10 Aug 2026 10:41:38
Time.
An excuse or justifiable reason?
Most wanted a Rangers minded, SPFL experienced manager who knew the club and league. Now he apparently needs time.
Most wanted Rangers men within the playing squad, who would get it and be firing on all cylinders from the start. Now they need time.
Most wanted SPFL experienced players who knew the league. Now they need time.
How come other clubs, managers and players don't require that same time?
Most wanted Shankland as the man to fire us to the title. Instead, he looks as if he is towing a caravan, across a muddy field, covered in treacle.
Most thought Devlin was a wonderful signing, due to his stats last season, as that midfield dynamo who would snap into challenges etc. Instead, he looks like a Poundland version of Barron.
Loads thought Dan Neil would be another Championship level player who would take the SPFL by storm. And yet our vice-captain can't even get a starting slot.
Godfrey another who would be a rock if he could stay fit and was promptly out for a month after the first competitive game.
McInnes and these players need to get the finger out and give us something to cheer, build on.
Starting on Thursday.
10 Aug 2026 11:37:23
Mrpotato, fair comment, mate, but I need a lie down now even if I get sacked. Yes, Shankland and Devlin look like a nightmare, captain? Just naw, that's mental and very worrying, but we don't have anyone else I can think of at the moment. Hope Drago develops well, needs time.
10 Aug 2026 12:07:55
Mph, any manager needs time, and for writing a player off after 90 minutes is a major problem Rangers have with so called supporters.
10 Aug 2026 12:25:36
Pretty much a good summary, Mph, we are a fecking mess. It's funny as all we hear every time is that we need time to bed in players etc, when no other club does.
10 Aug 2026 12:46:10
Great summary of three competitive games. Some of the players have only played in one of them. Let's judge that after 15 games and see if players improve.
I agree, some of the players haven't hit the ground running, but with 13 or so leaving and 8 joining (more to come) did we honestly expect to come out the traps with every player hitting 9 out of 10 each game?
10 Aug 2026 12:57:52
Yes, but it's only at Rangers where players need a season to adapt to playing for our club, Storm, as apparently nowhere else they need it.
McInnes must feel some way about Neil too, Star, as why isn't he selecting him and allowing him time to play? Instead, he has hooked him at 45 mins, he is vice captain and should be starting every game he is fit for.
10 Aug 2026 12:58:18
I don't rate Devlin and still say we should never have signed him, not based on one game, and to be fair to him he has made some great tackles and got us out of trouble. My issue though is that he can't do anything with it when he wins it, 10 yard passes are about his limit.
People criticised Barron and maybe he isn't as physical as Devlin, but his range of passing, long and short, is miles better. He also has decent set piece delivery, which we are screaming out for. Don't understand why we are freezing him out of the squad.
10 Aug 2026 14:38:05
Bigbluejim, difference with not selecting him and writing him off, percent example of some Rangers fans after 90 minutes, that only helps players failing, clearly too blind for some.
10 Aug 2026 14:42:24
But it won't make Dan Neil fail, but has happened the last few seasons with players not mentally strong enough.
10 Aug 2026 14:57:58
Wsl, it's not his job to do much with it. That's why he needs the players roundabout him to do what you are expecting. If he was the all round complete midfielder he probably wouldn't be playing in Scotland at his age.
10 Aug 2026 15:47:21
Yes, Storm, a lot of us do state that time is needed to bed in players at Rangers, and it's fairly obvious why, mate. 🤔 It's one thing a player being signed and playing with a provincial club, with low expectations, or way much lower than Rangers anyway, as opposed to a player signing for Rangers, with the expectations and the pressure here, and especially so as we've been winning trophies for 14 years now, mate.
🤔 Fairly obvious, I would have thought, as many a player we thought would be a very good signing at Rangers has failed because they couldn't handle the full package of playing for Glasgow Rangers. 🤔
10 Aug 2026 15:50:53
Cammy Devlin does the midfield job I'd expect him to do wsl, and does that job well and moves it on to our more technical, more attacking midfielders, mate, that's his job, he supplies the platform for these other midfielders I mentioned to perform. 🤔