Rangers banter 4

22 Jul 2026 18:28:00
Godfrey captaining the side tonight. Interesting

22 Jul 2026 19:06:14
Jesus Christ, a loanee is captaining us, never thought I'd see the day.

22 Jul 2026 19:14:05
What's the formation, do we think?

22 Jul 2026 19:19:32
Hoping it's Chermiti on wing. 💙

22 Jul 2026 19:36:28
4231?

Hermit up top, Shanks behind him, Curtis on the right and Dio on the left? Curtis and Rommens providing width maybe?

22 Jul 2026 19:55:14
Looks like 442.

22 Jul 2026 19:59:32
Dado, if he has a good season he will be our player come end of it. So can't see a problem with him being captain.

22 Jul 2026 20:01:51
Shape in midfield is horrible, can tell players are really unfamiliar with the system.

22 Jul 2026 20:12:10
Shape in the entire team is horrible, players constantly out of position. Same as last year, seems one good ball catches our defense out.

22 Jul 2026 20:28:32
Build up really slow like last season. Lots of space for them, especially down our left side.

22 Jul 2026 20:30:52
Massive if 12th, don't think we signed a single one last year?

Our captain should be the person who drives the club's culture and values, a real leader on the park. Not a loanee from another club. That's my opinion anyway.

22 Jul 2026 20:35:09
I really hope the way we are playing is to change as time goes on.
They look so compact, whereas we look unsure where we should be.
Hopefully just pre-season jitters.

22 Jul 2026 20:46:06
No sugar coating, lads, but we are all over the place. Very poor.

22 Jul 2026 21:04:28
Always try not to judge things in preseason, but Fernandez and Neil really frustrated me.

22 Jul 2026 21:06:00
Dio is posted missing on the left wing, drifting into a central position. Is Gassama not fit to play?

22 Jul 2026 21:32:00
All about getting minutes in the legs and working on team shape, combinations, etc., but we are crying out for natural width and creativity.

22 Jul 2026 21:47:34
All, over the place you say! How long till season starts?

22 Jul 2026 22:13:45
I thought Neil looked tidy but not spectacular.

Fernandez slows everything down though.

22 Jul 2026 18:12:09
Something has to be done about this 4 match suspension for McInnes, basically for telling th truth.

22 Jul 2026 18:34:50
Irvger he broke the rules plain and simple

22 Jul 2026 19:16:41
Telling the truth is one thing, but it's also the manner in which it was done. Derek McInnes behaves in that manner while manager at Rangers, who knows what to expect. I hope he has learned, because he cannot lose the plot at, say, Parkhead.

22 Jul 2026 19:17:27
It's been appealed.

22 Jul 2026 19:31:58
John, my feeling is that the serious mistakes of last season and later apologies benefitting one Club should have seen warning issued against those in question. The Referees in question were not affected in any way.

22 Jul 2026 20:01:38
The ref had to have police protection, Irv, so they were affected. 🤦‍♂️

McInnes done wrong, he needs to take the punishment. It's not hard to understand, but some seem to think it is.

22 Jul 2026 20:23:09
Rangers statement we are appealing the decision.

22 Jul 2026 21:35:36
McInnes only said what the majority of any decent football fan up and down the country was thinking.

It was disgusting. Corruption pure and simple.

22 Jul 2026 22:08:50
Must agree, Mcinnes ban should have nothing to do with his new club, it should not apply to him as Hearts manager, not Rangers manager it should be suspended.
The game tonight, the defence and midfield looked fractured. It's early days but this looks wrong

22 Jul 2026 18:09:44
Don't hold me to this, but but come the end of the window we'll know who's in & who's out.
Let battle commence, can't wait. I'm bored.

22 Jul 2026 19:38:39
Am not believing that parlane.

22 Jul 2026 22:23:09
Parlane, but then we have the conversation for a week or so about out of contract players we can sign as we are never happy with who we do sign. 😉

22 Jul 2026 22:23:11
Parlane, a poor attempt at being " In the know".

22 Jul 2026 18:01:26
Do you think we'll get a signing before the game?

Yes-haa

Or

Naaa-daaa

22 Jul 2026 19:33:22
Naaa-daaa.

22 Jul 2026 19:33:25
Maybe. 😇

22 Jul 2026 17:13:01
4 game ban for McInnes 3 with immediate effect and one suspended.

How do we feel about this bears?

22 Jul 2026 18:23:31
Not happy.

22 Jul 2026 18:26:08
He got less than I thought he'd get, so quite relieved about that. Still ridiculous though. Calling out officiating incompetence.

22 Jul 2026 18:30:25
It's ridiculous, Gazza. We know what we're up against with this lot though.

22 Jul 2026 18:31:43
I still don't think it was a handball. Or an elbow.

This is just the SPL doubling down on their idiocy. What did Mon say again?

"It's definitely a penalty but I don't know if it's for a handball or an elbow."

Just fuels the conspiracy again if Rangers lose points while he's out. So great political move by them.

22 Jul 2026 18:36:49
It's interesting, as when he was Hearts manager, couple said deserved and would hopefully hamper Hearts start to season.

It's done, we get on with it.

22 Jul 2026 18:44:21
We as fans seem to always accept SFA decisions and get on with things.
Look at all of the ATF apologies issued last season for errors by officials. Every decision benefitted Celtic.

22 Jul 2026 19:02:46
Is there any avenue for appeal?

22 Jul 2026 19:04:52
Is it every month the Collum shows on?
Whatever it is, it's so bad that he has to apologise every show about one or two decisions & then tie himself in knots trying to justify some other nonsense. I don't agree that everything goes Celtic's way, but.

22 Jul 2026 19:24:27
Sorry, not a single neutral observer thought that was a clear and obvious penalty. I still have not seen anything that conclusively shows it hit his hand. I don't see anything in what McInnes said as being any more of an issue than what is said week on week. He was right - it was a disgusting decision. It is important that we don't just accept this, as fairness is very important in life - not just football.

I would also hope that other teams join us in this. I suspect they would have, except McInnes is now at Rangers. The Elliot Watt massively excessive ban set the standard for what this excuse for governance of our game was seeking to do. We should have left this sorry and rotten excuse for a competition when we had a chance.

22 Jul 2026 19:42:57
When did we have a chance, BearAbroad?

22 Jul 2026 22:28:14
Goram Rangers have appealed.

22 Jul 2026 17:03:34
Mikey Moore currently on the bench for Tottenham.

22 Jul 2026 18:22:08
Came on for the second half, Gazza.

22 Jul 2026 17:00:39
Maybe I'm too much of an optimist, but I just have a feeling that we will be a lot better this coming season.

Reasons to justify this?

a) I'm glad that most of the squad have had a rigorous pre-season, which, in my opinion, will result ensure that our fitness levels are where they should be - something I think has been lacking since way back in the Gerrard era.

b) I also think that McInnes is the type of guy who has the experience to have accurately assessed each individual player on our books, and passed on that info to the hierachy, to enable them to to take appropriate action.

c) As a very good man manager, he will know how to coax the best out of the individuals that he knows are capable of improving their performances.

d) Overall, personally, I am confident that we will have a far better season than last year - bottom line being we fight like tigers regardless of the opposition and let's see where that takes us.

e) As fans, hopefully we can play our part by not hounding any of our players if they make a mistake - somtimes they try something that doesn't come off, but better to try to do something the opposition don't expect, and if works, so much the better for trying. I know it's human nature to groan in these situations - that's ok, just don't abuse any of our players - it helps nobody but the opposition.

22 Jul 2026 19:45:27
The identity of Rangers is returning at last.