10 Aug 2026 06:45:27
Ok guys here goes.I've now calmed down at bit from yesterday at Ibrox and here's my honest opinion on everything that's probably been said by the majority of us before and what needs to happen short term to get the club we all love back challenging and reaching where we all know/want our club to be, numero uno in Scotland 🙏Our scouting team/recruitment team has to be seriously looked at by andrew cavanagh/jim gillespie etc because we're continually at this stage/predicament yet again, with signings that are more regarded at best squad players or project wip signings that could possibly come good and able to be good Rangers players through development and that's fine but for the here and now, we need players of absolute quality that are first team starters and can go right in and be game changers now and have a bit of experience and obviously proven ability behind them 🤔 Derek Mcinnes has had a very poor start as our manager we all know that but i personally think by getting the recruitment team/scouting team correct and upgraded, he can be a successful Rangers manager and he absolutely gets time for me and i believe jim gillespie correctly will afford him time to rebuild Rangers 🤔
Cavanagh has allowed Russell Martin, Danny Rohl and now derek mcinnes to spend money and like i said the common denominator for me is getting the scouting/recruitment team correct first and foremost to give mcinnes a fighting chance 🤔 Mcinnes now must be given the scope to go out and signing first team NOW quality players like a right back, centre half, left back, another right winger to compete with yokota, a class left winger hopefully driouech, an attacking goal scoring midfielder that is direct and can break the lines of the most stubbornness of a low block and now another striker, as possibly Chermiti could be out for a considerable period of time and Miovski looks to be going 🤔🇬🇧I'll finish up this post by stating no knee jerk reaction regarding derek mcinnes as we just can't be rinsing and repeating all the time as we as a club will get absolutely nowhere and if it takes 2 or 3 transfer windows for mcinnes to get our team right, then we have to bite the bullet, have bumps on the road but hopefully it will be absolutely worth it, but the recruitment team and scouting has to be upgraded to help mcinnes take Rangers back to where our club belongs🙏🇬🇧A bit long this post i know guys, but thoughts please 🤔
10 Aug 2026 07:36:10
Totally agree with all I say, mate
How that recruitment dept decided not to buy JHD is beyond me.
They should be sacked for that decision alone.
10 Aug 2026 07:48:59
Going for quantity over quality, if we have a 20 million budget, would it not be better signing two or 3 players as opposed to about 12? Then one out, one in if we re selling. Don't see the point in signing subs, should be signing starters.
10 Aug 2026 07:57:10
I hope you're right, SWS, but honestly I don't see Dm as any better than Gio, Clement, Rohl. If given the time and patience, I think all 3 would have been better than what we have now, and if we stuck by them would have been in a far better place now.
We need to stop wanting instant success.
10 Aug 2026 08:02:16
Good post, Coops.
As I have stated, I really like D McInness and I want this to work out. However, he's not helping himself, mate, with some of his bizarre team selections and subs. Yes, maybe he doesn't trust his other options, but playing a 5m CM at RB, when Sterling is fit and on the bench, is mind boggling.
Then putting Curtis there, then subbing him for McCrorrie, is just as confusing.
10 Aug 2026 08:10:39
I absolutely agree, Big slim. 👍 🇬🇧 Signing players of the absolute quality we need into our starting 11 would have been the best way to do it, and then gradually build up the squad players and wip/development players for the future. 🤔 We need to sign quality here and now for the short term. 🤔
10 Aug 2026 08:21:34
We peaked with Gio. Every manager since is progressively poorer.
10 Aug 2026 08:42:29
I don't disagree with much you've written, Walter. Rangers have a big problem they can't fix. They're in a domestic competition ranked 19th in Europe! It's third tier at best! It's extremely difficult to recruit the standard we think we need when we're stuck here in this league with terrible officiating every week. There are lots of clubs in the market for the same standard of player who have better domestic competitions, better weather, probably less than 48% tax on a % of their earnings. If you add that to the mess we've been in for the last 14/15 years whether fans like or not we're not the attraction we once were. That's why I thought McInnes, although not my 1st choice, was probably a good choice as he'd make us hard to beat, well organised and more competitive with players of less quality which he's done at most clubs he's been at.
He probably will if he's afforded time. He can't fix a decade long plus problem in 6-7 weeks in 1 window but we should be better with what he has and he's accepted that. This Rangers board won't bin another manager early. The entire football department top to bottom needs to be overhauled. The club needs to identify a style and brand of football they want to play and stick with it. It's all over the gaff. 4/5 different managers, different styles, recruiting for those styles has left us in an absolute mess.
10 Aug 2026 09:34:34
Very good post Walter. Agree with the most part of it, but I don't think it would have been our recruitment department who would have wanted Shanks, McCrorie and Devlin. They are all on McInnes and if I'm honest, 2 of 3 have shown nothing and the other has been half decent. No more projects, quality seasoned pro's are required.
10 Aug 2026 10:12:27
Rfc, Shankland was signed by Danny Rohl, mate and I actually like Devlin to what he brings to the table. 🤔 McCrorie is a squad player at best for me. 🤔
10 Aug 2026 10:28:19
I like Devlin as well, we seem to have far too many competing for the same position and Del is trying to accommodate that. As for Ross, he shouldn't have been brought back, but that's not his fault. He loves the club, and anyone worth their salt would have wanted to come back given the chance. Shankland is who I've been most disappointed with, far too static.
Watched the post match interview with him yesterday, and he looked like he was trying not to smirk. That really annoyed me and is not fitting of a captain of the club.
Yes, yesterday was poor, but we put it behind us. Try get quality in the door and look forward to midweek. As it's a massive game, I hope the fans get behind the team and we push on.
10 Aug 2026 10:28:50
If this was a foreigner manager, most would be saying different. This is on everyone at Ibrox, from the players to the manager, to recruitment team, to the owners, all of them are to blame.
10 Aug 2026 10:53:55
SWS, I thought we knew Rohl was leaving as early as April, so how would he be allowed to sign players for this season.