Rangers Banter Archive May 25 2017

25 May 2017 14:25:27
I read yesterday that every team line up Ajax have put on the pitch since 1981 has had at least one academy player in it. That is quite remarkable.
I know we are going down a different path with our academy now and i hope it's productive but I really think that is something we should aim to copy. I'm still for signing 2/ 3 quality players each year if we can but realistically we have to promote more of our own and make it clear there is a pathway for them.
Hopefully there will be no signing of mercenaries after a retirement package or diddies from lower league England who can't believe there luck when they get a 3 year contract and double there old wage.

25 May 2017 15:25:58
aye a can see barry mckay playing in a uefa cup final.

holland have had a quality international team, we have not . end of story

25 May 2017 16:33:14
That's his point blueblood. Holland have a good international team because of their youth set up and the way they develop younger players. It's something we should be copying. I saw a stat last night, don't know how accurate it is, but it said that Ajaxs team is only worth 15 million so surely that should be motivation to get a better youth setup along with youth scouting in place.

25 May 2017 16:50:54
totally agree PeterHuistra said a while back too Benfica do exactly the same with there youth, there team is crazy young

25 May 2017 16:55:59
Our young guns never fulfil potential. why. not given a chance. simples. 60 to 100 first team games by 20 year old soon mature them

25 May 2017 21:41:27
Davie that is right but the fans won't wait. Whilst the young players get that 60 game experiance there are a good few losses along the way. Then the fans want the msnager out so the manager won't take the risk.

25 May 2017 22:32:06
It doesn't have to be that way Johnny. 2 good youngsters coming through each season playing alongside good players should progress. there is always pressure on Ajax, Benfica, Sporting Lisbon, Dortmund to win games/ leagues but they don't fear blooding the youngsters. Now more than ever we have to hope to produce more of our own

25 May 2017 23:31:01
Peter you know that all Rangers want is a winning team. I agree that 2 young players coming through each season is great but they need to play alongside established good players. Rangers don't have any.

26 May 2017 06:05:27
I don't think we are too bad at bringing young players through HOWEVER, we are very quick to get rid and other teams in Scotland pick up the nearly finished article FOR FREE!

26 May 2017 07:29:59
Johnnymac

Good post mate and spot on the issue is that there currently are no good established players in our team to help the youngsters. Barjonas in his limited appearances showed more than Halliday, Holt and Windass showed all season

26 May 2017 18:07:55
Holland cannot have that good an international team because they didn't even qualify for euros last year

27 May 2017 07:37:17
Stiv65
Yeah the national team is struggling just now but they have had some amazing teams in the last 40 years and have been a force in world football

25 May 2017 12:37:17
Don't know why I keep seeing Nikos name being put in next year's team. Aye he is good at passing but the guy can't run or put himself about.

Need a midfield that can battle and move around the park. Been missing for years.

Jack is a must and I would try get McLean or Shinne (could play LB aswell) from Aberdeen.

Even the boy McGinn from Hibs good engine and puts himself about.

Defence is another story so is the attack.

I'm not even sure Alves would be a good signing aye he's a big c*nt but that's about it. Saying he's a euro winner and that. Don't think he even played. Plus he's 35! Why not get someone in that in their mid 20's 30 at a push.

Naismith for that attack would be a great signing. aye he's a wee dick for the way he went about it when he left but if he scored the goals to win the league would anyone really be that bothered?

Moult would bang them in for us.

Wingers: I would try keep McKay and bring in Weiss, Gauld or Walker

Windass has something about him. He is good on the ball and has some pace just needs the games and confidence.

25 May 2017 13:07:05
I don't agree with signing bits and pieces of other SPL teams who were all not good enough to get anywhere near celtic and putting them in our team! Jack and Patterson maybe and maybe Gauld if he is being released but Kranjcar can be a good player to have even if he doesn't play every game or plays for part of games. We've Rossiter to come back, just like a new signing and I like the notion of new signings like the Mexican midfielder Carlos Pena and Bruno Alves. Three or four of the youngsters who have been given a chance should in the first team squad including young Hardie who has been out on loan and I'd also take Naismith back. I agree with you about Windass and feel he should be given a run. Finally, I'd keep Garner as I think he can score with a better midfield behind him.

25 May 2017 15:28:41
niko is class give him a chance

weiss, guald, walker cost money.

time to wake up and be realisitc .

25 May 2017 16:07:00
The only bit of your post I disagree with Doiger, i'd Hardie. I've seen him a couple of times and he's nowhere near what we need and he has very little more development potential. He'll make the grade at Livingston or somewhere.

25 May 2017 16:09:43
A Serious deficiency last year was our passing. I'll take any input right now

25 May 2017 16:15:59
How can someone be class if he can't get about the park. He's past it! Hopefully Harry snaps him up for Birmingham.

I never said bring them all in surely we could afford 1 or 2 of them.

We have always pinched players from other teams in scotland. So why not do the same now?

Need to build a younger more energetic team. None of this OAP carry on.

Am not trying to pick a fight boys just think we can do better.

26 May 2017 17:47:34
Agb! your original post is the best I've seen on here in ages! Absolutely spot on imo

26 May 2017 16:56:26
To be fair NK's not the quickest but was getting level of fitness and putting his self about well before he got injured! If we get players around him that can do the donkey work he can have a strong impact next season

26 May 2017 19:20:51
so pirlo who has never been a guy to run about was no good then beckham couldn't run many more players weren't the fastest but made great defence spltiitng passs that's what niko offers to the team and yes maybe only play him for an hour but he will creat goals and he has a great shot on him .

pedro has came out and said that niko is the first one in and last one out the door for us in training so for me he deserves a shout and p[eople doubting how effective he is when he plays are pesemistic glass half full type of people who's opinions don't really matter to me.

if he is mince then yes take him off but we all know the he isnt

27 May 2017 08:34:28
James! Beckham was consis entry voted one of the fittest players in any league he played in! Even in his later days, that guy barely stopped running during 90 mins, granted he wasn't the fastest but his work rate was phenomenal

25 May 2017 08:20:44
I wish rangers fans would stop signing this god awful tiffany song its horrendous and just gives ammunition to our haters . we are probably going to be signing guys from portugal, mexico ect, our manager is a catholic . we have had great players over the yrs who have been catholic, we don't need to sing this s*** anymore there is some great old rangers songs we can sing without this garbage, I've seen great changes from the fans at ibrox over the yrs yet there is still morons intent on bringing the club down.

25 May 2017 09:13:10
Couldn't agree more, has nothing to do with Rangers. Support the team!

25 May 2017 10:37:28
I'd love to know how many people actually go to chirch these days or believe in a higher power to take a side. Personally I dont, but I was brought up protestant. Religeon divides. The old firm thing started with religeon but has melded into tribalism these days, backed up by a religeous divide. I know self percieved catholics that are Rangers fans and self percieved protestants that are Celtic fans. It doesn't seem to 100% fit the religeous dynamic anylonger. But I know few that actually go to or attend a church. Football has became the church.

Rangers weren't even a protestant team at the outset being formed by both jewish and protestant members. Look at our original badge - pretty similar to the star of David wouldn't you say? It was the introduction of Celtic 16 years later that set us on this path. Founded by Brother Walfrid, through the pride that Irish imigrants did that didn't want to accept charity from the predominantly protestant population. This galvanised one side against the other. Factual events.

We have came to a time where we should be looking past this. It's pretty hypoctritical to sing about 'f•n•a•n blood' when the players we're cheering on are this. Infact if we were to adopt stupid policies of the past, we'd have a pretty small slelection of players to choose from.

We're one of the oldest Scottish football clubs and nd one of the oldest in the world. We should be proud of that.

25 May 2017 10:48:04
Fair play Bigt75

25 May 2017 12:17:24
Same here. Raised protestant but quickly became an agnostic atheist when I seen through the religious bull. It only serves to divide and control us.

I'll never understand the morons, on both sides, who spout this crap but have friends, family and work colleges on the opposite side of the divide. hypocrites!

25 May 2017 14:23:09
It appears there's at least 5 of those morons on here Bigt

25 May 2017 16:17:53
After all the historical evidence we are still discussing it's about religion and accepting that Catholicism as one.

26 May 2017 19:31:12
who on here can tell me the difference between the catholic religion and the protestant religion.

as far as i see they have different personal views on life but all believe in the same thing so for personal differences of the past to still bring it into football in 2017 is disgusting and yes celtic do it too but now like we do in every song almost there is a sectarian version of the words and most don't know the real words to the songs

26 May 2017 19:56:12
First time posting. Strongly agree with original poster, in fact had a disagreement with other Gers fans at Perth on this subject. If the so called Gers fans continue singing this c**p in Europe, we all know what'll happen. Reported to UEFA and out before we know it.
Act like Rangers fans, sing about the Club, and forget this pish.

25 May 2017 07:23:32
Rangers target Paulinho has signed for braga.

That's a bit of a shame I was looking forward to him wearing the the famous blue. I wonder how many more of our targets we will miss out on.

25 May 2017 09:05:42
All of the over ambitious ones we probably all want

25 May 2017 09:36:36
Who said he was a target? How did we 'miss out' if he wasn't? Stop believing the papers.

26 may 2017 14:09:43
we wont know who our atrgets truely are untill next week.
but i hope alves comes and naisy and wiess and jack and this new mexican chap i'd take him aswell