Rangers Banter

11 Dec 2024 22:27:56
This is not going to be popular but a miss wee Alfredo the wee man was absolutely nuts and got it even his red cards been ma favourite player.

11 Dec 2024 22:43:58
I really liked him myself Rfc22,reckon he'll look back on his career and have many regrets, he could have achieved far more than he has.

11 Dec 2024 23:52:33
Agreed, there was a few instances over his Rangers career where he got himself really fit and lean and it made him unplayable. There was too many times though he let himself down and think he will look back at his career with a lot of regrets.

12 Dec 2024 00:09:13
Imo we were starved off a really good striker before alf came, it made him seem better because of what had come before. I honestly think he was one of the most over rated players ever, not saying he was crap as his euro record speaks for itself, but his record in spl was pretty poor. He could have been so much better if he applied himself and never thought he was better than he was, he honestly thought he was to big for us, look at his career since us. 🤔 how anyone could miss a player that didn't give a rubbish in the end is beyond me, but each to their own.

11 Dec 2024 15:41:06
Gents on the topic of players released by clubs that then became superstars, has there ever been a bigger mistake than Raul?

11 Dec 2024 17:09:52
Hard to say zijos, but Atletico folding their youth set up and basically allowing him to walk right onto becoming a real legend was criminal, so was the fact that he only ever placed 3rd in ballon d'or voting in 2001. Guy was one of the smartest most intelligent talents of a generation and says it all when sir Alex said his biggest regret as a manager was that he was never able to sign Raúl.

11 Dec 2024 17:28:17
Released by Athletico and went onto become a superstar at Real Madrid.

11 Dec 2024 18:33:36
Atletico folded their youth set up zikos, he wasn't specifically released.

11 Dec 2024 18:41:57
Javier Zanetti, i'm sure he almost quit football after being released by a boys team in Argentina before he eventually went on the become an Inter Milan Legend.

11 Dec 2024 19:02:49
as I've posted before Vardy, Kane and Ribery. doesn't always end well as I read again today that 75% of players are released between years of 13 and 16 from academies and only 180 f the 1.5 Million in academies make it to play in the EPL. An 18 y/ o Man City player took his own life after being released in 2022. Alexander Arnold at Liverpool has launched an initiate a few years back to try and support those who down make it. sorry to put a downer on it but the issue is huge.

11 Dec 2024 19:13:55
Lewis ferguson, tillman, gilmour, .

11 Dec 2024 19:19:31
Who was Gilmour released by?

11 Dec 2024 19:22:58
Who released Tillman or Gilmore.

11 Dec 2024 19:51:53
Ger did SAF not say that about Gazza? That he was his biggest regret?

11 Dec 2024 19:52:41
It’s Wilkins just ignore.

11 Dec 2024 20:09:45
He said he regretted missing out on Gaza but I read in his autobiography that the one thing he wished he was able to do or maybe it was just the one player he wished could've signed above anyone else was Raúl storm.

11 Dec 2024 20:18:10
Yeah storm, he has absolutely said that about Gazza.

11 Dec 2024 20:33:19
Oops, sorry, not reading properly.
Please forgive me.

11 Dec 2024 20:57:05
Cool Wilkins.

11 Dec 2024 21:38:36
Was andy Robertson let go my them? He's had some journey.

11 Dec 2024 21:49:22
Bound to have been a few superb names over the years that were released young and went onto big things in the game.

11 Dec 2024 13:48:09
Rather than sign shankland I'd like us to take a punt on Shin Yamada in the j - league . 24 years old striker valued at £750k. 19 goals in 38 league games. 2 goals in 5 games in Asian champions league . Not too pricey, still young enough to make a decent profit if he done well here . Thoughts?

11 Dec 2024 15:41:06
likely end up at celtic mate with there asian connections.

11 Dec 2024 16:14:57
Yes Baxter, it's about time we dipped our feet into the asian market mate 🤔.

11 Dec 2024 08:11:35
I see Cantwell still having talking about Rangers- " I'm proud of myself for handing in a transfer request ". Why is he still going on about it, let it go Cantwell !

11 Dec 2024 08:15:21
Cause he's all about, me, me, me and tying his hair in ribbons 🎀 👀🤭.

11 Dec 2024 08:53:41
Talking about him gives him oxygen! Ignore him.

11 Dec 2024 13:20:40
No matter what he says blackburn rovers is nowhere near the bears.

11 Dec 2024 13:36:37
Cantwell was subjected to fan abuse because he made some innocent social media posts. Cerny received similar abuse a few weeks ago after a bad miss and had to deactivate his social media when the toxic Rangers fans came for him. Cantwell was right to leave, because if he didn't, he would be part of another failing Rangers team and would be getting even more abuse now. He left, and he is happier for it. It was the right thing to do.

Cantwell has every right to do and say what as he pleases. Rangers fans have the right to keep getting mad at it.

11 Dec 2024 14:05:35
Didn’t read the article Baxter, best not to.

11 Dec 2024 15:04:20
ClementHasOneFormation - interesting view point and certainly not one that's shared amongst many at the club.

11 Dec 2024 16:07:30
What Cantwell should be saying is that he couldn`t handle the pressure of playing for a club that were expected to win every game and whose fans weren`t impressed with the petulance and show pony stuff on the field when we didn`t win.
He discovered that talk is cheap and if he couldn`t back it up with action the football supporters both on his own side and the other sides would dig him up for it.
Like his previous clubs he has now returned to a club where there is little expectation of success and this suits him. He can act like a billy big time without actually winning anything.
He has now had his shot at the big time and blew it, he won`t get another.

11 Dec 2024 16:25:41
Genuinely feel like Cantwell was mistreated by Clement and the fans and pundits (mostly that scumbag Sutton) .

Yes, Todd had his character and his daft wee videos etc

But on his day he was the best player in our squad and he was missed when not getting to play.

Had Raskin and Hagi and Cantwell got a good run with the full support then who knows where we would be.

maybe he couldn't handle the pressure, but i haven't seen a player in a Rangers jersey in over a decade handle the Ibrox pressure.

11 Dec 2024 18:57:28
Cantwell who was calling fans names on social good riddance.

11 Dec 2024 19:12:27
EHL don't have an inner knowledge of this like you but I agree. If you went into work and didn't do what was asked of you then your manager would be unhappy and if like in football they could transfer you they would. That isn't being hard done by. The social media is a side show of this and isn't relevant really. If he had done what was expected then the manager and club could live with that. he wants to go onto a pitch and do what he wants. he might have been best in squad on his day, pity those days all too often were a Tuesday when we played on the Saturday.

11 Dec 2024 19:20:04
Think the interesting thing is this isn't cantwells first rodeo in that clement is not the only manager he's fell foul of. He strikes me as someone that's unable to take on instruction or execute instructions and he simply plays the way he feels is better for him but not necessarily the team. Yeah really gifted player on his day but I can forsee his attitude being his downfall. Also someone mentioned cerny and compared the abuse on social media. Difference with cerny is he took a sensible approach and switched it off to focus on his football. Cantwell. Well he didn't.

11 Dec 2024 19:55:41
Innocent social media posts? No he made ridiculous posts on social media about burgers etc…. Guy was a wrong un.

11 Dec 2024 20:22:30
storm innocent possibly in that he is too self centred to even realise he could be saying something wrong but can't disagree and as Verdant says it isn't his first offence.

11 Dec 2024 21:06:05
How was he mistreated by Clement, he was picked for every game and after an initial game or two when he was tried wide on the right which didn`t work, he played as a No 10, his position. He was asked to do his job within the structure of the team, why was that so difficult?
He brought the other stuff on himself with his media stuff and if he couldn`t handle it, its his own fault .
I liked him as a player but it is becoming increasingly obvious what his problem was .