Rangers Banter Archive March 11 2015

11 Mar 2015 21:24:11
great news today stuart mccoll new manager, wee stuart will give those duds a bit of belief and motivation and hopfully push us on to next level let's face it guys he can't do any worse, the wee man is a true ger from 9 in a row era and will give his all let's all get behind him watp

11 Mar 2015 20:14:14
if the tweet story is correct about the new director, I sincerely hope the new regime will remove him immediately for tarnishing the name of the club. After all we have already been through!

11 Mar 2015 20:39:10
Spot on Wee Bill.
Regardless of the alleged tweet the man comes across as a right bellend anyway. Dunno why the board seen fit to appoint the tube in the first place. He does a lot of self appointed talking apparently on behalf of Rangers supporters but I've yet to meet one that values his opinion. Utter muppet!

11 Mar 2015 21:03:49
Bay, totally agree and a bellend is far too polite. Crazy appointment, but possibly they think that he actually was a spokesperson.

11 Mar 2015 22:02:40
Bay ime in agreement mate most people give him pelter when his name comes up, anywhere anytime.

11 Mar 2015 22:29:34
i feared this would happen the rest of supporters organisations will be miffed especially when he is a super tube tells king an co what they want to hear

What tweet wee bill?

12 Mar 2015 07:03:34
A tweet from 2 months ago,

12 Mar 2015 08:43:05
He sent a tweet to a readical muslim cleric with a picture of the Prophet Mohamed tossing off JaJa Binx from Star Wars. And wrote "if you didn't like the last one, your going to hate this one". This was on je suis Charlie. I am not a Chris Graham fan he doe snot speak for me. However 1 Millions people took to the street of Paris to say free speech not racism. James Cook from the BBC trawled over Chris's Twitter account for anything he could to stick it to him, the two have history over the BBC's stories over the club in particular Jack Irvines leaks to BBC's Chris Mclaughlin. Cook and Graham have conversed with harsh words on twitter for some time. Cook has somewhat of a score to settle with him. Again not a Graham fan only sharing what I have witnessed on twitter.

12 Mar 2015 08:50:47
Couldn't agree more and very glad to see round agreement that the guy is a total fud and has to go before his backside even gets the chance to warm a director's chair. His appointment was a serious misjudgment. Its the second clear sign in a week that this board are not as in tune with the real fans as people have been presuming they would be. (The first being king's now proven lie to the fans, at glasgow airport before the egm, that the nomad was lined up and would be all sorted "in a day or so".) Please fellow bears, let's not treat them like heroes and presume everything is hunky dory now just because they ousted he last pack of rats. They are the custodians of our club now and we should make sure they are accountable to us. Graham should be relieved of his duties today, no reason for delay.

12 Mar 2015 09:03:14
should be imeditally removed
no room for this behaviour in our
club we need rebuild our image not tarnish it more craig houston sos
deserves to be on there instead
of him done a lot more for the club
than just poping up with odd interviews

12 Mar 2015 09:19:43
Yes he should be removed for his offensive tweet, then again he might find some of the comments about him, bellend, tube, muppet offensive. a bit of pot kettle there.
r.f

12 Mar 2015 10:35:53
you have a duty when u are rangers director so your past and present will be scrutnised if this was liambias or easdale we would be shouting from roof tops to remove them so why should he be any difrent papers ain't going stop printing bad stories so its now up to the present board directors fans ect to not give the press amunition to right bad headlines about our club

11 Mar 2015 18:49:39
I feel very proud today as I drove by our great stadium to see all the flags above the hollowed secret rangers fc logo and very proud that McCall has came home

11 Mar 2015 20:28:45
If I'm being totally honest here stuart mccall wasn't my own personal choice to be our next rangers manager but that's not to say I don't rate him as a good head coach because I do rate him, I welcome stuart mccall as the next rangers manager and will back him 100% at our games, I would now love mccall to bring in neil mccann as his no.2, what do you think ed & all fellow 'gers fans?

11 Mar 2015 20:38:18
Hollowed secret?LOL
Hallowed sacred.Close enough.

11 Mar 2015 21:27:38
Let's see what he can do till the end of the season and I totaly agree with Neil McCann as a number two. Hopefully this can be a benefit to us and maybe put a bit of energy into the team. God knows they need it

11 Mar 2015 22:05:51
Bobster20 I also think neil mccann would be a very good appointment ime surprised he has not moved to the top of the tree, anybodies tree, as I like the guy anytime he says something it always sounds very sensible eh.

Yes, McCann talks sense and I think he is the mould of coach that would be what we are looking for to assist McCall.

11 Mar 2015 18:36:00
is there been anything on whether McDowall is staying beside McCall or is he on gardening leave as well now

11 Mar 2015 18:50:02
Some of the papers stating he will not be part of set up. It leaves the way open for amicable discussions between the club and McCoist and Macdowall. Hopefully their future will be decided imminently.

11 Mar 2015 20:41:02
Diggin up turnips as we speak.

11 Mar 2015 20:41:48
craig 1978 mcdowell will not be staying

12 Mar 2015 00:32:31
Glad to see the back of McDowall. His attitude was disgraceful. Every time he was interviewed he couldn't wait to tell everyone that he didn't want to be there but he was still happy to pick up his ridiculous wages. His lack of managerial ability and lack of interest shone through. At least now we have a chance of getting through the play offs with a manager that won't lack passion and is hungry for the job. Might not be enough to get us up but we stand a much better chance now

11 Mar 2015 18:02:46
Hypothetical here, but if McCall comes in and we win the all our games, which would mean promotion, do you think he would have to be offered the job full time? What do you think.

For the record, I am not saying we will win these games, please pick up on the question. Cheers.

p.s

I am still an advocate for MacInnes, but could be swayed.

11 Mar 2015 18:19:35
I think motherwell will cum back to haunt mccall in the playoffs.

I think he will be told get us up and playing good football and you are in pole position for the job. I personally want McInnes but I rate McColl as a coach based on his recent work with the Scotland team. The players like him and respect him.

Looking forward to us recalling Gasparotto and McKay plus all the quality youth getting a game now.

11 Mar 2015 18:38:29
I now think we will get promoted under Stuart McCall and he will then deserve a shot at a longer term contract.

Really admire the man, look at how he left Motherwell when he felt he could not take them forward unlike Kenny McDull who carries on picking up a wage while constantly whingeing about not wanting to be there. Disgusting attitude and so glad we now have a man with undoubted integrity in charge.

Martybhoy, He might haunt them.

11 Mar 2015 18:55:07
Surely another world record . 3 managers at the same club!! . The all things rangersness is being rolled out trying to get the fans trust whilst the board treats them as cash cows. We have heard DK's preferd option of de- listing from the AIM leaving private investors to trade at way below there current value. MA reportedly has told DK his "Walking Away Price is £27million & will rip up them Bombproof ", Onerous" Contracts, That's why this guy is a Billionaire He sees an option & a quick £17million is made & all security over assets returned & DK now knows the full extent of the figures & they don't make pretty viewing as the black hole of monthly out goings is worse than he feared.

11 Mar 2015 19:04:36
Naz, I don't agree with you about Macdowall. He is obviously out of his depth, he knows it, and is not comfortable in that position. He has made it abundantly clear that he does not want the job, perhaps he feels nothing he can do can improve the current situation. There are none of us perfect. Hopefully McCoist and Macdowall will be moved on soon.

11 Mar 2015 19:20:03
That's one way to look at it naz but it's well documented how a lot of the players and McCall didn't get on. Some people will see it how you see it and others will say he left when the going got tough? Not saying I feel that way but a lot of Motherwell supporters do.

11 Mar 2015 20:24:59
Titsup ashley will get his money bsck, like it or lump it, the contracts are only his until the loans are paid back, then he holds under 10 pc,

11 Mar 2015 20:55:35
Titsup another thing it will be in our history books about the 3 managers, will your history books tell about yous getting put out of europe 3 times in the one season, back door, put back in after getting horse a few times, lol that's not history book material, that's joke book material eh funny as feck o
lol

11 Mar 2015 22:08:55
Its better than getting knocked out of Europe 3 times in one season

11 Mar 2015 22:11:48
Kt have the youngsters that are out on loan been called back yet as I've not seen it posted anywhere, or is it your opinoin they should be called back, ime only asking pal.

Ashleys contracts are NOT that watertight they were dodgy enough for his lawyer to accept without refute an email from Somers actually stating the contracts were contestable!
I think we will be disputing and likely either cancelling all said contracts and boycott of all SD goods until that date.

12 Mar 2015 04:37:42
Better than knocked out 2 Ramsden finals & a Petrofac Training cup!! There's comedy gold Eddie & r m .

12 Mar 2015 14:30:22
So, ma is a billionaire ( a real one) and you think that the contracts he will have drawn up will not be watertight. This isn't written on the back of a fag packet stuff, this is aguy who knows he can make money out of nothing and he is right. The only way out of this is to either buy him off or to try and renegotiate a longer term of the contract with a slightly better return in the clubs favour but that ties the money up even longer. In terms of getting knocked out of Europe. can't believe you have the brass neck to laugh at us gettting knocked out of Europe considering the fact that is you had managed to win a game at the beginning of this debacle then you may not have gone bust. A lot of very dark times to come over the next 4-5 years for Rangers fans, I feel. Promotion this year definetely not a certainty. Hibs and Hearts are the form teams in the league and QOS and Falkirk will both fancy their chances against Rangers ina one off cup tie, especially knowing the penchant for bottling it that Rangers have. Assuming you get past one of them then you have to play Hibs, not going to be easy irrespectiv eof who is on the boardrom or dugout. The problem is the players simply are not good enough, and they cannot cope with the other teams in the league not lying down to them. Another year in the championship beckons, but at least you will be able to rid yourselves of a lot of the dross at the end of the season, but will there be any money for players??

11 Mar 2015 17:20:24
McColl in till end of season, Gasparotto, McKay recall. Murdoch, Hardie, Gallagher, Walsh and Templeton back in the team please.

KT

11 Mar 2015 17:13:36
Just breaking on BBC website that Stuart McCall has been appointed as Rangers manager until the end of the season. Hurrah!

11 Mar 2015 17:50:19
And sum people were already criticising because statements went made earlier, u really didn't make it up could you, they've suspended 3 men and brother in a new manager in less than a week, not good enuf for sum tho

11 Mar 2015 20:27:54
tommy as I start as they mean to go on they have been working on takeover for years they knew situation that existed its not as if it just happened they want and need our support from the start so they mustprove they mean what they say

11 Mar 2015 21:08:37
U really need to get Sumone to tell you how the business world works m8, 3 suspended, and a new manager, all in less than 6 days, and you expect more, god help us all!

11 Mar 2015 22:56:10
tommy I have forgot more about buisness than u will ever know in every hostile takeover the first thing that happens the axe comes out to nullify claims for handouts

11 Mar 2015 14:36:52
It has now got to the ridiculous stage with Rangers - the axe has to wielded.

I would keep Templeton and play the under 20's

We have got to get rid of the rot.

11 Mar 2015 15:09:08
I think we will see major changes shortly, though it may be a return to the past, Walter, brown, and even ally, until they can get a new man in for next season, Alex Neil would have been a perfect fit, that ship may have sailed, but I think he may be one of our own, so u never know,

11 Mar 2015 17:15:06
That ship has turned into a speedboat ffs, plus it would cost a fortune in comp to get him from Norwich.

11 Mar 2015 17:23:45
tommy behave man if I never heard macoist name again it would be to soon

11 Mar 2015 18:03:47
Ure posts are really starting to be pretty poor wull, I never even came close to supporting ally, I said I can see it happening, now mcoll has been appointed, I'm glad of that, you have been screaming for statements for a week, like people who have invested their time and money have no right to take their time and study the books and how the land lies

11 Mar 2015 18:05:26
And gkk, isn't that almost exactly what I said pal, ffs read before u spout,!

11 Mar 2015 20:33:18
cannot be alex neil jr tennant did not have him on his list

11 Mar 2015 14:17:42
Does anybody no how long the 4 guys from Newcastle are out for and can rangers cancel their loans if they will be out for too long

11 Mar 2015 14:22:05
why would we want to cancel their loans? we don't pay their wages. they can all come to us in the summer if they like. atleast they try.

11 Mar 2015 13:14:16
just been reading the match report on our official web site.
quote" the result leaves us on EQUAL points with Hibs but still in third on goal difference "
Exactly who is it writes this drivel?? It sums up the whole state of our club, out of touch, out of sorts, and out of ideas!!
Thu club is an utter embarrassment these days

11 Mar 2015 13:47:57
you think that's bad look in today record I got this from it

“This is out chance to show Rangers fans re simply the best. We can save the club £5m a year by mucking in.”

Some fans have questioned the health and safety implications of such a move

why r we so soft these days y does everyone want wrapped in cotton wool can't we just do a job like are fathers and grandfathers did?

11 Mar 2015 16:33:20
We are no soft but we do have laws that require that any job undertook is done in a safe manner without risk to yourself or others, or would you like to go back to your grandfathers day when yu had to tip your hat to the bosses.

11 Mar 2015 22:23:06
Repeepil ide imagine most of the volenteers would be tradesmen and be covered insurence wise, and can't see people volenteering without looking into these things beforehand eh

11 Mar 2015 12:57:54
Poll of the day bit the dust then?

{Ed001's Note - I don't have time to keep finding questions mate, sorry.}

11 Mar 2015 12:05:52
I was wondering if j r tennent has any ideas on who he thinks our new manager might be?

KT

11 Mar 2015 12:09:21
He are you looking for his first choice, or 57th?

11 Mar 2015 11:17:05
i see some posters on about refurb for ibrox right this minute in time there are more pressing matters ie results and sucess on the field get that the rest will follow in due time

11 Mar 2015 11:52:59
hate to say but fans can't change results. on the other hand fans can help fix the stadium which has been neglected for 4 years now.

11 Mar 2015 13:12:37
Am I the only bear that finds this fix up Ibrox free of charge idea embarrassing?

Bad enough Ashley employing staff on minimum wages and zero hour contracts but get fans to put in a shift for nothing while the likes of McCoist earns two grand a day for sitting on his backside, forget it.

We now have some very wealthy men on our board and frankly it makes them look like complete cheapskates if they accept free labour. Think about it.

11 Mar 2015 14:09:56
your talking guff Naz
its guys who love this club that are offering todo it. o would def help if I thought that doing so helped the club invest in players and staff.
king has already stated we need to do these fixes and that he has money set aside for them.
stop beeing so negative

11 Mar 2015 14:53:25
Naz, you are wrong m8, the guys who want to help are rangers fans who may be unemployed or talented, they would take great pride in helping rebuild our home, why do you have a problem with that? If sellik fans volunteered to tidy the mechano set they would be called working class hero's,! Don't you understand that rangers need to save money and if the fans want to help I can't comprehend how you would object, let alone say its embarrassing? I've watched fans across Europe clear snow from parks, roads etc to help their club, and you don't want that? You need to have a long hard think m8, Rangers fans want to help, you stay at home and greet about it,

11 Mar 2015 15:17:59
No Daddyo, if we want to say we are a huge club and an institution then having to beg folk to do work on Ibrox for free makes a mockery of that.

I guarantee if Celtic had asked their fans to do the same when the Bunnet took over we would be having a laugh at them for being cheapskates.

Mike Ashley will be happy though.

Naz,

I see where you are coming from but honesty in the financial position we are in currently even if we are saving 1million a year with some Rangers fans carrying out maintenance work for the love of the team, it is 1 million pounds towards other areas we will need to spend money on

Everything contributes and it would I feel be a good pointer for the future.

If not then we should at least be employing in the local community

KT

There are two issues here.
In the current financial position is this a sensible idea?
Yes.

Does it make the club seem like a cheapskate laughingstock?
Yes

So everybody is right. It depends on your perspective.

11 Mar 2015 18:15:57
Total pxxh, any rangers fan would take pride in helping to rebuild Ibrox park, as would any sellik fans, to help with legoland, utter tripe to put that down, in fact its beyond belief, maybe we should just pay a fortune to a big building company, and just maybe Charlie green mite own that company, so according to sum, fans wanting to help his club and have an everlasting connection to his stadium and club isn't welcome, because sum here fans believe its beyond us, ed please let these people aware of how far out of touch they are,

11 Mar 2015 20:52:19
your still talking guff naz lol.

dave king nor any of the new board have asked (begged in your words) any1 to do this.
these are honest rangers fans offering (actually they will prob have to beg for time off work) to do this off ther own back at no cost to the club in anyway.

i say hats off to them,
well played,
if ther was more like them my club would never see the like of the past 3 years again

unfortunately we have far too many on this site that are negative

Daddyo!

11 Mar 2015 10:15:09
Simple as this fellow bears we need a new short term manager in now before our next league game against livingston on saturday, bring in someone who can motivate these players and who knows with fresh ideas and a different style there still might be a chance that we will get up through the play offs, so please mr.king & co act NOW before it is too late and get a manager in 'till the end of the season and it still gives you a considerable amount of time for you to choose our next longterm manager, mcdowall just ain't up to it and bringing back mccoist is most certainly NOT the answer, I was there again last night against queen of the south and it was absolutely deplorable, queens were the better team, our team needs a hard kick up the backside!

11 Mar 2015 10:56:15
no tips on new manager today

11 Mar 2015 12:17:31
What about ian hoolaway as a short term fix till the end of season a gud motivator he is out of work could be a good combination till the end of season just a thought

11 Mar 2015 08:31:56
the manager has to be relived of his duties
i thought we couldn't get a worse manager than mccoist but we ovibously can how on earth does he expect boyd to score goals if he is playing one game droped the next he needs a run of games the mangers tactics ovibously ain't working yet he seems to keep playing them am sick of the rubbish he serves up I could do a better job my self hutton should be no wear near the team
its time drop every single one of these players and replace them with all the youth team walsh hardie callager could play up front mccorie as the keeper halkett pascazio central defence mills left back right midfield ramsay centre mid dykes and murdoch stoney left mid oldies are doing the team a diservice so drop the lot off them

11 Mar 2015 08:56:02
McDowell was 50% of the McCoist problem. I think McDowell was running the team training and McCoist was partaking in that training. Then McCoist would pick the team. How many pictures did we see of players training at Murray Park and McCoist was running around with them.

The players have became complacent and do not respect any management team in there at the moment. Too many are not trying and do not care, win, lose or draw.

11 Mar 2015 09:19:58
apart from bell ( how long is this shoulder injury going to last ) wallace, clark and the young boys that have been given a few appearances, every other player can go at the end of the season!!

11 Mar 2015 09:51:11
Theres no way that the club could afford to let all of the other players go. I can see one year contracts being offered to the majority of the 12 players out of contract. Most of these players will hopefully become squad players over the next year. I can see us bringing in five first team starters over the summer.

The only problem that I can forsee, should we stay in the Championship is attracting good players to play at that level.

11 Mar 2015 10:00:13
wallace should be droped aswel he is not good at defending he runs all day up and down the left side but that's about all he good at no quality or end product paul dixon and andrew robertson are better if I got 500k wallace I would take it

11 Mar 2015 10:02:58
Every picture I seen from Auchenhowie was of fat Ally pissing himself laughing with his dial going purple, even after bad defeats.

11 Mar 2015 10:20:43
Got to say I wasn't surprised when it was mentioned he dropped his keks for target practice in the changing room. that's what I really can't understand in the whole thing. If this guy was coached in the methods of Walter Smith for years prior to getting the job - what happened? Was it like the situ when the teacher leaves then the kids get out of control? I dunno if Walter had told McCoist at the beginning of his second term in 2007 that he would vouch for him to be the next manager - did McCoist actually learn or did he just decide to be involved as much as he had to be until Walter decided to leave? The mind boggles?

I would hope as time passes, we can look back to Ally the legend player rather than the manager. Much the same way as in the rightful acclaim that John Greig now receives. Some people are just not cut out to be a manager.

Craig8688, Would definitely put Gallacher and Stoney into the team, would be a vast improvement.

11 Mar 2015 00:41:01
So now there is one game in hand and a gap of two points behind the team in front. Still in the clubs own hands to make the play-offs but not under the present management and players. Its amazing what a new man at the helm can do to the existing players. Look at Villa after Lambert left and Palace (Even across the City when NL took over a team dead on its feet). A fresh look and new ideas can bolster the existing squad. I agree at least 70% of these players should not be here but until the club has sufficient funds and stability then it is what it is. BUT, if the board do not do something soon then its another season in the Championship (which might not be such a bad thing as it will get Hibs and Hearts out of the frame and I don't see any concerns playing the teams which look like coming down). Something has to change and it is NOW not later.

11 Mar 2015 01:40:11
Password we said the same thing when we reached the championship, we will beat who ever comes down then the 2 edinburgh clubs came down, we still thought we would win this league, I said on here after a few games we would strugle to make the play offs, and though I hoped I was wrong, I don't think we will go up, especially if we don't change the manager, I hope I am wrong, but would not bet on it, honestly mate would you.

11 Mar 2015 10:04:16
The way things are going at best we will need to beat either QofS or Falkirk, then Hibs, and then the second bottom team from the Premier League, all home and away. And that's only if by some fluke we scrape into the play off places. Can anybody see the above happening under the present regime?
Didn't think so!

10 Mar 2015 21:44:00
wasn't at the game - did we play well and did Mohsni coming on have anything to do with the equaliser?
Just curious - we definitely seem to have lost the will to live!! still say Mr King get McDowell, McCoist and Durrant away from Ibrox altogrther and start the bal rolling for next season NOW

11 Mar 2015 01:15:36
wee bill moshni partly to blame but last man zuliakas with a pathetic attempt at a takle was the real culprit

11 Mar 2015 01:46:17
Zodiac the last few games zal has played he has tried to put the head on a boucing ball, and his never managed to header it its hit his shoulder, the guy is too old, and imo the team would have a better chance using one of the under 20s, as using and auld guy that's either scared to head the ball maybe fear of upseting his hair, or his eye sight is failing badly, cause his head is as near to the ball as mine is .

11 Mar 2015 12:22:15
Another price of inspired signings by ally, very guy in Britain knew zaliukas was finished, ally outfoxed them all!

11 Mar 2015 12:51:16
cheers guys- I still think the centre backs should be Gasparotto and Faure. they are young and FIT which helps. I know a lot of fans don't rate Faure, but he played for Lyon and was a French youth cap centre back so he has a decent background, and his natural position is centre back, NOT right back.
If the new board have got finance available now, they should be paying off the three stoogies, but maybe keep on Durie until we get our new team on board.
The sad thing for me is that the SAME lot of players were doing ok until Hearts beat us in the first encounter, then all of a sudden it all went wrong? doesn't really stack up. And around that time the fans started to stay away, which I do believe has been the biggest factor in our demise on the park.

11 Mar 2015 16:55:44
Węe bill I agree that duke box should be giving more power, as he done well with the youngsters lasy season, and he is ideal for naming the youngsters, both strengths and weaknesses, I recon we should be feilding 6 youngsters at this stage in the league, as I think that would give us more chance of going up, young guys showing they have the legs and the bottle for the fight.