Rangers banter 10

26 May 2026 14:45:45
Not been on as much as usual started new job down south and just got home last night. Poor signal with EE down there.
Shanks coming I'll take that I am man enough to admit I got it wrong though just depends if Rohl plays 1 or two up top as I think Chernitti will start if it's one. But great sub to bring on and massive upgrade on Miovski IMO.

John are we interested in watt from Motherwell?

Also are we still looking for this captain as I don't think it should be shanks don't like my forwards being a striker.

26 May 2026 15:21:00
Hopefully Fergy brought in as captain if we get big money for Raskin storm. A man live in hope.

26 May 2026 15:29:09
Don't believe Shankland is joining us to be back up. Must have had some assurance of how he will fit into structure Rohl has in mind, not saying he is assured start, just some knowledge of where he fits in.

26 May 2026 15:29:38
Storm replied re Watt above to Boyd

I understood the captain has still to be signed. I can't see guys like Barron or Souttar being club captain, as they will hardly start.

26 May 2026 16:50:55
Shanks and Ferguson were so obvious it was scary.

Taylor made Rangers "leaders and warriors" ready to bring back the Rangers identity and take us to top again, somehow we managed to lose them and win nothing.



I have Celtic ex players visit me and still can't comprehend how we managed this. The dentist said it was a failure up there with John McGinn, probably more so.

26 May 2026 17:03:52
Storm, firstly, hope the new job is going well, mate. 👍 I do think Shankland will start most games for us with Chermiti if we don't sell. 🤔 It will be interesting how many times Rohl starts Naderi, and although I like Miovski, I definitely can see him moving on along with Danilo.

🤔 Stories also cranking up today, that Mikey Moore possibly coming back to us, and I'm delighted if this is true. 😁 🙏

26 May 2026 18:17:46
I meant to say forwards as captain. 😂

I never said he was going to be sub. All I said, if we play one up top, it's Chermiti. I don't know what Rohl will play next season.



Jasp, I would hope none of our signings would be coming to sit on the bench, but they need to prove worthy to be in the 1st 11.

Cheers, John. I caught that. 👍

Delighted to get Shankland in and I think he has shown he can drop deep and link the players as well, so could see Chermiti up top with Shanks in behind him in certain games, but alongside him in others.

26 May 2026 18:37:00
Storm spoke to Watts' relative before starting work, and has a few offers from down south, and it's his preferred option to go back south. And, just to repeat, he is not a Rangers supporter, has a soft spot for us, and his family support Rangers, but he's a fan of one of the three relegated Prem teams.

26 May 2026 19:22:22
Please tell me you ain't in some hell hole down south, Storm, as some places are just awful doon here.

26 May 2026 22:06:15
Forever hers, why not just tell us which of the three relegated teams he supports, what's the difference?

26 May 2026 22:45:20
I did Wolves.

26 May 2026 14:20:52
EHL with the player's were after what formation can you see us playing next season ano things can change from game 2 game though mate.

26 May 2026 15:54:22
Think Rohl prefers a 4-3-3.

26 May 2026 16:21:03
Shankland has been used wide as well, not that he's that great out there, but can do ok in a pinch. Think there is still a chance Chermiti will be sold, maybe a case of he starts season, then moves if starts well.

26 May 2026 16:54:33
He has a very intelligent football brain, getting better as he gets older, some players are like that, they have seen everything and learned from it. Lawrence is one of those players. Can't wait for the first goal at Ibrox.

26 May 2026 16:56:17
Madness selling Chermiti unless for a record fee, took a bit of time getting used to our game, but look at his goals in the second half of the season, looking for well over 20 next season.

26 May 2026 17:05:05
Chermiti can also play the channels and we may find him and Shankland continually interchange during games. 🤔

26 May 2026 18:09:01
Shankland has improved his linking up massively the last few seasons. Chermiti and Shankland are a dangerous double act, well should be, both should hit at least 20.

26 May 2026 20:09:45
Star, I agree, but the year Shankland played slightly deeper he didn't score as many. I think they will both play, but then what happens with Naderi, as he started well before picking up a knock.

26 May 2026 20:44:03
As long as it's not 4222.

26 May 2026 22:48:10
Have to agree with mystar, but I'd still say money talks, and Americans' no1 priority is to make money. If you get double outlay on Chermiti, I think they would take it in a heartbeat.

26 May 2026 14:15:06
Seen Adama Traoré, Oskar Fallenius, Josh Maja & Justin De Haas mentioned online. 🤷🏻‍♂️

26 May 2026 15:51:09
List of Adama Traore's, can't remember the last time, Ben, Maja ooc.

26 May 2026 16:17:06
If it's the Adama Traore I'm thinking of, he's still pretty rapid for his age, but with his size there's nobody up here bullying him. 🤣 Might have to get a baby oil sponsor in too lol.

26 May 2026 16:21:55
Had Maja not turned us down a couple times already? Just going off previous rumours over years here no info.

26 May 2026 16:56:41
Can remember, even.

26 May 2026 13:11:23
Does anyone else share the opinion that as a team/squad we weren't fit /sharp enough throughout the season? And if so do fellow posters think this will be addressed?

26 May 2026 13:24:27
Yes & yes. 👍

26 May 2026 13:29:20
It's more that they were conditioned to play a set style of football, and then that was changed midway through the season to a completely different style.

It takes weeks of conditioning to train the body a different way, which is nigh on impossible to do any other time than preseason.

I very much imagine this will be greatly different after the summer.

26 May 2026 13:30:45
Bunster, absolutely, for me it will be addressed in Danny Rohl's first pre season preparation as Rangers head coach. 👍 🇬🇧 As you know, at any football club you do your prep work on your squad of players in pre season, which puts the correct fitness levels into their bodies for the full season ahead, and it was Russell Martin's pre season work that unfortunately Rohl was left with picking up the baton as our manager/head coach in October last year, which quite obviously wasn't Rohl's fault.

🤔 I think our players will be much, much better prepared and fitter for this new season approaching us. 👍 🇬🇧

26 May 2026 13:33:59
I think so, as I've said this before, and I'm sure EHL said similar.

My opinion is that the squad was given a preseason to play a positional possession heavy style which would require more concentration than physical levels.

Danny Rohl is much higher intensity of play and positional fluidity, which will require higher levels of physical fitness, so I expect that to be addressed during preseason.

26 May 2026 13:57:31
Get that squad back to Gullane! Could you imagine the tears and squealing there would be if that was the training regime this summer?

26 May 2026 14:15:49
Pre-season for me is really about the building blocks. Fitness first. Shouldn't be looking at tactics. Then create match fitness or match sharpness, through friendlies and dodgy European results. Think some coaches see technique and formation above physical and that's what happened to this squad.

Too much of one thing and not enough of another.

However, I would say if dr indicates leaders required, then the physical maybe was not the issue, it was cognitive. ehl did mention burn out. 👍

26 May 2026 14:25:45
I'm sure pre season will be what Danny Rohl needs it to be, pretty gruelling. On last season, I personally think going away before the split was a mistake. We, as a club, never seem to kick on after these warm weather sessions; in fact, we go the opposite way in most cases.

Not sure if going from wet n windy Scotland to glorious sunshine kind of subconsciously puts our players in holiday mode and they take the eye of the prize.

26 May 2026 14:28:20
Get the squad sent to Sennybridge Training Camp in the Brecon Beacons. I know a few blokes would only be too obliging to get them fit for the new season. 😉 IYKYK.
"Always a Little Further". 🇬🇧

26 May 2026 16:23:33
I gt it, I really do. But can't help feeling like it's just excuse after excuse with Rangers over last few years.

26 May 2026 18:05:50
Has been the case over the last 3 or 4 years. We haven't had a team that could play an hour, far less 90 minutes, & I'm sure that's also where a lot of the ongoing niggling injuries come from.

26 May 2026 12:58:14
So absolutely no interest in windass from Rangers end according to the Rangers Review. Didn't Dougie or someone say he heard it from the horses mouth and Rangers wanted him as captain. 😂 I love a good rumour so I do.

26 May 2026 13:08:18
Is Rangers Review not a rumour site? Oh, I forgot they have reliable inside information from the club 😂 and that is why they never get anything wrong. That will probably be as reliable as other sources.



So Dougie or someone heard a rumour and repeated it. Don't think whoever it was should get stick for it, and this is coming from someone who never believes rumours but they are a major part of the site.

26 May 2026 13:15:34
I would normally agree, Angus, but Dougie had a pop at other posters in a strange attempt to make his post seem more accurate / authentic.

So, think they've left the door open to be mocked.

26 May 2026 13:18:12
Angus, a keep asking the same ones what's the score with the OOC players we signed. It's all went hush. 😯

26 May 2026 13:33:18
I think it's only fair to see if dougieboy93 comes back with a post regarding what the Rangers Review reckon to be true. 🤔 So hopefully he does come back with a post regarding the Windass situation. 🙏🇬🇧

26 May 2026 13:36:18
EHL, I agree with your view. I think when you claim something as gospel, and mock others, you deserve what comes your way. As I've said, much like Angus, I take a lot of rumours as exactly that, rumours, not fact. But I'm happy to call people out for the nonsense they say when they've been forceful or obnoxious about their point/rumour.

26 May 2026 13:55:07
Honestly, if he's not coming I will be a little disappointed. Boy knows where the next is, what an option to have on the bench.

26 May 2026 14:43:02
Manchester, save your breath, we get slaughtered for posting names.

We have lost Ibrox Copland and many others.

26 May 2026 15:39:06
Guys, it's a rumor site, some will be correct, some will be way off mark, but what does it matter we are all on here because we like to try & know what's going on at club, & it can give you a laugh at times, so everyone keep posting & ignore the ones always trying to be the big improvements am,
Life too short, enjoy it when you can.

26 May 2026 16:25:11
EHL, cheers. I hadn't been keeping up to date with this page, so hadn't noticed. If that was the case, then I agree 100%. However, some take the rumours as serious and real even if they are just rumours.

Manchester, you wont/cant get names until they are out of contract. So you will just need to wait for scarf over head photo.

26 May 2026 16:26:21
Tbh the RR only post what the club tell them. If windass rejected Rangers like Dougie said then then Rangers are likely to tell RR we had no interest in him. Saves bad press saying we have been rejected by windass.

26 May 2026 12:18:39
EHL, that's the beauty of it, I suppose. Being a coach yourself, having been involved in football for a number of years, and having been at Rangers and probably a few other clubs beforehand, it gives you an insight into players. You get to see and hear first-hand what goes on behind the scenes.

Whereas we, as supporters, are mainly driven by what we see and read through the media and social platforms.

I'll take the reference you made to Josh Windass as an example. I hadn't seen, read, or even heard about what he had supposedly said regarding a youth player.

That's where you can take a viewpoint from knowing things the rest of us don't.

Personally, I always thought Josh was a decent player and a decent individual, but perhaps I'm wrong given what you've said.

As I've said before, that's where you make a difference on the forum. You can give actual facts and context behind the speculation we all hear and read about, and it helps put us more in the picture on certain things.
And it's always appreciated. 👍.

26 May 2026 13:05:49
Testing as much as I agree with your post, EHL can confirm. Was it not just remarks from Windass regarding a youth player that thought he was all that? Every1 has an opinion, and if I'm correct, Josh was correct, as said player has not lived up to his own hype.

26 May 2026 13:20:14
Cheers, Stig.

Davie, he publicly named and slagged off a youth player on a podcast.

Would I expect that from a senior player at my club? No. Would I expect that from a club captain? No.

Hopefully we have higher standards.

26 May 2026 14:08:21
I think you're right, Ehl. Off the park he's always been a bit of a knob. But you hear a lot of stories that he's a model pro on the park, great trainer, drives standards, doesn't drink, etc. However, not one I'm overly bothered about signing either way. 100% did not and do not want him as a captain.

26 May 2026 14:40:58
He shouldn't have said what he said about that young player, and I hope he ain't anywhere near our squad. Just my opinion.

26 May 2026 16:15:38
To be fair to Josh Windass - he's not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed - he makes Forrest Gump look like Einstein!

I would maybe cut him some slack in that dept.

In terms of the playing side, we need much better.

26 May 2026 09:08:04
According to a sun report this morning Rangers closing in on a deal to sign former sunderland captain and midfielder dan neil 🤔Hope this is also true and if we do manage to sign him, could he be our new captain 🤔 Very interesting indeed 🤔🇬🇧

26 May 2026 10:10:15
Could be a very good signing this one SWS not sure about Capt but would certainly add some leadership to the team.

26 May 2026 10:14:29
Walter, you will have seen that I posted before.
From what I heard, he was close to coming before - not sure why it fell through last time.
I expect this one to happen.
I think he brings good experience, and I think he has a good mentality and professionalism about him.



Does he have what it takes to be our Next Captain - that might be a possibility??

What's your thoughts?

26 May 2026 11:23:58
We may be getting closer to signing Neil now Dahl Anderson plus one not coming. About 6 on the list.

26 May 2026 11:31:41
Thestigno1, I definitely think Dan Neil is captain material, mate, but so.

26 May 2026 11:33:02
I definitely think Dan Neil is captain material, mate, but so is Lawrence Shankland. 🤔 I'll absolutely back the manager, whoever he chooses to be our next Rangers captain. 👍 🇬🇧

26 May 2026 11:35:57
Won't matter if he's Captain or not, SWS, but he'll bring leadership qualities, mate.

26 May 2026 12:29:57
Rangers review saying this isn't close to happening and neither is Watt.

26 May 2026 12:37:40
Not sure about Neil. I admit I have not seen him play, but his stats are not impressive. 19 games last season with no goals or assists.
Watt I have seen and has better stats and could be a better investment.
Barron has been a good performer when played and should be given more game time.
A creative midfielder is required.

26 May 2026 12:42:13
But played over 130 games for Sunderland the previous few seasons, Batmo, good footballer.

26 May 2026 12:47:59
Stig, we did not make a firm offer for Neil, as we had six loan players, the maximum allowed.

26 May 2026 12:53:33
Say it again, Niel performs like he did for Sunderland, he'd be loved at Rangers.

26 May 2026 13:02:36
My Star, haven't seen him play so I have to bow to your knowledge. His stats at Sunderland do not impress here either, and most of his games are in Div 1 and 2.
Money could be better spent elsewhere imo.

26 May 2026 13:12:33
He is a sitting mf as well so do you expect them to score and assist lots. They give it to the players who do and that is the point and what we have been missing. 🤷 Not saying I am in favour of him but you need to look at players for what their positions should be doing.



155 of his 276 appearances have been at Championship or Premiership level.

26 May 2026 13:15:45
Hi, John.

I had heard we had put in an offer.
My cousin is a huge Sunderland fan, season ticket holder since he was a young boy, said we had put an offer in for a permanent transfer and he was very open to it from what he had heard?

Maybe he heard wrong? But that's what he had passed onto myself.



What do you think of the current situation, John? Do you think Dan will become a Rangers Player this summer?

26 May 2026 13:18:28
Batmo, played over 200 games for Sunderland, mostly in the Championship, outstanding in the prompted team, I'd say the best player, he's loved in Sunderland, he was captain at 21, he's free and on around 750k yearly at Sunderland, where is this money getting spent better? Seen him score belters, good around midfielder with an excellent range of passing, and only 24, unbelievable workrate, tactically top class, very intelligent footballer with a high IQ on the game, wait and see, he performs like he can, he'll soon be loved.

26 May 2026 13:26:17
Stingo, what did your cousin say about him, mate? Guaranteed it's nothing but praise. You'll not get any Sunderland fan dishes Dan Neil, very uncommon from any fans.

26 May 2026 13:57:04
Yeah, he liked him, Star.
Speaks highly of him, says he's tidy on the ball, very workmanlike, not flashy, etc., good leadership qualities overall, has a very good mentality.

Think he will do well up here and thinks fans will take to him very quickly.

26 May 2026 14:05:35
Stingo thinking the same, mate, he signs, it won't be long before he's loved.

26 May 2026 14:13:50
OK, my star. If he signs then I will eat humble pie when he is a credit to you next season.
Feel we have enough defensive midfielders. Some should be moved on if the price is right.

26 May 2026 14:22:08
Batmo, what's beats me is you eating humble pie for a player you know nothing about.

26 May 2026 14:51:57
My point is that defensive midfielders are not the priority. A creative midfielder, centre back and right back are needed.

26 May 2026 14:54:09
I disagree. I don't think we have any defensive midfielders at all, hence the issues we constantly had last season. Neil won't score lots of goals, but he is defensive, can control play, pick passes & more importantly allow the other players to do what they should be doing.

I don't want our def midfielder scoring goals. I want him helping to prevent them, & Neil, I think, can certainly do that for us.

26 May 2026 15:15:41
Bat, name these defensive centre midfielders we've got? Neil has an excellent range of passing, especially for breaking defensive lines.

26 May 2026 16:30:06
Stig permanent deal possible. We certainly did not explore a loan. So, potentially another one who never wanted to sign.