Rangers banter 4

29 Oct 2026 19:07:37
Are we able to bring Barron back in January from his loan at Middlesbrough?

29 Oct 2026 19:45:04
Rather have Cameron back.

29 Oct 2026 19:54:59
Hi

Sooner the better for me!

29 Oct 2026 20:11:40
Bank is yes we will be aloud to bro g him back if we're not happy as he's not playing.

29 Oct 2026 21:05:38
As usual the football experts Rangers fans destroying a Rangers player when they don't really have a clue about football on barons back again.

29 Oct 2026 21:19:55
Who is destroying Barron? No one, people are allowed a preference for a different player, but carry on inventing something that never happened anywhere in this thread. Obviously you think you have better knowledge of people on the site, you must be a super expert, pathetic.

30 Oct 2026 11:05:28
Barron would have made no difference against hearts, can't get properly matched fit due to knee issue.

30 Oct 2026 13:15:36
I don't know the ins and outs of it but watching how Cameron is doing at Dundee United I still can't understand why he didn't get more of a chance to impress at Rangers. He is talented, works hard and seems to have a good attitude .The only thing I can think of that might go against him is his stature but then again there have been lots of great wee players.

29 Oct 2026 17:29:03
Our centre half olwethu makhanya spoke like a Rangers captain at the post match press conference last night 🥊You could see it in his eyes and heard it in his voice how angry he was and how much he was hurting with that performance last night 😡 He called it like it was with no airs and graces the guy is a winner 👏👏🇬🇧.

29 Oct 2026 18:00:05
Agree SWS i hope we can keep him after summer he along with penrice played their par
along with pandur
I don't see who pays big money for manny
I don't see Sterling going anywhere.

29 Oct 2026 18:13:06
Smashing big player that just seems to do the right thing at the right time. I for one would be more than happy to see him wear the armband.

29 Oct 2026 18:32:45
What has he won? I hope this isn't the same kiss of death you've gave Sterling.

The guy looks like a very good player, let's see if he wins something and how he's playing 18 months from now.

29 Oct 2026 19:29:52
Dado, Sterling was poor last night like the majority of our players but apart from last night Sterling has been superb my friend so no kiss of death, my dear fellow 🤔🇬🇧.

29 Oct 2026 19:45:21
Sws, correct most had a stinker mate, not the end of the world, let's get into a semi on Saturday.

29 Oct 2026 19:45:41
Final sorry.

29 Oct 2026 20:31:23
Dado I don't often disagree with you mate but going to have to on this occasion, you're not telling me you judge how good a player is by what he's won? He's stood out in what has been some very average performances round about him. The lad looks a class act.

29 Oct 2026 20:53:25
Our south african centre half olwethu makhanya has always looked up to and admired the style of former man city centre half John stones and states he was his hero and he modelled himself on stones's style 🤔🇬🇧 Stones was quality right enough 👌.

29 Oct 2026 22:07:36
Stones had something outstanding games as a 6 sws.

29 Oct 2026 22:56:51
Alloa I think your missing dados point, mate. Season after season to many on here get carried away with certain players, only for us as fans to end up with nothing, so yeah they do need to start winning silverware.

It's all well and good a player being good, but doesn't do much for us as fans, that are absolutely trophy starving at this point. It's all about trophies.

29 Oct 2026 23:47:16
Some outstanding games.

30 Oct 2026 07:46:44
I agree we absolutely need to start winning trophies Boy blue but doesn't stop us thinking makhanya is a quality young centre half which i've no doubt he is and praising him certainly for me doesn't mean we shouldn't care about winning trophies but makhanya's quality can't win trophies on his own mate, so i hope i've explained what i'm meaning 🤔🇬🇧.

30 Oct 2026 08:57:16
Is your name Dado? 😂 kidding mystar. I get what you're saying mate I just took it as a post stating what a player makhanya is, nothing to do with starved of trophies and not winning anything.

29 Oct 2026 14:01:15
We can all discuss the merits, or otherwise, of our own preferences regards actual formations till the cows come home.

What we lack severely at times - and yes I'm old fashioned - is being up for a fight, getting the battle fever on. We get bullied far too easily by opposition players! This ain't no "tippy-tappy" league, this is Scottish football, players need to realise that every opponent we face know that it's their chance to make a name for themselves and give it their all. Also need to start getting the basics correct, simple passes made at the right time and finding a team mate with them.

Makhanya for me is the only one that doesn't take any crap from opponents. He has an arrogance and determination about him that just screams out "you ain't getting past me". The number of times in games I've watched him win a tackle and then - clearly out of frustration with his own team mates - surges forward with the ball in an attempt to do what others should be doing instead.

IMO Makhanya, not Neil or Raskin, should be made Captain as he leads by example.

29 Oct 2026 14:08:20
Hearts won the majority of the second balls last night.

29 Oct 2026 14:11:42
I agree and Dan Neil is the perfect example of this.

He spend all last night finding himself in wonderful pockets of space in the middle of the park, when what we needed him to do was to roll his sleeves up, drop 15-20 yards deeper and battle for the second balls that were dropping at the feet of Miller and McPake.

Whilst Neil played hide and seek, our back line was peppered with long balls and then faced wave after wave of attacks from the resulting second balls.

Connor Baron may not be the answer to every question - but he would have been an answer to last nights.

29 Oct 2026 14:32:11
Great post Parlane totally agree but this isn't a new thing i remember Clements tesm at Ross County and then after at Dundee both games we were outrun, outfought and ultimately I think we got 1 point from 6.

29 Oct 2026 14:39:37
EHL - spot on we struggled to get a foothold in the game especially in the midfield due to losing the duels and failing to win the second balls.
Miller, McPake, and Braga gave our midfield the run around and the only player to get pass marks was Makhanya who was exceptional in and out of possession.


Our fullbacks rarely offered anything offensively which is a problem resulting in no passes down the channels, or crosses into the box.
Surely we need to play 3 midfielders away from home and if so do we go 4-3-3 or 4-3-2-1?
Lucky to come away with a point last night.

29 Oct 2026 15:00:27
Soz EHL, tad confused as to what part you actually agree with. That's on me as I do respect your opinion on here.

I just feel there are too many players that don't fancy it when the going gets tough.

29 Oct 2026 15:03:01
Talking about the cows coming home reminded me of helping my mate milk his coo's. Getting covered head to toe in cow dung, tanning a bottle of whisky in the parlour while milking all the big darlings.

Big friendly things are coo's but their tongues are like sand paper.
I often wonder if getting covered in their dung was the reason I have such a nice skin complexion or if it was the reason for my baldy napper?

29 Oct 2026 15:07:03
Cheers BT, yes it's been an issue for long enough over a number of seasons. When push comes to shove unfortunately we fold. 🙁.

29 Oct 2026 15:08:25
I agree parlane 🤔 makhanya is a superb centre half and absolutely leads by example👌
We all should enjoy him while he's at Rangers 🤔🇬🇧 He was easily our best player last night and he doesn't get pushed around and bullied he's strong and assertive as well as being a very good footballing centre half into the bargain 👌🇬🇧.

29 Oct 2026 15:33:02
"Hearts won the majority of the second balls last night."

For sure, My Star. That should never be happening as a given.

29 Oct 2026 16:12:51
Correct Parlane.

29 Oct 2026 16:37:05
We didn't play tippy tappy football last night, haven't the entire time McInnes has been here. We were playing long balls all game that weren't sticking, we weren't pressing & gave Hearts every opportunity to play their game. Other than the old firms we haven't played more than 45 minutes of decent football & everyone else against us are playing better football, we're scoring goals against the run of play.

Last night was screaming out for another midfielder whether that was as a 10 or to move to a 3 man midfield as we were overrun there & left too much space between the midfield & strikers.

29 Oct 2026 16:52:49
I agree and that's part of my original point, DJ. Neil might well be fine in a successful team that does play "tippy-yappy" football, not up here, and definitely not in the winter months that lie ahead.

29 Oct 2026 17:27:03
Im not buying that we won away to them with a fine performance from everyone, imo this has to do how we were set up the instructions and the wrong starting 11.

29 Oct 2026 18:04:26
Not a huge lyall Cameron fan but you can see the dig he gives Dundee United midfield something neil does not give Rangers even conor Barron would have given mire than neil.

29 Oct 2026 18:17:01
Three,
See, if like big Makahnya, you didn't take any chit from anyone you'd have no need for that Skullshaver! 😁.

29 Oct 2026 20:18:10
Parlane, Neil hasn't played in a tippy tappy side, mate, not been his best the last couple of games, but he can play.

29 Oct 2026 21:48:04
Now, now My Star. Don't be doing that, bro. At no point did I say he (Neil) has done. I just don't think he's the greatest fit for our league. An opinion I'm perfectly entitled to have. If you think differently then that's perfectly fine. I'd love to see you proved correct come the end of the season.

Someone else mentioned his display v Selic (lovely sunny day BTW) being good. I concur with that, but would add if you can't get yourself up for games against them then there really is no point in even being here.

We've got a decent record against them over the last few years and still won nothing. Games like last night's are the ones I feel players don't seem to realise the need to have the exact same desire and application in order to get the required result. regardless of the weather 😁.

29 Oct 2026 22:14:31
Parlane, only meaning he's never played in a tippy tappy side mate, seen him having dozen and dozens of good games, and he is a fighter, that was one of his main things as a Sunderland player, remember it's only still October, let's see how the season goes, all new signings have only been here months, still believe we've got the strongest squad we have had for a long time, too many get rattled with a draw, but when most of our players don't perform this happens, especially at a tough venue like Tynecastle.

29 Oct 2026 22:15:50
Parlane, and Raskin was every bit as bad, but he doesn't seem to be getting mentioned.

29 Oct 2026 23:48:19
Yup, Raskin was bad, too, mate. No argument whatsoever with that assessment, perhaps the early doors booking played its part in his case 🤔.

30 Oct 2026 00:01:14
Some favour players mate, they don't like hearing anything bad said about them Parlane, I do rate Neil but when he has a stinker, I'll say it like it is.

30 Oct 2026 00:04:02
Why it annoys me when the likes of Sterling after having a poor game after performing well the majority of the season, straight out the team for some.

30 Oct 2026 02:54:44
Ehl , that's tactical , that's on the manager for me . Neil seems to struggle when their a battle to be won , on a tight park , Dundee , Tynecastle , thoughts?

30 Oct 2026 11:11:45
Chunks Neil does not like the physical game and I have said before he is very adept at not being able to revive.

29 Oct 2026 14:00:19
For me a point isn't that disappointing away to Hearts these days. For me the disappointment last night was the performance. We knew what the atmosphere was going to be like and managed to score at a good time but at halftime we could see that things needed changing.
Guys have players they don't like but for me the manager didn't help these players.

I think there should have been an extra midfielder put on at halftime to help the guys already in there. For some reason McInnes doesn't seem to react quickly enough and make the changes that we can see are needing done.

29 Oct 2026 14:15:37
Waiting until there was only a few minutes left and bringing Curtis on, would be a prime example. Minsu and Gassama both delivered the square route of hee haw.

29 Oct 2026 12:04:43
Question for EHL, is there any reason why you see so many players pulling up with muscle strains nowadays, can't remember this happening a few years back?

29 Oct 2026 13:10:48
Play more games.

29 Oct 2026 13:35:30
Probably in years gone bye they would just get the magic syringes out and inject your body with the old "no more pains potion" you feel no more pains and soreness until you retire, then before you turn 50 you need a new set of legs.

29 Oct 2026 13:38:06
My own personal opinion is that from youth football onwards, players are increasingly conditioned for the demands of a specific position.

When training becomes too position-specific, we narrow the variety of movements, speeds and physical challenges the body is exposed to.

Then when a player has to sprint further, decelerate differently, cover another position or react to an unpredictable game situation, the body may be less prepared for that demand.

For me we need to condition the footballer first & condition the position second.

Movement variety, strength, speed and exposure to different demands should be developed throughout the pathway, not conditioned out of it.

29 Oct 2026 13:48:56
Probably right Three cheers but that's how it was back then. I recall limping in to training on a Wednesday the week before we play them in the cup final. I wasn't missing that game so only had one option 💉.

29 Oct 2026 14:09:05
I suppose it was the norm years ago Four, nowadays you would probably get a jail sentence for animal cruelty.

29 Oct 2026 19:07:23
You listen to the Strachan interview on open goals, EHL? Similar take to you, I loved the interview really like his take on Scottish football and the reasons it's in the toilet.

29 Oct 2026 10:28:40
Not losing the plot after a decent point away at one of the hardest places in the league, when 80% of the team had an off day. We would have lost that game 3-1 last season instead of drawing 2-2. Some pathetic performances but most of these have credit in the bank this season.

But I do believe it's now time to give Godfrey a chance at CB, Manny is just not doing it. To many mistakes and a lacklustre attitude. He could have cost us a lot more this season than he has already. If I am Godfrey I am banging at the managers door asking why I'm not getting a chance.

29 Oct 2026 10:51:53
Agree wishy he was honking last night and has been a scare for weeks, defo needs taken out for our benefit and probably his, i would also like to see the boy from villa get some minutes at rb.

there was loads off it last night and i think as was said by some another midfielder was needed however r. e Fernandez his casualness and messing about is so frustrating.

29 Oct 2026 11:11:00
not sure anyone has credit in the bank, we haven't performed great. we are out of Europe, we are not yet winning the league so where do they get the credit from. we were lucky to come away with a point to be fair, after we scored instead of pushing on we went backwards.

half of that was because Hearts played better, but no one really got pass marks apart from Maka.

29 Oct 2026 11:18:46
You don't think a ten game unbeaten run beating Celtic twice and chance of winning the first cup has no credit in the bank for a brand new team and new manager?
Dunno what you were expecting gees but you ain't supporting Real Madrid, time to be realistic about where we are as a club right now.

29 Oct 2026 11:36:05
Spot on Wishy, poor performance but didn't lose at a very hard place.

29 Oct 2026 12:17:34
Wishy, you make the valid point about us being a brand new team which I agree with, but I think McInnes has to shoulder responsibility for not reacting to what was happening (or not happening in our case) on the pitch, until far too late.

We were lucky on the night to get a draw, and, thankfully, Celtic also drew, so we dodged a bullet (twice) - sometimes you need these breaks going your way so we'll happily take it.

29 Oct 2026 12:25:23
Wonder what Godfrey must be doing in training if he's not getting picked over Manny. He's needed dropped for months.

29 Oct 2026 12:32:38
Agree Jim didn't cover himself in glory last night for sure. But looking at the bigger picture we are 100% heading in the right direction. For me main thing we need to do now is replace manny with Godfrey.

29 Oct 2026 12:33:24
I have defended Fernandez this season but I thought he was awful last night and I would also question why he was left on the pitch for the last 20 minutes when he was clearly limping. I would also say that Sterling had a shocker so that whole right side was exposed and then he also cost us the 3 points when he couldn't head in a cross from a couple of yards out .Minsu was also terrible but my biggest gripe is Gassama.

I couldn't understand why he was picked and without exaggerating I think his performance in the first half was as bad as I have seen from anyone in a Rangers jersey .Why wasn't he hooked at half time? Bouanani and even Curtis on very late were far more of a threat than him. Getting a draw with these 4 playing that badly maybe isn't a bad result.

29 Oct 2026 11:24:28
Mental Wishy, it was a poor performance, but I'm very happy leaving with a point after that performance.

29 Oct 2026 12:38:38
I have the fear for the game at the weekend - Killie showed the blueprint for how to play against us.

Hearts changed their system completely to mirror what Killie's done in the second half against, and I actually think it plays right in to Aberdeens hands.

29 Oct 2026 12:39:17
We must adapt in games wishy. If we don't all these dropped points are effectively going to cost us at the end of the season once again.

29 Oct 2026 12:43:16
EHL, we have become too predictable.

29 Oct 2026 13:18:47
EHL we need to stand up and be counted. We can't afford another 9 players to have an off day and not be able to win a duel or control a ball.

29 Oct 2026 13:23:27
EHL, hopefully, DM and the coaching staff must now react to the problem you are highlighting - better late than never eh?

29 Oct 2026 14:00:13
I agree Fourlads, we don't have the experience and leadership on the pitch to adapt in game or to do something simple like foul to disrupt the oppositions flow.

29 Oct 2026 14:05:36
Yes EHL. We need far more from Neil during the game. At HT last night it was crying out for Chucki to replace Gassama to give us more bite and a hold of the Mf.

29 Oct 2026 14:29:28
Fernandez was terrible last night but so was Sterling whom McPake had on toast, he was also bad against Dundee & Penrice was awful & was out of position a lot defensively. Mistake from Min-Su but have to question why a winger needs to come back into the middle of the park to get the ball instead of our midfielders.

McInnes shouldn't of changed the starting line up again & should of changed a 4231 or have someone move to the 10 as Naderi & Kelsy were pretty much mark out of the game against 4 to 6 players at times. We might of lost it last but McInnes has a better already squad, best depth we've had since Walter Smith whilst Hearts is worse than last season in terms of squad, got a lot of injuries, also have a new manager & don't have the motivation of chasing a title.

29 Oct 2026 16:47:33
DJB we get it mate you hate McInnes and want to be proved right.

29 Oct 2026 19:04:02
Wishy, I said this a long time ago, mate, fail so they're proved correct.

29 Oct 2026 19:50:04
100% mate silent when your winning week in week out then knives are out after one game dropped points.

29 Oct 2026 20:46:40
Wishy I've been more than happy to say McInnes got things right & have done (both Celtic games he got it spot on), things needed changed last night & he didn't change it til it was too last. I'm pointing out facts this Hearts team is a different team from last season & got a bunch of injuries.

Where is the daggers for McInnes? I said he has a better squad than last season, we finally have depth (except CB imo) after years of not having it & that was why we got a draw because last seasons team didn't have subs coming on & making a difference like Bouanani & Curtis. You miss the parts where I pointed out Sterling, Fernandez & Penrice were off it yesterday? That was mainly the problem yesterday.

29 Oct 2026 20:52:58
Also I've been busy in real life so that's why I've not been on & if I wanted to be proved right then I would of been on complaining about Dundee but didn't. We've improved & have hit a blip, hopefully next game we fix it & can look forward to a cup final.

29 Oct 2026 21:29:40
Onwards to the cup final mate.

29 Oct 2026 10:12:18
Here is an interesting stat for everyone to digest

Rangers are now the first side in the 27 seasons of the split format in Scotland to have faced all of the other top six sides away after the first round of fixtures.
Conversely, Celtic have become the first side to have visited 0 of the other top six sides at this stage.

29 Oct 2026 11:38:57
DTB, cheers for that information. 👍
Can see Celtic dropping points on Sunday, decided I'll be there.

29 Oct 2026 12:20:50
I saw that earlier. Means (hopefully) that we should catch a bit in the next round of games as we should have the top 6 games at home.

29 Oct 2026 12:36:02
It will also complicate the fixtures after the split if the top 6 remains the same . All 5 would be due to come to Ibrox and Celtic would be due 5 away games and we all know this can't happen.

29 Oct 2026 13:19:44
They'll get Hearts and Ibrox after the split 100% we'll get two dundees I'd guess.

29 Oct 2026 13:37:21
Never liked the 12 team split system.
Ally's idea of 14 team league.
Split after each team have played each other home and away, top 7 and bottom 7 playing teams in your half home and away again after the split.
26 matches before split
12 matches after split
Completely fair league system playing equal matches home and away
Could have Championship and league div 1 playing the same way with play of system for promotion and relegation etc.