Rangers Banter Archive April 19 2018
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19 Apr 2018 21:56:13
What’s allistair Johnston been smoking says were ahead of the curve .
19 Apr 2018 22:05:17
The bored are ovibously worried some fans are not going to renew season tickets its the only time we hear from them it was club 1872 with statement the other day now johnstone
19 Apr 2018 22:38:32
How can they say "we are ahead of the curve" whatever the hell that means, we are heading towards our fourth manager in two years, millions have been wasted on duds, we are now fighting for second place with teams who have a fraction of our budget and support and they think we should be happy and now its second OR THIRD he added, well for me it's been another poor season to many dropped points against teams beams below us to many defeats at home no one fears Rangers anymore but all we hear from the board is "we're ahead of the curve " can anyone explain that pish
20 Apr 2018 07:04:52
It’s just another day in the life of being a rangers fan unfortunately at the moment mate, us fans yet again being taken for granted for the loyalty we have shown in the last 6 years, it’s a complete shambles from top to bottom again with no end in sight, but never mind “we are ahead of the curve”. what a joke👎🏻
19 Apr 2018 21:32:42
Bookies put rangers at 33/1 of signing usain bolt!
19 Apr 2018 23:51:40
Thatd be some bit of business - if only lol
20 Apr 2018 12:41:08
Id settle for him being the manager just now lol
19 Apr 2018 21:25:37
If Alec Neil is our next manager that's me done not a chance I'm paying my season ticket money for mediocrity
FFS! Really what's he done to even be mentioned in relation to anything to do with Rangers managers job same goes for Jack Ross.
19 Apr 2018 21:44:22
I agree about Alex Neil but, realistically what top manager will want to come to Rangers and who can we afford?
20 Apr 2018 10:44:32
Jack Ross has made bigger strides at St Mirren than what Clarke has at killie and with not a penny to spend. He’s a young well thought of coach and I’d rather we approached him over Clarke. Btw if we do approach Clarke I hope it’s not as public as the McInnes debacle because I’ve heard he will tell us no thanks.
19 Apr 2018 19:00:11
when the dust has settled and we have a new manager on board, I think we should go down the Souness route, i. e. start with a solid defence, Provided we have funds available, i would go for
Mcgregor
Paterson
Davis
Caulker
Malumbu
Time to start winning. All these guys are winners, they may not all be in the flush of youth but they will do for me. Thoughts!
19 Apr 2018 19:17:07
Your definition of a winner is completely dif to mine.
Ex players aside what have Patterson, caulker and malumbu won of any note in their careers?
19 Apr 2018 19:20:49
We would be better try to get the Hearts keeper rather than McGregor
19 Apr 2018 21:04:31
When a new manager comes in he should look at getting caulker an malumbu and rather than go for davies they should have a look at this young lad hamidou traore has been attracting intrest from other clubs could be one with sell on potenial and looks a decent player 21 yeor old and rated at 405k on transfer market plays for karabukspor in turkey
19 Apr 2018 21:30:39
All you guys who are reporting this one and that one as being our next manager are talking total rubbish. I don't believe for one moment that our board have approached anyone yet. Why would they have. They gave (wrongly I might add) the job to the end of the season. They will only start looking in the next couple of weeks. Had we beaten celtic they would have looked at the situation after the cup final. Murty should never have been given the gig. We all know this. And some of us knew that from day one. We all need to catch a grip. I've listened to all these so called fans ( not supporters) who won't be renewing their season tickets. Well guess what don't. I've sat in the same seat for 33 years been watching rangers since I was 5. 50 years ago. All I can say is if you don't want to go then don't. The dark side are loving all this fighting. Guys we have been on a life support machine in a coma and regardless of what Sutton Petrov hartson say we are getting gradually stronger and stronger we are now off the life support machine and out of bed and walking around the hospital ward. Guys we will get there in the next couple of years and trust me the smile will be wiped off suttons (1 win in 14 games as a mangers) face and all the rest of them. It's not that long ago they were running around with Wayne bigains Ian Andrews etc they have short memories guy. Stick by the team guys. Good times are around the corner
19 Apr 2018 21:49:58
I'd take them all to be honest. Our players are dire. No heart. Broke me watching such pathetic performance then dummy throwing competition afterwards. Disgusted with club top to bottom.
20 Apr 2018 00:59:59
Billy Bluebell if Rangers have not approached anyone yet then they should have. Qualification for Europa start end of June. Season ends May. That gives a manager 6 or 7 weeks maybe to put a squad together. Manager should be in place now. Looks like another season with no European participation from where I sit?
20 Apr 2018 08:27:05
Wtf is it with all the dark side getting air time to talk about us?
Brenda, Lennon, Sutton, hartson, petrov. your opinion means nothing.
Time for us to do our talking on the pitch. Long overdue.
19 Apr 2018 18:41:45
Been told by someone I know Alex Neil is our next manager he says his source is very reliable
Will wait and see but what does everyone else think if true?
19 Apr 2018 18:56:32
Can’t see that happening he’s a die hard Celtic fan
19 Apr 2018 20:57:09
Don’t want him anywhere near ibrox
20 Apr 2018 00:09:54
I wouldn't care if he was a "die hard Celtic fan" if he would do a job for us. Stein was a Rangers fan; Dalglish was a Rangers fan; Brown was a Rangers fan - they've done not too bad for the GIRO chasers. It's time to forget about childhood loyalties and focus on what professional can do the best job for us.
My personal opinion is that Steve Clarke is the best manager that we would have any chance of appointing at the moment.
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{Ed0333's Note - Really? Your Rangers FC you can do better than Clarke.
19 Apr 2018 17:23:56
Since we're thinking out of the box on a manager that is tried and tested, suits attacking football, won cups, been there and done it and I believe available what about Roberto Di Matteo!
19 Apr 2018 17:35:41
I really like Di Matteo and football he tries to play with also Italian defence minded. Good option why not Lego
19 Apr 2018 18:14:48
That's a decent shout
19 Apr 2018 17:08:55
See people sayin on this about having a tried and trusted manager, and most say British too, I agree but struggle to think other than Walter Smith of someone I feel fits the bill to manage a club the size of rangers, I don't think Walter would come back though but just wondered who would people acc like too see in the dugout next season and names not just someone who is tried and tested as that is pretty obvious at this point lol.
19 Apr 2018 16:17:58
No disrespect but Murty not to blame here he's done his best it's the prima donnas that are over paid and over rated, players that like the high wages but turn up when they decide they want to play football, there's about 6 players in that team that play for the shirt the rest need to go .
19 Apr 2018 18:17:59
gees peece murty picks the team and tactics has about as much motivation as a drugged tortoise murty took all the praise for drawing with smeltic the last time so he has to take the flak also
19 Apr 2018 20:10:49
queens11, I think you should take a look at yourself in the mirror mate that's no way to talk about something most of us care about deeply, have some respect you big coward, what's that tortoise done to you)
19 Apr 2018 21:19:16
Depending what drugs the tortoise was on it could have plenty of motivation. I've seen myself do the hoovering and the dishes after some.
19 Apr 2018 15:29:01
What do all other bears think about the strong rumour doing the rounds, that mark allen our DOF, wants man city coach and our ex player,
mikel arteta as the new rangers manager? I know arteta is highly thought of as a coach with a very sharp footballing brain and of course is rated by pep guardiola the city manager! He's still inexperienced as a manager in his own right and that's what would worry me! I know if it did happen then there would undoubtedly be that link to man city for players etc! Thoughts guys?
19 Apr 2018 15:36:57
Supercoop don't know if this would be good idea. We can't afford another experiment the next guy has got to be manager that's ready to go. i'm not saying arteta might not come good but not at this time.
19 Apr 2018 15:39:47
I’m quite open to thinking out the box regarding managers but I think where we are now we need a tried and trusted Manager with experience at quite a high level. I don’t think we can afford to go down the road with an untested Manager. It would also depend on how much funds will be available in the summer as to what level we will be looking at.
19 Apr 2018 15:42:03
not the answer
hope he nowhere near being considered
besides he doesn't like the cold weather.
19 Apr 2018 15:50:52
Nope
We need a experienced manger
19 Apr 2018 16:16:42
absl no way
no managerial experience
he also ditched us and ran due to homesickness . got as far as goodison
we need experience and a strong hand to get us back on track
19 Apr 2018 16:33:24
Defo not! we cannot have another experiment we need a tried and tested manager but as usual it will come down to funds my other worry is this, would an experienced successful manager risk his reputation and CV on the shambles we've become I honestly think we are at the edge of an abyss and if we go down it will get out
On another note I wish all these ex and current celtic players would just butt out Rangers have got F!? k all to do with them and I for one couldn't give a monkeys tissue what they say or think
19 Apr 2018 16:45:03
He is 100% in the mix for the job, I'm no sure he'll leave Pep and City, he is held in high regard at City by Pep and at Arsenal as Wegner offered him a job on the coaching staff. He would be seen as a risk thou but there is NO guarantee a safe pair of hand improve us either currently.
19 Apr 2018 18:23:38
as we have all stated before next choice has to be the right 1 this is a gamble and 1 we can't afford to take
19 Apr 2018 18:27:19
Sorry but that’s nonsense he’s not in the running your just making that up
19 Apr 2018 15:22:13
I must admit I had a wee chuckle when I heard Hummel was going to be our new kit sponsor, as it was the only mob Supercoop didn't mention over the last 6 months! He named practically everyone else!
19 Apr 2018 15:40:06
😂😂😂
19 Apr 2018 17:23:22
Aye now that you mention it Djab well spotted.
19 Apr 2018 19:20:36
Lol yet more nonsense spouted by supercooper. I think the only one he got right was o halloran. Given how often he claims to be itk or whatever he has a very poor prediction record
19 Apr 2018 19:24:20
Apparently supercooper backed every horse in the grand national with the exception of Tiger Roll and yes he did name every kit manufacturer other than Hummel
19 Apr 2018 20:36:58
This gave me a chuckle poor coops lol
19 Apr 2018 21:29:51
Water off a duck's back trust me guys! Without being arrogant i've got more knowledge about rangers and football in general, than any of the above will ever have Frustrated blue! So you don't have to feel sorry for me mate! Anyone who knows me would testify to that!
19 Apr 2018 21:44:02
Thanks Arthur D. just coffee splatted my laptop screen there with your grand national comment bout supercooper hahaha!
19 Apr 2018 21:52:29
Fill us in Supercoopereleven. . who did u play for? And was your Boys Brigade team in the 1st div or 2nd div? More knowledge about Rangers and football in general? I doubt it. Why don't u start a poll to see who thinks your a footballing genius ?
19 Apr 2018 22:26:48
Supercooper
Well I could go on about your embarrassing comments about Warburton building something special or the statue to McPharland, the backing of the hapless Pedro or the Murty is the man for us but will just say one thing. Self praise is no praise
19 Apr 2018 14:49:07
Who really gives a **** who makes the new top I’m more worried about who will be wearing it on a Saturday next season
19 Apr 2018 15:18:30
Absolutely agree
19 Apr 2018 13:53:14
I would make the DOF post redundant and plough all the salary into getting a top manager paying him the going rate with funds to build his team
views?
19 Apr 2018 15:45:15
Biladie I’d make alves redundant and put it towards manager salaty
19 Apr 2018 15:49:52
agree jboy and a few others
19 Apr 2018 19:26:03
Jboy
Do you not think there should be a number of players getting made redundant?
19 Apr 2018 13:10:39
Just heard and confirmed online some online bookies have installed paulo di canio as favourite for glasgow sevxo manager shift crazy!
19 Apr 2018 15:28:31
what drugs you on today mate
19 Apr 2018 15:29:29
Kevvdoyle was going to say something that would make you look stupid but I don't need to you have done it by yourself
19 Apr 2018 16:58:06
Here is the obsessed Kev doyle can you imagine being him? getting up in morning and looking online for rangers news then thinking what he posts is funny!
19 Apr 2018 12:48:48
Miller and Wallace scenario "Fake News"?
19 Apr 2018 14:03:50
stop reading that rag of a paper!
19 Apr 2018 10:28:24
Stand up Jonny McFarlane excellent blog post in, I know I know, the Daily Ragtag Celtic News shows a civil way to curb a lot of the unrest felt just now 👏👏👏.
19 Apr 2018 10:23:45
Why are moat of the fans crying about the Hummel sponsorship.
It's all over Twitter "I wanted nike i wanted under armour"
Not thinking about the money coming into the club
Only thinking about how good theu will look in a rangers top with a decent sponsor.
"Am no wearing a Hummel top" is a other one I've seen everywhere.
It's not a Hummel top IT'S A GLASGOW RANGERS TOP.
wear it with pride regardless of the branding.
It's making the club 10million over 3 years.
Let's patch it and get nike or adidas who don't need exposure and will only give us a couple of million. Atleast you will all look good in your nike sponsored rangers top with your skinny jeans and stone island jacket.
PRIORITIES LADS.
19 Apr 2018 10:29:33
Agreed der goalie some people never happy its the badge on the front that matters
19 Apr 2018 10:59:52
Who makes the new top is the least of our worries just now.
19 Apr 2018 11:30:58
100%! I’m loving how some of our fans have suddenly become fashion experts rather than Rangers supporters. These must be the same people who won’t leave the house unless they are kitted out head to toe in either Armani or Gucci! We’ve rightly been unhappy about not being able to buy a strip that helps fund the club properly for almost 7 years and now that we will have one they won’t buy it because of who makes it? Honestly sometimes I despair.
19 Apr 2018 12:48:54
It was good enough for Laudrup to wear when he won the Euros so I'm pretty sure it will do us just fine.
19 Apr 2018 12:49:11
So we've gone from making nothing from merchandise to making 3.3 million from shirt sales alone yet there are some clowns moaning its not nike or addidas dry your eyes.
19 Apr 2018 15:33:37
Who makes the shirt is the least of my worries, I want to see which defenders we will be signing this summer to wear it, as the present lot don't seem to want to get theirs dirty on a weekly basis!
19 Apr 2018 16:29:30
People need to stop applying school play ground fashion trends to who they want as kit manufacturer. Hummel might not be in fashion but they make good quality gear and it's a good deal for the club. That's all that matters
19 Apr 2018 10:05:21
See Rossiter has been playing well for development squad should he be getting put into first team for Sunday as from what I have seen seems a winner and a leader could be worth giving him a chance to prove himself if first team thoughts anyone?
19 Apr 2018 11:42:15
Agreed RFCJordan. I already suggested that Rossiter and Holt be brought into the team for Sunday and drop Docherty and Morelos. Goss should perhaps come back too. Nobody has a divine right to start any game!
19 Apr 2018 11:51:19
Bring in rossiter and holt? Drop Morelos and Docherty who plays up front then or do we go with no strikers
19 Apr 2018 12:49:21
I really want to see Rossiter be a success at Rangers but he hasn’t played for so long it would be a big risk playing him as these next five games is our season, I know Docherty hasn’t been playing great lately and can see why you would go that way as for Morelos he’d be in my team I also see why you would want him dropped but his work rate up front pushes teams back giving us more space to play in Cummings doesn’t have the strength to do that, we are the leagues top scores so it’s worked I know the misses against Celtic are on everyone’s mind but he is like the whole team right now low in confidence but if he can dig out a couple of goals then he can get his confidence back up as he was scoring some great goals at start of season he is our top scorer and we need his strength up front against these teams
19 Apr 2018 14:57:50
I think rossiter about ready to have a place on bench given a run last 15/ 20! Holt for me was unfairly dropped and should be brought back in to start against hearts
19 Apr 2018 15:14:02
Would definitely be giving him time after all Haliday was back in squad and he’s not really been in team since coming back. Rossiter been playing in development squad so is getting game time just not at top level can’t make the midfield that much worse surely
19 Apr 2018 08:13:25
I must admit I have never seen a nice Hummel football strip. Gutted it’s nit a big name. Was hoping it was under armour
19 Apr 2018 08:37:05
Hummel = humming
Under armour = Umbro reserves
Rangers should never even have our brand or name next to either of the top two
But two here should be where we should be getting
Nike = top class
Adidas = top class
I will not be buying a Hummel top youth teams can get Hummel strips cheap rubbish honestly that’s why there needs to be a change at the top giving us crap stuff so Dave kings pockets can be lined Stewart Robertson is treating us like the way he worked at Motherwell a mediocre team job is to big for this clown
19 Apr 2018 08:51:43
Obvious Nike or Adidas have not approached us! If the Hummel rumours are true.
If it is good enough for an international team like Denmark or previously Spurs then I am fine with it. Hopefully we have got the best deal to benefit the club and this is all that matters. After the last shambles with Sports Direct I would hope every Bear will be buying these strips and showing the bigger suppliers we can still ship the most shirts in the UK like we did before. Hopefully in three years when the contract runs out we are again on top and stable, we can then negotiate better deals!
19 Apr 2018 09:05:13
Dont no much about these kit manufactors but what top brand will want to be associated with us just now the club is a mess top to bottom.
We are looking at 3.3 milliin a year ruffly over the road they are getting 6 milliin a year. This reflects how far they are a head of us off the field and on the field.
19 Apr 2018 09:23:39
It's a good deal for Rangers for God sake, does it matter who the makers are. Stop moaning and embrace it .
19 Apr 2018 09:53:45
With all the board turmoil takover panel managment problems ect this is probaly a good deal for the club.
19 Apr 2018 10:41:02
youth teams can also get nike and adidas strips for pretty cheap, I used to coach a under 12s team and we got Nike strips for £14 per strip. it doesn't matter who is making the kits, its the badge on the strip that counts. honestly some rangers fans will find anything to moan at on these pages.
19 Apr 2018 07:09:40
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 19th April 2018
19 Apr 2018 03:44:44
Not Rangers related konami have announced they are no longer going to feature the champions league in there new games which leaves to door open to EA to snap up the rights hopefully they get it cause it's the only thing missing from FIFA it looks like the end for PES.
19 Apr 2018 09:43:43
WHO GIVES A **** ABOUT A GAME
19 Apr 2018 01:04:33
What do you think the team will be for Sunday? Unfortunately I don't see there being much difference in the team.
I'd go:
Foderingham
Cardoso McCrorie Alves
Tavernier Docherty Rossiter John
Dorrans
Cummings Morelos.
19 Apr 2018 07:48:26
there won't be much different but you have made 4 changes?
19 Apr 2018 09:10:52
Foderingham is a bomb scare
Hollywood dives across the goals but the ball still goes i'm the net.
Poor distribution and doesn't inspire confidence i'm teammates or fans.
Would be first to go as he's had his chance to prove to be a top keeper and sadly he will never be
19 Apr 2018 09:12:35
Why do people keep going on about two up front it won't happen it's been one up front till now we are about to play the top clubs now and you think he'll change it sacrificing a midfield player against Hearts not a chance our defence is rank rotten Hearts have a far better defensive record than us we are the leagues top scorers three better than Celtic but fifth worst defensive record so we have to protect that defence and leave the midfield
19 Apr 2018 09:28:43
I meant I don’t see Murty making many changes to the team. The team is one I would try. Unfortunately I don’t see many options to improve the team. Do we give one of the development squad a chance? Maybe they be keen to impress. Players Barjonas and Beerman done too badly when called upon. Maybe even Middleton. Would like to see them in the bench at least.
19 Apr 2018 09:41:18
At the start of the season Miller and Morelos started some games together. Morelos was scoring more then. We can’t be defensive these last few games. We need to go for it each game and try end the season on a positive note.
No one likes us, we don’t care!
19 Apr 2018 09:55:59
morellos should be sitting next to me in the govan front watching it
headless chicken
19 Apr 2018 10:01:14
Tilladie
Who would you start up front? Unfortunately we don’t have many options.
19 Apr 2018 10:14:28
cummings the obvious soption
19 Apr 2018 10:24:49
I agree with Cummings starting. But I would still like to see 2 up front. I don’t think Murty will do that. If there is one striker up front, just say Cummings, there would need to be someone playing close to him. Again not many options. Windass or Dorrans not playing great.
19 Apr 2018 10:41:27
is joe dodo still there?
19 Apr 2018 12:20:03
Docherty has been disappointing.
Good athlete but can't play football.
Murphy is a one trick pony ie get the ball on the left, bottle out of taking a man on and cut inside.
Holt is too lightweight and if he plays Hearts will throw him out their way.
19 Apr 2018 12:46:59
I disagree I reckon Docherty going to be a star turn
not his fault he I splaying with jokers at the moment
19 Apr 2018 14:27:56
There's nothing wrong with playing one up. What's wrong is the tactics that leave him isolated when the nearest blue jersey to him is 30 yards away. It's not the personnel that's poor, it's the managing of that personnel.
19 Apr 2018 00:59:19
Mciness and Clark non starters, also Alec Neil come on we are better than that, come on board get your act together we have hung Graeme Murty out to dry in my opinion the guy has been thrown at the deepend both times give e the guy a break.
19 Apr 2018 06:00:44
Biglach62,can't agree with you regarding stevie clarke mate! To a lesser extent alex neil also! I totally agree with you the derek mcinnes should never have been considered for the rangers manager's job, in the first place and should quite simply, never be considered again! Who do you want mate? Because from where i see it stevie clarke with his extensive knowledge and experience of british football, would be a good appointment, as our next manager! We're not going to get pep guardiola or jose mourinho my friend! Of course we want a good manager but we also have to get real!
19 Apr 2018 07:56:51
Is that really the best managers our club can really come up with neil and clarke no disrepect to either them.
Steve clark would be a okay apointment but he sets his teams up in a certain way and i do not think this way would be suited to the club
He has experiance in england but he hasn't won anything down there.
and i would be worried about the transfer business we conduct under him he wouuld mainly go for english based players and the fees teams down south demanand for good players we probaly can not afford them.
we need to be smarter in our transfer dealings and target players with sell on value even out of allen signings so far who would we sell for more money down the line we are just picking average english based players nothing special about them and same would continue under clark.
19 Apr 2018 09:35:13
Lets be realistic, unless we can finish 2nd, what top names could we get or who would want to apply. I would like to see changes at the top as well. Also think we need to stop being linked with players just because they are supposedly Rangers fans. This doesn’t always work.
19 Apr 2018 09:56:57
what about marco silva
no compo required too
19 Apr 2018 10:03:37
I honestly think clark would knock us back being from a celtic background he will be waiting for lego teeth to move on
19 Apr 2018 10:08:55
Any top Manager would knock us back why would they want to work with this board of directors.
19 Apr 2018 13:17:34
Some of the criticisms of Clarke: He sets his teams up defensively (just like Walter) . He's not won anything (like Walter pre Rangers) . He's a Celtic man (the most successful manager in their history was a Bear) . He'll be waiting for the Celtic job (Rodgers could be there a while, and Clarke doesn't play 'the Celtic way') .
Despite being consistently linked with them as a player the call never came and he ended up at Chelsea. This is a fiercely competitive man. I say we give him a chance to prove them wrong.
19 Apr 2018 00:55:40
Mciness and Clark non starters, also Alec Neil come on we are better than that, come on board get your act together we have hung Graeme Murty out to dry in my opinion the guy has been thrown at the deepend both times give e the guy a break.
18 Apr 2018 23:51:18
Neil Lennon new manager with £1.5M to spend in summer wages 2k buy 10 players from league 2 to freshen the team up sell morelos for 10M then in 5 years have 50M in the bank stay in the spfl main target until 2024 then compete for the league if it's done this way we save a lot of cash wait till 2024 we have dream team. Buy players for now aged 16-20 from league 2 pay 50k a player then make season ticket £650 each for the next 5 years everything goes to the club just think what rangers could do with 50M in the bank with 0% debt no finance and make the fans pay for everything but in 2024 they get it back by having huge money sealed up in the club's bank balance.
19 Apr 2018 06:58:35
Aye nae bother Dave that’ll work
19 Apr 2018 07:51:13
then season ticket sales drop due to us fighting relegation every year.
meaning we don't earn as much money taking it past 2024 to obtain 50M
in 2024 how much of the 50m will we need to spend to win the title? I'd say all of it
19 Apr 2018 09:45:25
Moonhowler
19 Apr 2018 10:04:36
Someones had a double dose of methodone this morn
