Rangers banter 10

08 Nov 2025 13:10:34
Taking my nephew thru to Dundee for the game tomorrow.
Years since I've been to Dens park so was just wondering can you get fairly close to the ground to park, any advice much appreciated.

08 Nov 2025 13:53:04
Parking near Dens Park includes on-street options on surrounding roads like Dudhope Street, Dudhope Crescent Road, Barrack Road, and Parker Street, as well as several multi-storey and retail park car parks such as the Wellgate Shopping Centre, Olympia, and Gallagher Retail Park.

08 Nov 2025 16:05:52
Cheers Copland I've booked a space that's a wee walk away but that's fine.
Last time I was there I think was 87!
Hoping that's a good omen and we get a result.

08 Nov 2025 12:03:01
A few points I feel I have to make.

1. No one is happy with what has transpired at the start of the season.

2. Mistakes have been made and acknowledged and work is being done to rectify.

3. Danny Röhl needs time and I believe will deliver.

4. The regime is not in for a "quick-buck"

5. The previous regime would have had us supporting a grave. We would be dead.


If this makes me a "fantasist", "happy-clapper" or liar then so be it.

I refuse to lower myself to petty insults and would prefer to engage with people willing to have an adult conversation.

This site has now been overrun by conspiracy theories and unmitigated anger.

I would love for our site to return to one of sanity and tolerance and I am here willing to engage with like-minded individuals.

If you are an individual that cannot engage in an adult discussion then please refrain from engaging with me.

08 Nov 2025 12:28:49
Well said asathor. The start has not been ideal but in time we will get there. A lot of our fans forget about no surrender. In times like these we need unity and calm.

08 Nov 2025 12:29:58
Sorry Asathor I try not to be disrespectful to you but you said to ssfc after his post that he is lacking in understanding and lost all sanity apparently because Steven Gerard never came back. You say you refuse to lower yourself to petty insults. Is calling someone insane which is what someone who has lost all sanity is not a petty insult.


I believe you reap what you sow on here and in this instance you got a reply based on what you posted.
I do agree that the old board had run out of ideas on how to take us forward.
The new owners have made mistakes and still are.
Thelwell is a charlatan and they seem have been severely hoodwinked by him. Everybody can, see it apart from Andrew Cavanagh.

08 Nov 2025 12:32:14
Nice post Asa, agree totally with your five points. When things are bad, the conspiracies and looking for less obvious reasons for our current failures increase (albeit when the refs are proven to be once again incorrect against Celtic, that fuels the theories more).

Hopefully you are happy to engage with me as I usually enjoy your posts, reading the likes makes me want to write a few thoughts of my own which I did on my match experience and thoughts on Ibrox from Thursday below.

08 Nov 2025 12:33:29
Asathor agree with you entirely. As you say mistakes have been made and a heavy price is being/will be paid. Give DR your backing. it is not his fault.

08 Nov 2025 12:33:41
You are a decent human being Asa. I think the five points you make are rational and fair. You are probably also right about how the site has changed for the worse. The problem is maybe most of us thought the takeover would be a quick salvation for our great club, whereas it has turned into a disaster none of us could foresee.

Once again all we can do is hold our nerve and just hope for gradual improvement and trust that these astute businessmen are quick learners and start to put things right with the consolation that they won't run out of money soon, unlike the previous well meaning board of true blues who had stretched themselves to the limit financially.

08 Nov 2025 12:34:04
Good post Asa.

08 Nov 2025 12:38:32
Asathor for a smart person u really need to learn to ignore people. U bring a lot to this site and I enjoy reading your posts. This post feels like ground hog day tho!

08 Nov 2025 12:41:28
Well said ASA, We need to trust in the 49ers strategy to deliver, a rocky start but I believe we are moving forwards now.

08 Nov 2025 12:44:42
Why I've not been posting the past few days, too much anger ( and rightly so) but it's clouding measured thought and engagement, think this is my 3rd post in 2 or 3 days, one re Dougie imries daughter, one about the UB and this.

The return to a semblance of who we were won't happen overnight, they will get things wrong, they will be addressed, we will get there.

08 Nov 2025 12:46:45
Hi Asathor, in reply to your points.
1/ Definitely.
2/ Not sure how we rectify spending £8 million on an unproven striker. Or the say Thelwell has in making transfer / football department decisions.


3/ Correct.
4/ Hope not.
5/ Previous regime, I believe, did the best they could with limited funds but as true Rangers men, probably let their hearts rule their heads when making decisions at times.

08 Nov 2025 12:56:34
Thanks for lifting my spirits a wee bit EHL with the news of possible signings in january. This season and last are probably the worst I remember apart from going down the divisions. Four records Rangers broke I hope we never repeat.

Losing 7 goals for the first time at Ibrox ( liverpool), losing all 6 CL games, losing to Queens Park and now losing 7 euro games in a row. What has happened to us?

08 Nov 2025 13:01:34
Always happy to engage but telling people they've lost their sanity because they have a different opinion IS insulting and petty not exactly displaying adult discussion. Again you like to dish out insults and tell people what and how to post but don't like it in return, which is a shame because in general I enjoy what u bring to the discussions. It works both ways.

08 Nov 2025 13:04:50
Well said Asa, terrific post my friend 👍You did always speak highly of Danny Rohl and how highly you rated him long before even russell martin got the Rangers head coach job 👍I think he'll do well at Rangers and i've taken to him a lot, just like the majority of our supporters have Asa 👍.

08 Nov 2025 13:32:58
The manager will be given time from the support but the two above have no way back, the owners will have them on their sights.

08 Nov 2025 13:33:41
So when you told a poster to crawl back under his rock a few weeks ago that wasn't a petty insult?

08 Nov 2025 13:34:06
Unmitigated anger? In all honesty, we're probably playing for third in the league. We've been knocked out of the Champions League, had four games in the Europa League, and lost all four, scoring only one goal.

We've just been knocked out of a cup by our biggest rivals. We've scored 12 and conceded 11 in 10 league games, and we've spent over 25 million on players who aren't performing. Should we be feeling positive at this point?

08 Nov 2025 13:42:28
Here's a wee 🎻.

08 Nov 2025 13:51:32
We have only won three league games, been knocked out the League Cup by our biggest rivals, humiliated in the CL and getting humiliated in the Europa, a competition we are usually strong in.
We have had to remove our new manager in the shortest time ever for a Rangers manager and, after a fortnights dithering, replaced him with our third choice ( no offence Danny) and we have wasted a lot of money assembling the worst squad of players since we were promoted back into the top league BUT nobody should complain about it, let's all just clap along and be happy.


I'm not personally insulting anybody but I will keep moaning.

08 Nov 2025 14:24:02
Could be three in a row tommorow wslgers.

08 Nov 2025 21:32:20
Fingers crossed My Star.

08 Nov 2025 11:25:46
The crowd – not a normal European atmosphere understandably but any reason why likes of Follow Follow weren't sung?

Also what surprised me was how little getting Thelwell and Stewart out were actually sung about, there was a bit at start of second half but I thought there would have been more for a stronger protest.

Met some of the players after the match (Antman, Jack, Thelo, Danilo, Cameron, Curtis, Soapy and Moore). Got to say, credit to them, went to all the fans despite the lateness at night. Good chats with Danilo and Jack on the game too, genuine nice guys. Even Antman went to everyone which considering he didn't get on, was decent of him, i'd have wanted to just get home!

08 Nov 2025 13:06:04
The protests will continue but perhaps not as strong as nothing seems like happening at the moment and I think most just want to get back to focusing on supporting the team and Danny.

08 Nov 2025 13:10:20
24jamger, maybe that is one of the problems, the players are too nice, we don't need nice we need nasty and by that I mean really bad losers, guys who are going to fight, win your tackles and yes even bully the opposition.

Guys like Antman along with most of the others have never been in a club where you have to win every game and it shows.

08 Nov 2025 13:55:37
The organised protests against Stewart and Thelwell in particular should continue by all groups and factions of the Rangers support until Cavenagh sees sense and removes both. He has been hoodwinked by these two and we can all see it, its not his fault, he chose people he thought knew enough to make up for his lack of soccer knowledge but they have gaslit him and I hope he can see that now.

08 Nov 2025 21:36:54
Fair point BT1958 albeit when meeting past teams, the 'tough guys' were always dead on off the park. likes of Ian Ferguson, Bomber, Gough. game has changed throughout tbh, the likes of Keane, Viera, they don't exist as much in the British game.

08 Nov 2025 11:22:15


24jamger has written an article entitled, Rangers' Shape, Press, and Energy Issues Exposed Against Roma

08 Nov 2025 11:56:51
Good assessment 24J
Was very noticeable when passing out from back it was to slow and left the wide players no option but to play it back where it came from.
Roma entirely different they played ball
In front of player while he was running on to it.

08 Nov 2025 12:27:40
Yep Broste guys are too scary to skip a pass too which moves it wider quicker, the extra pass allowed Roma time to drift across.

Thanks Ed? I assume for tucking my post into an article!

08 Nov 2025 14:08:07
Jamger good post mate. Unfortunately playing 3 at the back will always leave us short for Width. I think danny is trying to stop us losing so many goals, that's going to affect our forward areas playing that way. Stop the rot at the back and build from there, i don't disagree with him tbh.

08 Nov 2025 12:51:49
A blind man can see our issues.
Roma, 2 or 3 passes and are at the edge of our box. Movement from their players was obvious.
Our players are either playing with fear or don't have the technical ability to find that pass.


We still get forward and a couple of passes later it's back with the CHs or FBs.
There was also a lack of movement up front.
Chermiti flicked on a couple of times and either Gassama or Moore didn't gamble.

08 Nov 2025 21:38:25
Thanks MPH, was just putting my thoughts up from being there, that's all. I will bring my white stick with me next time.

08 Nov 2025 10:33:43
Guys, EHL

What's your thoughts can much change in January or we realistically looking to next summer

I have real concerns if Thelwell Purdy etc are all still there for another recruitment push

was Martin solely responsible for the majority of players coming in?
I can't see how he can be solely responsible

Player acquisitions have been signed off by the sporting director without the necessary due diligence. It seems? There's a pattern of Thelwell - Purdy etc greenlighting transfers without thoroughly vetting the players or some sort of due diligence? To make sure the players were of a quality suited to our needs?

What's really going to change under them seriously?

08 Nov 2025 10:57:49
I have no idea in terms of the financial wriggle room we have for transfers Stig.

At the start of the season we had a budget of c£8m and depending on various reports our net spend was around £6-7m.

That said, I'm sure our turnover will be down given we paid off Martin, our European performances have been poor and attendance are down.

It will be interesting to see how things shape up this window as this will be the first where the new recruitment team will have implemented their systems and processes.

The promising thing for me is that the 3 or 4 players I've heard is being linked to are NOT from the English League.

08 Nov 2025 11:03:37
Stig I believe he was removed from the process.

Antman, Cornelius and Chermiti were signings imposed on him.

The rest were his signing but he rejected a host of other options.

08 Nov 2025 11:37:31
Good to hear EHl
The ones you have possibly heard were linked with
Do you think would add a bit more quality and grit to the squad?

Are you hearing of anyone possibly leaving in January at all?

08 Nov 2025 11:39:42
I'm not convinced either Stig but they have at least acknowledged how much they got things wrong and underestimated the job. It is possible they can learn from their mistakes now they know what is required.

Time will tell. Martin won't have had complete say but he certainly had a big influence and at least he's out the picture. Rohl will have a much better idea of who and what we need, hopefully with some good contacts too.

08 Nov 2025 12:04:07
Stig, they are all 25+ with a lot of game time under their belts.

So would appear we're looking to add a bit of experience.

08 Nov 2025 12:24:01
Experience but more so leadership.

08 Nov 2025 21:43:52
Need to be tough, have robustness and a desire to win as well hopefully. Interesting to see McGregor is waning on that front at the others and they haven't yet replaced them with their next true leader who will grab a match and team by scruff of neck to get stuck in and they are struggling.

08 Nov 2025 10:13:08
Was looking at the seasons signings and don't think any of them gets pass marks, gasman started well but has went back the way, every time I come back from the game I tell my wife that's it I'm not going back, she just laughs and says you say that every week.

I can honestly say in over 50 years watching Rangers this is up there with the worst teams we've had.

08 Nov 2025 10:33:55
Thelwell has succeeded in doing something that i never thought would be possible, he sold lots of our squad and has managed to replace them with worse players in every position.

08 Nov 2025 10:43:04
Gasama had no pressure on him when he came in but the toxic crowd have drained any confidence out of him also the case with Antman.

08 Nov 2025 11:53:28
Aye Trevor it's the usual blame the toxic crowd. Let's ignore signing a bunch of duffers around him and Martin's awful tactics and coaching that would destroy any confidence. Now we're having to play a system to help our defence but unfortunately doesn't get the best from him. Same with Antman, Martin destroyed him after one game and he also isn't best in a 352.


Would agree with u Ghilbill though, almost every signing is a downgrade on who we let go. But on a positive, Rohl will get it right and with a positive run of games we'll start enjoying things again soon even though I think we're too far behind now.