Rangers banter 4

20 Sep 2026 18:13:24
When looking back at the early days of Martin and McInnes, the results and atmosphere looked remarkably similar.

The real difference is in the culture they built behind closed doors.

McInnes understood the weight of the shirt immediately. When the bad results hit he didn't hide from the challenge. Instead, he used criticism as fuel to build a seige mentality inside the dressing room. He diverted the plane back from Czech to Aberdeen so no one could hide from pain and disappointment. He made sure he and his team lived it with the players in a hotel in the middle of nowhere. Since then he's turned a team of misfits in to a team of fighters, a group willing to run through brick walls and give absolutely everything for their manager because they knew he had their backs. Adversity didn't break them; it unified them.

On the flip side, Martin's approach suffocated the squad. Instead of protection, players felt the weight of intense scrutiny. The culture shifted from accountability to anxiety. He created a team so terrified of making mistakes, and so fearful of being singled out for tactical errors, that they completely froze. When you play to avoid making mistakes rather than playing to win, the system collapses, just look at Gassama.

One manager built a brotherhood. The other built a pressure cooker within a pressure cooker.

Enjoy the international break.

Glasgow is blue.

20 Sep 2026 18:50:34
Good post mate.

20 Sep 2026 18:53:34
Great post EHL. What a sign off for the International break. 3 weeks and we go again. ❤️🤍💙💪🏻.

20 Sep 2026 18:54:28
Really pleased for guys like big Naderi and skipper Dan Neil.
Majority were writing them of 4/5 weeks ago. Now they'd probably be the first names on the team sheet.

20 Sep 2026 19:04:07
I agree with everything you said EHL, I hope McInnes doesn't go back to changing & tinkering too much after this, sticks with the high intensity & start putting teams to bed. I will admit McInnes has turned it around & has showed he deserves time.

Martin was always a dire appointment, still don't know how he got another job & sit us back massively last season, Rohl almost performed a miracle by getting us that close to the title.

20 Sep 2026 19:06:24
Could tell in the interview after what it meant to Naderi - that comes from the manager instilling that desire to win and playing for the team.

20 Sep 2026 19:18:55
Maloney clearly has more to do with the running/picking of their team. imo Saint Martin is only a cheerleader & up to now has kept their hordes happy saying all the right things.

20 Sep 2026 19:54:07
Great post EHL and wise words foolmonty.
So pleased for some of the guys who have taken pelters. McInnes for a start, but Sterling, Fernandez, Raskin(including ftom myself), Neil, Gassama, Naderi. All exceptional this week and last. But the South African lad??
Wow, what a player.

20 Sep 2026 20:18:36
Good post, we look so much more settled now, I was critical of DM a few weeks ago but happy to eat some humble pie after this week. We look strong all over the park and that with us carrying a few injuries.

International break has come at the wrong time for us would have liked us to carry on with our current run over the next few weeks but it is what it is. Pure buzzing today.

20 Sep 2026 21:40:05
Agree with everything you say but also worth noting the change in persondl and leadership group this season. Must be easier for the new guys to assert themselves and bond when its largely a new group of players of similar ages without the legacy issues we may have had with some of the old guard that have left.

It does feel like a clean slate this season, with only Sterling, Raskin and Kelly in the squad that have been here more than 1 season.

20 Sep 2026 18:05:19
Superb performance from our whole team. Big shout out to Manny. Won just about every ball 🫡. Head looks clear now and just needs to add a few goals. Well done big man 👏🏻 ❤️🤍💙.

20 Sep 2026 19:54:53
Grant shout jking, fantastic discipline too.

20 Sep 2026 17:44:37
Does anyone know how many of our guys are away on international duty this break. Just curious if we still have the core of the team to gel during this time.

20 Sep 2026 18:02:02
DM said only 9 will be here all the rest are gone.

20 Sep 2026 18:09:28
Think we have 19 internationals now after Naderi, Shankland missing through injury and McInnes did say in his interview after the game he'd only have 9 players.

20 Sep 2026 17:33:41
I'm like everyone else a delighted Rangers supporter tonight and absolutely over the moon for derek McInnes and our team 😁We schooled Celtic twice within a week in two different competitions, absolutely superb 👌While watching the game today and especially watching martin o'neill during and after the game i said to my mates that he looks very tired and done in 🤔 It's alright having a laugh and banter but the man is 74 years old now and was in hospital a few weeks ago for whatever and being a manager of Rangers and Celtic takes it out of you even for a young manager with all the expectations and pressure that comes with being manager of these 2 football clubs 🤔Now i've learned not long ago that martin o'neill is considering his future as Celtic manager and he might well walk away and nobody should be critical of that because he's done his time and if he feels through health reasons or whatever, he should do what's best for him and his family 🤔 He's our rival but i wish him no harm 🙏I think he might not be the Celtic manager when we resume in 3 weeks time 🤔.

20 Sep 2026 18:17:15
He has to do what's right for him. No matter the rivalry I'll never wish ill health to anybody. I don't like Oneill, I think he's quite nasty with his comments a lot of the time. He looks beat. I said earlier that if he goes it could be a bad thing. But his health comes first.

20 Sep 2026 18:34:23
Celtic love to go back for ex managers so hopefully if O'Neil chucks it they will reemploy Wilfried Nancy.

20 Sep 2026 19:04:18
Roy Keane was maybe there today form this reason. Maybe taking over. Apparently O'Neil was always stepping down tomorrow regardless of results or anything. No idea if true or not.

20 Sep 2026 19:09:15
He was mad taking that job over there, they were rank rotten last season and gifted a league title. I don't wish him ill health but he looks dreadful. Anyway pure buzzing after this week gutted about the international break when. We are on a decent run. What a change in performance after the start we had.

20 Sep 2026 19:25:46
It's too much pressure for a man that age. He's Celtic through and through, and he stepped in to lend a hand when they needed an experienced head. It's gone on too long. The Celtic board have taken the p*** with it now and it's on the verge of breaking him.

If he does step down, hope he enjoys his retirement in good health.

20 Sep 2026 22:14:40
Superally, that would be a great move from Celtic in appointing Keane as manager, for Rangers fans.

21 Sep 2026 00:00:06
Didn't actually mean just fans, for us as a club.

20 Sep 2026 17:27:15
Delighted with way things have went the last few weeks, most of all we have a back five that look so composed and solid, that's what wins you trophies troops.

20 Sep 2026 18:00:03
As Alex Ferguson said
Strikers win you games
Defenders win you leagues.

20 Sep 2026 19:13:17
Defence looks great. What a change from 4/5 weeks ago. Big Makhanya looks top notch what a find. Recruitment team was getting a bit of stick but what a signing he looks. Also Rommens struggles to get back into team when fit as Penrice has been outstanding.

20 Sep 2026 19:28:19
Can't believe Mak is 22. What a performance - again!

Never seen Sterling look so good - the guy has ice running through his veins. Never seems fazed by anything.

Penrice has been outstanding and Pandur is an upgrade. Even big Manny seems to have cut the casual out his game.

20 Sep 2026 17:15:03
As I'm in America it's the second week on a row I've had to get up early and can't think of a better reason than pumping that mob. Every man stood up to be counted over both games and enjoying the fact that there was many in contention for man of the match but try picking the best over both games.

The big South African 🇿🇦 for me.

20 Sep 2026 17:28:39
In the exact same position as yourself, 6am rise this morning to watch it. Well worth it.

20 Sep 2026 17:32:49
See we had couple fans in the home end today. pandurs missus 😂.

20 Sep 2026 18:22:17
I'm on holiday Locher but I appreciate how hard it must be for yourself every time Rangers have an early kick off.

20 Sep 2026 16:56:53
Something that hugely pleased me today was watching that Celtic team just punt the ball up the park the whole game, played right into our hands. We have them totally rattled to the point they change there full system because they knew we were to strong for them if they played the way they'd been playing for years, guess what Celtic were to strong for you to play that way as well. I honestly feel they are telling us were the better team, they need to try something, anything to try match us, was never going to happen. We out worked them all over the park, so lucky it was only one.
#celticarerattled.

Enjoy your Sunday my fellow bears.
Glasgow is red white and blue again 💙.

20 Sep 2026 17:18:53
Ladys team wining and back at top of league 🔴⚪️🔵💪.

20 Sep 2026 17:25:55
Did you manage to hold it in, boyblue? If so you're a better man than me pal.

20 Sep 2026 18:36:49
Had to seeker, can you imagine? Still enjoyed seeing all there miserable faces mate, wouldn't do it again though.