Rangers banter 10

22 Mar 2026 18:19:24
Silence of the Lambs.
Starring:-
Chukwuani, Moore, Raskin, Tav
Supported by:-
Naderi, Aasgaard
Comfortable win and performance against an Aberdeen team who used to cause us untold problems no matter the form they were in.
7 games left.
One game at a time.
I'll take 4-1s or 1-0s.
I don't care.
Onwards and upwards. 🔴⚪️🔵.

22 Mar 2026 19:29:07
Mph 100% correct.

22 Mar 2026 14:59:29

22 Mar 2026 15:33:48
Laudrup, You'll have a Celtic fan podcast about helping us, the referees and more, so VAR is useless in Scotland.

22 Mar 2026 15:34:23
Gollum should be sacked. He actually makes it more difficult for referees, bending over backwards, trying to justify errors.

There have been numerous occasions during the last couple of seasons where referees have had to pivot mid season on how they handle incidents because of what he says in these reviews.

He also did it again in this most recent one where he says Scales should have got a pen for pulling in the box.

It was the type of incident that happens constantly in games and is usually deemed not enough for a penalty. But, saying it should be a pen, the refs are now less clear than before.

Overall, he has been a terrible referee and an appalling head of referees imo.

22 Mar 2026 16:26:14
So, the first clip, Collum says the tackle is studs up and makes contact high up 'on the ankle'. You can see that is the case.

The second clip, the VAR says foot on foot. You can see the boot lands on his foot.

Not sure what the point is. They are two totally different tackles hitting 2 totally different areas of the tackled player. A tackle hitting the ankle is often considered more serious than one hitting the foot because it strikes the primary mechanical link between the leg and the ground.

While a foot hit might break a single small bone, an ankle hit can destabilise the entire lower leg.

The clip of Collum speaking about these incidents was because of these types of conspiracies. He wanted transparency to show when decisions refs make are right and wrong. He shouldn't have bothered as they will always exist.

The Celtic referee conspiracy is working really well though with them being third. 😂

22 Mar 2026 17:03:53
Not sure what you're watching there, Angus, but it's foot on foot after the studs drag down the shin, it's clear as day for me you can actually see the stud pull the sock down. 😂

22 Mar 2026 17:38:12
Angus, if both OF teams were referred to the same standard the gap between us would be a lot wider, that's for sure.

I don't buy into the theory referees are just poor, and it all evens itself out for the season.



I attended my first game in 1967, and, believe me, us and Celtic have not had the same standards applied for a long time now.

22 Mar 2026 18:05:46
That gal wouldn't be more if they were ref to the same standard, because they are already to the same standard poor. Some of our fans need to take off the tin foil hat and stop acting like that lot.

22 Mar 2026 18:10:52
Once a Ranger, then like me, you are old enough to know better. So from 1986 till 2000 did the refs take a break with the conspiracy? Is it only when we are losing or just odd years, those which are the Chinese year of the horse? It has to be the most inconsistent conspiracy in the world.

🤷

Actually, forget it. If you want to believe this rubbish, carry on and I will leave you to it.

22 Mar 2026 18:48:08
BTW, I did not mean to type Gollum. I do find it funny that my phone corrects to that. Lol.

But it changed the tone of trying to make a serious point about the shows making refereeing standards worse. It may be Collum, but I am not sure it's helpful at all to have these.



I was in favour of transparency originally, but having seen it implemented I would scrap it and let them handle it privately. Airing their dirty laundry in public is doing referees no favours and is leading to greater inconsistency in decision making imo.

22 Mar 2026 18:54:47
What strikes me when watching the VAR show is the refs in VAR are too excitable and are calling an incident before they even see a replay, then making it hard for them to go back on what they said as they don't want to look wrong. Just look at the Mikey Moore one, no dogso lol, that's just laughable. Also this talk about player too far from goal is idiotic, it's making an assumption on players ability. Can't remember the game, but boy was the keeper way off line, could have pinged it. They say dogso, which is fair, but Mikey Moore pulling trigger on shot and no dogso. Also ref right away screams he got the ball first when he clearly didn't.

These guys should not be excitable and need to have calm heads for that job.

And, as another person said, Collum doing backflips to justify every decision just makes it worse. Everyone can see through their lies.

It's the same with radio commentary. Was listening to game other day and it was all Rangers not very good and poor Aberdeen team, even at half time goal up and after final score 4-1 going on 6, yet in Celtic game listened today it was all positive Celtic talk even though 0-0 ht.

It's so blatant, they just don't want Rangers doing well at all

22 Mar 2026 18:55:49
Tommy, I 100% agree with that. It seemed a good idea and personally I like to hear why a decision was reached or why it was wrong.

I also believe they do need that meeting so that they can thrash out what is and isn't hand ball, for instance, although it won't work, as there is so much subjectivity as to what is seen.

Also, if ref says he has seen it and describes it close to what happened, then VAR don't intervene. Perhaps it is that part about VAR that fans need - when and why they take action or not.

22 Mar 2026 19:12:27
I call Radio Scotland radio Celtic, forever. The really bad thing is they have improved quite a bit in the last couple of years. I am old school, I enjoy a game on the radio; but listening to that channel has been unbearable at times.



I think we are going to be good in the next few seasons, whereas I think Celtic are in a really dodgy spot that could see them implode like we have for a few seasons. If that happens, I will enjoy every squirm on that channel.

22 Mar 2026 19:29:02
From listening to it, hearing the good and bad, because there is some good stuff as well as bad, my biggest takeaway is process. When you hear them follow a process, they make better decisions. They just don't do that enough, and that's why I think Willie has been really bad.

Like forever mentions, they jump to the conclusion far too quickly in too many instances. They should be working to mental checklists, or actual, of the process of deciding what the outcome should be.



That would be my advice for more consistent outcomes. It would also help fans to see that there is some substance to it, rather than sounding like a fan shouting for a decision.

They need to sound like a referee going through a decision making process, as although I would scrap it, this is not going anywhere. Cat is out of the bag, imo.

22 Mar 2026 19:33:19
Tommy, I think the good place in future was what I most hoped would happen with the turnover. We would build a team and squad who would be able to compete for every trophy and win more than our fair share. I am not as confident Celtic will just implode, though, as last time we go close they pulled out the stops and spent money.

They won't want to give up that pot of gold easily. I, like you, can always hope though. 😉

I have never liked radio as it is just too nerve-wracking for me. Somehow, watching doesn't make me as nervous. Also, listen to radio inc ar, and that mix isn't good on the roads.

22 Mar 2026 19:45:10
I am not confident they will implode either, but they need to get some massive decisions correct and we have seen this season alone that those can be difficult. It can go either way, but I feel we are in a decent place for the first time in a while.



My earliest football memory is listening to Rangers European games in the dark, in my bedroom. I have loved a game on the radio ever since.

22 Mar 2026 20:21:28
Angus, on the subject of parity of refereeing standards, I know fine well you knew I was just talking about recent years, but you had to go back to the years 1986 to 2000, a successful period for us to counter my point. Not very impressive.

I will leave you in your innocent and naive world where none of this "rubbish" as you call it exists.



The final point I would make is that many ordinary balanced Rangers fans do believe there has been an imbalance in recent years, and you, my friend Angus, are in the minority with your views.

22 Mar 2026 20:27:18
Storm,
I have noticed over some time your constant standard reply to poster's complaining against referee decisions against in comparison to the East End Mob is that overall referee's are simply poor.

I take it you take no notice of stats on the disaportinate difference between the two teams in goals disallowed by VAR, number of bookings per fouls etc?

Then you also always add a reference to being too much being like the other lot with paranoia towards ref.

Does your knowledge of how the other lot think come from the close family ties to them which I have seen you mention a lot.??

In which case, does that prevent you from doing any fair analysis?

22 Mar 2026 22:28:04
Once a ranger. Since you mentioned 1967, I assumed we were looking at that entire timeframe. Now that we've ruled out 1986 to 2000, we're narrowing it down, though I suspect the issues started once the results shifted. I also think we'll see even more pushback from Celtic fans if Rangers start winning consistently again.

On the technical side, how is the severity of a foul actually judged to determine a booking? Also, is there a clear record of VAR-disallowed goals that shows whether those calls were correct?

I'm likely not alone among Rangers fans in feeling this way. While we can agree to disagree on the "conspiracy" aspect, I do think it would help if more fans studied the actual laws of the game.



Even though Storm and I usually disagree, we're on the same page here.

Oh, and my professional background is in fair, objective analysis, and I don't have any personal biases or family ties that get in the way of that.

But, as I say, I will draw my interaction to a close as this debate probably won't reach a conclusion because these conspiracy theories tend to stick around. They usually resurface whenever we lose a match and only seem to fade when we start winning again.

22 Mar 2026 22:54:08
I'm with Angus on this one - too many fans from both sides want to jump on the conspiracy theory bandwagon when we lose. Sure they get the rub of the green sometimes and refs make mistakes, however, I've seen wrong decisions at important times given against them also, so let's drop these theories and get on with winning the title.

22 Mar 2026 23:36:44
Angus, I too will draw a conclusion on this matter as it is perception based. Good for you that you did analysis at work, but so did I, but I don't talk about it.

I will go back to mainly enjoying your generally positive and optimistic posts about the team and Rangers FC in general.



I agree with Star, we have both the strongest starting eleven and the strongest bench, now
we just have to take the fullest advantage with this, allied with 100% fight and bottle in the last seven cup finals.

22 Mar 2026 14:59:27
We did our bit and got a 'bonus' today. Keep doing our thing. They have 2 weeks to stew now.

We have the opportunity to put pressure on in next game, they both play on the Sunday. Just have to keep winning.

22 Mar 2026 15:56:22
Yes, overall a good weekend. However, this season has showed us there are no guarantees & still a few twists to go. Saw Naismith saying despite winning 4-1, worryingly none of our strikers scored well. I'm sorry, if we won most games 4-1, I don't care where the goals come from as long as we get the points.

22 Mar 2026 18:56:33
When we normally get the high of going above them, that's when players take their foot off the gas and blow it. Let's hope they realise it's time to go again and not take their foot off the gas until the season is over.

22 Mar 2026 14:50:40
They've lost 8 games to our two and there only 2 points behind us

Shows the importance of the late goals we've lost over this season leading to draws

Couple of them draws if we managed to keep the 3 points we would be sitting top of the league

we need to keep the pressure on both Hearts and Celtic as can se them lose more points as pressure now builds

We need to stay calm and take it a game at a time and just make sure we're winning don't care how we do it just win our games we win 56

Come on Rangers we can do this.

22 Mar 2026 15:38:42
Spot on Stig.

22 Mar 2026 16:29:33
I honestly believe we are fully capable of winning the title. At this stage of the season, belief, desire and sheer bloody-mindedness are needed (as well as ability, which should be a given).
It's been said above, do our job, every game, and 56 is ours!

22 Mar 2026 16:31:36
Stig, correct, and just 2 wins from the other draws though, and we are top.

I think the injury time draws we got at United and Dundee earlier in the season are showing how worthwhile those points might end up being, though, as well.

22 Mar 2026 18:49:10
They have a lot. Has 4 or 5 94+ min winners.

22 Mar 2026 14:29:28
Not sure about you lot but I'm off to eat a tangerine, I'll probably eat 2. What a great Sunday and unexpected result 🔴⚪️🔵.

22 Mar 2026 15:14:17.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

22 Mar 2026 15:15:52
Twists and turns, Davie, twists and turns. Still more to come too.

22 Mar 2026 18:57:07
Baz just read an article where it said that there hasn't been a weekend where all the top 3 have taken all 3 points. So I suspect all 3 will drop points at some time. It is about being the most consistent.

23 Mar 2026 08:46:48
I saw someone on the telly saying the same, Angus, I think it's only happened once all season. I know you've been in the positive thinking camp too, I'm kinda just being realistic. It's never as good or as bad as the results make the fans feel, but overall, I think we've been the team that's showed the most Championship winning form since our new man took over.

Our bottle has been questioned and there's maybe elements of facts in that, but surely we've shown bottle beating Celtic away, Hearts at Ibrox etc. I still think some of the draws that could have been defeats could be the points that tip us over the line. Either way, I am really enjoying a proper Championship race, buddy.

22 Mar 2026 14:25:58
What a result today 😁😃😃.

22 Mar 2026 17:39:19
Not even close.
Graham played well, I think?

22 Mar 2026 22:42:13
That's Ross Graham Wilkins, it's Luke Graham from Dundee that's interesting us, mate.

22 Mar 2026 14:16:42
Well.whod have thought it. If we win our next league game before Hearts wed go top of the table.

Ows and then they find out how difficult it is to focus on your game after others apply that pressure. We have failed to grasp those opportunities in the past when we have played second, so let's see how they manage. Even if it is Livingstone, their away form isn't as good as their recent home form and then remember the plastic pitch.

22 Mar 2026 15:15:40
Me, ows, three defeats in Dundee for them this season, only played three times, luck had to run out, scrapped by with winning the last few games in added time, look how they played against us in the semi final, mate, extremely confident of winning again at Celtic Park.

22 Mar 2026 15:27:04
We need to kick on and go and grab this now, My star, because they are a poor team and I think we all know they're there for the taking. 🤔 🇬🇧 We're very capable of going to their place and beat them again, but let's us just focus on one game at a time, and Dundee United at the 'Brox in two weeks' time should not only be the club's focus but is definitely my mindset/focus as a Glasgow Rangers supporter.

🤔 Seven cup finals "let's go". 🥊

22 Mar 2026 15:35:54
That is 100% correct, Coops. Did yer one pal right that post for ye? 🤔

22 Mar 2026 15:37:42
That's it sws, our only focus should be on the next game, said it a good few times this season, we got a stronger squad, and that was before January as well.

22 Mar 2026 15:38:24
Forgot to add, a better eleven on the park as well.

22 Mar 2026 16:00:26
Win our games up to split and see where we are. Watched their game today and they didn't make any chances really, and with two weeks to next games, their fans are stewing. We could go top in our next game or put more pressure on the other two for the Sunday. Just keep turning up and we will not be far away.

22 Mar 2026 16:00:38
You got it in "One" storm. 😁

22 Mar 2026 16:07:34
We were confident we would beat them twice at Ibrox as well, guys, remember, love the confidence, mine just isn't the same and that's ok.

22 Mar 2026 16:15:53
Boy boy, we showed who the better team was though, mate.

22 Mar 2026 17:03:51
Mystar, showing who the better team was doesn't mean much when only getting a point and put out a semi-final in 2 home games v our biggest rivals, mate. I agree we're a better team, I don't think it would be hard to be, but we need to be beating them to show we are better.

22 Mar 2026 17:15:21
We beat them 3-1 the last time at Celtic Park, Boy blue, a long time since Celtic beat us in a league game, mate.

22 Mar 2026 18:08:03
Correct, bb4. We never should who were the better team, the league game we drew 2-2 and the cup game we got put out so that proved nothing of the sort.

22 Mar 2026 19:00:37
Angus, we still have to beat a difficult United team before you start talking about their games. This is the problem with our support and our team.

Next task is all we should be focused on. That's when our season threatened to go off the rails, when we looked ahead at Porto for coefficient, or looked ahead of Motherwell to Hearts.




We need to get back to the game that we have in front of us and nothing else.

22 Mar 2026 22:44:49
Anyone saying our cup games against Celtic weren't a very one sided game would be taking up another sport.