Rangers banter 6

27 May 2026 17:48:27
Kenny McLean has signed a new deal with Norwich, declaring he wants to end his career there. Strike him off the list of potential signings then!

27 May 2026 18:07:12
Just saw that, mate. Not too fussed, to be honest. There's better out there we can get.

27 May 2026 18:14:00
Why when linked I couldn't see it, appreciated by his manager, and loved in Norwich.

27 May 2026 18:35:44
He can't be that much of a Rangers fan if he has turned us down. Or maybe we weren't interested. 🤷

27 May 2026 18:54:21
Tbh, I would have liked to sign McLean, plenty of experience, tidy player with plenty of dig. Not gutted, but would have been a good solid signing imo.

27 May 2026 19:09:58
Angus, think the second one you named.

27 May 2026 20:46:05
Agree, Boy blue, I think he would have been a very good signing.

27 May 2026 22:09:43
Him and his family are settled down there and he's loved by their fans. Not sure it was anything other than rumour tbh.

27 May 2026 22:18:30
I agree, Manchester, but he might just be really happy down in Norfolk as I have heard it is a lovely place to stay.

27 May 2026 22:27:25
Unless you're a turkey 👀 bootiful. 🙄

27 May 2026 22:35:41
Are we signing Bernard Mathews. His brother Stanley was better imo.

I did go out with a Norfolk broad once though. Here all week (unfortunately) (for everyone).

27 May 2026 16:33:41
Boy blue, just saw your post about The Cotton House but it was too far down the pages to respond pal.
It's only about 5 mins in the car to The Cotton House. It's in Longcroft, a small village between Denny and Banknock.

My dad was born about 50 yards from there. The place gets a great name and is very popular with folk all around Central Scotland
Take care my pal.

27 May 2026 17:11:06
Everyone seems to love it there, but I'm not a fan, although I've only been once. It might be worth another try.

27 May 2026 17:16:42
I'm not a massive fan of Chinese food me2, so not for me either.

27 May 2026 17:20:00
Think the Tea House in Larbert are owned by the same people, heard some good things about both places.

27 May 2026 17:23:40
Yeah, the Tea House and Cotton House are the same owners, I believe. Both really good, would def recommend for a Chinese. Was close to my office.

27 May 2026 17:42:05
Marbel and Hup Lee are decent if you like Chinese buffets.

27 May 2026 19:04:09
Cool seeker. 👌 I had literally just driven out there, got my Chinese and was sitting down to eat it, read your post mentioning Denny and, because I don't know the area but was pretty sure it was near Denny, so thought I'd ask, mate.

There's a nice we feel about that area that I like, but just love the Chinese. Good to hear from you, pal. Hope you and family are good. 👍

27 May 2026 19:08:58
Hup Lee in Motherwell, Me2?

27 May 2026 19:15:34
From Larbert, can confirm both owned by the same family. Cotton House best around, I'd say, but just what you chose. I've had a few average, but many very good.

27 May 2026 19:25:51
Aye Storm not been in a while but always been decent any time I've been.

27 May 2026 19:30:07
Not been in the Hup Lee buffet for years, but the Nippy Tung in Motherwell is good. Need to sell your house before you order tho. China House is good value for money, but I've gone back to the Mayflour. If you're getting a curry, ask for it hot. It's not too hot, but too bland if you don't.

27 May 2026 19:55:32
Scrap the Chinese food, if in Larbert, get yourself to Kinnaird Butcher's for a Balmoral pie. Unreal. 👍🏻

27 May 2026 20:48:23
Aye, all good, Boy Blue. Keeping busy as usual, pal. Hope the business is still doing well for you.

27 May 2026 20:54:28
If you want a Chinese in Motherwell you go to the Yee Tung. Hup Lee is full of illegals

27 May 2026 22:46:39
Yeah Seeker, all good mate. Up and down like everything else, but steady income, so can't complain tbh.

28 May 2026 19:29:24
Yee Tung was the best for years, mate, until dirty Tommy left. Not been in for donkeys.

27 May 2026 16:12:11
Curtis offered new contract.

27 May 2026 16:11:24
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Matchday 38 - Quick Round Up

27 May 2026 15:10:58
Fourlads I couldn't agree more with your post re dessers. Almost word for word. He missed big chances in big games and cost us the league in my opinion.

27 May 2026 15:56:00
Cheers, Rab. Just my opinion pal. As you say, he missed too many big chances and yes the one at Ross County did cost us that season. To win the league, the title, we needed better and I believe we have that now.

27 May 2026 16:21:36
Think his biggest problem was no one else was contributing either, so his misses stood out more. If we had scoring midfielders or more from our wingers, it would have taken focus off him.

27 May 2026 16:37:58
Fourlads, what made the Ross County one so bad was,
a) he hit it out the stadium from about 8yrds out!
b) he thought it was funny!

Regarding Shankland, he offers far more in his all round game than Dessers.

Just a pity it's taken us all this time to finally sign him, given the fact he's been under our noses the whole time and scoring against us year in year out.

27 May 2026 16:41:55
I rated and liked big CD9 👍, and he had a superb attitude and a better goal scoring record for Rangers than some would care to believe. 🤔 I won't say a bad word about the big fella, and every manager that's worked with him says his attitude is up there as the best in any other player they've worked with. 👌 🇬🇧

27 May 2026 16:47:05
What a pile of 💩, blame the guy who scored 52 goals in 2 seasons, pathetic, where was the rest of them, it's a team game, yet some say Chermiti for 20 Shankland for 20, you need to remember that others need to weigh in with goals or u going to say the same about they 2 as well, absolute garbage, same auld mince, correct Kaiser.

👍👍

27 May 2026 17:23:08
Correct, Zikos, it was embarrassing. We got rid of him because he couldn't link up play or play the press. A more frustrating player you will never see. Wish him well but glad to see the back of him.

27 May 2026 17:25:45
Fork, you're entitled to your opinion the same as everyone else.

Definitely a player that split opinions.

27 May 2026 17:36:24
Still blaming Dessers, was it also his fault this season, down to players along side him. So if we don't win league this season who do we blame Chermiti, Shanklin?

27 May 2026 17:52:06
We always need a scapegoat or two, or three, or ten.

27 May 2026 17:52:49
Yes I am, but this pathetic narrative that it's all his doing is small-minded and petty. The team was not performing, as all of you were moaning about that very fact, but go ahead, blame the one actual guy that done what he was paid for, goals.

27 May 2026 18:30:57
If more players contributed what Dessers did, his sitters would not have been as crucial.

27 May 2026 18:34:32
I'm with you, Fork. What about all the other players. Just can't blame a single individual. Last time I checked it was a team sport. Suppose it's easy to try make an individual a scapegoat tho. Funny how yous are saying nothing about goals he scored though, eh, or is that irrelevant to suit your agenda.

27 May 2026 18:42:20
Relax, guys, it's only an opinion. imo, Dessers wasn't good enough for us. He couldn't link up play or play the press. The sitters he missed were embarrassing at times, and the one at Ross County cost us the league.

Obviously, the club thought that too, or he wouldn't have been moved on. If you have a different opinion to that, then that's fine. Dessers was an enigma indeed, and each of you are entitled to your own opinions of him.

27 May 2026 19:10:26
This is the worst take I have ever heard in my life yes it's all about opinions but opinions can be utter bs like this one Jesus wept yeah it was big bad Dessers fault we lost the league 😂😂 honestly some people have no clue about football and that's my opinion

27 May 2026 19:11:29
Fork it's mental mate just shows what some fans actually know about football 🤥 I agree with every word you say

27 May 2026 19:38:44
I liked Dessers and he done some great stuff. When he was poor, he was really poor. What did we pay for him? Was it 4.5m? At only 21, and after taking time to settle in a new country, I think Chermiti could be the real deal.

Some of his play and goals is what 10m quid gets you. Just my opinion. Shankland brings something else entirely.

27 May 2026 20:15:15
Can't believe there's a thread blaming folk for not winning the league, and Tavernier hasn't been mentioned?

27 May 2026 20:16:48
It's nuts, mate. 👍👍

27 May 2026 20:37:59
I'm absolutely with Fork regarding big Cyriel Dessers. 👍 You're absolutely spot on, Fork, and I agree with everything you posted, mate. 👍

27 May 2026 21:15:41
Jumping in here. What a crazy assessment.
Going by that train of thought. Every goal that we lost was the fault of the keeper. That must have cost us the league.
Every defender who played minutes. It's their job to defend goals. That also must have cost us the league.
I could go into the midfield, but you get my point.
Wow. 🤯 🤯

27 May 2026 21:28:13
Bonkers, so it is Coops. 👍

27 May 2026 13:36:34
As buzzing as I am re shankland, if must admit u really miss big Cyril. He was the absolute professional at Rangers, even when fans were on his back he banged them in week after week. The old saying "you don't know what you've got until it's gone"
One of the best cf we had in a long time 💙.

27 May 2026 14:07:08
He did what was asked of him, BoyBlue.
Scored goals - 52 in 116 games.
Never spat the dummy out like others.
Now, if the benchmark is to score approximately 1 in 2 without missing any chances, then all our future strikers will be judged and vilified on these parameters.

27 May 2026 14:11:51
Even that's not enough for us MPH, someone gets 20, we want 30, and then it's still not good enough.

27 May 2026 14:34:38
Not allowed to miss a chance despite no striker ever scoring every chance; I am intrigued to see if Shankland gets it in the neck as much when he misses his 4 chances before scoring. Not that I want him to, as I don't understand that mentality, but interested to see what happens.

27 May 2026 14:40:59
Mental Angus, Haaland and Kane scores everytime

27 May 2026 14:55:46
He certainly did MPH. I was one that maybe didn't appreciate him at first, but he shut me up very quickly. I grew to really admire and appreciate what he brought to our club, especially with 50, 000 groaning at every missed opportunity. Big man just got on with the job in hand, which is totally admirable.
Wish him well in his future. 🙏

27 May 2026 14:57:57
10 chances, Cyriel. 🤣 I liked the big man and wish him all the best, but he never was quite good enough for Rangers. A frustrating player to watch, and, more often than not, the ones he missed cost us massively.

27 May 2026 15:40:42
Dessers has the same conversion rate as Shankland though, so is he good enough for us. 🤷

27 May 2026 15:51:00
Whether Dessers was good enough or not, it was probably the right thing to do to sell him in hindsight, seeing as he spent the majority of last season out injured, the longest one having been picked up at the African Cup of Nations (just in case anyone suggests he might not have got injured if he was still playing with us).

So he wouldn't have been much help last season, and now his value will have dropped quite a lot too. 🤷

27 May 2026 16:06:40
If you watched Dessers closely, he had other weaknesses in his all round game. He struggled to play the press, and also struggled linking up play. That's why we got rid of him.

27 May 2026 16:19:56
And Shankland struggles to play the press. His link up is good. Not anything against Shankland, btw, just showing that no striker has everything. 1 goal every 2 games is a decent return, and he scored in important games despite your memory.

Time will tell if Shankland proves to be as good a signing. Time has already proved that CD was a good one, if unappreciated by many.

27 May 2026 16:28:22
Shankland is a leader and natural finisher, something Dessers will never be. He will be good for us. I recall a time Dessers had a return rate of 1 goal in 18 games. That's never good enough for a Rangers no9. How standards have slipped. 🙈

27 May 2026 16:33:33
The issue with Dessers was not just his finishing - it was that he didn't offer anything else to his game.

Personally, I think Shankland is a better finisher - but let's say they are on a par. Shankland's team work and link up play are infinitely better. He also knows how to use his strength and power.

Something Dessers had in abundance but didn't know how to use. Was constantly falling over trying to win fouls but not knowing how to.

That said, I will give him credit where due. He did work hard, and his positioning was good to allow him all those chances. And he was always smiling (even when he missed!)

27 May 2026 16:50:55
Goals, that's what he offered. What did the rest of the team offer him? You were all on here moaning, midfield's mince, defence is poor, nothing being created, no one pulling the strings, absolute mince.
It's all in the archives, have a look, yet it's one guy's fault. Pathetic.

27 May 2026 16:50:56
Shankland's conversion rate was 18.35% last season. 44% of his shots hit the target. That is less than 1 goal every 5 shots.

Dessers the season before scored 2 more goals in the league.

Had a 25% conversion rate and shot accuracy of just less than 60%. That is 1 goal every 4 shots.

Who sounds more natural there. 🤷

So Shankland misses more chances than Dessers.

27 May 2026 16:57:14
Doesn't fit the narrative, Angus. 🤯

27 May 2026 17:03:29
Every cf misses. Look at Shankland against Motherwell.
What hasn't been highlighted, Dessers made a lot of chances himself, but I do believe it was the right time for selling him, either that we would have got pennies, Dessers wasn't our problem in his time.

27 May 2026 17:25:15
Shankland's a far superior striker to Dessers in every department. 🤣🤣🤣

27 May 2026 17:41:28
Four lads, if you post it enough someone may agree with you, save you replying to your own posts.

27 May 2026 17:53:13
Jasp, I was actually replying to Angus. Thanks for policing the forum, though. I know we are in safe hands with an alert individual such as yourself on patrol. 👮

27 May 2026 18:14:37
Fourlads, the stats show that Shankland isn't a better striker on shots on target or shot conversion or league goals for the last season at the most recent SPFL club, in fact the last 2 seasons really. Jasp is right, though, as no-one with any sense can argue on the facts provided with the stats, so you will just keep repeating the same trite statements without any substance to back them up apart from it being your opinion. I like a quote as some will know so here is for you: Opinions are like a*******; everybody has one and they usually stink, so I prefer where possible to look at facts.




I await next season when we lose a game (as we will) and Shankland misses a chance (as he will) and it will be the same fans getting irate as were with Dessers. It will be the same handful who are defending Dessers who will be defending Shankland. Fans who see the benefits players bring and not just their weaknesses. Such is life.

27 May 2026 18:15:30
Shankland played for Hearts whilst scoring all these goals. Hearts created far less chances than Rangers per game, just Shankland is more clinical. It could take CD9 10-12 chances per game to score for Rangers, and obviously we were creating far more chances for him.

He wasn't clinical enough, imo, and we eventually got rid. I am glad we have got Shankland now. He is exactly the type of player we have been missing. Better late than never.

27 May 2026 18:29:10
As Zikos has said, Angus, the issue with Dessers wasn't just his finishing, it was his all round play and inability to link up and play the press. Shankland does all that and was a club captain and leader on top of it.

We shall see this season when Shankland scores a barrowload for us. He doesn't take 12 chances to hit the back of the net.

27 May 2026 18:44:06
Fourlads, but you said that he was a superior striker in every department and now you have changed that. Dessers could press, but we didn't press as a team. Dessers was average at hold up, but he could do it; he also just had to do it 50 yards from any other player.

I read on here for someone who knows being a current coach that Shankland can't press but can hold the ball up. Two seasons ago when Hearts played Vargas ahead of him he scored 4 league goals. So, if like then he plays deeper for us next season, with Chermiti ahead, our fans will expect more, no matter what other elements to his game he has.

Remember Chermiti's work deep earlier this season and the criticism he got.

No, and you are right, he doesn't take 12 chances to score, he takes 5+. Whereas Dessers took 4 chances. You do know that 4 is lower than 5, surely.

Anyway, no point arguing the same points and providing facts when that person doesn't read and comprehend. btw I am a Shankland fan and hope he does score a barrowload but so did Dessers. 🤷

27 May 2026 18:48:09
For all Dessers goals he was still a bit of a joke figure to other teams, wasn't he. I've never heard anyone call Shankland a joke figure. Because they know he scores big goals in big games.
I wasn't keen on Dessers but I definitely appreciate him a bit more now. I'd still rather Shankland.

27 May 2026 18:54:06
If Dessers was playing in a successful team, he would have been a well loved hero.
Unfortunately, he wasn't in a successful team, and he missed some chances in a period where we couldn't afford to miss those chances, which led to a lot of "what-if's".

27 May 2026 19:17:26
Angus, Shankland is superior in every department. You post stats that suit your own argument, pal. Shankland was playing for a Hearts team when he scored all these goals. Dessers was playing for Rangers whereby we create 10 times more chances than Hearts. Don't patronise me just because I have a different opinion that doesn't suit your narrative.

27 May 2026 19:13:56
Angus you are banging your head against a brick wall mate it's pointless even when you provide facts they still think they are right when they are wrong 🥴

27 May 2026 19:37:09
Angus, stats can be used for any argument which is quite often the case.

Dessers misses 2/3 open goals with no keeper. 33% conversion rate.

Shankland misses 3 shots from 20yrds - 0%.

There is absolutely no context to a lot of football stats.



I wish folk would go back to watching football on the pitch rather than spreadsheets.

Seen one the other day about the about of yards covered by Rangers players.
Great. Doesn't say if they were attacking yards, tracking yards, sprinting, walking etc etc.

27 May 2026 19:45:40
Dessers was the model professional and I was a fan even though he had faults. You can bet your bottom dollar, if Shanks goes on a barren spell, the bears will be groaning.

27 May 2026 22:25:15
Zikos, I do and I saw the absolute sitter Shankland missed against Motherwell. I wish people wouldn't just spout an opinion claiming they see something and remember it when they don't remember what they had for lunch last Wednesday to criticise a player who scored 52 goals for us in twice that amount of matches. We all know he missed chances, but he wasn't solely responsible for losing leagues.

If he was a Rangers supporter who played for us, he would be given more credit, imo.

By the way, Shankland had more shots than Chermiti last year, so Hearts obviously did create chances for him. And yet Chermiti scored just one less league goal. That is the young lad who hadn't played any first team football for anyone other than 200+ minutes as a sub for Everton. Just saying like.

27 May 2026 13:15:06
New poster on the subject of people trying to get posters th name targets. this could be dangerous for the individual poster. I know this for a fact when roofe signed for us someone inside the training center sent this info to his mate who then posted this info. unfortunately the guy inside the centre was sacked after an internal investigation. This man worked there for 10 years before this.

sacked immediatly confidentiality clause in his contract will probably be in your own work contract. so this is a very good reason not to name anyone as these sights are probably monitored by the club. I was working there that day so know this happened so please stop badgering people for info all will become clear in time. I will not reply to anyone WATP.

27 May 2026 13:54:55
Common sense won't get you far on here Oldger55 😉😉

27 May 2026 14:35:46
Laughingly sacked by members of a board who seemingly tell all and sundry our business as well. 😂😂

27 May 2026 15:09:16
You just have to look at guys like John27 trying to bring the forum some interesting rumours, that at the time can be correct, but then as football goes it changes and we have people with the cheek to basically call the guy out.

It's ridiculous, tbh. He doesn't need to share, but has done it for the benefit of the site to bring discussion etc. Most guys that brought we snippets of info don't anymore. That's just sad!

27 May 2026 15:42:24
BB4, I don't disagree but the people who give the original snippets are at risk of the scenario above if it is investigated is the point the OP is making. So breaking a confidence from the club.

27 May 2026 16:22:42
Can we all agree this is a Rangers Rumours board? Personally I love the anticipation of trying to work out which player(s) the better informed posters share with us.
Keep it up, guys, you know who you are, and ignore the snipers who make no positive contribution. They just like taking a pop at people who are providing interesting information.

27 May 2026 16:24:21
Remember though Andrew famously sat discussing what could be discussed on this site. 😜

27 May 2026 16:48:09
Older, it's a rumours page. Some rumours come off some dont. Should the eds shut the page down then.

27 May 2026 19:48:15
Good post, auld yin, but you got any info for us? 😉