29 Dec 2025 16:40:42
People stating our sqaud ain't good enough, correct. Untill we stop shopping in English lower leagues it will never be good enough. Yes we may uncover a descent player every once in a while but not very often. Recruitment needs to be of a higher standard as we carry on in the current pathway we are has beans and no chance of winning many trophies.
29 Dec 2025 17:04:49
I can't help thinking that with the Stig helping with recruitment that we will be seeing a few Scandinavian players joining this month.
Hopefully our English lower league days are over for the most part as to be successful we need to be scouting all leagues.
29 Dec 2025 17:45:27
What's Rangers record with Scandinavian players overs the years in our league? Was having a think and it's not great? ✌️.
29 Dec 2025 17:53:03
Jonas thern was alright ?.
29 Dec 2025 17:56:07
Brian Laudrup was not that bad in my opinion.
29 Dec 2025 18:03:31
Jonatan Johanssen, Robert Prytz, Jonas Thern, Joachim Bjorkland, Henning Berg, Tore Andre Flo, Anti Niemmi, Glen Kamara.
29 Dec 2025 18:17:04
How about a Scandinavian XI for us then for a bit of fun. Niemi, Stensaas Bjorklund, Berg, Prytz, Thern, Jon Johansen, Laudrup, Erik Bo and Ostenstad for starters off the top of my head.
29 Dec 2025 18:20:59
Interesting most of those from N/S/D/F mentioned were already seasoned players and many internationals…. Our issue is that we are now fishing in a different pond. Younger, less games and unlikely battle tested in international environment… maybe more an indicator of our current predicament.
29 Dec 2025 18:21:36
Aphe, I'd say he was maybe over rated? ?.
29 Dec 2025 18:40:55
I hope your being sarcastic Stevie regarding Laudrup?
29 Dec 2025 18:53:04
Lovenkrands.
29 Dec 2025 18:58:08
Stale Stensas????.
29 Dec 2025 19:11:18
Kai Johansen, Orjan Persson.
29 Dec 2025 19:18:04
We had been great in that market over the years maybe you forgot some we signed Yately.
29 Dec 2025 19:18:37
The legend kai Johansen.
29 Dec 2025 19:31:04
Again some poor memories on here. thern was a great player but spent almost all his time with Rangers injured and is rightly remembered for his goal against Celtic but really did very little considering his reputation. Stensaas was awful and couldn't cope with being a Rangers player, Niemi went on to have a great career but didn't do much at Ibrox.
Ostenstadt was terrible and Prtytz struggled too though he was a great player in the Masters team. Its been a mixed bag from Scandinavia just like it is no matter where players come from. Laudrup was the best player I have ever seen in a Rangers jersey and Erik Bos double against Celtic will live with me for ever.
29 Dec 2025 19:57:55
G4 really mate? ?.
29 Dec 2025 20:28:16
The issue with the Scandi players we used to have was that very few of them came directly from their home leagues (if I remember correctly). so we knew they could play in another country normally in a decent quality league. we can't normally shop at that level of player or league atm so does that make the risk greater?
29 Dec 2025 20:42:15
Just checking Stevie mate ??.
29 Dec 2025 21:45:47
What an answer Storm.
29 Dec 2025 22:09:09
Lovenkrands was an excellent player.
29 Dec 2025 22:38:13
Laudrup was just a magician. Mostly watched from videos over and over again, I attended a lot a games from ages 7 - 12 but most my memories of that era come from tapes back in the day. My real memory of Rangers is from 12 onwards where I rarely missed a game at Ibrox whether domestic or European.
29 Dec 2025 22:57:45
Can't believe I forgot Lovenkrands. Never said Ostenstad or others were great, just listing a few I thought of off top of my head but we definitely had a few cracking players from that region.
29 Dec 2025 23:10:21
Mervan Cellik anyone ??.
30 Dec 2025 04:47:50
Did we not pick up Morelos from Scandinavia also?
30 Dec 2025 06:26:50
Bizzmy, all they scandanavian players you mentioned that played for us are superb mate and i wish we'd signed henning berg a few years earlier ?i liked him as a centre half with ice running through his veins and always stood up to the striker and hardly went to ground ?I remember the only reason he left Rangers after his short spell with us was he was going through a split from his wife at the time and was building a separate house in norway for himself and access for his kids to have a place/home to spend with him ? He always said he absolutely would have wanted to stay longer with Rangers but of course he had to prioritise and put his family issues first ?.