Rangers Banter 2

29 May 2026 06:34:46
Congratulations to Jo Potter and Kirsty Howat on securing promotion to the WSL with Crystal Palace.

29 May 2026 12:28:57
Ehl Zidane is a big favourite of mine too.

Hm, and Stevie G, 2 best mf's I've ever seen.

28 May 2026 23:34:50
Hayden Hackney think that's the spell at Middlesbrough midfielder was told we had scouts down there over the season watching him not sure how true it is. he won player of the year in the Championship.

29 May 2026 07:07:57
Manchester, Hackney will be out of price range. He'd cost more than Lewis Ferguson.

29 May 2026 08:09:33
Manchester, we won't be able to get Hackney, mate, there's too many English Premier League clubs after him.

29 May 2026 08:29:31
Palace have been sniffing about him for months, mate, as they will lose Wharton this summer. He'll have a lot of offers. Good player.

29 May 2026 09:47:41
Cheers, lads.

29 May 2026 10:17:02
He'll be off to Palace to replace Wharton, or Forrest to replace Anderson, I would imagine.

28 May 2026 22:25:58
Today's Debate!

If Scotland fail to win the World Cup- who are you going for?

I'm not sure England can do it, I think their defence is what could blow it for them.

I keep hearing France they have a tasty squad, whether they can do it as a team though remains to be seen.

28 May 2026 22:37:51
I'm going for one of Spain, Brazil and Argentina. France are phenomenal, but just feel they're due a collapse and a lot of ego in their squad.

Brazil don't have the best squad they've had, but just always got to appreciate the Brazilians.

28 May 2026 22:46:36
Germany, at least that's who I'm hoping wins as I've drawn them in the works sweep!

Seriously though, think France have a really good shout this year.

28 May 2026 22:51:35
England.

28 May 2026 22:55:22
Portugal for me, especially if they can keep Ronaldo away from the team, they have a great squad and won't be fazed by the heat.

28 May 2026 22:55:43
England for me.

28 May 2026 23:01:53
Jackboy55.

I've loved watching Portugal for years. They've had so many good squads and outstanding players, and underachieved in my opinion.

They need to be winning silverware.

28 May 2026 23:25:43
Allez les Bleus for my old dad.

28 May 2026 23:30:52
France, Netherlands, or an outsider of Ivory Coast to have a good run.

28 May 2026 23:37:43
Think Morocco will do well, see them beating Brazil in Scotland's group.

28 May 2026 23:42:53
I think the Portuguese could have a good tournament. France have a strong squad, but I've a feeling they lack something in midfield.
I don't know much about the South American teams these days but I'll go for one of them.

29 May 2026 00:09:14
I really want Portugal to win it for CR7 he's best of all time imo and if he got a wc he can argue that case more than now.

29 May 2026 00:39:55
Fancy France to go deep.
Norway are my dark horses.

29 May 2026 01:07:55
Spain will win the World Cup. They have by far the best overall squad and so much quality it's actually frightening. Lose a big player and they have a ready made replacement ready to step in without diminishing the quality.

29 May 2026 04:07:18
I've bet Brazil, I think their squad is a lot stronger than I'd thought and with Ancelotti in charge I'd say they're in a good place.

29 May 2026 06:54:19
I feel a calamity about to happen for England mainly due to the arrogance of Tuchel - also an injury to talisman Kane, and they are done - Germany/Brazil won't be far away imo. 👍 👀

29 May 2026 07:43:52
Anyone but England.

Difficult to look beyond France or Spain.

Really hope whoever wins it plays exciting attacking football.

29 May 2026 07:47:38
I'm normally bang on every tournament as I support Scotland and anyone who plays England. Not because I hate England, it's the arrogance of the media I hate, but not seeing that so far on the lead up to the World Cup.

29 May 2026 08:10:40
You will just wait. 👀

29 May 2026 08:11:25
Espana for me, guys. 👍 I've 50 quid on them at 9/2. 👍

29 May 2026 08:11:56
Hard to look past France or Spain.
Morocco and Japan will have good tournaments as well.

29 May 2026 08:47:39
Always have a fiver on Brazil, brought up on Pele, Jairzinho, Gerson, Socrates, Rivellino et al, & the heat will suit them.
Also, because of heat, a wee surprise from Africa, maybe Morocco.

29 May 2026 08:50:26
Probably be one of the teams ranked the highest in the FIFA rankings.
1. France
2. Spain
3. Argentina.
To pick a winner then I will go for Spain. 🇪🇸

29 May 2026 08:50:40
Anyone apart from England!

29 May 2026 09:48:46
BAR72, eventually an African country will win the World Cup mate. 👍 Morocco are a really good team, and I believe can go far. 🤔 My outsiders would be Morocco and Norway. 🤔 Really looking forward to the tournament starting. 😁

29 May 2026 10:17:04
Genuinely think that England can do well this summer, possibly even actually winning it! Unbearable if it actually does happen, but it's a real possibility. If I was betting, I would look at one of France, Germany or Spain.

29 May 2026 10:20:45
I nearly bet Portugal for euros but then I thought Ronaldo was going to play too much and it's all about him. He was one of the best but not now and I changed to Spain.

I think if Portugal didn't play Ronaldo they would have a chance but they will.

I think Argentina are too old now but I wouldn't rule them out entirely.
France with Mbappe always dangerous but again it's all about him. See how PSG have done since getting rid of him and all the other superstars.

I will be putting my money on Spain like I did in euros.

I bet Argentina last World Cup so going for hat trick.

I think England will get to semis as they always seem to have the luck of the draw but I don't think they can win it. Can't believe Foden and Palmer missed out I thought one of them would have made it and to take Toney and not Watkins is a complete and utter joke and I ain't a fan of their manager. I want England out asap.

Come on the Spain. 🇪🇸


Ps my dark horse is Norway. 🇳🇴


And my massive outsider bet is Scotland. 🏴

29 May 2026 10:33:51
DTB and manager know how to win cups.

29 May 2026 10:45:35
England will get the usual easy draw, then as soon as they face a top 3 side will get put out. How many top 5 sides have England beat in the past 10 years at a major competition? Can't think of many.

29 May 2026 11:21:48
England for me.

29 May 2026 11:31:47
Anyone but England.

Spain have a really good side, so think they will be in with a good side.

England just don't have the players or mentality to win the WC.

29 May 2026 11:36:25
Spain for me with Ecuador as outsider.

29 May 2026 12:13:08
Put money on Brazil many months ago. I don't think they have the best squad, but just feels like this could be their year with Ancelloti in charge, and it's been too long since they won it.

Outside bet with Curracao and the little general in charge. 😀

28 May 2026 22:10:01
Would yous take Maswanhise?

28 May 2026 22:39:55
Read he's off to Anderlecht potentially.

Motherwell have been torn apart already, Welsh away back to them, Slattery OOC, manager away to Toulouse, Watt and Just linked to exits.

Falkirk being torn apart as well. Dylan Tait away to Dundee Utd, Miller expected to join Hearts, Stewart linked to Hearts and had a bid from WBA rejected. Loan players going back to parent clubs.

28 May 2026 23:28:39
Would definitely take him. Yes, Murph, big changes all round, but hopefully these clubs are finally getting some decent money and whole of Scots football starting to grow again.

29 May 2026 07:49:19
I wouldn't be chasing after Maswanhise, but if we were in need of another striker I wouldn't object to us signing him.

If we were to sell Gassama, I'd love us to sign Fatah that was on loan at Dundee United though.

29 May 2026 07:59:25
I see him more as a wide forward than a striker, so depends what we're looking for. I wonder how much he'll end up going for given we were told by some he'd be too expensive for us now and more than Bowie.

29 May 2026 10:21:49
No from me, over hyped imo. Fell off a cliff the last few months of season.

29 May 2026 11:21:27
EHL, I work with a Dundee United fan and I asked him about Fatah. He seems to think he's not good enough for Rangers. Has moments of magic but mostly gives ball away needlessly. And doesn't work hard enough for his sporadic moments to be worth it. His words.
I have no idea what he's like. Haven't paid attention to him.

28 May 2026 22:00:49
I was looking at a an old question of who was Rangers top hardmen or enforcers on the pitch the list was interesting, Butcher, Hurlock, Roberts. Souness, Ian Ferguson, Grieg, John Brown, Duncan Ferguson, Richard Gough, Ian Black, Tam Forsyth, Colin Hendry. Thing for me is apart from first 3 all the others were Scottish. So can anybody come up with a player Rangers could potentially sign that could do this job who is Scottish and could maybe even chip in with the odd goal.

P. s I would add, Barry and Derek Ferguson to this list they were not as hard as the others but never shirked a tackle or a fight. petty we missed out on Lewis that is who we are missing.

28 May 2026 23:29:48
Games changed so these type couldn't play like that now, sadly.

29 May 2026 01:02:17
Ian Black, surly not.

29 May 2026 07:29:00
Hardmen??? Settle down, pal. Competitive footballers maybe.

29 May 2026 08:16:10
Rino Gattuso was a very hard defensive midfielder and I would have loved to have seen him playing for Rangers against Scott Brown. 😲 Rino would have absolutely mauled Brown and trampled him into the turf with absolute ease. 🥊

29 May 2026 09:29:32
These type of players wouldn't be on the park for more than 15 mins these days, then we would be all calling them idiots for the amount of redcards. Ian Black wasn't hard. He was just an idiot who couldn't play football.

29 May 2026 10:23:02
Ian Black 😂😂😂😂😂 was hard as my 1st crap and he was a terrible footballer. I need a laugh today.

29 May 2026 11:22:15
Ian Black was a hard man because he tackled somebody from behind once. 😂

29 May 2026 11:26:54
Jungle fighter Harold Davis. I had relatives who played against him and would not have messed with him, a monster. Btw, Jimmy Millar would have run through brick walls. From recent times it's Ian Ferguson.

29 May 2026 12:19:32
BigDunc was 19 and brave but nit particularly hard at that time, his old man was hard, my pal worked with him for years, Ian Ferguson a good Brigton boy and tough, we had many hard men in our club, but there were plenty in Scotland back in the day

Terry Hurley was a joy to talk to and to watch
He would have tackled an elephant

29 May 2026 14:07:36
imo the hardest man to play for us was Souness.

28 May 2026 20:44:58
I noticed on one of the discussions today Fork mentioned the tin man. I loved watching the tin man and it was about that time I started going to the games. Would I be correct in saying that when he got the ball the fans would shout what direction he had to run.

28 May 2026 21:06:28
Tricky to play against, no one could predict where he was going next, including him|.

28 May 2026 21:40:43
Loved Big Ted, fantastic, charismatic player that didn't have a clue what he was doing, but he was brilliant at it as no one else did either. 👍

28 May 2026 21:56:01
I remember going to Ibrox with my Aberdeen supporting mates (loved the company and the drinks). So, sitting in Dons end, Ted hit a screamer which hit the junction of bar and post. I leapt up to cheer a goal (been sitting on my hands all game and we lost 3-0). I had to be surrounded by my mates for the rest of the game.

I got outside to have to run through a cordon of Gers fans. I shouted I'm one of you, and, surprisingly, they let me through, possibly in shock. My mates laughed at it all night, and we still remember it. Ted was erratic but had those odd moments of brilliance.

29 May 2026 08:19:36
Yes I loved Big Ted 'Tin Man' McMinn 👍 He didn't know what he was doing at times, so God knows who the opposition felt. 😁🇬🇧 We got him from Queen of the South. I remember us beating Dumbarton down at Boghead 4-2 in a Scottish Cup game and McMinn scored that day and was superb, even though the playing surface was terrible. 🤔

28 May 2026 19:56:50
Braga has won bbc spl player of year.
Price-approx 0.5 mills.

29 May 2026 10:24:15
His price is not that, Wilkins.