Rangers Banter

28 Jul 2026 21:32:36
Not a rumour just pointing out something to the haters.

That's Derek McInnes, the main man, the manager of the football club, and surely the person who knows most about the transfer dealings of the club, now come out three times in the last few weeks about inaccurate information with signings.

Obviously saying we were going to have two in, and then another within 48 hours.

Now was Derek telling porkies? No, the information he told us was correct at the time. It just goes to show you though things can change in football, and as he says the club can 'hit the post' with deals.

So those who criticise others when they're a bit wrong- have a look at yourselves 😂

28 Jul 2026 21:39:10
What you on about, haters? No one hates anyone on here. All the alleged ITK people on here are very thin skinned and get their panties in a twist over things that aren't that deep.

28 Jul 2026 21:54:43
They do that, Storm!

28 Jul 2026 22:05:23
No hate here, esp for McInnes, but plenty of criticism of the board for majorly letting him down so far. Beginning to feel like they think he'll just be happy to be managing Rangers, but without showing any kind of ambition to help him do the job successfully.

28 Jul 2026 22:12:47
Do things not change all the time, and that is why rumours never come to fruition. What benefit is there to a manager to give a date for signings 2 days away if they aren't true. Wait a minute, that is what happens on here, isn't it. 😂😂😂

28 Jul 2026 22:29:33
It's an interesting one, Lundstrum. McInnes is very open and honest at these conferences, but the more he says dates, the more his recruitment team look as if they're failing to meet his expectations.

28 Jul 2026 22:51:09
I don't wear pants anymore so life's a bit easier now. 😉

28 Jul 2026 23:17:18
Storm, not all of them do, mate, but there are definitely a few who take it way too serious, man.

29 Jul 2026 01:21:31
He's not lying. Just because they haven't been announced doesn't mean they're not signed.

29 Jul 2026 01:32:20
Storm, you're not wrong, mate, some people can brush it off, but others can't wait to tell you how right they were or go on w huff when they're called out for being wrong.

28 Jul 2026 21:21:38
No one in modern days football would get in the Brazil team of the 60s

28 Jul 2026 21:31:39
Nice one. 👍

28 Jul 2026 21:39:53
What is going on in this place. 😂 It gets crazier by the day.

28 Jul 2026 21:49:26
I'm on the verge of giving up at times. 😉😄

28 Jul 2026 21:50:00
Storm. 🤣

28 Jul 2026 22:09:08
It's a totally different game now. Wonder how many in the past would cope with modern football?

28 Jul 2026 22:14:30
He is right though as no-one was born in that time that still plays. 😉 Sorry, thought I would play along.

28 Jul 2026 22:18:57
Am out! 😂

28 Jul 2026 22:56:42
Some first post that 😂 when?

29 Jul 2026 00:30:08
82 Brazil team would take five off them.

28 Jul 2026 19:53:39
What are everyone's thoughts on our transfer window so far?

Looking at it from Derek McInnes point of view, I can understand why he might feel this is one of the strongest squads he's worked with. Compared to some of the teams he's managed previously, there's definitely more quality available.

But Rangers is a different level.

The expectation isn't to finish second or have a decent season. Second place is effectively last place. The expectation is to win the league, compete in Europe and have a squad capable of challenging on all fronts.

Personally, I still don't think we're quite there.

We've improved in some areas, but I'm not convinced we've strengthened as much as I expected. There are still positions that look light, particularly in defence and the wide areas, and I still think we're lacking a few genuine game changers who can make the difference in the biggest matches.

There's still time left in the window, so hopefully there's more to come, but if it closed today, would you honestly say this squad is strong enough to win the title I honestly don't think so

Was expecting a lot more in, however I also expected a lot more outgoings.

Story of our past seasons though

28 Jul 2026 20:15:43
Apart from Raskin & Souttar, is any team in for any other players? Doesn't look like it.

28 Jul 2026 20:22:29
If we get 2 decent wingers, LB, RB and x2 CHs, and Dahl or creative attacker, then I will be happy. We should have enough to get past Dundee United, so these players are not essential this week, but will be required over the next few.

Over the last few years, I thought we were doing ok and gut pumped in the end. Mcinness might be able to make us more than the sum of our parts. He proved that at Aberdeen and Hearts over the years.

28 Jul 2026 20:54:48
I'd say we're weaker than last season unfortunately.

28 Jul 2026 20:56:40
Can't see Tjbb, it'll be a right wing center back and Dahl or a left wing at best. We won't sign 7.

28 Jul 2026 20:56:52
In a perfect world, I think we are short a starting RB, LCD, a play-making midfielder and 2 quality wingers. Also, a backup LB and CD.

28 Jul 2026 20:59:48
I don't think we have improved much at all.
Looking at current squad, I would say we are worse off in certain areas and areas still not been sorted that needed sorted years ago.
But still time, but not impressed with some signings.


Celtic have signed real quality at top end pitch and we are still struggling to score and create as been like this for years now still not addressed big worry heading to new season.

28 Jul 2026 21:14:28
Dun United have had a couple of competitive games already & will come at us on Friday, as we are clearly not settled yet.
I see a big wake up call coming.
Please prove me wrong.

28 Jul 2026 21:15:35
I hate seeing negativity on here, but I am getting worried. Started well with McInnes and Shankland, but kind of petered out.

28 Jul 2026 21:23:19
I think we've lost our most creative players from last year, and failed to replace that creativity to date. But we have gained a more solid defensive cohesion. So, atm, I feel we're not weaker than last season. But heading in the right direction, I hope.

28 Jul 2026 21:41:46
I don't think with the squad we have just now we will win the league. That's not being negative that's being realistic.

28 Jul 2026 21:45:44
I think each of the players we've brought in have a role to play, but I'd have been bringing those guys in after we had signed others if that makes sense. Ending the season, my priorities were a pair of CBs, a starting right back and a LB to compete with Rommens, a number 6, a number 10 and a winger.

Other than Godfrey, we still need another CB (African lad might be that), a RB, LB, 6, 10 and a winger. So, all in all, I think we've gone about things in a back to front manner.

28 Jul 2026 21:46:08
Mukhanya has agreed to come. Don't know what you're on about hitting the post this week.

28 Jul 2026 21:51:15
I agree, Storm.

But really hoping we can get the added quality in the positions we need over coming weeks.

It does really look like we need some to leave before we can get some more in.

28 Jul 2026 21:56:42
Totally agree, Storm. We do look very light in depth, and the winger situation is quite concerning for me, but hopefully they can prove us wrong.

28 Jul 2026 22:19:54
I am hoping the sum is greater than the individual parts. We have had good players before but never a good enough team. So, perhaps this time we have a good team without good individuals (although we have good players). Yes, we do need players to fill the gaps in the squad, but until then we need to realise McInnes was hired as he can get lesser players to play as a unit.



Transfer windows always go like this: early activity, then a lull before the rush at the end. I don't think this will be any different.

28 Jul 2026 22:20:03
How much did McInnes coming in change the plans for transfers? If he is to have the final say, we could have been in advance talks with players under Rohl that McInnes didn't want, and we are starting from scratch to get McInnes targets or players he fancies.

And, vice versa, players may now have seen a change of manager and changed their minds on coming to us.

We can judge the squad when the window closes. Ideally we all wanted to have more business done by this stage with the first league game on Friday.

28 Jul 2026 22:53:37
So far the business has been excellent.

All signings have been exactly what we need.

It isn't about so far, though it's about the rest of it.

We need to finish with 2 left backs.
We need 2 centre backs in, and 2 out.
We need to move on Raskin, Dio, Barron, and Bajrami, and we need to sign Dahl.



We need 2 right forwards in, and loan Curtis out, and sell Antman.
Sell Gassama, and bring in Moore on loan, and keep Aasgaard for left forward with Moore.

We all pretty much agree on most of that, I'd say, no?

28 Jul 2026 23:31:49
All very well and good talking about Dundee United, but we have Europa League qualies next week too.

28 Jul 2026 23:50:53
Decent Antman fee should give us the opportunity to bring in a very good replacement.

29 Jul 2026 00:21:37
Scotty, we've accepted £4.5m from Anderlecht. It's up to the player. He will take them up, mate, so that's him away imo.

28 Jul 2026 18:54:57
The markets all to pot isn't it?

Being reported that Kerion Bowie is in the move to another Italian team for £9. He scored 4 goals, seemingly. That's insane!

Then Celtic pay £11 military for Hogh who is pretty prolific and scored against some top opposition in the CL.

What do you think our biggest outlay on one player will be?

28 Jul 2026 19:09:50
Jeez, Gazza, would definitely pay £9 for Bowie. Probably not £10 though.

28 Jul 2026 19:31:54
Hahaha, Superally. 😝

It's been a long day. Hopefully, people will know what I meant.

28 Jul 2026 19:34:21
I think we will sign Dahl next week, Gazza, for EUR8.5m.

28 Jul 2026 19:36:51
I think Hogh could be a good signing for Celtic. Scored some big goals in the CL last season.

Only surprised no English teams in for him at the price, u less they don't rate him. Assuming Stig doesn't rate him either, or maybe because we have enough strikers.

28 Jul 2026 19:58:25
Celtic fans have been moaning, but they have now paid as much for one player as we have for 4. It seems they might be the team with the ambitious board after all.

28 Jul 2026 20:08:27
Wsl, we spent 40 mill last season, they spent next to nothing and won the double. Spending money doesn't guarantee success.

28 Jul 2026 20:40:36
Spending money doesn't guarantee a thing if it isn't spent well, so far, Celtic have a much more settled squad and really only need a couple of good additions added, which is what they are doing, whereas we are doing the complete opposite yet again!

28 Jul 2026 21:15:50
Did we really spend 40 mill last year???

28 Jul 2026 21:42:21
Yes we did, Bar. 👌

28 Jul 2026 18:45:37
Genuinely not very happy nor overly impressed with the recruitment so far, We were under the impression that no matter what Rangers would spend big, bring good names in and have a squad that can win titles.

Looking across the city at the 2 strikers that lot have brought in has me slightly worried, that's a couple of quality acquisitions yet we seem to be shopping in Lidl.

Not a sign of some creativity, Dan Neil brought in before Dahl (it's absolutely unbelievable we didn't make Dahl a priority and have him in the door before anyone else tbh)

We're raving about 2 players coming from hearts, yet there's no sign of a LB, CB back up, a starting RB (McCrorie and Sicknote Sterling are nowhere near the mark) and some real quality out wide.but we'll sign 18 bloody midfielders.

I know there's a fair few weeks left of the window, but the league starts imminently and we are nowhere near a squad that can win a league.


I really want to believe the boards plan will fall into place and show us real results, but things are still looking iffy to me.

28 Jul 2026 20:54:57
Got to agree, Ekger, I get that a lot of posters are saying there's weeks left in the window, but we have 4 league games, 2 Europa games and a cup game before then. We could be playing catch up again come September and out of 2 cups!
I do think who we have signed will improve the squad, but don't think they are game changers or match winners.

Still need at least 3 players, 2 wingers and a creative midfielder.

28 Jul 2026 21:37:20
Ah well if we are out of them all we can concentrate on the league eh.

28 Jul 2026 16:58:50
Absolutely abysmal transfer window by Rangers. Celtic have strengthened the correct way and got targets who hit the ground running. Ranger taking gambles on Championship players and fringe players. when will we ever learn

28 Jul 2026 17:19:11
Agreed! We need established wingers with good numbers and pace. Dan Purdy has been awful!

28 Jul 2026 17:25:20
*Target who hit the ground running. Not plural.

28 Jul 2026 17:27:07
I certainly don't believe it's anywhere near been abysmal, Ayrshire, but I think before the transfer window closes we need to sign players who are proven/experienced in their respective positions, and that's why, imo, we must do all we can to sign Cerny for our right wing, which is absolutely a problem area for us. 🤔 I know it's unlikely we'll get Mikey Moore now, but that's the reason I was hoping we could get him on another season long loan deal, because he can absolutely change games for us and can take us up the park, and as much as I rate Findlay Curtis, we've got to be honest and admit he's nowhere near Mikey Moore's level, and I don't care if Moore will never be our permanent player, it's for the here and now and we need him, imo.

🤔 We also need a class right back and a left back to push Rommens, so let's hope all this can be achieved. 🙏

28 Jul 2026 17:32:44
5 weeks to window closes and there will be money spent and brought in, non stop doom and gloom on here, moan at end of window if things don't turn out well enough and I will moan myself, the club know what we need just like most supporters.

28 Jul 2026 17:42:32
When have u ever known us, or any other club for that matter, to only have 5 defenders this close to the start of a season? Never mind the lack of quality elsewhere. He's right. It's abysmal.

28 Jul 2026 17:43:22
But we have Scottish & SPL experienced players & that's all that matters.

28 Jul 2026 17:45:15
Just expected a good bit more Ayrshire. I'm really starting to feel a bit deflated with it all now.

28 Jul 2026 17:45:26
The thing we have to ask is, is the team an upgrade on last year? Finishing 3rd is unacceptable. So, my question is, are the new players an upgrade? Obviously we need to wait and see. What's your thoughts?

28 Jul 2026 17:45:31
No confidence that if we do spend money it will be spent on anyone with real quality. We don't have a good track record of where we spend our money. Loans from Coventry aren't filling any of us with optimism.

28 Jul 2026 17:45:41
The window has been disappointing so far. The lack of creativity last year was there for us all to see, and looks like being the same this year. ✌️😩

28 Jul 2026 17:51:52
It's probably nowhere near good enough as yet, but still time. Trying to bite my tongue a bit until then, but similar feelings, mate.

28 Jul 2026 17:51:56
I'm a bit underwhelmed by the signings so far. We really lack creativity in that midfield, and I thought, after last year and all the comments from the board, that we really were going to splash some cash and get some real quality in. Hopefully it happens before the close of the window, otherwise we are winning nothing again.

28 Jul 2026 17:53:03
I agree, transfers so far have been disappointing. A couple of free transfers from Hearts, a couple from English Championship. The only pluses so far are the goalkeeper and the midfielder from Belgrade. Was really hoping for better.

28 Jul 2026 17:54:03
I've got a feeling we're going to end up overpaying for Braga.

28 Jul 2026 17:56:14
Djb, I think the idea was for those to supplement and help the quality we bring in. But we forgot that part.

28 Jul 2026 18:18:13
Why would we sign Braga? Where is he going to play unless Chermiti is sold? Don't anyone say out wide please.

I wouldn't even want us going for Braga if Chermiti etc was sold. Good player, but I've a feeling if they don't get him sold this window that price tag will plummet, even more so if their season isn't great.

28 Jul 2026 18:21:44
Sadly, some (quality and not so) need to go firstly before we can go on a purchase rampage. Squad is too full currently. I hope movement happens over next 5 days and allows us to move quickly too.

28 Jul 2026 18:25:36
Agree it hasn't been the best window, but don't agree fully with the Celtic comment. They've definitely bought a player in Hogh, and Duran seems decent, but they've also lost Maeda and may be about to lose Johnston, McGregor, Hatate and Engels, with nobody in their current squad good enough to take their positions and become 1st choice.

If any of the 2 they've bought gets injured, they have no-one to take their place. They have a hell of a lot of work still to do also.

28 Jul 2026 18:26:01
2 good wingers, a quality creative midfielder needed, but the positions are filling up quickly with frees and loans.

28 Jul 2026 18:39:44
Losing Maeda is massive for them. That boy is a player who just never stopped running!

He's a better player than the two they brought in!

28 Jul 2026 18:56:39
We could be doing with a Maeda type player ourselves.

28 Jul 2026 19:03:10
Agree Gazza, none of our forward players are blessed with pace unfortunately.

28 Jul 2026 19:31:34
Losing Maeda will be hard to replace for them, but make no mistake, the boy Hogh is a very good player. I don't pay attention to what they are doing, but I've watched Bodo a good few times and he was a stand out for them every time.

I think he will get them 20+ goals this season. I'm not confident Chermiti or Shankland will do that for us.

28 Jul 2026 19:32:25
OMG. Am I deflated after reading the posts. I just wonder if it's worth playing this season. For my own opinion, yes, I think the players we have are an upgrade on last season. Let's see how things start this season, we are not, apart from Celtic, going to be playing anyone with the level of squad we have.

28 Jul 2026 19:58:43
They have replaced Maeda already, mate, with Duran.

I don't know how anyone can look at our transfers this window and think it's been remotely close to being ok.

28 Jul 2026 20:42:47
The same Maeda that basically downed tools for their entire season and then scored after the split so he could put himself in the shop window that Maeda?

Storm, you're fully bang on, our window has been another mediocre one again.

28 Jul 2026 21:44:14
BbJ, Maeda bar the last 6 games for them was thinking last season, granted the last 6 games won them the league, but that wouldn't have mattered to us as all our players s*** the bed the last 5 games.

28 Jul 2026 21:44:51
Wow just wow, let's not bother playing though. Most of you said it was Rohl and not the players, so we have the manager you all wanted. We have only lost Tav and Moore really, and Tav was done and everyone said McCrorie was an upgrade (not me).

But, hey ho, write off the season before its even started.

28 Jul 2026 21:54:26
Bbj, and what happened when he turned it on after the split? He won them the league. As they don't win that title without him. He basically dragged them over the line. Glad to see back of him.

28 Jul 2026 22:33:28
so last season every player we have now got rid of was rubbish and why we weren't winning. so the club get rid of all those and still folk aren't happy. they bought players who know the league which is what fans on here wanted and still they aren't happy. we bought Rangers men as that is what was thought was needed and still not happy.

surely we need to see how they play before saying if they are an upgrade or not but given how bad the last lot were surely that won't be difficult to beat.

it won't be as if the club aren't trying to sign players but perhaps the players are of a quality that their teams don't want to let them go at all or at least until they have replacements. those transfers take longer unless you pay well over the odds. or perhaps we can't buy before we sell because of FFP rules and if no-one wants to sign the players we want to sell quickly what do the club do.

so let McInnes get the players we have playing as a team and see how we go as we continue to add that quality to the team.

28 Jul 2026 23:37:41
Wishy, I really must have hurt your feelings the other day, and I apologise you took offence at it, but as Storm pointed out, it wouldn't have mattered what he did the last few games. If our players had turned up, then we would have got it over the line.

Angus, I'm glad we can disagree again finally lol, but that's all well and good stating it takes time etc etc, but maybe we should have focused on problem positions first instead of signing as many CMs, since you know we have Europe next week and that is vitally important to us that it goes well.

28 Jul 2026 16:23:02
It's almost August.

Who is this bombshocker of a player going to be?

28 Jul 2026 16:53:35
No one.

28 Jul 2026 16:53:46
"Patience, my young sky-poster 👀 all will be revealed in the fullness of time."

28 Jul 2026 16:56:56
Gazza, don't take everything that's posted on here as gospel. Setting yourself up for disappointment.

28 Jul 2026 17:10:48
And that's the 48 hrs came and went too. 🙄

28 Jul 2026 18:57:33
I know folks, I'm just playing along with the info we were given.

Be interesting to see if it comes to fruition.

29 Jul 2026 00:17:53
Yes, no need to be rash, it'll all come out in the wash.