt to sign porteous by Watford
We offered dowell and 750 k.
07 Jan 2025 11:22:49
Are we definitely signing ryan porteous John to what you've been told mate ?.
07 Jan 2025 11:33:40
would be very dubious of signing a player who has stated to put it mildly not a rangers fan.
07 Jan 2025 11:36:38
5 red cards on 273 games I forgot about one for Scotland and 2 of red cards is against us.
He is definitely what we need right now.
Mark have you never peed anywhere you shouldn’t have? Am guessing everyone of us have.
Coops he isn’t saying we are definitely signing him but we did try.
It was on twitter also someone took a screen grab off it of here and posted it.
07 Jan 2025 11:44:09
Do you think Mo Johnstone was a Rangers fan alwaysager? ?.
07 Jan 2025 11:46:03
Fgs I’m not the ceo or recruiter at rangers. Walter.
07 Jan 2025 11:50:10
Ah right kl John
missed that one
wonder if we will go back in for him again ?.
07 Jan 2025 12:23:34
We signed Lawrence who allegedly left a crime scene where his teammate was lying injured but I'm against porteous because I don't think he's a good player.
07 Jan 2025 12:26:50
It would be a gamble, he is absolutely what we need as a defender at the moment and after getting over the shock at his call up to the Scotland team, I actually thought he was Scotlands best centre back in most of the games he played BUT then he reverts to type with that ridiculous tackle on Gundogan.
As an older supporter kind of reminds me of when we brought Gregor Stevens back from Leicester, his disciplinary baggage came with him unfortunately .
07 Jan 2025 12:31:36
As an outsider looking in, I think you should go for Porteous, granted not the greatest but the physicality and hopefully a more maturely controlled aggression gained in the last 2 years is what Rangers badly need.
07 Jan 2025 12:36:19
How many red cards did morelos get?
Seeker, that averages out about 1 red card a season. For a defender that's not bad.
07 Jan 2025 12:37:29
John was it your good self that actually said watford instigated the talks first by enquiring about wanting to sign kieran dowell and then we offered dowell plus 750k for porteous ? would i be correct in saying that ?.
07 Jan 2025 13:12:42
Ows it was not alleged it was 100% factually correct that he left a crime scene.
07 Jan 2025 13:18:28
Storm I was going to say the same about fans peeing against things they shouldn't have.
It is still a rumour though at the moment isn't it. I just read hull have offered £1.7M.
07 Jan 2025 13:58:07
Storm, I try to avoid war memorials.
07 Jan 2025 22:15:39
Class Mark ?.