Rangers Banter Archive May 24 2011

24 May 2011 22:44:56
Can someone please tell me, or post a link to anywhere, where Gattuso is linked with us?

I can not see anything.

24 May 2011 22:21:00
are you nuts ? who would give 3 million for that baloon. sausage bear

Who do you mean? £3 million for who?

GovanFR

24 May 2011 20:38:40
stop saying we are going to sign this player and that player there is not 1 definit player we are even close to singing we probs won't even buy anyone again and still win the league w.a.t.p

24 May 2011 19:26:02
Does anybody else think that Craig Whyte is getting dodgier by the minute. (Worried Rangers supporter)

Mate chill these things allways happen when someone takes over a new club he will want people he trusts in those positions, I for one have allways thaught that Bain seemed dodgy and if there has been any irregularities as reported I would be doing the same thing as mr whyte

The board issue has been taken out of proportion really.
craig whyte would not want a rival bidder in his board (paul murray) alastair johnston had said he was going to resign and as for bain and mcintyre they are accused of backing the rival bid.
this is not really going to effect much in terms of football as new board members will be brought in and things will continue as usual

Why because he gets rid of the board thst tried to oppose his takeover maybe its the clearout that we need time for change new start new ppl give the guy a chance hes only been owner for two weeks

24 May 2011 17:36:16
just a quick question to my fellow bears.

with most of the board gone and bain suspended.

who will be handling the transfer talks and contract extentions???.

just im wonderng if this development will hold up rangers being able to sign new players.

Neil murray has been brought in by ally to oversee/advise in such matters as well as being used in his capacity as a scout/agent . craig whyte and ally have obviously been in talks about this role . wether whyte has his own man i don't know , but neil murray will be helping ally in such matters .

24 May 2011 15:48:16
A lot of talk on here about us signing 4 or 5 players on loan for next season, which I think would be a mistake. 1 or 2 of good quality to boost the squad is good, but too many loana can disrupt the harmony in the squad as if a player who is permanently contracted to the club regularly loses his place in the team to a loanee, they would be rightly upset about this. Loaning the likes of Bartley and Borini would be good signings, but I think more than 2 could have an adverse affect on the squad, espevially now that we are in a better financial position so we can offer players better wages and longer contracts to sign on a permanent basis. What do you think ed?


Steven.

{Ed010's Note -Steven, I follow your logic and agree that it could be a problem. There is however, a part of "loan" process that needs to be taken into account. As we all know, clubs offer some of their fringe players or players who have fallen out of favour, to other clubs on loan.
While in some cases, it is just that, a "loan" on other occasions, it becomes like a trial, where the club who takes the loanee, has the opportunity to assess the player and as part of the loan procedure, first option on the player, once the loan period expires.

The most recent loan deal where this happened was when Blackpool took Jason Puncheon on loan for 6 months from Southampton. Southampton agreed a fee of £1,500,000 with Blackpool if they stayed up but are now touting Puncheon for £2,500,00.

Basically, if Ally is interested in a player, it could be in his and Rangers best interest to go down that route with several players.

Agreed with regard to Puncheon's situation, although I do firmly believe that too many loans provide more internal problems than we are aware of. thanks for the response ed.

{Ed010's Note - I totally agree with your point but for the sake of debate, I was suggesting a counter arguement of sorts. There is no doubt that the easiest way to lose a dressing room is for there to be too many loanees playing regularly, especially if they are getting paid a lot more money than the contracted players.

24 May 2011 16:24:12
anyone who thinks burke will be back at rangers is bonkers theres no chance in hell he would come back after all last time he was here he didn't get played much

24 May 2011 16:09:42
I am a rangers fan thru and thru. Why post rumours regarding the bears supposedly signing guys like Dorrans, McFadden etc. These guys r very Celtic minded and it wld surprise me greatly if they even contemplated signing for us. I have heard that there is a big chance of C. Burke signing for Celtic. It's something I really hope doesn't happen but we know he was brought up supporting them. I think most rumours r complete POO at the moment and the exciting stuff will hopefully materialise in the nxt 3/4 wks. I know it's good fun reading all the rumours as do I, but I thought I shld put a little comment in. Thanks for reading! ! Big stell

McFadden has cousins that are Rangers.If the chance comes he would come home and sign for any Auld Firm team.They have told me.I know him before his Motherwell trial.And lets face it Ally, got his best football out of him when he was Scotland number two.James was and is not a silly man.He will know this, and want to be a winner.And look back on his carer with medals.And will want to play in the champions league.And Dorrans we could not afford anyway.

McFadden is a Celtic fan and I hope they sign him. They are welcome to Burke as well, imo he is hopeless. Dorrans, however I would like to see at Rangers.

GovanFR

I didn't think dorrans was "celtic minded" at all when i spoke to him at livi few years back.
does anyone know or have any evidence of this? ED?

{Ed010's Note -I cannot confirm that Dorrans is or was "Celtic minded" but it is a fact that when he was a youth, he trained with Celtic but only for a short period.

24 May 2011 16:26:09
To the guy that said urby emanuelson eh naw cos im pretty sure he plays for ajax hav u been playin too much football manager mate

No . .clearly your footballing affairs are not up to date and have wrongly cristicised the bear who posted this originally. Urby Emanuelson signed for A.C Milan on the 23rd of January 2011. However I think it highly inprobable that he will sign for Rangers in the forseeable future. Mochaccino Latte

24 May 2011 13:53:57
some of these posts are laughable, ally mccoist is on holiday, what do you think he is doing, making calls to teams from a sunlounger holding a bottle of corona?

the only one i would take notice of just now is Goodwuillie, rangers have had him tabbed for a while and there is NO chance he would join celtic, no offence to celtic fans but at this moment in time why would he want to? if theres any players linked with us or celtic abroad (unless there is a fan love for the club) the choice will be us because we will be in the champions league, we can pay a transfer fee and offer better wages. Celtics financial reading which will be announced soon won't be good im afraid debts increased to around 11 million, with no champions league again and probably not for a while.

you will find Roger Johnson will not sign as eck is still the manager remember you really think hes going to sell his best defender to us when he'll be looking to win the championship?

Mccfadden would go to celtic no doubt hes supported them all his life and hes htiting his peak at 28.

we will not sign a keeper unless mccgregor leaves which is EXTREMELY doubtful

McFadden hiting his peak ??????

he is constantly injured an i don't want him anywhere near ibrox

Actually McCoist is not on holiday. He was going to do the white water rafting with the rest of the management team then coming back. He said he might go to Portugal for a week. Ed do you know if they are back from Idaho yet?

{Ed010's Note -It was reported that they were going to Idaho on Monday 16th May 2011 and that the trip was for 5 days. Taking into account time zones and travelling days etc, they should have arrived back, no later than Sunday 22nd May 2011.

24 May 2011 12:31:10
Ref:

24 May 2011 09:53:27
Rangers and Celtic set to go head to head for the signing of James McFadden of B/ham source Daily Star

Hope Celtic win this then as i think we already have better at the club

Tonydom

To injury an hasnt had a decent game in years


K

Meant to ave prone in between injury an

24 May 2011 12:13:33
Rangers will need to sort out problems at boardroom level before getting down to dealing with transfers

24 May 2011 11:56:00
are we still interested in signing adam le fondre from rotherham ?! not seen any rumours about him in a long time but think he would be a great signing!

24 May 2011 11:27:10
just seen this online
Elsewhere, in a sentence that will further depress depressed Hammers fans, it's being reported 'Thomas Hitzlsperger will be allowed to leave for nothing thanks to a relegation release clause.'
this means he could come for nothing!

Wages £60,000 per week. He would have to take a pay cut of 200%. Would you do this ?

I mus admit I would like to see him at Rangers. The new Albertz????

GovanFR

A 200% paycut ha . .that means hes gonna be paying us 60k a week lol

u not maybe mean a 75% pay cut lol

24 May 2011 10:05:22
"23 May 2011 23:56:56
adam rooney will sign for rangers

just spoke to a family member

fact"

Personally I feel we can do better, Goodwillie would be a far better partner for Jelavic. Adam Rooney seems to be more of a Kris Boyd type player to me.

Rooney is a decent player

Adam rooney is a life long celtic fan , he was a season ticket holder as a young lad at parkhead

24 May 2011 07:41:28
Why is their Celtic fans posting on a Rangers rumour site?

Get a life.

24 May 2011 06:34:38
Mark noble of west ham would be an excellent signing, unlikely to happen though as wages/asking fee will be out of our reach.

Vaughan of blackpool is a player i think we should sign, good technical player with a lot of heart, wouldn't be that expensive either.

We definately need a strong defensive midfielder, I think nekunam of osasuna would be an excellent signing if we can afford him.

Morrison of wba would be a great signing.

Cuellar would be my first choice cd but depends on money.

david murphy would be ideal for left back.

And fabio borini to partner jelavic, as I think he is a cracking little player, good technically and an eye for goal.

Sinclair of swansea (possibly still chelsea, not sure) would be my first choice for left mid, but not sure we have the cash.

All in all, I think our midfield is currently the weakest part of our team so that would be my first priority.

Realisticly I think we should go for:

Nekounam
Vaughan
Morrison
Borini
Sinclair

Whats your thoughts?

gersfan

Yeah all good points, midfield is where most of the money needs to be spent.the david goodwillie deal is as good as done so there wudnt be much point in signing borrini aswell & cuellar hasnt exactly pulled up to many tree's in the EPL so he would be worth a cheeky bid.
what about andrew driver for left mid?

Sinclair signed for swansea he aint a chelsea anymore

Cuellar is injured and out for three months.

BigGordi

24 May 2011 05:11:04
Jaouad Zairi sems like some player wouldn't mind seeing him at ibrox next year!

24 May 2011 01:22:34
Tim mativz, said to have agreed terms with napoli, but his team yet to except napoli, s 6.5million euro bid, source , internet as soon as you put his named in

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ed, can u explain this? {Ed001's Note - sorry, not sure what you want explained?}

Just doesn't read very well that's all

We aint getting him mate does that explain it ???

24 May 2011 00:42:02
yep id sign rodger johnson up in a minute now that birmingham are relegated.
his dad is a big chelsea&rangers fan and he said in a interview before the carling cup final against arsenal that him and all his family followed chelsea.
plus he had a right square go with martin oneill after one of the birmingham derbys, all the makings of the next terry butcher whats your thoughts/value on him ED? {Ed001's Note - he was very poor after Dann got injured, I am not sure he is all that good myself.}