Rangers Banter Archive May 03 2017

 

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03 May 2017 18:00:54
right bears this is what's going to happen within the best 7 months.

Pedro. sacked ( although I like him)

Fod. sold £250k
tab. . sold £750k
waggy. sold £500k
garner. sold (thank God) £800k
MOH. sold £500k
dodo. loaned out
McKay. sold £2m
hailday. released
holt. sold £900k
Wallace. sold £1m
Wilson. sold £500k
kernian. released

Pedro to bring in his own players

wiess
renato ( not the byern player )
al saad
all well
McLean
jack
dorrans
a GK, 2 CB, and 2 ST that will do us a job.

thoughts?



03 May 2017 18:23:51
Stick to playing FIFA, fifaguy



03 May 2017 20:18:35
Rangers are now at a very critical point. Pedro needs to sell current players and bring in his own squad. That will be difficult as there won't be many buyers. If he then brings in his own players and it does not work then if he gets sacked the same thing happens again. New manager needs his own players etc. Back to square 1. How many times can a club do that especially a club with no money? There is only 1 solution. Accept a few seasons of 2nd,3rd or 4th. Develope youth. Bring in players gradually and build something. Keep a manager for 3 yesrs see what can be done. This hire and fire whilst giving a manager no money is mad.



03 May 2017 21:26:28
These prices are laughable. Unless your using monolpoly money as your guide



03 May 2017 23:18:49
both you think that won't happen ok good prices on players and i do want Pedro to stay and build a team. but I think we should get rid of them players and bring in foreing



04 May 2017 13:29:15
Johnnymac55, agree entirely with your solution. This should have started with McCoist. The problems are with the supporters who subscribe to this website and those that turn up every week/ fortnight to Ibrox. No patience for this to happen, success is wanted now, not 1, 2 or 3 years time.



04 May 2017 18:12:58
Couldn't tempt any club to buy any of the current squad even if it was a bogof offer let's see if warbs comes in for any



04 May 2017 18:35:53
Ins,

New centre half
Ryan Jack
Weiss
Veloso
Naismith
Lafferty
Cummings
Callum Patterson
Jamie walker


One can dream lol

The truth is nobody has a clue who we will sign


Except naismith he is signing.



03 May 2017 15:59:26
With the current situation we face and let's be honest it's pretty bleak, with no real signs or evidence of any healthy investment in playing squad or a sugar daddy whose willing to fling disposable income at us. It would be crazy to not consider the free transfers of Naismith, Lafferty and others! Let's move on or our club will never recover. These guys want to come back, have no fee and would play for much less than they could get elsewhere. I wasn't happy with how they left but they were badly advised with statements and I'd be happy for them to come back and make it up to fans!



03 May 2017 16:39:27
Do you not think his £50k a week wages would be an issue?



03 May 2017 16:49:54
Naismith Wants to move back up to Scotland apparently. So I highly doubt wages will be an issue.



03 May 2017 17:09:42
They are on £0 wages, given that they are OUT OF CONTRACT.

Still wouldn't take them though.



03 May 2017 17:42:23
Naismith isn't out of contract though and if he is wasim sure he would find a club



03 May 2017 17:43:33
Onlyshowaround

Apparently? So really you don't know and are just guessing that he wants to come back to Scotland



03 May 2017 17:45:28
Bleak? That's was 4 years ago, now things are positive if not ideal.

No debt other than to shareholders, no impending liquidation or administration, 3rd in the top league. not what we want but definitely not bleak!



04 May 2017 08:46:55
I am a great believer in 'never go back'
Once a player leaves of his own choice then he should not be brought back.
Very rarely works out well



04 May 2017 10:15:34
Things were unbelievably positive a few years ago after a multi-million pound share issue, with zero debt and a chance to build something incredible with a huge fan base in what was a real position of envy. Sadly though a number of people lined their own pockets, and took advantage of the club for personal gain. We should remember that the fans are not just the most valuable part of this club but the only thing of tangible value, this is where the power lies.



04 May 2017 12:59:24
Bengy, according to his best pal Kris Boyd, who can't keep his mouth shut, Naismith is looking to leave England and move back up here.

Also Bengy, apparently - As far as one knows.

As far as I know he wants to move back up here.



04 May 2017 18:24:51
Bengy who's on 50k a week in the championship?



03 May 2017 15:30:58
Weiss Patterson Hayes Moult 4 good signings



03 May 2017 16:15:57
Weiss absolutely no chance until at least 2020, when his current, oil money funded contract runs out. Absolutely for the other three but Hayes will be hard if not impossible to get from Aberdeen. Would need 1.5-2million bid for them even to consider, and even then I doubt they would ever sell to us at this moment.

Moult, Boyce, Hayes, Mulumbu, Dorrans, Tavernier, Wallace, Berra, Sumaila, Paterson, Foderingham.

Would love that to be our first team 4-4-2 formation next season.
Mulumbu, Berra, Sumaila, Paterson all end of contract, splash out on Hayes and Dorrans, pick up Boyce and Moult relatively cheap considering they would jump at the chance to step up their careers. Also bring in Vaulks as a utility player across back/ midfield, Crooks and Rossiter to step up and we have a squad. Any first team not mentioned up for sale to fund all this, including Mckay. Try to keep Dodoo, Windass, Holt, Beerman, Hill, Alnwick though for squad.



03 May 2017 16:40:55
Keep Windass? What exactly for? Better trying to sign his Dad probably still a better player than him



03 May 2017 17:11:59
Windass has potential. He can link up play and drive with the ball. There is no way he is a midfielder though, more of a player to play off a main striker. Playing in a weak team out off position you are never going to show your best potential.



03 May 2017 17:56:42
When I first saw windass I thought that he had some good potential but it turns out he's injury prone and cares more about posting on social media than winning football matches. I know it's hard to do, but just look back at their 3rd goal at the weekend and watch Windass casually jog then WALK back while McGregor gets the ball and scores.



03 May 2017 21:19:58
Really don't get people's fascination with Weiss didn't think he was that great first time around, I it because he seems to say nice things about rangers that people seem to Ike him better than he was



03 May 2017 18:36:37
Johnny Hayes is awful



04 May 2017 19:45:10
I agree Bawbag, i said the same a few weeks ago about his Rangers tweets and slagging Celtic that's made him more of a hero rather than what he done football wise when he was here but on the flip side we couldn't turn our noses up as he's better than anyone that's there at the moment.



03 May 2017 14:18:44
I am not really interested in us signing Whittaker, Naismith and Lafferty.
Not because of the past but more because they are not the future.

I would rather we went for Paterson than Whittaker. Rather Cummings than Lafferty.

Its a big sport with a lot of valuable young players around. There are precious few of our ex players we should even look at.



03 May 2017 15:20:51
Having to pay no fee for them is a big draw. I wouldn't bother with Whittaker. Naismith and Lafferty would definitely boost our attacking options and they know the Rangers mentality that's missing from present players.



03 May 2017 16:41:51
Alrus blue

Naismith is on £50k a week. Do you not think that might be a problem?



04 May 2017 18:22:08
naisy should be a target for pedro as his passion and effort in any game is second to none as well as being 10 times the plaer than anything we have on our books bring dorrans in as well if he doesn't break the bank.



04 May 2017 18:37:24
Young never heard of a pay cut? Naismith is head and shoulders above anyone at ibrox and that includes toral and hyndman.



03 May 2017 12:18:07
I have never posted on here before and this will be my one and only post. I have supported Rangers all my life but I now have to say enough is enough and it has nothing to do with the team on the park.

I am so embarrassed with the Rangers supporters that I now refuse to subject myself and my family to the sheer hatred I hear during every game at Ibrox, I have turned a blind eye to this in the past but the level of sectarianism and hatred, in my opinion is now worse than it has ever been. This is 2017 and we are still banging on about Derrys Walls and being up to our knees in fenian blood. I never thought i'd say this but the Celtic fans are making us look moronic! They have moved on, we are stuck somewhere around 1690!

The abuse directed at Scott Sinclair was the last straw, some moron at a zoo posing in front of the monkey enclosure is beyond embarrassing.

The damage has already been done and these people are marginalising decent supporters and pushing people in the direction of Glasgows East End. Saw a group of Polish/ Lithuanian lads playing football recently and every one of them had a Celtic shirt on! Give me one good reason why these guys would follow Rangers?

I fear for Rangers as a club and really think they might live in the shadow of Celtic forever however I am off to watch lower league football which I can enjoy with my family.



03 May 2017 12:38:12
Graeme

You say the Celtic fans have moved on however is this the same fans who in the first old firm game had rubber dolls with Rangers scarfs on hanging from the stands? Who bottled a 10 year old in the face? Suppose you think the Green Brigade with their songs and banners are acceptable to? TBH your post reads in parts like a tribute to the Celtic support. Would you not be better posting it on a Celtic site?



03 May 2017 12:40:00
Graeme, I'm sorry to hear of a decent fan leaving.
I can't agree is worse than it ever was but I get where you are coming from. ANY is too much.
The only thing I would say to you is - who is going to take your place?
I hnow we have plenty of fans but the more of us that don't do it the better. We can't give way to the idiots or you will be right and it will go downhill.



03 May 2017 13:25:28
With a username like that i think you're Trigger in disguise (remember him lads), anyway "graeme" is this the same Selik fans that can't even show respect for 1 minute at rememberance day, hang blow ups from there stand, make aeroplane gestures towards American players (Reyna), blame Refs for being DOBs everytime there's a desision against them? I could go on all day. fact of the matter is that every club has morons. so i'm quite glad that was your 1 and only post and for my fellow bears that are sympathising with him, Get a grip



03 May 2017 14:26:17
I seen this exact post in FF recently, 100% percent there's aspects that need to be stamped out and our own house in order is first priority.

The sheer terminology in your post reeks of one of them coming in to have a pop. there's improvements to be made and i think a better product on the park to sing about will aid in eradicating old habits.

Theres always going to be idiots across all walks and aspects of life but to tar all our supporters with the same brush is preposterous. But i stand by we need to have a product to sing about on the park as well and whilst i'd like to think some songs are off limits some are perfectly fine and have been rung about Ibrox for years and will be here longer than you will.



03 May 2017 14:36:59
These guys are not supporters of our club - they might claim to be but at heart they are simply moronic **** who really need to get a life.

I don't care what the celtic fans get up to but it's time that all fans helped to get rid of the affliction that still haunts our club - report the guys sitting behind you chanting obscenities.

Im all for a bit of good natured banter and winding up the opposition but the hatred is 50 years out of date.



03 May 2017 14:39:58
Graeme I can't argue that we've got morons in our support and I hope anyone who damages our clubs reputation gets banned for life but every club has morons. Anyone who was at parkhead the day mark Walters played there will tell you the disgraceful scenes we all seen. Bananas all over the track monkey noises from the jungle so I don't think any club can take the moral high ground.



03 May 2017 15:14:03
When we all indulge in cheap point scoring over who sang / said / done what then the problems will never be eradicated. Education is required and we all have a part to play in trying to end the hatred. I'm all for friendly banter but I have to agree, recently it is getting worse.



03 May 2017 16:04:38
All the hatred between both rangers and Celtic fans stem from Catholic and protestant which are religions and I can't for the life of me work out why any1 still believes in religion it's a complete and utter farce a fairytale so shouldn't b anywhere near a football stadium we need to move on. It will never happen tho. Ps u are at it Graham you's are just as bad



03 May 2017 16:51:29
JLS why should I get a grip?
I know there are Celtic Fans as bad. That's hardly relevant. They call us bad names so I'm going to call them bad things is an acceptable excuse when your 9 years old. We are mostly adults here. I don't care if this guy is genuine. The facts stand that these fans are banging an outdated, moronic drum.
I'd love to know the amount of these Protestants that were in church on Sunday!



03 May 2017 17:35:30
Jaws you took the words right out of my mouth. I think they call what saint graham has is a selective memory



03 May 2017 20:31:09
Never posted, one and only post.

Screams of throwing a windup grenade and stepping back to admire your own work to me.

It's a wasted post though, you disagree with bigotry, racism and idiots in general. Who doesn't?

I'm sorry, I get your point and I agree that there is no place for any of that in any aspect of life but you Graeme must be on the wind up.

There is no point in even going into the fact that each team has that element of support.

If you are genuinely a Rangers man then you wouldn't turn your back on the club. If every decent fan did that, we'd be left with the racists, biggots and idiots.



03 May 2017 20:45:15
Graeme I don't like bigotry it's on both sides I've experienced the worst of it serving as a soldier in Northern Ireland during the trouble I'm saddened to think that we are solely responsible for it but as a dye hard support may I take this opportunity to say you won't be missed go to the darkside but don't come back when the success comes back because we do want you.



04 May 2017 03:49:13
There are distasteful and some downright disgusting songs throughout Scottish football. I don't like them and think Rangers could use a new songbook, something to give the fans a lift and a bit of a laugh. But, but. I don't think I've the right to tell anyone else what words to use and I don't think anyone else does either. People get too upset with what amounts to, singing. No violence, no running battles in the streets like years ago, just singing.

Personally, I feel the hate and vitriol that has been directed at rangers fans over the last few years has been intense. The glee that has been displayed by other fans groups over every perceived setback at rangers has been appalling to watch and without trying to justify the actions of some of the barbarians in our own support, you can appreciate there is going to be some pushback and that pushback will take some pretty disappointing forms.

I've lived in Africa/ Asia for the last decade and experience racism every day. yes its ugly but at some point you've got to acknowledge, that those that are abusive in this way, are either too daft to know any better or too frustrated to care how they look. You deal with it and move on.
What I'm trying to say is we're not so fragile that a few words should give us, as a species, such problems.

That being said, I'm going to contradict myself a bit here.

With Rangers, we're not talking about a few bad apples but a large section of our support singing inappropriate songs. Songs of hate instead of songs of support. Anyone can say whatever they want as far as I'm concerned but what you say is a reflection of who you are and so many of us singing these songs makes us look ugly.



04 May 2017 18:11:33
greame for me sounds like a celtic fan.
i agree with some of what he is saying but half of that post was utter nonsense pal. cletic fans have not moved on big banners at that game saying know your place person and the hanging of dolls with our scarves on is ridiculous and celtic fans just a few years back done the same monkey gestures to our players so no they haven't moved on and just like our supporters its just a minority of them .

i agree we need new songs to sing i like penny arcade but we need to adopt more.

i like the porto chant form one side to another just change it to rangers and that's a good one and sing the correct words to our other songs which have been made sectarian by our fans of yesteryear.

and then to hit our with we will be in their shadow forever strikes me as something only a cletic fans would say.

if u are a rangers fan and have that view on things then good riddance as we need loyal fans and the good ones like myself than don't sing the sectarian words as the more of us that stay the less space for the idiots that do.

seriously though you negative part time fans such as yourself mate can do one and don't come back i'd rather u where one of them that would make that post easier to swallow absolutely sickening post in my opinion.

i am rangers till i die and don't even have a choice in that rangers are a part of who i am



04 May 2017 19:03:31
Who cares whose worse, this club has and always will be a protestant institution. There is no other club in the world like ours, we stand by our beliefs. I don't believe in monkey gestures that's just childish behaviour from people who don't see sunlight very often. Sectarianism is only an offence when directed at another person or belief other wise we are being discriminated against. Who goes to a church n complains about them singing about jesus all day. Think about it.



05 May 2017 08:10:43
i think it`s obvious Graeme Murray is "a gub fae the Gallowgate"



03 May 2017 10:20:12
Think the papers and scott sinclair are going a wee bit OTT on this racism carry on . it was 1 guy and deplorable as it was the way sinclair is talking you would think it was the whole stand shouting at him . my teammates got me through my racism HELL it wasnt exactly mississipi burning was it.



03 May 2017 10:57:27
Unfortunately, it only takes one idiot to tarnish the whole support - the clown that did that should be banned for life.



03 May 2017 11:23:50
It only takes 1 idiot to tarnish everybody, no matter what the player being targeted says.



03 May 2017 11:27:13
We know some of their fans will use it as an excuse to call all of us racist but Sinclair has every right to be upset. How would you feel if some idiot implied you were less than human because of your skin colour?



03 May 2017 12:43:09
RFC4ever

I'm a Scot working in England and have had my fair share of abuse regarding my nationality i don't let it or them get to me. Agree with original poster I think Sinclair is making the most of it. The guy was out of order and shouldn't have done it I have no doubt he will be banned from Ibrox and convicted and rightly so. But it was only 1 guy and for 10 seconds? The stuff in the papers about my team mates getting me through it is ridiculous and designed just to make Rangers fans even worse



03 May 2017 17:20:52
My cousin from Invermess got complimentary tickets to Ross County v Celtic he told me the sectarian bile from Celtic fans was atrocious.



04 May 2017 18:16:59
Whose fans made aeroplane gestures at Claudio Reyna just after 9/11? Whose fans pelted Mark Walters with bananas?
Whose fans are openly and proudly anti-Semitic?
Whose fans called Sone Aluko a black monkey?
Whose fans called El-Hadji Diouf a vile little monkey?
Whose fans racially abused one of their own directors with vile online comments?
That's right, Mr Sinclair, you are actually earning your wages in the most racist 'hell' in Britain.



04 May 2017 18:18:48
I'm sure Mr Sinclair will survive his encounter with the idiot rangers supporter. The press will continue to react to it though in the same way as they treat a terrorist attack. It should never happen but sadly there are morons everywhere. Like the MORONS at Parkhead who hung effigies of hanging rangers supporters or waved Pakestinian flags at the Israeli team in the champions league.



04 May 2017 18:39:24
Obviously doesn't mean that much to Sinclair he plays with a racist.



04 May 2017 19:00:11
Aye Boaz but it is only our team that has bigoted supporters. Yes of course it shouldn't have happened but we are talking about one idiot and for Sinclair to say his teammates helped him through it etc is just ridiculous. definitely trying to make matters worse. I remember the Mark Walters incident well. There were hundreds of dhims involved that day. If it had been us we would have been thrown out of the league



03 May 2017 09:37:52
Is it June 1st the transfer window opens? Looking forward to some new signings and as I stated before. I hope we get lucky with few crackers. I would take Naismith back. I've forgiven people for a lot more. He won't solve our problems but it's a start. 🔺🔹.



03 May 2017 09:57:19
9th june until 1st september.



03 May 2017 11:46:10
I would take wee Naismith back in a heartbeat! Good player and a lot of experience now.
I can't blame him for leaving, we was about to go into the peak of his career and why would you want to be playing east stirling, elgin, annan etc when he is good enough for the PL and earn big wages.
It's not the players fault for how badly run the club was / is. We need all the help we can get, and if that means signing good players then so be it. Beggers can't be choosers



03 May 2017 12:14:54
It's nothing to do with leaving Rangers. It was his and Whittakers Press conference that makes the fans hate him.



03 May 2017 12:46:18
Allyrangers

Do you honestly think Rangers wanted him to play in the 3rd division? He was asked to sign over so he could be sold for a fee. He could easily have negotiated a release clause of about £500k he would have got his move and the club would have got some cash. Instead he turned his back on the club, declared us dead and left.



03 May 2017 14:33:33
Exactly he had the choice and left which is fair enough but don't go hold press conference declare us dead start all the sevco pish



03 May 2017 20:41:26
Been saying for weeks naismith is looking likely. If you would say no to naismith after watching these imposters all year your mad



04 May 2017 18:12:20
look the guy wasn't willing to take a 75 percent wage cut and i don't blame him.

i didn't like the press conference either but let's face it its not as bad as kissing the celtic badge when miller scored for them against us now is it?

if your answer is yes then me and you are very very different people and i don't understand your logic at all



03 May 2017 09:06:05
Was saturdays result our ronny deila moment? Will the board now realise they need to find sime serious cash to back pedro with some decent quality.



03 May 2017 09:42:46
Ronny Delia moment? Ronny was sacked on the back of what happened in the Scottish cup



03 May 2017 10:05:45
Yes exactly and celtic board had to react to us beating them in scottish cup by spending cash



03 May 2017 12:47:50
They sacked the manager first then spent some money. If it was a true Delia moment our manager would have been sacked too.



04 May 2017 18:13:26
i've seen stupid people saying that the manager should be sacked and even stated they know he has taken on an impossible job with a bunch of nobody's but still want him sacked.?

i don't understand is this the same people that don't want naisy back because he said some things but love miller after he scored for them against us and kissed their badge.
don't get me wrong i forgive miller and would now even put him in our hall of fame as i don't hold idiotic grudges.

but seriously sack the manager what kind of people are you!



03 May 2017 08:53:52
Hi guys,

I see the moron who made the monkey gestures last weekend has plead guilty.
I hope that Rangers deal with this properly and issue him with a long term/ lifetime ban.



03 May 2017 10:39:04
agreed it was shocking and has no place at Ibrox, Rangers should make sure they make an example of him.



03 May 2017 20:42:37
Should Griffiths not get a ban then since he has been convicted twice? Because he is a professional footballer it's okay.



04 May 2017 18:14:16
yes, lifetime ban and i hope he gets the book thrown at him.



03 May 2017 08:02:39
The naismith rumour really gathering pace now, personally i'd take him, what a difference he'd make up front, we just have to shake hands and forget what happened but the rumour is definately that he's coming.



03 May 2017 08:28:03
You might want to forgive someone who not only desertered the club but then had the audacity to hold a press conference and declare the club dead but I can't. Don't want that kind of person anywhere near the club and as for the so called rumour gathering pace he is still under contract and I'm sure they would want a sum we can't afford to pay



03 May 2017 08:48:28
If naismith comes back there's going to be people split obviously by the history we have with him with his injuries then stabbing the club in the back but I'd forgive him at the time I was raging about everything that was going on but when you look now the guys that left they have short careers and family's to feed but we take naisy back he bangs in the only goal of the game in a old firm it won't be long till the haters start loving again lol



03 May 2017 09:26:36
Sorry I can just just about forgive him desert club but holding a press conference and spout all sevco pish I can't



03 May 2017 09:46:55
I'll never forgive any of them that left that way but apart from that don't think he would make a great difference.



03 May 2017 09:47:34
Joerfc

Why do people keep coming up with the phrase he has a family to feed? Steven Davis had a family to feed yet he made sure the club got a fee. Lee Wallace had a family to feed but he stayed. You make it sound like Rangers were paying these players minimum wage. All he needed to do was ensure Rangers got some sort of fee and no one would have thought anything less of him moving. If he had agreed to leave for £500k he would have still got his move. Instead he walked out and then pronounced the club dead at a press conference. The same club who had helped him get over 2 serious injuries



03 May 2017 10:02:08
Joerfc

Why do people keep coming up with the phrase he has a family to feed? Steven Davis had a family to feed yet he made sure the club got a fee. Lee Wallace had a family to feed but he stayed. You make it sound like Rangers were paying these players minimum wage. All he needed to do was ensure Rangers got some sort of fee and no one would have thought anything less of him moving. If he had agreed to leave for £500k he would have still got his move. Instead he walked out and then pronounced the club dead at a press conference. The same club who had helped him get over 2 serious injuries

What are you on about, making sure the club got a fee?, Who would this 'fee' have benefitted exactly,? the spivs who were plundering the last dregs from the club.
Its time people moved on from all this 'i'll never forgive ' sanctimonious bull .
get over it,
can he improve the team? if so, its a no brainer, we're not really in any position to be unforgiving . Move on people. It's that simple !



03 May 2017 10:41:35
I don't agree with the way that these guys left either. I believe that they were i'll advised to take the press conference in relation to the club. But take a step back and look at the situation, remove your personal feeling that as a fan you'd play for Rangers for nothing due to love for the club.

These guys were relatively young footballers whom took a pay cut of up to 75% to enable the club to see out it's fixtures until the end of 2012 season so that in itself is a sacrifice. As a young Scottish international player, why would you want to play your football in the doldrums of Scottish football, picking up a far smaller wage than what you could get elsewhere in a relatively short career. The came to Rangers to be winners. The club let them down by financial mismanagement in the background. Two sides to everything.

Yes, self interest made them opt not to sign for the new holding company, making them more attractive to clubs to sign on bosman deals. That was wrong but they must have been advised by their agents to do so. The agents and players would be picking up hefty signing on fees due to this. We all know agents are greedy bassas.

Look at McCoist, he made sure that his big wage was honoured to play patsy and get the fans to buy into Green's charade. I blame these people for the financial bleeding rather than these players, all the while ill advised, who chose to leave.

I would take Naismith and Lafferty back. No one is saying we nee to make it comfortable for them but if their men - they should be able to take a bit of flack. In comparison to Waghorn and Garner it's like day and night for ability. If anything we need a continuity of what Rangers are about - the winning mentality that's lacking at the moment. Kenny Miller and Lee Wallace are the only current players who carry that batton but the rest of the squad aren't listening. Its of vital importance that we need this under Caixinha.



03 May 2017 11:00:36
Brian G
Other guys like the Americans transferred there contracts these players weren't getting paid there wage at the time Lee Wallace an Lee mccculloch wher the only two who took a pay cut at the time and these guys have short careers. Hence why I said they have family's to feed . They play till there 33/ 35 then retire some are lucky enough to coach or go in to punditry but not all of them. You make as much as you can cause you don't know what's round the corner. And Kenny Miller played for celtic the worst thing a rangers player could do but 99.99% have forgiven him after beating celtic and I'm just saying that would probably be the case if naisy was as successful on his return if he comes.



03 May 2017 12:39:57
Naismiths on £50grand per week no way he'll come back .
Lafferty is a possibility.



03 May 2017 14:19:55
Slipster

At the time no one knew what was going on and who was going to hoover up the cash. It's easy to say now about who it went to but I defy any fan or player to say they knew where the money was going. At the time it could have been the difference between the club going under and surviving. Naismith and others chose to turn their backs on the club and supporters who had shown them great loyalty



04 May 2017 18:19:22
lafferty is mince and nowhere near good enough in my opinion



03 May 2017 07:33:39
Everyone has opinions but i think signing moult, naismith and vaulks will be a cracking start to the summer. Hopefully pedro finds us a few gems. I'd be scouting the african market remember that's where celtic signed wanyama from and they made a mint and now he's one of the best midfielders in the premier league.



03 May 2017 09:00:40
Wanyama was playing in france at the time they signed him . problem with african market is work permits . unless they have played a certain % of international games then its hard to obtain a work permit



03 May 2017 09:28:26
Wanyama was playing in Belgium when Celtic bought him.
Not sure how he managed to get a work permit though as Keyna are not a top ranked country.
Ed may you can shine a light on work permit criteria?



{Ed001's Note - I am pretty sure, if I remember correctly, he doesn't need one as he has a EU passport as well. I would have to check up to be sure though.}

03 May 2017 10:09:52
Thats bang on ed ;) He holds a dual passport, qualifying him to play without a work permit.



{Ed001's Note - cheers Jimi, I did vaguely recollect being told that, but it was a few years ago now, so I could easily have been mistaken.}

03 May 2017 10:41:32
Doesnt mean because he's Aftican that all Africans will be good. Brazil gave the world Pele but they also gave us Emerson, Sheidt, juninho



03 May 2017 11:03:04
Did they not get a work permit similar to the one they got for eboue because he was a promising footballer they got one? Not too sure to be honest though lol



04 May 2017 18:20:12
the manager knows the leagues in which he will want to bring players from and as i did with warbs i will give this guy my full support and hope he can bring the club back to where it belongs and i will use this transfer window before i pass judgment on king and co.



 
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