Rangers Rumours Archive August 22 2018
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22 Aug 2018 22:58:51
Joe Worrall being linked on the Record Online tonight, initial loan with an option to buy, England U21 international, worth a punt IMO if the price is right!
22 Aug 2018 23:33:54
He’d be a good catch if true.
23 Aug 2018 02:56:52
He's certainly the right type, young, capable, energetic, tall and tough. I'd have him all the time before the likes of McAuley, Richards and other has-beens punted on here. This lad would only enhance the squad.
23 Aug 2018 04:28:38
Agreed dutycalls, he fits the profile that we should be looking at, especially if we can agree a fee before the loan then it’s a no brainer. I would add that I’d like him (or someone like him) as well as a McAuley giving us 4 centre backs for the season ahead. Surely McAuley can’t be looking for much wages if hearts and Aberdeen are interested? 1 year deal!
23 Aug 2018 08:46:02
I'd be absolutely delighted if he signed on loan with the option to buy.
23 Aug 2018 09:02:24
Wow just Wow lad actually captained England U 21's recently. If we have the option to buy perfect but he won't be cheap.
23 Aug 2018 09:07:09
Forest rejected an £11.5m bid for him from Burnley in January so he must no be too bad.
23 Aug 2018 09:12:00
5th choice forest centre half doesn’t float my boat I’m affraid.
23 Aug 2018 11:25:27
Rossiter was also England under 21 captain was he not? And that worked well.
23 Aug 2018 14:22:22
To be fair Rossiter is class and would be a starter imo if it wasn’t for the bad luck with injuries.
23 Aug 2018 15:11:36
I think if JR wasn’t injury prone it would have worked out very well.
23 Aug 2018 15:38:10
Rossiter has NEVER played for the England Under 21's he was capped and captained the Under 19's.
23 Aug 2018 16:47:00
My bad. Thought he had.
23 Aug 2018 19:20:06
Fifth choice doesn't necessarily make him bad The manager obviously prefers others to him and he is still quite young
He is a good wee player and with games he will grow confident and improve his play!
24 Aug 2018 15:49:47
What’s happening with the strips? Anyone actually know anything?
25 Aug 2018 14:18:40
What I have heard is strips will be available to buy in around 3 weeks.
25 Aug 2018 20:30:30
WHAT? WHAT three weeks . let’s sack the board 🤪.
22 Aug 2018 21:48:35
With regard to another backup central defender, and another winger to replace murphy. We could move McCrorie to back up central defender and spend the money on a winger and possibly another striker.
23 Aug 2018 02:58:52
hoof harted, even after Gerrard has said McCrorie is not a central defender? I think I'll stick with the manager's assessment. And we don't need a replacement for Murphy, that area is adequately covered for now.
23 Aug 2018 03:32:19
McCrorie is absolutely shocking at centre half so not sure that be such a good idea. Am sure Barisic would be better in there then still have Tav and Flanagan right and left back.
23 Aug 2018 08:36:53
Totally agree McCrorie is much more effective in midfield.
SG is looking at Joe Worall according to the media.
23 Aug 2018 08:46:44
Barisic can play all along the back 4.
23 Aug 2018 16:07:30
McCrorie should only play there in emergencies against poorer opposition.
22 Aug 2018 21:10:41
Big rumour on twitter saying strips to go on sale 20/ 09/ 2018.
22 Aug 2018 21:45:55
We’re did u c that mate.
22 Aug 2018 22:37:24
Eh, on twitter!
22 Aug 2018 22:53:39
I'm guessing by big rumour on Twitter that he seen it on Twitter.
23 Aug 2018 00:05:53
I think what 36th was trying to ask is WHO on twitter was suggesting this.
23 Aug 2018 01:28:38
That’s priceless.
23 Aug 2018 06:58:48
Thanks 1872 your spot on. What Twitter account was it hardly difficult to work that out.
23 Aug 2018 10:49:38
Gregco, he tends to be on the ball with most club matters.
23 Aug 2018 12:27:24
Guy called gregco, usually spot on with his info.
22 Aug 2018 20:46:50
Apparently Lafferty cost just short of 700 grand. 450 given to the press for a couple of ambiguous reasons.
Why they didn't just state that it was an undisclosed fee I don"t know.
Guy that told me is usually bang on.
22 Aug 2018 19:35:00
Rumours are circling that Reece Oxford is being looked at by Steven Gerrard as a possible loan deal
Hope this is true it will give Reece a perfect platform.
22 Aug 2018 20:01:08
We need a big CB to cover our 2 new signings but Oxford is an Iron and won't leave West Ham permanently.
22 Aug 2018 20:23:40
Just throwing it out read article Lewis McCloud early on the week said he’d love to come back playing well for Brentford contract up next year thoughts.
22 Aug 2018 20:33:45
good shout on mcleod red ger wld luv to see him back
i was gutted to see him leave so much ability on the ball fabulous passing and scored some absl crackers
overhead kick down at somerset park was ridiculous!
22 Aug 2018 22:32:12
In starting line ups for Brentford so doubtful.
23 Aug 2018 00:19:16
Great idea, guys! Now that we're showing great signs of improvement with a manager and team who are miles better than anything we've had for years. let's go out and sign a guy who played for us in the lower leagues then went to an English lower league team where he's managed to play just 30 games in nearly four years because of injuries! The very thing!
23 Aug 2018 08:49:09
I worked with Lewis MacLeods cousin at Dobbies and she said he bleeds blue I also worked with Shane Ferguson's cousin there and he couldn't believe Shane was signing on loan for us from Newcastle because he was a big THEM fan.
23 Aug 2018 10:07:37
Thirty more games than waste a jersey Rossiter and he be free.
23 Aug 2018 13:53:49
Aye RedGerr, but at what level? He's never going to be where we want to be, so why bother?
22 Aug 2018 17:17:45
Coulibaly out, big loss, i don't see anything about ojaria not eligible, pretty sure he's had 3 bookings .
22 Aug 2018 17:32:04
Bmf ejaria has two bookings.
22 Aug 2018 17:33:20
coulibaly is a big loss, ryan jack has to step up to the plate and do a job on thursday.
22 Aug 2018 17:39:29
Ejaria has only had 2 bookings, one in each leg against Maribor.
22 Aug 2018 20:31:32
seems to me people have decided ejaria is this seasons windass when all fit granted he shouldn't be first choice but as a squad member i think he’ll contribute well this season his workrate without seems to be over looked by fans i'd also like to see a stat of corners defended how many times he has been the player to clear it there's certain games that won't suit him but he will do a job bears.
22 Aug 2018 21:03:05
Agree100% colshygers hate the way some bears get on hodson was the same disgraceful the way some bears treated him guy always did his best
Manager who signed him should have got flak all bears should treat players with respect.
22 Aug 2018 21:20:52
I’m not going to get in the boys back but he doesn’t look up to much from what I’ve seen. Tries to be fancy when he should play it safe and in several games has lost possession in dangerous areas.
22 Aug 2018 21:48:26
Thank you St Mirren for crocking our player. horrendous challenge. no red card.
23 Aug 2018 01:30:19
Mcorrie able replacement for couibally.
23 Aug 2018 07:27:27
Leave Ejaria alone if you can’t see the talent the boy has like the manager does you’re a zoomer.
23 Aug 2018 09:20:53
Totally agree with LDM17, get off the lads back. Involved in Liverpool and England youth set up cause he's clearly a talent! Very good technically.
22 Aug 2018 13:15:39
Murphy out for season Gerrard press conference coming up on ssn.
22 Aug 2018 13:53:03
Gutted, my son and i met him at Ibrox in the summer as my son was playing on the pitch- brilliant guy, found out he grew up not far from us! Horrible news, he had started the season so strongly☹️.
22 Aug 2018 14:42:54
should sue kilmarnock for that fkn plastic pitch are dangerous.
22 Aug 2018 14:51:57
Would be interesting to understand the legal position of this.
It's not the "usual" surface that the professional game is played on so a case for liability and therefore compensation could be argued.
Proving that the same injury in identical circumstances would not have occurred on grass would be difficult but there is a growing pressure from professionals to at least review the surfaces from a safety perspective.
My view is that the top level should only play on grass and if there is a situation where a club cannot afford to operate, the cannot play in the top league.
There are rules around seating, undersoil heating etc that have similar financial implications.
22 Aug 2018 14:59:49
Nasty injury - I wish him a strong and complete recovery. Brings back memories of Ian Durant's one vs the Mutton Molesters years ago.
22 Aug 2018 15:17:43
There are no legal concerns regarding plastic pitches otherwise they would not be in the game to begin with, Get a grip👍. I do agree that it should be grass pitches, only because that game play is much better and you can play football. The ball is constantly bouncing and spends most of the time in the air, looks terrible. 👍.
22 Aug 2018 15:39:14
I agree the killie pitch looked awful and you could see the ball taking daft bounces but I watched the highlights of the Seattle sounders v La galaxy match that was on an artificial surface and it looked fine. I'm assuming it's of far better quality than what's available in Ayrshire. I'm sure a similar thing happened to arteta at Everton when he innocently turned and did his ligaments and that was on grass. You can take all the precautions you want but you can't stop a simple case of bad luck, daft as that sounds.
22 Aug 2018 16:30:09
If Broadfoot hadn't pushed Murphy the chances are that the injury wouldn't have occurred. A player of limited ability and intellect that never was and never will be a SPL player. Nothing more than a thug that will eventually be on the receiving end of a career threatening injury if Karma has anything to do with it. As for the surface, Kilmarnock's synthetic pitch does not look to be the same quality as other synthetic surfaces!
22 Aug 2018 16:46:38
See the next time one of our players suffers a horrible injury on grass will be look to sue that club as well?
22 Aug 2018 16:47:04
Coldo, the players (current and former) are not debating the beauty implications of playing on plastic, they are all highlighting concerns about the injuries and safety implications.
If the authorities choose to ignore these concerns and it can be demonstrated that there is a higher instance of serious injury on plastic (I'm not saying there is) then there will be a queue of lawyers keen to sue the authorities or even an individual club.
I can't believe that the SFA, SPFL etc have not taken advice on this but with every fresh injury there will be more questions asked and more likelyhood of action.
22 Aug 2018 17:13:07
I know they are not debating that DK, but players are not suffering injuries because of the plastic surface, they are not! People are just looking for excuses. How many injuries do kilmarnock or hamilton have as a result of playing on that surface? And don't tell me that their players are used to that surface! If an artifical surface increased the chances of an injury then why are killie or hamilton not getting an increase of injury layoffs amongst their players? They are getting no more injuries than any other club. Stop making excuses DK17 and move on👍 and by the way, the spl and sfa would have taken advice on these pitches, that's why killie etc are allowed to have them👍 the pitches look terrible and the standard of play is worse on them 👍.
22 Aug 2018 17:33:43
Coldco, I agree injury not down to pitch. I just think quality of football is poorer on plastic.
22 Aug 2018 17:36:41
have to laugh here, killies synthetic pitch is not up to other synthetic pitch standards they are all fecking crap and should be no where near the top flight of scottish football total joke.
22 Aug 2018 18:20:33
if my old memory serves me right one of the condition to gain entry to the top flight was a grass pitch and clubs that didn't have them had to get them i believe at the same time they had to have minimum seating requirements and undersoil heating. i think this was then recinded when the 2nd generation plastic pitches came out. that all said it is what it is, its not the injuries its the play. watching the ball moving or lack of it isn't natural and i think unless you are used to it then yes there is more chance of being injured. Killie admit their pitch is rubbish and are apparently replacing it at the end of this season. But i am also old enough to remember ibrox and parkhead at the end of the season where the pitches were like ploughed fields which in turn caused a lot of injuries.
22 Aug 2018 19:11:22
A lot of players wear blades nowadays on these pitches which make them more prone to injury. Blades stick in the surface when you try to turn quickly. I just wear footie trainers when playing on these surfaces but they are really heavy on joints it has to be said.
22 Aug 2018 19:56:04
The one thing that we have in Britain is a lot of grass due to our weather. Its ridiculous that in this day and age we are playing on artificial pitches for top league matches.
Don't give me the 'wee teams cannot afford grass' crap. Most teams manage it.
Thats Murphy out for a year and Waghorn? a few years ago on some astrobrick pitch took a similar one.
They should be outlawed.
22 Aug 2018 21:52:14
Could give them some from my effin back door. wouldn’t mind swapping for that Astro turf stuff.
22 Aug 2018 22:55:37
If I remember rightly didn’t waghorn get a similar sort of injury at rugby park the first season up?
22 Aug 2018 11:10:35
kyle lafferty is coming home Finaly SSN.
22 Aug 2018 11:33:04
Just saw on ssn.
22 Aug 2018 12:11:18
Hopefully see the big man holding the colours above his head today and couple of others soon 🇬🇧.
22 Aug 2018 14:57:55
Daily Record website reporting a 2 yr deal has been agreed and signed.
22 Aug 2018 15:28:26
The ULSTER GAZZEL returns 🇬🇧.
22 Aug 2018 09:43:48
Bill young has stated the Lafferty has completed his medical and is joining next 24 hours.
22 Aug 2018 10:33:36
Tweeted that Lafferty medical was done but does not elaborate any further.
22 Aug 2018 10:34:13
daily Rebel saying it will be done today and on time for the euro game tomorrow fingers crossed but never to buisness with hearts again.
22 Aug 2018 10:36:02
Hopefully he's in the squad for tomarrow nights game.
22 Aug 2018 07:53:10
Any body know who this new director at Rangers is? Apparently he's put a 7 figure sum in .
22 Aug 2018 09:11:14
He is the guy who bought Ashley shares along with fans group.
22 Aug 2018 11:24:00
Some Danish guy called Julian?
22 Aug 2018 12:26:45
He's a Hong Kong based businessman worth a fair bit.
22 Aug 2018 15:56:27
Sure Timothy will be on soon to tell us how dodgy he is.
22 Aug 2018 00:58:10
A discussion has taken place, I'm told, about Antonio Mance, a Croatian striker who plays for Trencin, the Slovakian league champions. They hammered Feyenoord in the Europa League and he scored a hat-trick, so I don't suppose we'd have the only football department discussing him.
22 Aug 2018 07:25:48
Could be useful if true, good rumour regardless, i definitely think we need another striker as well as Lafferty if this deal is to be finally done and obviously a CH is badly needed as back up to our main 2.
22 Aug 2018 08:41:31
How many players are we allowed to register for group stage that have already played in Europa league.
22 Aug 2018 09:11:37
No limit.
22 Aug 2018 09:59:54
ok that's good then. we need at least another centre half pronto before katic or goldson get suspended or injured. could look to croatia or somewhere like that again, seems to be plenty of untapped talent out there.
22 Aug 2018 10:53:23
trencin aren’t the champions! Do a bit of research pal.
22 Aug 2018 10:57:17
Looking at your past posts as well duty calls and I think you need your head checked 😂 how anyone can take you seriously I don’t know!
21 Aug 2018 23:52:41
First post on here I think Gerrard has an ace up his sleeve if we get to the group stages probably another 4 coming in and one being a top striker Abraham or solanke.
22 Aug 2018 08:42:24
Solanke isn't happening, nor abraham.
22 Aug 2018 09:41:44
Just wondering how many players we are allowed to register for the season I know in England it’s 25 is it the same up here.
22 Aug 2018 09:59:55
Deems no limit in league.
22 Aug 2018 10:00:22
yes deemc22.
22 Aug 2018 12:34:55
I'm glad laff is back even just to bolster the numbers and take the pressure off morelos a bit . 100% agree we need another quality ch. Was also thinking that solanke could be waiting to see if we make it in Europe? Having said that it's been dragging on for too long and get the feeling if he was coming he'd be here by now . Sg has said it's not happening and klopp isn't sure either so I'm guessing prob not .
22 Aug 2018 13:18:32
More chuffed Lafferty back to play Morelos and him in 4-4-2 or 4-4-1-1.
22 Aug 2018 13:51:11
Gerrard is not going to change formation niw. Think that wouls be silly to change a winning formula. Laff will be 2nd striker. Come off bench.
22 Aug 2018 14:44:58
Lafferty can play Left Forward and Striker covering Murphy's injury and battling Kent for the left wing.
21 Aug 2018 23:19:51
Reece oxford from West Ham on loan if we make the group stage, heard it here first.
22 Aug 2018 05:31:27
already signed by another team so don't think so.
22 Aug 2018 07:55:07
West Ham are looking to send him out on loan.
22 Aug 2018 09:20:09
Not going to happen.