Rangers banter 10

03 Sep 2026 21:28:00
Good evening fellow bears. Long time reader first time poster. Over the last couple of years I've been looking in on this forum I've enjoyed the patter and insight. It's funny because I actually feel like I've gotten to know some of you without ever participating 🤣.
My take on the window is that from what I've seen of the new guys who have played is that most of them are upgrades on the guys who have left the club either on loan or permanently.
Being out of Europe albeit frustrating I think will help us in the long run.
I hope DM gets the time he needs to get things going.
I've said to my mates over the last few years when we have been chopping and changing managers that perhaps the answer to our problems has been under our bluenoses the whole time in the form of DM.

Time will tell if that will indeed be the case. I for one hope he is the man who can drag us back to the top. Maybe not this season but eventually.
I do agree with the posters on here who say that patience is needed but also agree that it's in short supply down Edmiston drive.
If we can win a cup this year I'll happily take that as a starter for 10. The league would be a massive bonus.
Let's get behind the manager and the team.
Unity is the principle we all ought to adhere to.
Watp 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

03 Sep 2026 22:15:06
Welcome and I'd welcome a helicopter Sunday this year.

03 Sep 2026 22:15:45
Welcome mate. 💙

03 Sep 2026 22:18:26
Heli, welcome. Good to have you on board, and good first post.

03 Sep 2026 22:44:16
Welcome, mate.

03 Sep 2026 23:17:22
Welcome and thanks for bringing back good memories. Hope they will come again.

03 Sep 2026 23:19:53
Thank you, gents. Glad to be part of.
Onwards to Saturday. Hopefully another 3 points on the board and continue the momentum. Would be good to see Minsu or Kelsy get a goal also. The sooner these guys get on the scoresheet, the better.

04 Sep 2026 05:35:29
Glad having you on board, Helicopter, good open post, mate.

04 Sep 2026 09:02:56
Superb post, mate. Imagine another Helicopter Sunday. That would be class. The meltdown would be glorious.

03 Sep 2026 21:20:34
Do we have any links to any free agents now the window is closed. I know there are a few of us still wanting a left footed CB. Still a few available, Diogo Leite, Jonathan Panzo or a right footer we were loosely linked with a while back R Bazoer.

03 Sep 2026 23:20:27
Would love one but think that's us done and will have to make do at CB.

03 Sep 2026 23:39:12
I wonder if it could be done, especially if Souttar and Nsiala go to a league that's still open.

03 Sep 2026 21:11:12
My take on the transfer window.
Recent weeks have imo turned it into a potential sucessb i said we had to dabble in all markets, ie academy, loans frees small fee, medium fee and jargon fees for us.
We signed 14 players across all these groups.

Curtis from our academy, great move Kelly

Loans reduced from 6 to 4. Nedelkovic, conditions loan to buy
Godfrey option to buy
Penrice option to buy
Boumanani, option to buy. All at achievable fees based on our outlay in this window

Frees Neil and devlin.

Low value signing mccrorie, ticks a few boxes, mb he is not the superstar many want, but we can't afford 14 superstar signings, , imo he is a tremendous squad player who can cover a few posy, has an assist in his game

Medium value Dragojevic
Yakota
Pandur
Makhanya

High value

Minsu
Kelsey
Boumanani

Re full squad add in Sterling, fernandes, Rommens, Raskin Gassama Naderi Chermiti, , when we see that list we have a squad that can deliver silver ware.

Moved on,
Meghoma
Arrons
Djiga
Moore
Cornelius
Olosen

Ooc
Tavernier
Davies
Wright
King

Away on loan
Cortes
Cifuentes
Danilo
Bajrami
Aasgaard
Barron
Cameron
Rice
Nsio

Sold
Antman
Butland
Diomande

Major clear out, with a number loans having options, , the way transfer options work a number if not all returns for about a month, that's football,


Players OOC summer 27
Sterling
Souttar
Cifuentes
Rice
McCausland

So it's very good to see many players signed on four year deals, with us having option of one year extension, , that actually looks like a strategy

One or two big signings in January, even OOC for summer, add another three next summer window it shows real progress and promise.

Now to win silver I suspect focus shifts to ch and am

What I will also say, despite my usual source I have never seen things so tight, , that is a very good thing

03 Sep 2026 21:43:15
Nice summary, John. Enjoyed reading that, that's for taking the time.

What do you mean, never seen things so tight?

03 Sep 2026 21:43:43
Great information post, John, thank you. Looking at the post, we've done a lot better than some saying in various media platforms
We can now move forward knowing we have cover in place. John, what's your take on Fernandes? Personally, I'd bench him for the Motherwell match.

03 Sep 2026 21:44:25
Good post, John, you did miss our captain though lol.

03 Sep 2026 21:54:40
Awesome post, mate. When you look at it like that, John seems like good business and we've kept most of our best players. Need them to gel now. Excited to see the new right winger and the big man Kelsey. On paper that's some team.

03 Sep 2026 21:56:51
Framed well, John, not the disaster some might think.

03 Sep 2026 22:16:05
Good analysis, John, and puts a bit of context into strategy.

How our 1st team squad has changed, ignoring those that didn't really feature last season.

Butland - Pandur
Meghoma - Penrice
Arrons - McCrorie
Djiga - Makanya
Cornelious/Souttar - Godfrey
Tav - Nedeljkovic
Barron - Devlin
Diomande - Neil
Bajrami - Drago
Aasgaard - Curtis
Moore - Minsu
Antman - Yokota
Olsen - Boumanani
Danilo - Shanks
Chermiti (injured) - Kelsey.

03 Sep 2026 22:23:54
Thanks for the detailed overview. Last week when talking about the 8-10 going out, I said probably on a couple in and out, and u said that would be a failure, do u still feel the same?

03 Sep 2026 22:27:38
The positives are clear:

The squad is younger, quicker and far more athletic.
Every major area has received reinforcements.
Shankland, Neil and Devlin were extremely sensible free transfers.
Dragojevic and Makhanya already look like players with considerable potential.
Yokota has shown ability and directness.
Kelsy and Min-su are major investments who could eventually produce substantial resale value.
Keeping Raskin after rejecting interest means McInnes still has another proven midfield option.


Bouanani provides the creativity, dribbling and unpredictability we have sometimes lacked, and hoping he can provide.

It becomes successful when the team wins - but the board has unquestionably given us a squad with youth, depth and genuine potential.
There can be no excuses now. It's up to McInnes and the players to turn that investment into performances and success on the pitch.
So over to you, Derrick, to find our best 11 and get them all playing for each other and the badge. Success will follow. 💙

03 Sep 2026 22:46:40
Good post, John.
Having waited until the end of the transfer window to comment, I'm optimistic and happy enough with our business considering the turnaround of players required in this transfer window.


We won't be the finished article after this transfer window. However, I hope, and I'm positive enough, we will have enough to compete and put ourselves in with a chance for the domestic silverware on offer.

03 Sep 2026 23:15:19
CO2, waited myself until the end of the window, it's a stronger squad than we had 12 months ago.

04 Sep 2026 04:06:22
Excellent post, John. Thanks for that. 🙌

04 Sep 2026 07:28:18
Cifuentes not out on loan, unfortunately. 😕

04 Sep 2026 07:46:28
Great post, John.

04 Sep 2026 08:18:38
Kaiser, will go soon re Cifu.

Gazza getting re signings has been near impossible, so hats off to the man who gave us McCrorie. And foreign clubs saying players could travel every other signing was out in advance, due to travel visa etc.

Amato, it was deliberate to see who was paying attention. 😂😂

04 Sep 2026 09:21:59
Haha, John, I was going to say about Shanks, but was thinking he was signed end of last season. I knew you intentionally left him out for a reason.

04 Sep 2026 10:13:35
Wallace, lol.

03 Sep 2026 20:58:30
Unbelievable stats from Chelsea for transfer window. Brought in 11 players, sold 17 and loaned out 22 players. Would imagine most of loans would be younger players.

03 Sep 2026 21:43:59
£410 million from transfer fees from what I read.

Insane.

03 Sep 2026 20:48:54
The board and the recruitment team have done their bit, that have brought in quality all over the pitch. It's over to McInnes now to do his job.

Get these lads integrated and playing conditions high level.

Personally I don't think we will come close to Celtic this season, but at the very least I want us to be the best team in the the 2nd half of the season so we go into next full throttle!

I'm not giving up this season but my head just thinks there is too much to do with this team atm to make them title challengers.

If I had a piece of advice for DM it would be to recruit a top CB coach to work with Fernandes, to try and iron out the deficiencies in his game (many). Because over the season he's been here he hasn't improved.

03 Sep 2026 21:30:49
Thought we might have tried to get some experience in late in the day. Del saying how we look young. Hey ho. Good recruitment, I think. Just need time to get things going in the right direction.

03 Sep 2026 21:31:54
Zikos, fair play about Celtic, I just don't see what others are seeing with them, honking defence, aging McGregor, probably the weakest squad in the last decade. Decent team will open them up. Really looking forward to Ibrox followed up with Celtic Park.

03 Sep 2026 22:20:03
Last year was their weakest team, Star, and it still won the league. I'm not looking forward to their forward line and Nygren getting at our defence. Hope I'm wrong, but with the way Dm wants us playing, they will be all over us.

03 Sep 2026 23:38:01
Mystar, I totally agree with you re their squad, and I'm delighted the 3 Japanese guys are finally away. But as a team they still know how to win games when they're not playing well. They have a conductor in the middle of the park, which we desperately need.

A while ago we played Betis and they had Isco in the middle of the park, literally a veteran, but he totally ran the show. Davis did that for us when he came back up the road and I think that is the final piece in the jigsaw for us.

Maybe we'll get that player in January. 🤞

I genuinely think the cups are our best chance of silverware this season, so I hope we throw the kitchen sink at them at Ibrox.

But I think, league wise, we will continue to struggle for a while and will drop points here and there. But if we are 15 points behind at New Year, I would hope, come the end of the season, we have cut that a bit.

Then go into next season firing on all cylinders.

I obviously want to win this year, but just don't see it atm.

04 Sep 2026 09:26:28
Still 12 points on offer against Celtic. I'm not too worried. More happy that the board and scouting department have done a really good job this season. They did have me sweating for a bit, but in the end, hats off to them, well done. I've got a really good feeling after the 3 quality signings this past week.

03 Sep 2026 20:46:36
Gazza lost your post re anxiety, look up both New York breathing method or 4, 7, 8 method, may be off help mate.

03 Sep 2026 21:10:29
Absolutely, John. Breathing techniques helped me with mine. Horrible horrible thing.

03 Sep 2026 23:45:53
Thanks, John.

I do enjoy breathwork and have access to a few free sessions throughout the week, which are very beneficial.


Happy to share if anyone is interested.

04 Sep 2026 05:03:40
My son suffers terribly with anxiety, and some people just don't seem to understand the effects it can have on you, from comments like "just get over it" and "what have you got to be anxious about". He sat his driving test yesterday but unfortunately failed at the last minute. I'm proud of him.

04 Sep 2026 08:07:02
Me2, hope in time, your son can get over his anxiety and can move forward being free of it. It really can have a major effect on your life and hold you back from doing things.

With the breathing techniques and also medication, if he hasn't tried, could help to get to grips with it and help him manage it better until he can control and overcome any panic attacks on his own.

Coming from experience.

03 Sep 2026 20:19:54
14 players in. 19 out. That's another huge turnover for the squad.
Unfortunately we don't have the luxury to give them time to gel. McInnes needs to find his best starting 11. Can't keep chopping and changing formations 2 or 3 times in a game.


Maybe dropping out of Europe can be a blessing to give him time to work with the players without the pressure of midweek European football.
🤞

03 Sep 2026 21:27:41
We simply need to give this team the time to gel and bond. Failing to do so is why we have found ourselves in this position. Give the manager the time to build a team.

04 Sep 2026 00:55:41
Not giving time isn't an option in my opinion.

It's clear that what's been happening wasn't working.

Rome wasn't built in a day and they're still working on the Sagrida Familia.

If time results in something wonderful then I'm behind it 100%.

Patience is a virtue and I really hope people get behind the process.