Rangers Banter Archive December 30 2017

30 Dec 2017 21:54:27
Good performance overall today, but let's look at the facts, we haven't beaten them in the league, they're almost home and dry, as it's out of our hands, nico a passenger, and Alves a disgrace, 16 mins as captain! Get rid of him, no heart no desire, stealing a wage, he simply didn't fancy it today.

30 Dec 2017 22:38:52
Your not the only one billy blue, but what is it with some of our supporters, thinking imo stupidly, that big bruno alves, was feining injury at breeze block boulevard today! NO chance was he pretending to be injured as he most definitely was injured! Not one of us where i was sitting at breeze block boulevard today, said this!

For god's sake i'm led to believe big alves left their ground on crutches! He's a thorough professional and to suggest that about any of our players, is pretty poor in my eyes! Get a grip! Try and enjoy our teams very good performance today, instead of spouting this negative stuff!

30 Dec 2017 23:09:57
What are you talking about with Alves he was injured end of!

30 Dec 2017 23:14:24
Your right supercoop big Alves did leave on crutches. I've got to say we didn't have many failures today but Danny Wilson was immense. I've been critical of Wilson in past games but he seems to play better when he's got a young player beside him like bates that he can guide through a game.

31 Dec 2017 07:00:41
Alves isn't up for it and should be shown the door.

31 Dec 2017 07:02:04
Bates was superb. a lot of people have slated him and Wilson. Thought they were class. Should have won in my opinion. Very proud of the performance from whole team.

31 Dec 2017 09:09:16
Bates was unbelievably good, just ahead of the rest of the back line (including the goalie) . Danny Wilson showed he is a very good player and I hope he can stay fit as he should be one of the first picks. The slating of Alves is grossly unfair imo. You could see the disappointment in his face when he realised he couldn't continue. Big time players love to play in this fixture so why would he feign injury. It is ridiculous to suggest that On another point the mhanky, self proclaimed bfitw, showed their class by booing young McCrorie as he recovered from bleeding all over their midden. It was so bad he had to change his shirt. Class as always!

30 Dec 2017 20:11:43
You lot need to get a grip Bruno was injured he didn’t bottle it. This is a guy who has played in some of the biggest games in the world so he would handle an old firm game no problem. He left the hole on crutches so how is that feigning injury. Honestly we get a good result and fans slate our own players.

30 Dec 2017 20:29:02
i personally think we shoukd look to move on alves kranjcar herrera pena and rossiter the wages saved could easily get as at least 5 new players who are going to be in the first team making a diffrence not sitting on thr bench

30 Dec 2017 22:33:26
jamesreilly the old firm is the biggest game in the world! So not necessarily.

30 Dec 2017 23:14:40
What is peoples problem with Alves I don't get it but

31 Dec 2017 12:22:21
Deanobear, it appears to be the way some of our fans behave now - always looking for a scapegoat. Windass, Bates v Killie but now all of a sudden he's a world beater, Tav earlier in the season, Fod basically since he joined the club and now Alves. No wonder we drop more points at ibrox if this attitude is evident from the stands.

30 Dec 2017 19:36:39
I think that we did good with 10 men (Krancjar being the exception) For me this is the start and not a bench mark. Winning is a bench mark but Murty has played the sheep twice, hibs away and Celtic away, 10points.

Though I would like the two Mexicans and Krancjar away in Jan I don't think it will happen.

If we can get Naismith, Martin, Murphy and a striker I would be happy. I would like a midfielder but let's see.

Today The all defence and mccroie and holt were great and if Fredo scored we would have won.

Let's see what 2018 brings, hopefully the cup. Happy new year all.

30 Dec 2017 22:32:15
Thought the tempo we played for most of the game was very impressive, defence were excellent! Danny Wilson is growing into the player that had all that potential and I thought he led the defence superbly today ( personally he'd be my captain) tav was also superb considering how much flak he takes! Bates was refreshing in that he is an out and out no nonsense defender.

Holt and candieas energy is phenomenal he never stops and fredo was a constant nuisance to Celtic defence and deserved a goal

Good performance all in all! But we need to keep that pressure and energy going in every game not just old firm

31 Dec 2017 01:22:30
ive said for years wilson is our best defender. good on the ball. great passer, good positioning.

him and alves should be our defence. hopefully mccrorie learns from both of them.

3 captains each have their good attributes

31 Dec 2017 07:08:00
Wilson is too inconsistent for me. he can play like that against a £70m striker but then come up against a 15st 34yo in kris boyd and be absolutely terrorised. same goes for Bates.

30 Dec 2017 18:23:10
Even the most staunch Celtic fan must admit we were worth the win today.

30 Dec 2017 21:16:57
Looks like 4 of the sellic voted lmao

30 Dec 2017 18:19:36
Today result and performance was good but we need put this effort in every game espically at home so the fans can get right behind the team and support them and give the players the confidence they need.

With 4 5 new players we could have a right good go the rest of the season get rid of some the high earners and should look to bring in russel martin naismith johnny russel hyndman murphy these 5 would be good addtions

30 Dec 2017 17:41:26
Alaves is as soft as ..... all this talk in the summer about how good and experienced a defender he is what a load of balls 1st old firm game he was AWOL with a supposed injury 2nd he could wait for find an excuse to get aff that pitch that along with him being sub standard or posted missing in the big games we should get rid off the wage bill in January and the same goes for Kranjcar total empty shirt the guy is to slow and well past it there's a reason he was playing 2nd division football in America.

30 Dec 2017 18:19:13
Agree about krankjcar, his legs have gone. Don't believe for a minute alves feigns injury / hasn't got the bottle for it.

30 Dec 2017 16:59:11
Good advert for the SPl today albeit no goals. Rangers shaded the game today and probably should have won. however Celtic were unlucky not to score first half. As I said the other day the team can now call themselves Rangers players. Second half they stepped up a level not seen before now. I we had an alternative to Kranjar, who knows what would have happened.

Not getting carried away however but this result could be pivotal for our season giving the players confidence that they were sadly lacking.
PS. Murty I feel may get flak for saying the Parkhead atmosphere is second to none in his post match interview, sorry Murts I think you meant its second to one.

30 Dec 2017 16:43:00
Don't care wjat anyone says, was in a pub full of time the day and they all say rangers should have won, they are not invincible in a long shot, we have been poor but we can compete when we are poor, just wait till we have a good team!

30 Dec 2017 16:02:16
Very proud bear today! Once again written off by everyone and yet again come away with the draw. Says it all that i'm gutted with the draw. I've said it before and ill say it again, we are not as far away as people think. A few decent experienced pros and we'll go close. I urge all the fans to stick with it and get behind the team. At the Well game midweek there was a lot of grumbles and groans but we must stick together as i believe 55 is not far away! That mob are 1 game away from imploding haha they've just gone 60 odd games unbeaten, are 11 clear of us and didn't lose the game! Yet the boos ringing round the stadium from "the best fans in the world" showed how close to the edge they are! Keep believing Teddy bears, the good times will return.

30 Dec 2017 17:04:00
That's the spirit! back 4 were outstanding, Fod, McCrorie and Candeias all excellent too. Morelos was unlucky, still lacking confidence and needs more support up there. A few more forwards in Jan to help us win the games we're expected to.

Keep Believing!

30 Dec 2017 17:11:26
Mr Danny Wilson. I apologise for some of my criticism of you. you were excellent today, outstanding. Jock Wallace would have been proud of the character and attitude shown today. I thought it would be 4-0 to them. I was wrong. proud of Rangers today. Chris Sutton. what a fud!

30 Dec 2017 15:10:22
Hi everyone well about time we stood up to that lot, Rangers played with pride and spirit today and fought them toe to toe and with a little luck we, d have won the game. Fod, Tav, Bates, Wilson, John, and Candeias where's he been all season? we're all superb the rest put in a shift. Thot Alves bottled it he couldn't wait to get off. Murty s unbeaten at the tin can lol, long may that continue. Well done Rangers you showed them that they're not nearly as good as they think they are. c'mon us.

30 Dec 2017 16:06:01
Well said robbie . candeias was superb as was Wilson and Bates. When I saw Bates come on, I must admit I thought aw nawww, but the lad made me proud as punch today as did the rest . Also agree about kranjar, he’s finished . If we can add 3 or 4 better players in certain positions then they are there for the taking . Mccrorie a rangers captain in the making, love his desire and swagger. Well done rangers

30 Dec 2017 16:09:53
Given Lewis Morgan would be given the 10 jersey be straight into the team and surely be on a comparable wage surely Rangers should try and sign him (Pena and Niko out) .

Brunt, Naismith, Walker, Hendry, McAuley would mean Rangers are in a position to challenge Celtic

30 Dec 2017 16:10:30
Coming out of breezeblock boulevard this afternoon, all us bears were delighted with our team's display and fighting spirit! I thought the whole rangers team played their part! I agree with you Robbie C! I thought the game passed by kranjcar, especially in the first half! He improved after the break! Windass done ok and was in and out the game! Our full defence and goalkeeper were excellent!

I believe sky gave the MOTM to big david bates, who was superb! I personally thought my MOTM was without doubt, between tav and candeias, who were both exceptional today! It tell you a lot that celtic's young left full back, was rather quiet today, which of course was down to how good tav and candeias were! I'd probably say tav, just in front of candeias, as my MOTM! Candeias is on his game a really good right winger!

All we need now, is a good left winger! Forget jamie walker etc, the left winger i want rangers to sign is jamie murphy from Brighton! He's miles ahead of jamie walker or jordan jones or any other winger we've been linked with of late! Lastly well done again to our manager graeme murty, who once again gets something from breeze block boulevard! It should have been all 3 points on our 2nd half showing! Graeme murty will do well as our manager and good luck to him!
Onwards and upwards bears! They really do think they're better than they actually are!

30 Dec 2017 17:03:07
Spot on robbie, alves is a bag!

30 Dec 2017 17:24:46
I really do think we would see the best of el buffalo if he had a fellow striker along side him, it would give him more confidence, instead of giving the appearance of being the lone striker in the team. Great result today though, team needs to build on this.

30 Dec 2017 21:43:49
Has Morgan not signed fur smeltic

30 Dec 2017 14:36:20
Windass is a imposter in a Rangers jersey get rid of this guy and replace with better and we might just achieve something! Desperate for a number 10, a left winger and another striker in January! Can see Alves leaving, I'm not his biggest fan but Bates today along with Wilson was outstanding and Tav caused problems all day! Rode our luck first half but second half is the best performance we have had against them since we have come back up!

30 Dec 2017 15:05:15
perfectly summed up struth

tav wilson awesome bates john and wes solid too


get dorrans and jack back for add quality winger/ no 10 and a proven cntr fwd and we can build

30 Dec 2017 15:15:20
Personally I think tav has caught wind of interest down south but in realistic terms I would not accept any less than £3mill would like him to stay but don’t think that’s going to happen, correct about Windass any money around the £1mill mark will do!
Imposter!

30 Dec 2017 15:24:24
Disagree he may have bad games, but there is a player in Josh Windass and he's only 23 with a decent coach and confidence he could be a asset or at least a good squad player. beside that Wilson, tav, mcrorie and bates had good games we just need them to be consistent.
We need to find young players with a good attitude and some ability then bring them on and actually coach them rather than slaughter them and destroy their confidence when they make the odd mistake. the days of buying a finished article player are gone, some fans need to wake up.

30 Dec 2017 16:32:52
From what I saw today, against a very ordinary Celtic side, is that a proven
goal scorer is a must, Morelos, although potentially very good, is at best, just that.
Pure potential! We had good, no great, chances today. composure, savy, and that
clinical sense for scoring is what’s required. I know this costs top dollar as a premium but think of what could have been achieved If we’d had a real striker.?
Nonetheless, better application and fight. Rode our luck in the first half, but dominated the second. better Gers, much better! .

30 Dec 2017 17:00:54
Windass played well the day don’t know what game you watched.

30 Dec 2017 17:04:41
Thought windass played well. If you want to direct negatives then aim it towards krancjar and alves.

30 Dec 2017 17:08:38
Well said hamiltonger

30 Dec 2017 18:32:38
Windass was rubbish don’t know what game you were watching if you thought he played well! Kranjcar isn’t suited to the pace of the Scottish game but at least there is a player in him!

30 Dec 2017 14:20:34
Proud of the effort today. Keep that up and we will be fine.

30 Dec 2017 16:58:13
Agree Huistra2, it was hard to pick a man of the match today (Kranjcar excluded) . We took the game to them in the second half and could have won. let's build on that for the second half of the season.

30 Dec 2017 14:10:19
Bruno Alves has surely played his last game, bottled it completely and Kranjcar is well past it. Every other player can hold their head held very high today.

30 Dec 2017 14:28:04
how the hell can you say alves bottled it the guy got took off injured. and he put in a vital header from one of their corners. clearly you must have been watching a different game. well done gers we should have won it in the second half though.

30 Dec 2017 15:08:33
Bruno appears to be our fans new whipping boy, for some reason our fans always like to pick on someone.

30 Dec 2017 15:39:46
Aye it was obvious he was in pain. Don't know why he is singled out like this

30 Dec 2017 17:01:20
I believe alves bottled it as well, hope we get rid of him.

30 Dec 2017 14:02:11
I thought all nine of our players were excellent imagine what could have been if we had pena or barjonas on the pitch instead of niko and windass I always want our players to come good but big bruno does not want to be here so thank god for Bates, wilson and mccrorrie they really make him look ordinary, tav and candias were magnificent today working tirelessly, morelos really deserved a goal but what a great example for someone so young getting back hussling the opposition all the time. Where did sky get the possession stats bbc and Google have us on 46% and watching it I'd go with that but for sky to come away with 36% what a load of bs.

30 Dec 2017 14:04:31
Alves was injured what do you mean?

30 Dec 2017 14:26:32
Proud of every one of them. Except Alves. He will be away in Jan. On today’s showing I’d give Wilson and Bates the CB jerseys till end of season and see if they can be the pairing that’s needed at spine of team.

30 Dec 2017 14:28:32
He has no heart or interest, plenty out there would push through the pain not him and does he look much better than our other options no not a chance. What could we do with the wages we pay him

30 Dec 2017 17:31:07
Gary, pena are you serious, this guy is a clown and is nowhere near any better than windass or krancjar. Deonbear, do you talk shoite as a hobby? Alves bottled it AGAIN!

30 Dec 2017 20:11:27
Where has this opinion that Alves bottled it and feigned injury came from exactly? In his post match interview Murty said he was in a lot of pain and discomfort and on crutches.

30 Dec 2017 13:59:04
Big well done today rangers, played like a team of men!

30 Dec 2017 13:52:23
Well done Today Graeme Murty . your team played for you. Tav must stay!

30 Dec 2017 14:02:01
Best game I've seen him play for us. Brilliant!

30 Dec 2017 11:36:43
So all this people still supporting the board
Jimmy Nicholl: Rangers to appoint Falkirk assistant as Ibrox number two
They can't even get a assistant manger from falkirk before the game when they said the would
they are a embarsment to Rangers FC and what we stand for
GET THEM OUT.

30 Dec 2017 12:14:44
Don’t remember a timescale being put on it and show Falkirk some respect, that’s the problem with fans like you show no respect to other clubs

30 Dec 2017 12:54:16
I take it must be a long term thing then because why would he leave his post to become an assistant for 5 months?

30 Dec 2017 12:57:08
Get Niko off and Barjonas on before its to late. absolute waste of a jersey. literally playing with 10 men

30 Dec 2017 13:58:21
Yes have to agree Niko a waste of a shirt we might have won with barjonas on the field in the second half.

30 Dec 2017 19:58:14
"THIS"

30 Dec 2017 11:05:52
Well done Cheer up! Somebody whose inside info actually has substance! Jimmy Nicholl it is. Ex player and plenty of managerial experience (not all of it great admittedly) so hopefully he will give Murty plenty of positive support.

30 Dec 2017 11:04:00
No Jack today due to injury. Maybe just as well as I think a red card would have been a distinct possibility! Come on the Gers, go for it today and restore some glory. 2-1 Rangers, with Morelos and Windass scoring.

30 Dec 2017 08:48:27
I should probably be talking about our chances against Celtic but haven't got a lot to say on that but assuming Murty will not be permanent I think a great appointment would be Robbie Neilson. He did a great job at Hearts with very limited financial resources and looks the part of a top class manager.

30 Dec 2017 11:03:30
No thanks, he's proving how good a manager he is just now with his team struggling. I think he was ok at hearts as Craig levin was pulling the strings

30 Dec 2017 11:06:04
I find it strange people touting Neilson for the job, but while he was at hearts it was all Robbie 'train spotting' Neilson is pants.