Rangers Debates 2

22 Mar 2026 13:56:38
We are truly in this title fight.

We can do this!

22 Mar 2026 14:06:36
Could be looking at a new helicopter Sunday btw. Even goal difference is tight.

22 Mar 2026 14:11:46
Pragmatic disciplined performances and we win all 7.

22 Mar 2026 14:27:29
Aphelion, Celtic's luck has to run out, mate, what a Sunday, Sunderland beaten that lot and them losing.

22 Mar 2026 14:31:34
What a result.
Setting it up perfectly for us. We can do this.

22 Mar 2026 14:37:33
Feels strange being positive, Hertha BSC winning today also, delighted.
Now onto the most important match of the day, hoping we kick start our league campaign by beating an outstanding Tromso side.

22 Mar 2026 14:41:13
We will never have a better chance, keep winning, keep believing.

22 Mar 2026 15:33:05
Great result, but we just need to concentrate on what we do one game at a time and keep ticking the wins off.

22 Mar 2026 19:03:51
Again, Dundee United only focus.

22 Mar 2026 19:38:51
Unlucky with the Brann result, Aphe. Long way to go though. Thought you were being a bit greedy wanting every one of the teams you like to win. 😂

22 Mar 2026 20:03:24
Maybe Angus, 🤣 although I am devastated the one defeat this weekend is the one I have to deal with in the office tomorrow.

One thing that I will say is running a football club is easy when you're winning.

23 Mar 2026 09:44:06
I can only imagine as unlikely to ever be in that position. I imagine that everyone will be down, as all efforts during the week will be on that 90 minute period, and when it doesn't go well, then it must seem sometimes like all that effort didn't end up being what you wanted.

The good thing about football is that it gives you the perfect opportunity to try to rectify matters.

It is still a relatively new manager you have, and a few new signings in this and last transfer window, so it will take a little while for things to settle to allow the team to reach their potential. Difficult though when you were good last season and challenging to the end. I suppose it just meant that everyone else would strengthen as well to combat that.

23 Mar 2026 09:59:30
Yes, my friend, big thing is all our rivals have managed to keep hold of their top players for the first half of the season.

We have lost Eivind Helland and Emil Kornvig after our valuations were met.

23 Mar 2026 15:54:08
Dusting off the Big Marv T shirt now.

22 Mar 2026 12:54:28
Is that us had over 20 goals chopped off now this season? Just wondering as we apparently get everything going 👍

22 Mar 2026 13:49:32
Laudrup, but how many of those were correctly chopped off?

22 Mar 2026 13:54:15
Celtic are losing 2-0 now.

22 Mar 2026 13:56:58
19 Angus. 😉😂

22 Mar 2026 14:05:07
Sterling's, Souttar's, yesterday's, and will be others wrongful goals disallowed. The referees, and more so VAR, are useful in Scotland.

22 Mar 2026 14:05:30
In that twenty, I meant.

22 Mar 2026 14:09:42
Angus, I know some correct every team can say same. My point is just a question. Would like to see a table.

22 Mar 2026 14:11:17
I know it's sarcasm, Aph, but not 19, mate.

22 Mar 2026 14:32:54
Laudrup, the table would be the same though, and so would my question. How many of the goals which are disallowed for any team were correctly disallowed in that table?

It was harsh but yesterday Barron's hand stopped the ball moving away from the Aberdeen goal; whether it was deliberate or accidental doesn't matter. It allowed us to attack and score in the same phase of play.

The ref didn't see it in real time, as he was ducking to get out of the way of it to stop him doing the same thing.

I always ask the question so will ask you. If they had scored at the end of the same move, with it hitting their player's hand, would you think it was handball? The same conspiracy stories would be out again. (Not saying yours is that though btw).

22 Mar 2026 21:07:38
Angus, I'm pretty sure I heard it mentioned yesterday that we have had 20 goals disallowed so far this season?

22 Mar 2026 22:44:26
I may be wrong, but how far back does VAR go back regarding a goal scored? That's twice I can remember it's been against us, first when McCulugh won possession and we scored against Celtic and against Aberdeen.

23 Mar 2026 07:23:58
Is it not the attacking phase of play, bud.

23 Mar 2026 09:44:53
Fork, yes it is, and since that attacking phase actually would have started with Barron's hand ball, they weren't going to miss it.

23 Mar 2026 10:31:20
The bigger problem is inconsistency. You can't allow Shankland's basketball rules goal in the same discussion.

23 Mar 2026 12:15:40
Rostosto, there is an issue with consistency, but sometimes that is down to subjectivity; not in this case, granted.

Shankland's goal should have been chopped off, and Collum came out and said that, I think. But even though they allowed Shankland's, I wouldn't want the next hand ball to be allowed just to achieve that consistency.

So, despite Shankland's goal being allowed, Barron was still hand ball. Two wrongs don't make a right, as they say.

22 Mar 2026 09:39:29
Support and time.
I know at Rangers these two things are a rarity but they go far and has been evidenced multiple times this season.

Mikey Moore - first 4 months people were saying on here they would drive him back to London just to get rid.
Now the same people want to spend £20 million.

Nasser Djiga - first 6 months people wanted him sent back for being quote" useless, Donkey and never a footballer"
Now the same people want him signed for more of £7 million.

Emmanuel Fernandez - first 6 months people wanted a police investigation into this signing.
Now people want other clubs to pay £20 million plus for his services.

That is just 3 examples from this season alone.
From previous seasons I could add vaclav Cerny, abdallah sima and Malik Tillman to name just 3 more.

We Rangers fans have an uncanny habit of writing players off to early and completely getting things wrong.

22 Mar 2026 10:28:21
Be lucky getting Moore for 20m, Aphelion. I would love him being a Rangers player. Maybe a buy-back and large sell-on would get it done, but I'm still very doubtful at that, though.

22 Mar 2026 10:40:05
I do get what you're meaning though, Aphelion, this is just Rangers, don't start off on fire you're useless, Fernandez was always getting time, Djiga started off well they made a mistake just about every game he played, but he's now showed what he's capable of, read some crap about the problem being Souttar, he has been off form since returning from injury, but this Djiga's made easily stupid mistakes because that was his partner at cb, read some nonsense and that's right up there.

22 Mar 2026 13:43:39
Can't argue with that assessment mate. Spot on.

22 Mar 2026 13:52:09
Fans make snap decisions at times too. If you are good in your first few games then mistakes are overlooked. I watched Rommens yesterday, and whilst he was excellent again, he was caught upfield attacking by long balls.

He also lost challenges deep as well. That isn't a criticism btw as this will happen for an attacking FB. However, the same courtesy isn't given to our other FBs.

22 Mar 2026 13:58:00
I agree 100% with that, Angus.

22 Mar 2026 17:53:32
Those points above, Aph, are why I'm not writing Olsen off. Maybe we can renegotiate the deal to keep him on loan until the January window and Option to buy then?

22 Mar 2026 19:05:57
To be fair to them, Russel Martin made everyone look rank rotten.

23 Mar 2026 07:26:21
His role changed, Angus, if you noticed he was inverting and coming up the old inside left channel, wasn't just an out n out LB tbf.

23 Mar 2026 09:46:57
Correct, Fork, he was and actually was in the striker's position at some points. It wasn't meant as a criticism, just that players are asked to play a certain way, and it doesn't always fit in with the old-school football we were all brought up with. FBs are there to defend and get forward occasionally, as opposed to the opposite sometimes these days.

21 Mar 2026 22:17:07
What's the chances of us keeping Mikey Moore apart from zero? 😂

The kid just glides across the grass with the ball stuck to his foot! Hope we can get him for another loan season.

And the hand ball rule is absolutely ridiculous! If it's not hand to ball, it's not hand ball. Some of the goals that have been disallowed for all clubs due to ridiculous hand ball decisions is insane!

22 Mar 2026 09:24:49
Not a chance the new Manager is ripping that team apart and he'll get a crack at the whip. If they get relegated there will be an exodus from Spurs and he will benefit from a season in The Championship. He's replaceable thou like all our previous players who have left.

21 Mar 2026 20:25:47
Great 3 points over the moon. Just need 2 keep it going. Also Great to see Tav do what he does best 👌.

22 Mar 2026 09:09:13
+6 over Celtic. Good to see. 👍

21 Mar 2026 20:14:32
Moore different gravy tonight against the woolies and tav's goal at the very end could be so important when this title is finally decided 🤔Felt so sorry for Miovski getting his goal chalked off after his terrific left foot finish and like i've said many times before,
he for me is the best/most natural finisher at Ibrox 🤔 Good performance tonight and 3 points in the bag 👍now on to the Dundee United game on the 4th april ie.7 cup finals left 🤔

21 Mar 2026 20:32:26
Hopefully they don't get three points tomorrow, sws. Something tells me they will drop points in Dundee before the split, mate. Maybe wishful thinking, or maybe going on past results: both games for Celtic in Dundee this season were lost, 2-0 against Dundee and 2-1 against Dundee Utd.

21 Mar 2026 21:03:51
Was that when Nancy was manager?

21 Mar 2026 21:56:27
Moore and Rommens are developing a great understanding on that side. If we keep Moore next season, we'd be very dangerous down that side.

21 Mar 2026 22:12:58
No, the 2-0 Dundee defeat was with Mon in charge. United was with Nancy. I just found the new thing called Google where you can check these sort of things. 🤷😂

21 Mar 2026 22:37:31
Was Brenda in charge at the 2-0 defeat to Dundee. 👀👀

22 Mar 2026 10:03:44
Storm, you managed to come on here to ask, and Google would be quicker. And it means I and others have to be arsed to do the checking for you. btw you got 2 answers so 🤷, my check was wrong and it was Rodgers. You call it snide, I call it sarcasm and making an obvious point.

22 Mar 2026 12:35:32
Angus, maybe you should Google better, as Sky has reported that Oneill is unbeaten against Dundee United, 20 games 20 wins before today. 👍 Google is not your friend.

22 Mar 2026 12:37:16
That's not my problem. If you do it, you don't need to, Angus.

Just seen this before my post before. 🤣

22 Mar 2026 13:53:07
I did get it wrong because I couldn't be arsed Googling it. 😂

22 Mar 2026 13:58:31
Hahahhaa Angus, he doesn't look like he is winning this one today. Could be a very good day for Rangers and Hearts.

20 Mar 2026 22:20:56
American companies are ruthless. $63million investment with no ROI for next 12months. Remember Cavenagh has to answer to 49rs. They will have a projected income with detailed timeframe, and it won't be based on Bayesian Analysis bull but cold, hard, cash.

20 Mar 2026 23:05:33
Andrew answers to no one.

20 Mar 2026 23:26:10
Jesus Christ, is it a full moon tonight?

21 Mar 2026 00:02:30
Must be Dado, cause am howling.

21 Mar 2026 05:17:24
What a pile of. 💩

21 Mar 2026 05:56:14
So you're saying there is uncertainty by your "not based on cold hard cash" and not based on Bayesian analysis, and you also mention timeframe and projected income. So you're saying your projected analysis has an air of uncertainty.
Do you actually know what this theorem is used for? The cold, hard cash will be factored in the hypothesis of the theorem you try to say they will not be using.

The existing hypothesis is a movable feast; the theorem allows for learning. As a parameter moves, so does the hypothetical theorem, which can be adjusted accordingly. Just saying.

21 Mar 2026 06:12:11
Apologies should read "based on cold hard cash", ignore the "not".

21 Mar 2026 07:44:01
Forgot to add in credible intervals, which provide statement analysis at necessary points to give true value to the existing parameters and theorem at any given stage in the forecast.
Basically, they would not be doing it if it wasn't viable for them to actually do what they are doing.

Too many forget the 49ers are only one part of a consortium of high-powered minds; these minds know more than most of the machinations of running financial risk/reward strategy. This is not short-term.

21 Mar 2026 08:09:43
still can't get the relevance of your name but it will come to me; another attempt by you ar being smart here.

however far from being "bull, " Bayesian methods are a well-accepted toolkit in US finance for updating risk assessments and earnings forecasts as new data arrives, specifically because they handle market uncertainty more accurately than rigid "hard cash" projection.

Research has found that companies managed for the long term actually saw revenue and earnings growth 47% and 36% higher, respectively, than their short-term-focused peers.

so as others say prioritising long-term structural health over immediate returns is a core tenet of the new board's strategy. keep hoping though as Rangers are coming to get you.👍

21 Mar 2026 11:43:47
Totally trying to sound smart without actually looking at the theorem he is trying to use against his statement of uncertainty, to realise that's what Bayesian Analysis and theorems exist for.

Knew you'd bite Angus. 😄👍

21 Mar 2026 13:29:31
Can't help it, Fork. I know he does it to get a reaction, but when he writes something where he is talking absolute tom kite, I struggle not to. First thing I do, though, is try to work out how his 'smart' name is a dig at the club.

The one is a little obtuse, but it must be there.

btw, only bit after you did. 😂

21 Mar 2026 14:21:51
I'm the same mate. 😉 😄 👍

21 Mar 2026 15:55:02
Google is a wonderful tool!

21 Mar 2026 15:56:57
Better off ignoring this guy.

21 Mar 2026 17:25:50
Used correctly, then yes.

21 Mar 2026 22:13:42
Google to add a little meat to the information that people already know is great. 👍

22 Mar 2026 06:01:54
100% bud. 👍