Rangers Debates 3

14 Aug 2026 20:24:53
There's been many posts about this blockbuster signing with Prem experience late in August. Does being out of Europa league chance that and is it still or was it ever actually happening/being pursued?

14 Aug 2026 21:21:10
Don't think it was ever happening tbh. Be interesting to see who the 3-5 players we bring in will be and if any have been mentioned on here previously.

14 Aug 2026 21:36:35
"Blockbuster" signing?! Did you actually believe that? C'mon, please tell me you didn't?

14 Aug 2026 23:25:42
Anthony Martial was a player, according to Lundstram, not blockbuster for me.

14 Aug 2026 23:26:19
Lundstram was the poster that said there was a blockbuster signing being lined up. The guy knew he would take flak for it and has actually come on and told us who the player was, but that it has now been kaiboshed.

The player in question was Anthony Martial.

15 Aug 2026 02:15:01
It wasn't a blockbuster signing, it was another player that has been finished for years.

14 Aug 2026 18:29:52
No Djiga for Wolves tonight, get him back up the road to us. He was raw at the start, but was only 22 tbf and knows the score now.

14 Aug 2026 20:25:17
He's on the bench.

14 Aug 2026 20:44:23
Maybe he was the steady partner Fernandes needed last season.

14 Aug 2026 21:12:30
We need an experienced centre half brought in, someone who's a starter each week, and who we plan on keeping at the club for a long time!
Djiga and Fernandez were the partnership that ultimately cost us the league last season, after the split!
Not blaming them solely, but to want them 2 back paired up is mental!

14 Aug 2026 21:26:15
Be better with Djiga and Makhanya as a pair. Wouldn't entertain another straight loan though.
I'd actually quite happily sell Fernandes if someone came in for him and we had time to get in an additional CB as replacement.


Same goes for Aasgaard, I'd rather have Joe Aribo back on a free to replace him and get funds in. I honestly think we still need 6/7 players.

15 Aug 2026 06:49:30
Why would u seriously want the defence from last season? Bar a few games after AFCON, he was dreadful most of the time. No thanks.

14 Aug 2026 18:03:32
I think we all have so much Rangers ptsd from the last decade that we have forgotten it takes time to rebuild a club from ground up.
AC and co have a long term plan and they are trying to put it into place, they need to ignore the noise and finally stick to it, back the manager and give him time to get the team/squad together that we all so desperately want. Not all transfers work out at any club and time is needed to get together the 18 or so settled players who will be with us for a prolonged period.

After that is when we can start adding the 1 or 2 real quality players in the transfer windows.
I'm frustrated and annoyed and these last 4 games have been brutal to witness but I'm backing my club to come good and still fully believe AC & Co. Have our best interests at heart, even worst case they hardly want to throw 150m ish in the bin they want that back and know winning is the way they will get it.
Keep the faith fellow bears

14 Aug 2026 19:24:31
Good post. 👍

14 Aug 2026 20:06:13
They'd need to win a super Euro lottery to get 150 million back cause it's pennies for winning our domestic competitions and we struggle with them!

14 Aug 2026 17:19:23
Out of the Europa League at the first hurdle. We drop to Conference League qualifying.

5 points behind in the league after 2 games.

First game of the domestic cup competitions starts this weekend for us.

We are where we are but what realistically does success look like for us this season?

14 Aug 2026 18:34:36
Finishing the season with the manager that we started it with.

14 Aug 2026 19:29:18
Win our League.
Win Europa Conference League.
Win League Cup.
Win Scottish Cup.
And on the way to doing that we also need to win every match we play in because we are Rangers and we must win every match.

14 Aug 2026 19:31:23
Ehl, agree alongside at least one piece silverware.

14 Aug 2026 19:45:17
EHL, that is my wish as well. Think AC will have learnt that, surely by now as well, that this is the one thing we need to progress.

14 Aug 2026 19:45:28
Agree with you both, EHL and John.

14 Aug 2026 19:55:37
2nd place or run them close, win with a small miracle, League Cup or Scottish Cup, last 16 or better of the Conference League and a team that resembles something that looks coached and organised.

It would help if we don't sack DM, but if he doesn't get results quick, he'll be gone and that's the reality. When the fans turn, and the stadium is well less than capacity holds, he'll get chased.

15 Aug 2026 02:16:13
We have absolutely no chance finishing with the same manager, and it would be another massive mistake to do so.

15 Aug 2026 08:01:27
Goal from open play and one from a corner.

15 Aug 2026 11:18:02
Do you think that will happen, EHL?

14 Aug 2026 16:54:58
Purdy and the jnr Thelwell need to be removed today, no more excuses and failed transfers

14 Aug 2026 16:31:05
Storm, we've won the league once in 10 year since being back (if we are back) I'd say we can't win the league playing 4-3-3 and perhaps playing 4-4-2 more often isn't a bad thing.

14 Aug 2026 16:20:53
I may have mentioned my worries once or twice. Even during preseason I voiced my concerns.

My favourite reply was to not to attend the games or watch on TV.

Now look where we are. Lagging behind in the SPL and out of the Europa and into obscurity.

But. and right now granted its a bigger but than Kim Kardasian 😊 we can still turn this season around. By that I mean, consolidate 2nd at the very, very least.

I'd start by getting the signings we need for problem postions that have been completely neglected (our defence/wings)

Which over time will stabilise and balance the squad.

Then we invest in one or two very good players not quite marquee but at least proven players with experience. We have until 2nd of September to do this and its non negotiable.

Meanwhile we need the manager to show us why he was chosen. Get the best out of the players that are here and those that are hopefully signed.

Go pick a starting 11 and a formation and stick with it for a few weeks only removing/adding players due to poor form or injury.

This will hopefully add some consistency.

Go win some games of football and get points on the board. Show signs of a gameplan, progression.

Win then win again, build and build not just in terms of points or momentum but the TRUST and confidence between players, manager and more importantly the fans.

We need stability. And it starts on Sunday by winning a game of football. Then we need to see players arrive ASAP

There will be more setbacks, misery, heartaches and defeat but we must pick ourselves up and go again.

We are Glasgow Rangers and we have a duty to those that are here now and to those that have gone before us.