Rangers banter 9

02 Sep 2026 23:17:47
I thought Derek McInnes was very honest and fair in his assessment of the match. I couldn't really argue with anything he said.

I also thought the panel were tonight too, didn't disagree with anything they said.

McFadden took the words out my mouth in regard to Fernandez. I'd just said to myself "why when he makes mistakes, does he blame everyone else for them"? That has to change. I get the runs every time he gets the ball.

And I also agree with the 3 of them
re Thelo. I like Scott Arfield think he's a cracking player and like Boyd, I'm baffled by the decision to loan him, especially with the lack of creativity in our squad.

The only thing that would make sense would be McInnes telling him he's unlikely to be a starter and him wanting more football. Will he get that with Anderlecht? We'll have to wait and see!

02 Sep 2026 22:52:25
Aasgaard is a loan signing I think that's poor.

02 Sep 2026 22:33:25
Another superb game for Nsio tonight. Delighted for him and his progress, he's unbeaten in league with Saint Mirren and proving a main stay

02 Sep 2026 23:42:22
He's looked better than most of what we've had in CM. Can we bring him back. 😅

02 Sep 2026 22:28:10
Three points, but that was absolutely brutal.

Shankland has dragged us out of Falk Blackjack with two goals. Minsu showed a few flashes and hit the post, but beyond that we were slow, careless and all over the place.

Rangers finished with 53% possession and 14 shots to Falkirk? (Falkirk had 12). Corners were 5–5 and Pandur made five saves. That tells you how close the game actually was.

Nedeljkovic was desperately unlucky with the own goal while trying to recover, but the defending throughout the move was far too easy to play through.

I'll always take an ugly away win, but let's not dress that up as a good performance. Shankland won us the game and papered over a fucking Grand Canyon of cracks.

Are we learning how to win ugly, or are we completely reliant on Shankland bailing us out?

02 Sep 2026 23:07:18
Gassama had a few good runs and looked dangerous but I agree, overall, that was torture.

02 Sep 2026 23:09:25
It's a brand new team, wins are the most important part right now, Nomad.

02 Sep 2026 23:23:14
On another night, Kim Minsu would have had a goal, but with the defending of Manny, we would have needed it. On any other day, he could have cost us all three points with his nonsense.

02 Sep 2026 23:43:00
Devlin & Raskin were honkin. No control and positionally off it.

03 Sep 2026 07:36:37
Also had a few on the road to nowhere. Dado needs to learn to pass the ball more.

02 Sep 2026 22:22:07
Where does a £9 million Kelsey fit in here, if big Lawrence is firing and where does that leave Miovski and Naderi?

03 Sep 2026 07:58:46
Let's worry about that when he is here. Just now, Shankland is the only one close to scoring. We need more from our strikers.

02 Sep 2026 22:19:21
Its so good to finally have a keeper that wee can trust in Pandur.

03 Sep 2026 07:59:17
Now just need defenders who we can trust too.

02 Sep 2026 22:13:12
Well not a good performance by any stretch of the imagination but 3pts which is much more important.

Shoutouts to Pandur who was, again, making ridiculous saves to pardon our blushes at the back. Gassama who has been an absolute live wire and a real threat, Shankland for a solid captains performance, 2 good goals and strong play throughout the 90.

I also think the Mcinnes subs worked today (McCrorie and Chukwuani each improved their positions). I feel for Kosta who was unlucky for his OG.

Still quite concerned at how poor we are and how much we struggle tk really control games but the effort snd indeed the result was there today and I'll take it.
Cheers