Rangers Banter Archive August 18 2015

18 Aug 2015 20:19:06
Had to share this Tweet from The Three Bears.
He dribbles like Iniesta.& he passes like Xavi. He's coming to the Rangers!
Gedion Zelalem is not only an English Premier league player he's also played in the Champions League against Galatasaray

18 Aug 2015 21:38:47
Selik are making inquiries.
Better get it done quick.

19 Aug 2015 08:18:43
Selik have been tracking him for a year through a 3rd party,
sporting integrity & all that :-)

18 Aug 2015 18:53:53
stadium work has been going on at ibrox this week fans will see reults on sunday painting work new signs etc

18 Aug 2015 18:17:45
Great news about the young Arsenal player, looks light years in front of Scott Allan. I have a question for ALLY and one or two others who constantly criticise the board and everything Rangers do including signing loan players, what would you rather was happening, would you rather have The Easdales and Ashleys stooges running the club and Kenny Mcdowall as head coach? Come on, cards on the table ALLY, what's your masterplan?

18 Aug 2015 18:47:02
the nearest he has to a plan is to keep shouting at king where is his £30m and the season book money has gone paying king and the the bears their loans back supposing sheik mansour took over he would still complain about there investment

18 Aug 2015 19:37:52
Looks light years in front of Scott Allan! Many times u seen him play 😆😆😆😆😆 away and gies peace!!

18 Aug 2015 19:37:58
Jane, The bulk of the criticism directed at DK is the fact that he made commitments and not fulfilled them.
As far as the management team's appointments are concerned, that was a master stroke and full credit to the board.
We must distinguish between the football team and the financial aspects of our club. In my opinion, on the footballing side our progress report would be 9 out of 10, whereas financially we would be lucky to look at 4 out of 10, and 3 of that due to our input.

18 Aug 2015 20:06:29
I can't remember people complaining when we signed steve Davis on loan are celtic fans complaining when they brought the striker from man city on loan. Even Chelsea have Falcao on loan it's no big deal

18 Aug 2015 20:51:57
billy no harping on what promises has the board not fulfilled

19 Aug 2015 04:09:37
BIGWULL, I think you know my feelings on this and I really don't care how we obtain players as long as they perform as a unit. Under Messrs. Weir and Warburton I think the team has started way beyond our wildest dreams. For that, DK etc. must take full credit for selecting such high calibre personnel.
Financially, I'll name just three, for starters --- 1. Nomad within 2 weeks of his takeover. 2. Stock market listing. 3. The marketing deal. Take them with his other financial commitments and thus my doubts on his credibility. In my opinion, he quite simply does not have the cash to back his rhetoric. I refer to cash not assets, that I believe are committed elsewhere. Remembering initially, that his family's pension fund were to be used to support the club. No trustee in this world would allow that sort of unsecured investment. [ apart from maybe dm's! sorry, could not resist.]
This lack of security available leads us back to the title deeds at Ibrox and ashley's controls.

19 Aug 2015 08:23:55
billy the man that done the most shouting about the title deeds was john brown noe he is firmly in kings camp sits in directors box if we did not have title deeds surely he would still be shouting better still ask him outright to clear the matter once and for all

19 Aug 2015 08:29:52
billyb your wrong on so many levels, Dave King has plenty money, he never said he was going to spend 30m this summer, its a long term investment, there are things going on in background, stadium improvements have begun, staffing levels are being improved, ie coaching staff in academy, scouts etc, we will be back on stock exchange by xmas, things are going well, only sticking point is Ashley is still in background but he will be dealt with. Again I ask the question, what is your alternative? are you an Ashley man? Who would you rather was running our club?

19 Aug 2015 11:05:28
Jane, I made no comment on £30million, but as you raise the matter, that changed a few times before he settled for matching our input. He did add that investment would be 'loaded' at the outset, what he did not say it would be with our money.
You say "I am wrong on so many levels" and don't see how having doubts about what is going on is wrong.
You ask where my loyalties are, quite simply with the Glasgow Rangers.
I don't intend to repeat my standing over the last few years but briefly. I was a "King" man from the outset, but turned against him when he was behind the boycott that nearly brought our club to it's knees.
Finally, on the subject of ashley, I respect the fact he can earn a buck or two, but I despise the way he is holding our club to ransom on the merchandising. I also think King should be doing more to resolve things, as he assured us, and I don't mean by encouraging another boycott and paying the supplier for any shortfall in sales. This taken with the hold on assets because of ashley's £5million loan makes no commercial sense.

18 Aug 2015 17:58:34
Utterly astounded by the flack Odnwa has taken over the flick the performed on Sunday! We're in the rule book does it say that you can't do this. Wonderful piece of entertainment!

18 Aug 2015 18:37:01
spot on that's why you go to see football to be entertained we pay well over the odds for standing on scaffolding like at east fife or a grass verge like alloa etc the first time in 3 years we are seeing some skilful players

18 Aug 2015 18:58:35
As the manager said if Messi was playing a game in Scotland it would be a completely different kind of headline, I kinda fear for the young players as the hammer throwers will be sharpening there studs, as we've seen already especially against Peterhead they'll just kick you for 90 min such is the country and league we play in.

18 Aug 2015 21:15:02
I agree mate, but on the subject of showboating, is making 20 to 30 tippy tappy passes back and forth when Barcelona are 4-0 up not showboating and disrespectful or is it skill?
Odnwa you keep doing what your doing son and **** the haters.

18 Aug 2015 13:14:50
It's sad that Scott Allan feels smart by making his comments in todays papers about not really being a big Rangers fan anyway.

We escaped when he signed for Celtic, the lad is a mercenary and fool. Plus he is NOT that good a player to worry over.

Rangers need people who will fight to the end. Who will take pride in taking us back up and then into europe. The self satisfaction and rewards for achieving that will outweigh what Allan feels sitting on the bench and gaining a championship medal with very little contribution or competition from other teams.

18 Aug 2015 14:18:23
That's a fair enough point GDog. It's his loss.

18 Aug 2015 14:38:56
He was our number 1 signing target and we missed out on him. Our amateur board thought by using the media to unsettle the player we would be able to sign him. All of this seriously backfired and made us a laughing stock. Celtic did their business in private and the news only broke when the signing was effectively a done deal, hopefully our board have learnt a lesson from this.

18 Aug 2015 14:42:04
Name the paper that Scott Allan said that in? Utter garbage pal! Those words never came out the bhoys mouth! Let's just say it did to make u feel better but! How's about just having the balls to admit u were dyin to see him sign for use! Instead of this he's not even that good anyway! The guy was player of the year last year! Considering hearts romped the league then he must have done something to stand out! It's sour grapes and nothing else! The guy went to a bigger club with better players! Nothing to do with being a mercenary!! And that fool will be playin champions league football in less than a month pal! Think that beats cold nites in Dumbarton and Alloa!

18 Aug 2015 15:07:12
I disagree he was our main signing target think it was Danny Wilson and that's why we went and signed him straight away.

Allans a good player, especially at this level one of the best in the league would have been great to sign him but he's not the first player w have missed out on

18 Aug 2015 15:21:47
Was it not Hibs Who made the bid Public?? then had their manager calling our manager to ask what was going on? then spent the last several weeks commenting to the press on the bids we made? Rangers as a club and our our manager did not disclose any details of our bids at any time. No 1 signing target?? after the previous 7 players we have signed he was number 1 target you mean. Get a grip and get over this SA nonsense.

18 Aug 2015 15:27:04
abhabh?

Which media you been reading - the ceptic view?

It was hibs who went to the media. RFC have had no contact with the media concerning SA - despite their repeated attempts.

18 Aug 2015 15:38:03
Aye Ready this is from Paul Murray on June 25th. Do you want to retract or just alter your last nonsense?

“Scott Allan is an example of a player I personally think is a very good player. His profile is right as a young guy with a lot of potential. He has played quite a lot of football.

“I think he’s a player a lot of clubs would like to sign. And obviously there have been opportunities (for Rangers) to sign him in the past which have slipped past.”

18 Aug 2015 15:54:13
DH88 it looks to me like your the bitter one son. The back page of the Record reads 'I was never that big a Rangers fan anyway'

Also my opinion is simple, I don't think he is that good a player. If you stop to think about what I have written then perhaps you would have put a different response. I think Celtic have better players than SA. Tell me, is he a first starter for you? So in short I am paying Celtic a compliment, ( more than you will ever do for Rangers , not that we care what you think ) so wind your neck in and stick to the Celtic site if you don't like Rangers people discussing things about Rangers from a Rangers perspective. As for a bigger club, let's not go there.

18 Aug 2015 15:58:18
Aye Ready. Really? Paul Murray spoke to Sky Sports on June 25th about his desire to bring SA to Rangers.

18 Aug 2015 16:04:31
gourockbear it was, Stubbs walked him into Celtic. The lad has no understanding of loyalty. Not that Rangers were due any from SA. However for me he has shown his true colours, the first next big offer, he will jump. Not what we want, no thanks.

18 Aug 2015 16:24:35
Abhabh every post I see from u is negative our amateur board have brought in w&w the result of this is the best football from a rangers team in years and also backed them on every transfer target they have asked they have also brought in staff to strengthen our academy .yes it is a sore 1 to lose out on s allen but hibs were never going to sell regardless

18 Aug 2015 16:39:52
The whole thing was mis managed as per usual. a decent first bid would have sufficed, we are back to the days where our bids are at such a low offer our board don't want them to succeed.

18 Aug 2015 16:41:45
A week on and still discussing him. says it all really

18 Aug 2015 16:56:24
whether he was our main signing target or not there is no sense in signing someone for the sake of it both stubbs and petrie guided the celtic bid over the line there was no chance he would be allowed to join rangers the only way would have been pre contract in january rangers did not break the news to the media it was stubbs and or hibs as warburton says we don't want players who don't want to play for us how is the club at fault for missing out on him abah how do u make out the board are amateurs to my mind they have b een very proffesional in everything that's why things are looking good and dh88 the chances of him playing in the champions league in a month has on or two obsticals in the way 1 u have still to be in the champions league in a month 2 delia has to think he is better than what u have for that position and in my opinion he is not and will probably have limited game time this season never mind the champions league

18 Aug 2015 17:50:07
K.Commons. Contract ends next Season. Biton & Johansen will be off down south next season. SA will be part of RD's plans alongside Henderson ( A season with Rosenborg& this season with Hibs)Armstrong,GMS,Brown,ForrestC.McGregor & Rogic all young( apart from S.Brown)talented players who will be Hungary for success & to be a first team pick

18 Aug 2015 18:00:28
Glen Loovens anyone. that one worked out well too. We've a team now not individuals. Here's hoping celtics confidence of reaching the group stages holds. Two cracks last year and couldn't do it.

If I were a Celtic fan is be asking why my team and not far and away better than Rangers. Years of finance has poured into your club since we toppled down the league. Your nothing to fear. We are on our way back.

18 Aug 2015 19:46:28
That's the thing but Alrus blue your not a Celtic fan! And we are by far and away better than you!! Do u seriously think a couple of result against st mirren and Alloa has the champs worrying hahaha, Behave urself! We're miles ahead on the park and even further off the park! We don't need to spend millions to easily canter the league for years to come! And if by chance use scrounge together a fiver IF use get up then the champs will put down a tenner 😝😝😝😝 Use will get in line with the rest of the also rans tryin to fight for a distant 2nd behind the champs!

18 Aug 2015 19:55:11
alrus "why my team are not far and away better than rangers" How do we gauge that? What about played you once, cuffed you once and you never got a shot on target the whole game? That's all we have to go by in three seasons and it seems pretty convincing to me.

"Years of finance poured in" all I hear from you lot is we are downsizing, so which is it? Do you reckon that £20m spent on your players from 2012 till this season was money well spent? At least try and make it hard to shoot you down FFS!

18 Aug 2015 21:24:05
abadah?

One comment from Paul Murray?

18 Aug 2015 21:52:48
Toppled down the League??APPLIED to join Scotland's lowest tier not Demoted,relegated or whatever circumstance suits your mindset.

18 Aug 2015 21:11:44
Aye no bother keep believing your own hype. I guess it's pretty telling that your spending your evening trawling rangers boards anyway. I can't wait to see you lot licking your wounds after being pumped by Malmö. Let's see what the Celtic pr machine trundles out then.

18 Aug 2015 23:48:17
Aye Ready?

Yes a comment from Paul Murray, well an actual entire interview. You said there were no contact between Rangers and the media in regard to Scott Allan. I gave you an example of one.

To those of you who say my posts are always negative I disagree. I am being pragmatic. I am wary of new owners / chairmen lying to us. I feel like it is happening again. The promises DK made to get votes have not been kept. We have no money and no prospect of any coming in. We needed 45k season tickets to be sold and as of today have only sold 33k. We are facing the prospect of an insolvency event this season as things stand.

In terms of the football things are improving, however I would expect us to beat each of the teams we have faced so far in the league. I would only expect Hibs to lose us any real threat of automatic promotion. They have strengthened their squad well and will definitely be a threat. However it is still very early days and the success on the pitch cannot hide the serious failings off it. People need to get their heads out of the sand.

{Ed001's Note - just one thing, so long as the stadium sells out each week, 45k season tickets is irrelevant. In fact the club would be better off with no season books sold and the stadium sold out. So I wouldn't let the 45k figure worry you too much while the crowds are up. That is the important thing in that regards. Though I do personally think you are right to be worried, King has not earnt the right to be trusted by the fans.}

19 Aug 2015 00:13:09
Just an example of people that think their team is better than it actually is, but once they don't win against someone they find some sort of reason to blame it on, usual from the usual, they're not as far away as they think they are.

19 Aug 2015 06:48:54
Alrus blue bud once they get pumped by malmo in qulifiers they would just send a letter away to uefa asking to be let back in

18 Aug 2015 12:08:09
ibrox is heading for a second 50 thousand sell out when we take on hibernian

18 Aug 2015 13:19:22
It will be bouncing on sunday can't wait. As long as they keep playing well we should sell out most weeks and that's what the club needs

18 Aug 2015 14:19:05
When we beat Hibs you mean!

18 Aug 2015 10:31:22
lets say hypothetically that next year we are up in the premier league, we haven't signed anymore players and have the current squad that we are using, where do people see us finishing?

this is obviously just hypothetically as I can see us signing a few more players next year.

18 Aug 2015 10:50:23
Making your presumptions, I'd say top three.

18 Aug 2015 10:52:31
Hypothetically?

In first place, of course.

18 Aug 2015 11:42:41
I don't see any reason why we couldn't challenge hearts and Aberdeen for second place. The real test will be if we get a premier league team in the cup. Hopefully we get a Hamilton or ross county just to see how we look and then if we dispose of them bring on ABERDEEN at ibrox full house place would be bouncing. i'm buzzing haha!!! WATP

18 Aug 2015 11:56:15
If things continue on the park I would see no reason why we could not get top 3!

The team of last year would've been embarrassing! Relegation / Play off contenders for sure!

18 Aug 2015 12:06:35
Listen we turned over 3 premier teams last year with what we had.i don't think there's a better team in scotland right now than the gers.were flying.wait till the team gels.wow.we will turn somebody over this season 9 or 10 nill

18 Aug 2015 14:26:13
davie1980 last season you also got turned over three times by SPL teams which would indicate a mid table performance, however it has to be said Rangers do look better this season but best team in Scotland? We'll need to see come cups I suppose.

18 Aug 2015 16:23:30
I think we will win the league celtic are the best rubbish team playing in a rubbish league we will win it then listen to them moan the will probably want to change the rules to stop us playing in the champions league but they need us because were the only ones that raise the coefficiency

18 Aug 2015 16:43:35
id say we would be tenth due to not having a pool of players .as all the loan deals will be off.

18 Aug 2015 17:36:03
Gary75 you have won one game in Europe in your last 22, the only thing Rangers raise in Europe is a smile from the opposition when drawn with them. Even St Johnstone doubled that miserable tally in 8 days a few seasons back. You will have Scotland's net coefficient when you get back (I'm not childish enough to say "if", you will get back) but that coefficient pretty much solely has depended on Celtic results of late.

As things stand and if you qualify for Europe for next season which requires a Scottish Cup win or defeat to the league winners in the final and of course three full years of accounts (I'm not sure that is a definitely yet either). Then and only then will you be in Europe for next season and if everything else remains equal, you take your place in the seedings, somewhere between Sligo Rovers and NK Domzale, how proud you must be. But yeah you are the coefficient saviours we've all been praying for!

18 Aug 2015 17:57:46
Hahahaha. You simply cannot be a rangers supporter in any shape or form ally, not after that comment. Two things to mention, firstly we beat hibs and St mirren, our two main rivals, comfortably without a loan signing in sight and a years additional playing time together can only make these guys better, secondly, if we will be nowhere next year without them why are you moaning as much as you are about them being signed on loan in the first place as that would suggest we might not even gain promotion without them which is utter tosh. Honestly, if you are a rangers supporter I'm surprised you're still around at all given how negative you must've been four years ago when all this kicked off if you're as cheery as you are now things are finally looking positive. Deary me.

18 Aug 2015 18:30:38
Hahahaha gary75 class its the rubbish league wae rubbish teams uv been chasing for what 4 yrs now also win the league that's a beast of a shout away sit in a dark room win it hahahaha the sheep would do your lot me I reckon u would finish bottom half of table hh and the coefficant thing we don't need u bud scottish football needs all its teams doing well

19 Aug 2015 12:10:30
We will finish in first place not hypothetically but factually

Unless Celtic dramatically improve and possibly replace their manager with the Malmo coach after they are dumped out CL . yet again.

2 signing windows between now and next season by which point we will have signed at the least 5/6 players upgrading the current squad.

Celtic are a bottom of EPL level team and Warburton is creating a mid table EPL level Rangers possibly slightly better than that with EPL loanees which will mean we will beat Celtic next season it is really that simple

I also think if we are lucky this year we may win the Scottish or League Cup depending on the draws we get and if Celtic get knocked out prior to the final. That said by next May we will be a year long bedded in team and the Xmas signings so Celtic can be beaten, I see nothing exciting or original in their playing style though they do have good players they are very predictable

I have been on here 3 years via george and KT so I will be here to gloat in the summer after our record breaking League win

Any Timmy detractors can slag this off to their hearts' content but if they are remotely honest then the Malmo game and Rangers new system of play must both be concerning them. No doubt they will deny this but personally I would start to worry in their shoes . Allan or Oduwa. no contest.

We are about to start the chase

18 Aug 2015 08:08:24
Warburton is class speaking at the press conferences.

18 Aug 2015 12:32:30
Steady on! You sound as if you're turning Japanese during his press conferences.

17 Aug 2015 22:30:54
I've just had a look at the arsenal and Chelsea youngsters and Alex davey of Chelsea has a loan spell at Peterborough ending on 5th September. He is a 6"3 central defender. Their other loanees are already sorted till June 30th 2016. So he is going somewhere. Also arsenal have jon toney, a highly thought of attacking midfielder, he came through the Barcelona youthsystem till he signed for arsenal in 2012. He spent last season on loan at Brentford.

18 Aug 2015 07:11:36
Jon toral signed on loan for Birmingham.

18 Aug 2015 07:13:12
Jon Toral is the Arsenal youngster - was on loan at Brentford previously - attacking midfielder ex Barcelona see hat trick for Brentford on u tube.

18 Aug 2015 07:26:01
Lol, sorry guys I got them the wrong way round. Trying to remember too much info. Pity about toral signing on loan for Birmingham. He looks a good player. Hopefully MW will put us out our misery today or tomorrow and tell us who the last two coming in are. I would be happy enough with what we have but if he brings in even more talented youngsters I certainly won't be complaining. Onwards and upwards.