Rangers banter 5

22 Apr 2024 20:14:08
So we've 2 games against the other mob imo it's imperative we beat them at least once otherwise the pressure ramps up going into next season personally I think we've a great chance in cup final but less confident about the league especially if we lose the pace of sima and matondo to hit them on the counter.

23 Apr 2024 05:44:18
We need to beat them twice its plain and simple as that.

23 Apr 2024 07:07:31
pace is one thing but being able to do something with it at the end is another, matondo lacks that final piece of his game.

23 Apr 2024 11:05:58
Would be good to see Rangers get tactics right in these 2 games, certainly been lacking so far this season.

23 Apr 2024 11:32:27
The two performances against them at Ibrox this season have been real low points two of the worst performances when expectations were high.
Now can this group of players go to a hostile parkhead environment and play well my heart says yes but my heads not having it. Maybe the cup final will be our best chance of victory over them this season. I hope we win all our remaining games but I think we have a stutter or two left in us.

23 Apr 2024 14:55:41
We need to win our two games prior to playing them at the Piggery before we even consider What will be required on the day. 🇦🇺🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

23 apr 2024 15:25:24
the question is whether this team has the balls for a hate filled porkheid, or crumbles like a pack of cards in the wind.

22 Apr 2024 18:43:19
This isn’t a “I told you so” but I was one of few that was happy to have Balogun signed as a back up defender, with a lot of posters on here saying we were going backwards signing him. He could be pivotal between now and the end of the season. I’d give him another year, that guy would play for us for free!
Also a special mention to diamonde, shows some really class touches and loads of energy, seen him giving it tight to Tav when he was screaming for the ball and Tav chose another option, he has something about him that lad.

22 apr 2024 19:21:16
yip, and yip again mate.

22 Apr 2024 19:25:05
Done well yesterday and certainly more assured than Goldson but he’s mid 30s and for next season would be a decent back up, hopefully we are targeting some fresh blood at centre half area.

22 Apr 2024 19:31:49
Aye I was one and still think we need better. 😁But played well on Saturday.

22 Apr 2024 20:06:18
Said at the time balogun was a no brainer always puts a shift in and can play across the back line happy to be a squad player and never let us down. Another year would be handy as back up for new defensive pairing.

22 Apr 2024 20:27:52
I was the same AlloaGer i didn't want big balogun away in the first place mate and posted that on here 👍.

22 Apr 2024 20:34:54
Balugon being our best CB is a sad indictment of our recent recruitment. It was the right decision to move him on and we should have signed better players to replace him. The fact we are still relying on him at his age shows just how bad Ross Wilson was at his job.

22 Apr 2024 20:40:48
Agree we need better for a starting position but a very capable back up for injuries and the odd game against lower league teams and giving others a rest.

22 Apr 2024 20:44:53
I was glad to see the big man back. Quite a few weren't.

22 Apr 2024 20:54:00
We still need better than him Goldson and souttar IMO if we want to be better.

22 Apr 2024 21:48:37
Balogun is an out and out centre half, Goldson is not. Balogun throws himself into tackles and challenges high balls, Goldson does not and never has done, he thinks he is a 'ball player ', but apart from the occasional long crossfield ball (less and less these days) he is no ball player. Goldson is also more likely to meet a cross with his shoulder or arm, with his eyes closed!, whereas Balogun will at least throw his head in to the mix.

This is nothing new from me, Goldson is a converted centre forward who thinks he is better than he is. Rant over (for now)

22 apr 2024 22:08:27
you are so right about goldson meeting every high ball with a shoulder or arm bar, that's why i stopped backing him to score a long time ago.

22 Apr 2024 22:50:17
I did not want him and hope he moves on at end of season.

We need young hungry players to win a league.
Guys who can play 80% of games.

22 Apr 2024 23:41:45
Never been a fan of Goldson and one of main reasons we get caught out is him lack of recovery pace, big difference when you see Balagon as he does have the recovery needed. I'd 100% be looking to offload Goldson at end of season.

23 Apr 2024 07:06:44
Just wish Balogun was 10 years younger and like John agree we must get hungry youth into that position. However on his day and injury free he is no doubt the best CH we have at our club - however this is sad an indictment of our transfer dealings in this area of the park which hopefully PC will remedy come summer months. Goldson due to age and pace is getting more of a bombscare in that role imo.

23 Apr 2024 09:16:08
Imo, he's earned a new one year contract.

23 Apr 2024 11:35:05
Leon is too old plain and simple, we need to take the sentiment out of our decision making. Goldson has lost the little pace he once had so definitely needs replacing with a younger faster centre back.

23 Apr 2024 12:32:47
I think the key to Balogun (and a serious criteria for our next CB), is his pace. He made errors, as does Goldson and Souttar. However his turn of pace has meant he often got back on Sunday and was able to recover both his position and more often than not the ball.
Souttar still wants to play like Beckenbauer and Goldson has simply lost a step, whilst I think Balogun knows his limitations and plays to them.

24 Apr 2024 05:31:29
PC likes him a lot, talking about his attitude to helping with the younger ones in the background, can see him being here, signed at least another year, and helping in a coaching capacity.

22 Apr 2024 17:46:58
Dessers misses a lot of chances but he still gets in positions to score. Roofe touched the ball once in 50 minutes last week and some on here bump him up as if he is a great striker. Does not work hard enough for me. dessers does.

watched the last few months without posting. can't believe the attitude towards the manager after a few bad results. Whatever happens this season, we are much better than we were.

22 Apr 2024 18:36:18
I agree, I like big Dessers and I keep willing him to do well. I liked Kent and got skated a few times because of his stats that weren’t great. Well if it’s about stats I wouldn’t say Dessers has been a disaster. I’d keep him at the club but as back up to a new number 9. He offers something different and can’t fault his effort.

22 apr 2024 19:24:59
what attitude was that then mate,

do you mean you can't believe you saw guys discussing the managers team selections and the throwing away og 5 points at ross county and dundee?

not sure what kind of debate you expected to see on a rangers site.

22 Apr 2024 20:35:58
Alloager, you don’t keep 5m strikers as back up mate need to recoup some money and use it for someone who is going to be a nailed on starter.

22 Apr 2024 20:49:17
Correct Tom, course people are going to be annoyed with the level of performances we all fire a lot of money into rangers and it’s a massive part of our life’s.

22 Apr 2024 20:54:59
Good post jc.

23 Apr 2024 07:13:42
Alloa - Dessers is no doubt an extremely hard worker and he is most unlike Kent due to the fact he tries and puts in a shift every game (sometimes not greatly successful though) and is def not the Prima Donna that Kent glaringly was and is imo!

23 Apr 2024 08:22:36
Some of the criticism received was warranted. we've dropped some crazy points in the last number of weeks.

22 Apr 2024 17:49:21
Fair play to Dessers for his two goals yesterday. Can’t fault the guy for the effort he always puts in as well. However unfortunately, he’ll just never be good enough to be our main striking option going forward. 19 goals in 38 is a decent return but if you look back on all his games one major thing sticks out. He can not hit a ‘first time finish’. Almost every shot he takes he needs 3 or 4 touches first to set himself.

This results in either: him being tackled, defenders getting back and blocking his shot, or on occasions goals like his first on Sunday, which looked really good as he ‘beat’ 3 men before shooting. Proper strikers can hit first time finishes or at most one touch then shoot. How many times do we see him balloon first time efforts over or well wide.

He just can’t finish with out taking an age to get a shot off. Even both yesterday’s goals were a bit fortunate. The first went through Gordon’s legs, the second seemed to go through him completely some how. On another day both of those are saved. We are desperately Needing someone who can instinctively finish without taking an age to think about it.

23 Apr 2024 10:16:39
Dessers or alfie.

23 Apr 2024 12:43:03
Christen - A morph of the pair please - Dessers workrate and attitude and Alfies finishing (in his prime) - I will phone PC and see if he can oblige with this mash-up😁.

23 apr 2024 17:38:43
think i would much rather have dessers finishing to be honest mate, in fact anyone's finishing.

22 apr 2024 16:17:16
can someone just confirm to me that rangers can qualify fir cl if we are 2nd, what are the requirements to get through exactly.

22 Apr 2024 17:29:40
If we qualify it would be 3 qualies . tough ask but Phil will have replacement sat the ready for quite a few of the overpaid lads.

22 Apr 2024 17:51:25
Tom we would enter at the third qualifying round Seeded.

Win we enter play off. Likely to be unseeded Lose we enter Europa League as a seed.

In a play off win, again we enter Europa League, lose we enter the Europa League with a five million parachute payments also seeded.

22 Apr 2024 18:23:30
We need to qualify sure its just 1 round poss 2. If benfica were to somehow over turn 7 point gap sporting have we would go straight into groups due to our high co efficient.

22 apr 2024 19:27:28
many thanks guys, so john, the play off is a must really, if the worst comes to the worst.

22 Apr 2024 22:54:16
Both games ensure Europa leagu.

Playoff same as last year gives parachute payment.
Also bonus of two sell out games at ibrox. Circa 4 million.

23 Apr 2024 10:19:08
we might be straight in to league phase our runs ineurope hashelped depending on other leagues rules been changed.

22 Apr 2024 14:39:09
Long time lurker, first time poster.
Love the opinions of you guys on here so keep it up.

Have a question i can't seem to find the answer for. when is Danilo due back from Injury? i had him and Sima returning at roughly the same time in April but can't find anything else out. Do we think he will be back before the end of the season?

22 Apr 2024 14:58:17
PC mentioned that him and Cortez could be back for the final.

22 apr 2024 14:59:11
probably no chance of seeing him this season imo.

22 Apr 2024 15:08:31
I don't think either will be back this season unfortunately ☹️.

22 Apr 2024 15:11:52
I'd doubt we will see him back before the start of next season.

22 Apr 2024 15:14:24
Welcome dekeyras, sure pc said the final mate.

22 Apr 2024 15:32:18
Manager said yesterday Danilo won’t play this season.

22 Apr 2024 15:55:50
Thanks guys, appreciate the info.

22 Apr 2024 16:43:36
It would have been interesting to have seen how he would have got on this season.

22 Apr 2024 16:51:24
Any word on Cortes john.

22 Apr 2024 17:52:54
Nothing re Cortes.

22 Apr 2024 18:26:28
dekeyras - welcome to the site.

Good to get some new opinions. What's your thoughts on the season so far?

22 Apr 2024 19:00:23
Was Danillo injured before PC came here? If so then difficult for our manager to assess if he can be our main man or not.

22 Apr 2024 21:10:17
Bizz Danilo scored a few times under Clement.

22 Apr 2024 13:48:11
I see Lundstram still getting a fair bit of criticism after yesterday. Agreed he has been poor lately but I thought he did much better overall. A couple of loose passes, yes, but thought he and wee Diomande did well. The wee fella is a player, some sublime touches during the match. Shout out to Todd, thought he was brilliant along with big Leon and Mr Dessers. Tav and Sterling very good, Soutter a bit shaky, but a good win. 3 points against Saints and we'll see what they are made if when they visit Dundee later in the day.

22 apr 2024 15:01:53
hi seeker, its strange that soutter seems to follow a good game with a very poor one, it seems to happen all the time,

yes cantwell git firward more, still love to see him shoot more, and dessers is an enigma, numbers great yet often looks awful, maybe he will finish with 25 goals plus, let's hope so mate.

22 Apr 2024 15:02:31
Thought he was ok yesterday but looked very leggy even in first half.
I’d like to see Diomande and Sterling in there would provide plenty of energy and both can keep posesession.

22 Apr 2024 15:12:36
He's not the answer imho going forward we need some1 more physical to compliment diomonde.

22 Apr 2024 15:19:50
Seeker totally agree. I also thought that Tav had one of his better defensive displays, From the of the whole team looked up for it, Hopefully it continues until the end of May.
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22 Apr 2024 15:43:42
Hopefully Goldson never kicks a ball for us again. Give Balogun another years deal.

22 apr 2024 15:59:46
im not sure tav was any better defensively mate, i don't think he can defend fullstop but that's just me, i thought hearts made it easy for him.

22 Apr 2024 16:58:55
Tav was much better defensively yesterday. From the eye test anyways.

Not sure if it was Hearts lack of ability that made Tav look better though.

Though Balogun was great. Cantwell very good but a bit hesitant in front of goal.

Sterling is a beast, could be some player if user correctly.

Dessers. nah i'm not even saying it lol.

22 Apr 2024 17:10:00
Blackadder, I would also give Balogun a new contract.

22 Apr 2024 18:11:40
No brainer for me, Mark. he's our best defender by a country mile. Add two central defenders in the summer. Get rid of Goldson, Davies and Souttar.

22 Apr 2024 21:11:43
Can't see us selling Soutter Blackadder.