19 Feb 2026 12:01:26
Cantwell return? Apparently Danny is Keen. Anybody heard anything?
19 Feb 2026 13:10:32.
Danny was apparently keen on Windass and we were assured he would be a Rangers player in January. Take no notice.
Cantwell wasn't good enough first time around, and he's certainly not good enough now. He's found his level down south. He can prance about with his hair ribbons in the Championship.
19 Feb 2026 13:21:18
I have seen the headline on Inside Football (I think), but I have also read that he has knocked back a £27k a week contract offer from Blackburn, so I'd be very surprised if we would top that for a former player who was very inconsistent.
19 Feb 2026 14:34:28
No way will the Sand Dancer be back, he had his chance and he blew it.
19 Feb 2026 14:59:38
Cantwell is not coming back.
19 Feb 2026 15:02:38
Tuur, the English Championship is a higher level than the SPFL, so your comment makes no sense whatsoever. 🤦🏼♂️
19 Feb 2026 15:30:27
Came from a niche betting site called Sportsboom, who aren't renowned for their scoops. Also Wrexham and Derby linked more seriously. But, as someone says in contract discussions, so will be rubbish.
19 Feb 2026 16:03:08
Todd Cantwell is talented, absolutely no doubt about that, but it's forward we should be looking at and not in the past, so the past is where this conversation belongs. 🤔
19 Feb 2026 16:17:08
G4, it's not a higher level.
It's more competitive and has more money.
That's why it's ranked higher than our league.
But it's not a higher level in terms of player quality.
19 Feb 2026 16:51:23
To be a great player as opposed to just average, attitude is a big part of that process. His attitude stinks, and I can't ever see it changing. So, onwards and upwards with fresh blood, and not cast-offs from a previous time.
19 Feb 2026 18:53:44
I wouldn't bring him back, but he had some good games for Rangers, and I still say he was better than Aasgaard has ever shown in a Rangers jersey.
19 Feb 2026 19:11:26
Cantwell, Windass! Deary me.
19 Feb 2026 19:38:06
Championship is worth 2billion. 😂 There is no question it is a better league.
19 Feb 2026 20:14:19
Sir Walter, were u not all for Windass coming back and assuring the forum it was a done deal?
19 Feb 2026 21:02:55
Rfc22, it is a better league, no one is saying it's not.
The quality of players in the Championship is not at a higher level.
19 Feb 2026 23:12:29
Yes, it is, mate. Just because some come to Rangers and it doesn't work doesn't mean the quality isn't better here.
I'm sure there will be a much more impressive list of players who have played in the Championship than those who have played in the SPFL in the last 10 years. I would say there is definitely a higher quality of player there.
20 Feb 2026 02:44:02
He's still contracted to Blackburn, and sorry, but we are not going to pay millions when he left very cheaply, making us a loss.
20 Feb 2026 08:29:04
No, it's not, Tav. The vast majority who have come to Scotland have failed, whereas the vast majority who can't make it at Rangers or Celtic go on to do well in the Championship.
20 Feb 2026 08:39:52
Championship has better quality of players than the SPFL. Jesus wept, it's not even close.
20 Feb 2026 06:54:31
Any league that is awash with billionaires' money will always be of a higher standard.
Would the EPL or any top 5 league be better than the SPFL if all the billionaires' cash was removed? Put the same kind of money into the SPFL and BINGO, we are a top 5 league, as the silly money will always attract the highest quality players.
Look at Chelsea, for example: tens of billions squandered on failed big-money transfers upon failed big-money transfers trying to win cups and success. Pathetic as are most of the EPL clubs, there was a time when football was about nurturing talent from youth to the first team within your own club, uncovering genuine talent and building cup-winning teams out of player talents and hard-working staff.
All the top 5 leagues are in the top 5 due to one thing and one thing only: endless cash from business investors that has overinflated those clubs and leagues' reputations miles beyond what they are truly capable of without the endless cash cow of billionaire investment. Would the worldwide demand be there to watch the EPL if it was full of clubs with money only generated by the club? NO, the TV rights money would dry up as well.
So the reality is the top 5 leagues, as we call them, are really the top 5 overinflated-with-billionaire-investors-cash leagues in the world and nothing more.
Take the money to any other 5 leagues and the players and TV rights will follow.
Much easier to dominate competitions as well in Europe etc. when you have endless cash to plunder into your squad, while home-grown talents rot in your reserves, and most of your competition has a tenth of your budget to work with and compete against you.
All leagues should now have equal finances and budgets each year; then the real talent will shine, instead of just going out and buying your cashed-up fancy-pants club another pile of trophies.
As long as football has the cash imbalances and certain leagues are filthy rich, of course the TV rights will flock there, and the best players will go to the same leagues and the clubs will extend their billionaire-funded hard-earned trophy haul, while other clubs have to try and do it the real way, and that makes it all the more sweeter when one of those cashed-up billionaire-funded clubs get skelped by a wee team who won the hard way without all the bloated overpaid and overvalued players and billionaire funding.
20 Feb 2026 09:08:18
Seeing a lot of 'Jesus wept' lately, careful u don't end up on the naughty step again. 😉🤣👍
20 Feb 2026 09:45:32
Football at this level is a business, so obviously billionaires are going to "invest" their money to get some level of return or at least enjoyment.
20 Feb 2026 10:16:29
Rangers and Celtic would struggle straight away in the Championship, be fighting for the play offs. Look at Kyogo: he scored for fun in our league and still never scored a goal in the Championship. Aye, not much better than our league. Quality in the Championship blows our league out the water.
20 Feb 2026 11:39:31
I think this summer we might sell Raskin, Aasgaard, Antman n Gassama if we get decent money. Would like to see money spent on centre halves, buy Skov Olsen, try n get Mikey Moore for another season. Other loan deals will be sent back to their parent clubs, so if we sell a few for decent cash and win the league, we have Champions League money on top of that as well and can rebuild that whole defence.
Dont think we need any more midfielders or strikers, just my opinion, folks. Think Danny will plunder the German market again for decent upcoming centre halves. Just wish he had got the job at the start of the season. 😁😁👍👍👍
20 Feb 2026 12:18:46
I hate that Championship argument, while it is probably correct what Mystar and others say about being compared team-wise.
Why do people fail to realise we would not have the same players if we were allowed into a league like the Championship? I think we would more than compete if allowed access to these leagues and the money on offer.
20 Feb 2026 12:33:02
So how come the players that come from the Championship can't shine in Scotland?
20 Feb 2026 17:39:31
We've regularly, other than this season, competed admirably, getting to the latter stages in the Europa League, which, in my opinion, is a much higher level than the English Championship.
There are no gimmes in the SPFL, a league where we need to win almost every match to have a chance at being champions.
How would the teams currently playing in the English Championship fare in the Europa League, competing at that level? And how would they cope with the demands that Rangers and Celtic have, trying to win the SPFL every season?
In my opinion, playing for Rangers requires players to compete at a higher level than the players competing in the English Championship, especially when you take into account European football and the demands associated with playing for our club domestically.
Happy to respect alternative opinions on this, but those are my feelings.
20 Feb 2026 18:20:50
CO2, it's the one-off nature of Europe. A league is totally different, the motivation is harder.
20 Feb 2026 19:25:28
Forever, it's not just one-off though when you take into account Champions League qualifiers, the League phase at Champions League or Europa League level, and, if being good enough, the knock-out phase after the League phase.
Then you have Celtic, four minimum a season, but sometimes six.
Hearts and Motherwell, four minimum each this season.
Hibs and Aberdeen are never easy, especially away.
All the other matches are must-wins as well as the above fixtures.
That's why I'd argue playing for Rangers requires a higher-quality player than playing for any English Championship team.