Rangers Banter Archive January 07 2012

07 Jan 2012 23:55:27
Look, we all need to tone it down a bit. Looking at the current state of things Sandaza would be an alright addition. Think about the players from smaller clubs who were reasonably successful; I.E. Latapy, Caniggia, Boyd, Miller et al. Signing or poaching from the small clubs doesn't look great but it hasn't really harmed us in the past, the truth is it is just the level we are at financially right now. Sandaza probably won't set the place alight in old firm games but the rest he would be fine. I have heard he is very interested and wants to talk to us. The guys I know seem to think that we may see at least two new faces signed and there has been enquiries about loans. Templeton has been mentioned as the other but it is 50-50 whether a deal will be done. I'd rather we were shrewd than signed deadwood like Ortiz, no offence to him but not for our club. Fleck and McKay will be given there chance to prove a point. Edu will not be sold to Sochaux, we are not taking a loss on him. Jelavic will not leave in this window, unless an established EPL/European side (eg Liverpool) offer over £10m. He will not run the risk of ending up in the Championship (West Brom), Roy Hodgson is pursuing other targets.

We are the people. No need to panic. Remember the sound of Green and White bottles crashing in Inverness? Good.

S:Bear (aka North East Bear)

Iv only read the first few lines of your post, caniggia?!?!?, caniggia?!?!? He might have came frOm a smaller club but do you know anything about the mans career. He was a great

World Cup Finalist!

Miko

Rangers will never get £10m for jelavic, stop daydreaming and get back to reality

07 Jan 2012 23:13:13
Listen sandaza is crap and whoever thinks he is a good signing then they better have a god look at themselves, c'mon to grips is that the players were signing now??honestly!!

Do you think hes better than Healy mate?
I think he probably is as he has scored the same SPL goals as Hopper and more than any other Septic player not saying he is great but he is better than Healy or whoever our 3rd choice Striker might be while naisy and Laff are injured so in that context he IS a good signing, may not be the standard of player we would like at our famous club in the long term but he is worth a crack in the shorterm, then we can reassess at the end of the season when we will know our budget is going to be as the decision will have been made RE: Tax

theglasgowranger

Thanks mate, iv been arguin with some other trumpet about this earlier. Sandaza isn't good enough

In the long term,after you re-asses your famous club try to think of a new name i think you might need it! newco rangers 2012 got a nice ring to it.could have "we werent ready" as new motto.

07 Jan 2012 21:49:41
If we get sandazza I will give him a chance to prove his worth. Aluko has turned out decent for not being 'rangers class'

Ryan

Well said. It's good to read a positive post for a change.

07 Jan 2012 21:40:15
Celtic fans keep calling Ibrox Castle Grey skull as some sort of insult but in fact Castle Grey Skull is The master of the universe HE-MANS home!
WATP
BIG CRAIG

Is that all you have to worry about.

Big craig we stand corrected it wont happen again, we promise. as long as you stop calling yourselfs glagow rangers, there is no glasgow in rangers fc.

Sorry for trying to have a bit of fun!
WATP
BIG CRAIG

07 Jan 2012 20:45:50
Kris Boyd and Garry O'Connor are better than Sandaza.

All of a sudden sandancer is this great player hard times ahead for Scotland's shame . He he

I didn't no celtic were in for sandaza as far as i can see they are scotlands shame according to recent reports & fines from uefa still facing a charge also I heard
NTYABOW

Celtic are a million miles behind you lot in terms of uefa fines......engage the brain before opening the mouth my deluded bear;)

Nonsense, Celtic are not a million miles behind, you've just been getting away with it because your teams had no European footy, doesn't mean your all shiny and that. You need to stop deluding yourself or fans like you will land your club in the same bother that our idiots got the Gers into.

Duccablue

07 Jan 2012 19:16:03
look rangers have to sign someone fresh whether it is sandaza or oconnor or anyone because we need someone who can be a target up top, even tho jellyfish can be agile and get to most headers ( when he wants to ) the fact is he is going to be with another team.. we need a replacement who will not cost too much but still would be a good addition to the team, we need someone who will link up well with, healy/lafferty/fleck ( whoever we decide to play up top) you know, let rangers do the business and we keep up with the rumours and not criticising other players and playing them down.. thats just not nice to read..

Ps. i think Sandaza would do a good job providing he gets a chance lol

Jnr

07 Jan 2012 18:22:44
Heard that Rangers are interested in Tchite of standard liege.
Well after all he will go well with all Rangers other
"tchite" players LOL Timalloy

Is he Brazilian by any chance.

07 Jan 2012 17:54:46
Why didnt we sign Ricky Foster on a permanent deal after his loan from Aberdeen last season, he was by far better than Whitts and Broadfoot ?

According to Radio Clyde we were offered him on Thursday night for £150,000 but turned the chance down as McCoist said we have enough cover in the full back areas.

Steven.

Wit you talkin about no namer whittaker is wan of ure best lb or rb last season and no way ricky foster is better than him so wot do other gers think about that previous post?stef1967

Aberdeen wanted £500,000 for him. Then sold the man to Bristol City for £200,000.

No he wasn't, he makes Whittaker look an accomplished defender.

I thought he was pretty awful for us on his loan spell, to be totally honest.

Foster had one or two good games for Rangers.Whittaker is a much better player.As his goal against Sporting in Europe proved.Or maybe you all forgot about that.I think he is better as a right sided midfielder.Be good if we got Sutter in,so that he could play in midfield.We will need to wait and see.All that I know is,Foster has not been near any Scotland squads of late.And probably will be lucky to be.Even if he does do well in the championship.Ally

07 Jan 2012 17:41:45
Why is there even a question of what striker we need to sign?

As for a midfielder i think that Mark Davies of Bolton, a young and talented player who shoulkd be relatively affordable and a sound investment for the future.

Perhaps a cheaper option would be James McArthur of Wigan.

Thoughts?

Couldnt lace his shoes!!

Chalky Bhoy!!

Two completely different styles of player. Boyd is a predator/poacher styled striker, Henrik was a a creative striker with a bit of flair.

He didnt have to lace his shoes all he had to do was score goals and he done that seen as we are down that line larsson couldnt lace mccoists boots

Doesn't Henke have a champions league winners medal. ? Of course he doesr

07 Jan 2012 15:14:55
I honestly can't believe there are guys on here hoping sandaza signs for us. I know we are skint and can't attract the players we did before, but sandaza. Let's be serious, the guys hopeless. The same goes for o Connor and riordon. These names really are scrapping the bottom of the barrel. Sandaza couldn't cut it at Brighton, so what makes you all think he's good enough for a club like rangers. Bottom line is, he's not. Far f*ckin from it. If we had to go and sign the players people are talking about like the above mentioned players plus John Sutton, Ian black etc we would struggle to finish in the top six. We are better than that sh*te

Your right mate, its clear we need to bulk up the squad so let's go for tevez, messi, Rhodes. Oh wait a minute, we are f@@king skint, don't you read what whyte and ally have been saying. Sadly this is our Market until our finances are sorted, and it might get worse. If they are brought in then support them and the team, or lend ally 20m

Season ticket prices must go down then, be interesting to see season ticket sales next year, who actually likes what they are seeing at ibrox on or off the park?

If you had read my post you would have seen I said I know we are skint, that doesn't mean we should sign players like sandaza- sh*te, o'connor- cOkehead, and riordon who's caused trouble wherever he's went. Il still support the team but surely we can find better than that. U just bury ur head in the sand n shout how you support team no matter what, that will solve all the problems. Iv no problem with ally buying cheap players, I'd take Boyd back but we are better than the others

Name some players then we should buy.

What's the point in trying to pluck names out of the air we can sign. No one knows how much money there is to be spent or how much players would cost. You want me to do what everyone else does and just start pullin names out football manager or FIFA. Surely a club like rangers should hav scouts that can go and find some cheaper player out there or give some youngsters a chance. I'd much rather see some of the boys get a chance than sign some of the dross that's been mentioned

Totally agree, lets find another allan mcgregor or barry ferguson!

07 Jan 2012 14:15:31
I think it's great for a nation like Scotland to have such a fantastic young striker like Rhodes play for us. I think he's destined for big things at a big club and it's great to know it will be Scotland who will benefit from it, he's said he's always considered himself Scottish which is great.

Also hopefully Sandaza does sign because he's a good all round striker and i'm sure he can make the step up.

WATP

Can't he still play for England as well. {Ed014's Note - No.

We need to put him in on a friendly quickly before england offer him a cap ! {Ed014's Note - He has a Scotland cap.He is a Scotland player.

Ed I'm sure he can still switch to England as he has not featured in a competitive international for Scotland {Ed014's Note - He has pledged himself 100% to Scotland.

But he can still chose Engerland.

No he cant full Scotland cap already

07 Jan 2012 14:05:17
If this sandaza deal is true then I for one will be livid. We've got little money to spend on wages and we waste it on crap like him. He couldn't make the Brighton team for goodness sake. With signings like this in a few years joining rangers from st Johnstone will be a step down.

Our team next year could be:
Alexander
Broadfoot Goian Wallace
Ortiz bedoya McKay wylde
Healy Sandaza Aluko

We'd be lucky to get third with that!

Ally and Craig use some brains or get out before you completely ruin this club

I strongly disagree sandaza is a decent striker and think he would do a good job fine for us. I'd take sandaza over Boyd any day and that's including body's goal record as sandaza is a trier and would bang in the goals in spl. Jesus I would score in spl

Alexcee

How the fu*k could that even be the team we arent going to sell edu whittaker mcgregor bocanegra davis laffery and naismith so your team is wrong

To second reply: who says whyte won't. I wouldn't put it past him.

Fraser

07 Jan 2012 13:23:31
just a wee message to say to all the celtic supporters that come on here, that i am sorry to hear about kayal being out for the rest of the season, us gers know how it feels to lose a key player for the rest of the season, would like to wish kayal all the best for his operation on monday and hope it goes well for him.
phoenix7928

Seriously how sad or low life are the ones who disagree ?

Lenny

I really dislike Beram kayal but would not wish a bad injury on any player no matter who they play for.

Fraser

50/50 challenges are hurting more and more players nowadays, why is that ? There was nothing to that and pro's seem to be made of balsa wood...... Anyone think that todays professionals are TOO fit ?

Sorry to see any player out for the rest of the season. Although Miko did say Naismith got what he deserved.

95% of the regular posters said Naismith deserved what he got Lenny. That's the difference between Rangers and Celtic fans we would never say that about a player. As you would know with the Izzy injury.

Cheers phoenix! not stirring it here but i think you guys will miss naismith more as we have a very strong midfield already...but who knows theres a lot still to play for!
Chalky Bhoy!

07 Jan 2012 12:25:10
iam starting to think it would be better if we get good prices for jelavic ,mcgregor,davis,pay the tax bill finish at worst second then kick on next year ,if we dont we go into admin get points deducted finish 2nd mabe 3rd and the club in so much trouble,what u think?

If we lose were gonna hav to sell a lot more than those three mate.worst case scenario;over 50m to pay and admin or the dreaded liquidation.points deduction and three year euro ban.

07 Jan 2012 10:25:13
Having read the Sun mr Whyte seems to be accepting a big tax bill will have to be paid. I fear for our club cause he seems the only one who won't loose

I hope hes playing mind games here and right at the last minute he pulls the "iron out of the fire" and wins. Result = He will be seen as a hero in the eyes of the fans.

Its the tax man mate.there is no irons to be pulled im afraid.this seems to be whyte preparing us for the worst.all this stalling and appealing will no doubt be infuriating HMRC and must be costing us a fortune in fees.my worry is mr ellis who has no rangers connection and will be dispassionate to any admin or liquidation as seems to be his way buisness wise.

07 Jan 2012 08:53:19
Craig whyte has admitted there will be no deal with the taxman

Source page 4 of the sun

07 Jan 2012 06:39:35
Obviously with not getting into europe this year we're gonna have a hole in the budget. Whyte had expected at least £4m from europe so personally i dont mind if we have to sell players to help run the club. Money doesn't just come out of knowhere so it's the price of not getting into europe. Bear in mind wages account for a huge amount so I think if we got rid of a lot of the dead wood we could free up wages and bring in some transfer fees. I personally don't think it'd be a hammer blow if we got rid of Edu £1.5m, Mculloch £100k, Broadfoot £400k, Weir - release, Kerkar - release, Whittaker £3m and Lafferty £1.5m. That's £6.5m and a good whack of wages freed.

These guys have been stagnating too long and i think there's more young fresh talent we could bring in that would rejuvanate the squad.

I'd rather see these guys replaced with Mcmillan, Hutton, Perry and some other players we could bring in cheaply. Personally I'd like O'Connor, Boyd, Riordan, Cuellar, Hately, Livermore/Mcheachran (loan), Mcarthur.

Genuine targets who're all proven in the SPL that could be brought in for a reasonable price.

You must be having a giraffe. Whittaker, injured, Lafferty, injured £400k for clubfoot and a bid of £500k for Edu so far. Can't see how that comes to £6.5 million.

I think people should lay off the rangers players backs havent use noticed edu has started playing a little bit better coz the fans have started taking the attentipn off him and concentrated morr pn davis and jelavic not playing well and whittaker too although i think whittaker isnt playing well coz the fans are on his back and he is lacking in confidence maybe if people stoped getting on the teams back they might actually start to play better just a thought

To the guy above just cos a players injured doesn't mean you cant sell them. We knocked back the bid of 500k for Edu as it was nowhere near our valuation and we paid £2m in the first place. Also form doesn't completely do over a players value. Fernando Torres ring a bell?

far to many planks on this page who don't understand football

Even letting them go would free up about £2m a year in wages! At least!

07 Jan 2012 02:00:15
ed DONT KNOW IF YOU WILL POST THIS BUT I HOPE YOU WILL:

i would just like to say after the incident which took place at anfeild tonight im shocked at the level of racism still in this day and age there is no place for racism in life no matter what colour you are we all still bleed the same colour and the people who are racist are just non educated muppets which are polluting the world!
WATP
BIG CRAIG {Ed001's Note - you do realise that there is no evidence of it being a racist incident don't you? The newspapers are reporting that someone was arrested on suspicion of such, but the police have denied it. But then, when have the newspapers ever let the truth get in the way of a good story???}

What actually happened?never seen the match. {Ed001's Note - no one knows for sure, one of the Oldham players got angry with someone in the crowd and ended up in tears and was comforted by Gerrard and Kuyt. The papers are saying he was racially abused and someone was arrested over it, but Merseyside Police have denied that anyone was arrested. People sat near the incident, say that they heard someone shout 'you Manc b*****d' to the Oldham player. Someone from the BBC, who was sat in the area has said that was the shout that upset the lad too. It might be that he misheard and thought the word shouted was black, that does seem entirely possible. Being as how he is only on loan at Oldham from down south, he probably doesn't realise that, to a Scouser, calling someone a Manc is far more likely to be used as an insult, especially to someone from Oldham. Having said that, it is also perfectly possible that it might have been a racial insult, but right now no one knows for sure.}

Im not saying they did do what the media have said i just mean in light of what happend or ment to have there is no place for racism in life in genral
WATP
BIG CRAIG

Well uefa have made example of Rangers and celtic on the bigotry subject,protestant,catholic,liverpool manchester same thing surely same laws apply or is it cause they are one of bigger clubs it will be allowed {Ed001's Note - what are you talking about? Are you trying to compare hundreds of years of sectarian bigotry and violence with a few insults between two cities???}

Cheers ed for the reply,like i said,never seen the match,probably be a long drawn out affair like the john terry affair,never know the truth with that one either.

Craig Whyte made his money from being director of companys going down the swanny and pocketing all the money exactly what hes doing at rangers dirty jedus that he is. romanov is doing same at hearts and look how thats ended up!!!

We all knew Whyte was a venture capitalist. You have to look at Murray's part in this as well.

07 Jan 2012 00:08:49
i really think we need this boy rhodes in tbh i think if whyte really des have the money we should burst the banks and buy him only if he wants to turn down the epl for the spl witch im very doubtfull about hes only a young lad i think he should come to rangers to get a little more experience tbh

The guy scored 5goals against wycombe earlier, his price tag was prob about 5-7m, after that and growing interest by the minute you would be looking at 7-10m now, so forget it! *ksd*

I think mccoist should offer jelavic for rhodes but that aint going to happen i think if we just sell jelavic and when everyone is fit and ready to play we have a good team mcgregor, whittaker goian boccanegra papac, aluko davis edu wallace, naismith lafferty

A would love that to m8 but after that display he put in tonight theres no way we could buy him
WATP
BIG CRAIG

Rhodes is a no chance, Whyte doesn't have any money- have you been in coma since Whyte purchased Rangers? The summer transfer window proved Whyte has no clout. We will shopping in the bargain basement again but if we find gems like Bocanegra & Goian in the forward areas we will be doing alright.

ThatsNotMyName

Rangers baulked at the going rate for scott allan,which in comparison to rhodes was chicken feed.all good and well saying go for rhodes....the simple fact remains....whyte doesnt have the financial clout that people where told he has before he took the helm at ibrox,why people think he has is beyond beliefwhyte banked on european money but without this whyte has been shown up for what he really is,a man with some cash...but a chancer none the less,waken up guys.

The guy that said swap jelavic for Rhodes haha Huddersfield would tell rangers to get f**ked a guy on top form for a guy that's going to struggle In The championship and I mean jelavic that is going to struggle

If you actually read what i said was i think ally should swap jelavic for rhodes but its not going to happen so it was a suggestion and jelavic struggle in the championship i dont think so hes a better player than kenny miller and hrs dvoring for fun jelavis is only playing sh*te coz he knows hes off to another club

Typo hes scoring lol

06 Jan 2012 23:40:00
Lafferty out, Naismith out, Jellyfish probably away and Healy just gash......the future certainly aint orange! Rankers will sign an SPL striker in January, no better. Think their best bet will be O'Connor as he only has 6 months left on his contract, would still require an undisclosed fee to secure him though........and the players willingness to sign. That's your whack Percy's, so get real!

Miko x

Never seen so much sh-te posted in all the time ive been on here Miko you seem to know everything about the GERS more than your own team and for gods sake grow up what is all this gash about Percy's Everytime you come on this site you name call were you hit on the head with a heavy object during the high winds cause its caused severe brain damage to you and since you know everything about the transfer market who is the manky mob bringing in then if you could let us know you 5 star idiot or are you going to Guess that one to.

German

In adversity Rangers will prevail & what does this Percy's stuff mean? Maybe you should concentrate on your own club. Perhaps you should ponder why your club hasn't won the league for last 3 seasons while Rangers are struggling to compete financially.
ThatsNotMyName

Miko is a closet fan did anyone notice he hardly posted when celtic were 2nd now the top hes came back and as usual making a t*t of himself miko what age are you mate? grow some balls and get a life

Wullie