Rangers banter 7

16 Jun 2026 18:36:44
I use hyphens in aw my posts — that disnae mean I'm using ChatGPT.
Folk have been using punctuation long before AI came aboot. Have a word with yersel'.

16 Jun 2026 18:59:27
I have no idea what you're on about. Is that a motor sport?

16 Jun 2026 19:21:09
Someone obviously uses ChatGPT a lot themselves if they can tell the difference. How many of us old technophobes who can just about manage to type would even notice or think about it? Actually, my wife uses it all the time to help her put her points across or explain things better.

If I could work it, I'd use it. Seems like a great tool to use. So, thanks for it as a suggestion even if that wasn't how it was intended. 👍

16 Jun 2026 19:34:18
I think it's the one where they race round the Isle of Man, Parlane.

16 Jun 2026 19:50:28
Jardine, I have been over a good few times over the years for the TT, mate, unbelievably fast the bikes travel, baws of steel the bikers have.
Worth a visit if never been.

16 Jun 2026 19:55:22
On the bucket list, Star. 👍

16 Jun 2026 18:06:51
To all the posters using ChatGPT to create their posts, remove the hyphens first—it's a dead giveaway. 😂.

16 Jun 2026 18:34:38
Thanks, Grok. Good bot.

16 Jun 2026 18:36:11
I am one of those posters.

What I will say is every single post I make contains 100% my own thoughts, football opinions, and words. I simply use an AI tool to help clean up my grammar and structure before posting.

As someone who struggles with Complex PTSD and neurodivergence, it helps me learn and improve things I would otherwise struggle with. It's a helpful tool for spelling and flow, and there's absolutely no shame in that.

Does it make you feel better about yourself to jump onto a forum and try to pick on folks you know nothing about?

Rather than showing that kind of small-mindedness and playing grammar detective, maybe stick to discussing the football and being a better human, rather than another one of the bully boys on here.

You don't know other people's circumstances or struggles, so if you can't be nice or understanding, then just move on?

Too many good people have already left this forum following crap like this.

However, how do I block users like this on here, please? I've no tolerance for bullies!

16 Jun 2026 18:48:00
Gazza, the boy is having a joke. You haven't taken it the wrong way. He is not a bully.

16 Jun 2026 18:50:55
Still can't get over people leaving due to other people's comments - people are entitled to their opinion and on a forum like this they can comment how they like. 🇬🇧

16 Jun 2026 18:58:53
Agree, Ally, it's tame on here. The West Ham and Fan Media circus is absolutely ruthless. 😂😂😂 I don't think the boy meant any harm with his comment on AI posts. Who cares what folk use to construct their thoughts, especially if they're dyslexic or not great with words.

16 Jun 2026 19:11:36
Don't worry about it, Gazza_ mate. I've been enjoying your posts recently! Use whatever helps. Couldn't care less what punctuashun or speling iz lyk_. @ least, what you're saying makes sense, which can't be said for all of us.}

16 Jun 2026 19:12:24
I disagree. Jokes are funny and are not made at another person's expense. Bringing people down because of how they choose or need to communicate isn't a joke.

I wish people would take accountability for their own crappy behaviour instead of trying to pass it off as an opinion or a laugh.

16 Jun 2026 19:15:50
Superally,

There is a big difference between having an opinion on football or a joke and choosing to target another human being. A forum being about football doesn't mean basic human decency goes out the window, and it certainly doesn't make bullying okay.

16 Jun 2026 19:20:50
OMG, it was supposed to be banter, hence it's posted in the banter- section.

16 Jun 2026 19:26:26
Jesus Christ, man, what's this forum becoming 😂 Come on to a banter page to find banter and then get offended.

16 Jun 2026 19:35:37
I'm pretty sure it was nothing personal or meant to put anyone down, Gazza, as no one knew why u use it, and wasn't directed at anyone in particular or those with difficulties, more just about ChatGPT itself. As someone also with neuro divergent issues, it's easy to see offence where none was actually intended. Or at least that's me anyway.

16 Jun 2026 19:38:37
Banter is when everyone is laughing. If you can't have banter without ridiculing how someone communicates, or belittling people, that's your issue, not mine. Slapping a banter label on it is just an easy way to avoid taking accountability for a cheap shot.

And, calling people offended just because they draw a line at bullying is the oldest, laziest excuse in the book.

It's not about being offended, it's about having standards.

You can have banter without targeting others and making them the butt of your jokes.

I'm done and won't be commenting further. Maybe do some self reflection.

16 Jun 2026 19:44:23
And, of course, I use it, that's why I posted about it. 😂 I only actually noticed recently that it inserted loads of hyphens. It was meant as a joke, there was absolutely no intention to offend anyone, and if I did, then I apologise.

16 Jun 2026 19:25:18
Gazza did I mention anyone or single anyone out? No it was a generic comment aimed at anyone and everyone for a laugh. And to call me a bully, have a word with yourself mate.

16 Jun 2026 19:53:54
Get a grip, man, it was a joke. You're a grown man.

16 Jun 2026 20:24:55
Pretty sure Gazza is a lady.

16 Jun 2026 20:33:24
Am dyslexic and not great with words, but if you can't read it tuff. 🤣🤣

16 Jun 2026 20:46:00
Do you believe in dog Ryan? 😅 One of my best mates is dyslexic and even slags himself as he can't read his boy books at bed time. He says he gets his boy to read him them. 😅😅

16 Jun 2026 21:11:25
What am I reading here 😂 I've gone back and re-read the original post a few times to make sure. "Ridiculing and belittling", you seriously need to grow up if that's what you've taken from that. At no point did the poster belittle or ridicule anyone.

16 Jun 2026 21:22:18
That's not a hyphen - that was a hyphen.

ChatGPT defaults heavily to em dashes.

16 Jun 2026 21:59:49
Indeed, Marco, use of which often made me suspicious of e-mail content.

16 Jun 2026 22:08:24
What we're reading here is pure gaslighting and a classic defend the pack mentality.

Trying to mock folk and telling me to "grow up" is just the standard script used to protect a lazy internet culture where people think they should be allowed to say and do what they want and make cheap digs without any consequences, hiding behind a keyboard with no face.



A generic apology that relies on technicalities isn't an apology, it's just deniability. Everyone on here knows exactly who was being targeted by the post.

Trying to shame someone for drawing a line at bad behavior is transparent and weak. As I said, I'm moving on to the football now. Have the last word if you need it.

16 Jun 2026 22:20:50
Why would anyone care if anyone uses AI? I honestly couldn't do my job without it these days. My work currently involves a lot of IT work, which isn't my strength (if I even have one). To be honest, I spend most of my day arguing with the AI. It constantly blames me for mistakes, even though I'm just following its instructions, which actually isn't too different from being on here.

Using it to rewrite my thoughts and tidying up reports is one of the things it does really well, so can understand people using it.

Ultimately, people should use whatever tools they need to fill any skill gaps they have and get the job done. Don't worry about what anyone else thinks. Having said that, I just checked my punctuation 3 times before I hit reply. 🤷

16 Jun 2026 22:50:53
😂😂😂 Big dado that did make me laugh, I can read perfectly in my head but not out loud and my spelling is atrocious. But I get past ok. 😂

17 Jun 2026 10:18:53
Gazza just leave it you're only making yourself look more silly and wasting hundreds of litres of water with every accusation

16 Jun 2026 16:56:06
This waiting about for announcement is doing my brain in, I've heard the rumour of why etc. i guess i'm just extremely impatient, it's kind of exacerbated by the fact you know it's going to happen just not the when 🤣🤣🤣😝

16 Jun 2026 18:04:38
DM needs to be back in the UK, do the in-house video, photos in the stadium in his new club suit etc. It's all done outwith this. Our preseason starts Friday, but DM is due to be in Boston for the game as pre-planned. One of two options: he comes home early, or comes back and goes back to the US after completing the above.

I'm ok in either position as long as he's back permanently for the start of next week. His work starts immediately, though, in terms of recruitment.

16 Jun 2026 19:14:19
Ibrox4Me, have you any idea of who's likely to be part of Derek McInnes's backroom team mate? 🤔 🇬🇧

16 Jun 2026 19:28:11
Same as Hearts, Sir Walter.

16 Jun 2026 19:38:57
I hope it's announced before training starts. Fine, if he has a contractual agreement, then he can't be there, but he can still make a start to have things in place.

16 Jun 2026 21:29:00
I think it will. I'm sure I saw a post here suggesting it would likely be tomorrow.

16 Jun 2026 22:10:20
Sws - have heard Steven Davis mentioned. Purely my opinion is that he'll bring someone with him and will likely bring someone new in. He'll need a GK coach too. Wouldn't be surpass to see Gordon or even McGregor return. But the only firm info on this I've heard is Davis. I'd be delighted with that.

16 Jun 2026 16:08:30
One for fun, folks.

If you had a £100 million budget to bring in a Goalkeeper, a Defender, a Midfielder, and a Striker—either past or present players—who are you signing?

And on a side note, how much do you think Paul Gascoigne would be worth in today's transfer market?

Do you think he'd be a better or a lesser player in the here and now, given the massive advancements in sports science and modern training? Would the free-spirited genius of the 90s fit into today's highly structured game?

Keen to hear your thoughts!

16 Jun 2026 17:29:58
Gascoigne was a world class footballer, he'd fit into any football generation, imo, you'd need to spend your full budget on him and maybe still not get him. Gazza.

Goram
Gough
Ferguson
McCoist
Need more than 100m, mind you.

16 Jun 2026 17:34:23
Let's start with Gazza! He would be outstanding today, an incredible talent (almost equalled by his talent for mischief).
He would be my midfielder, regardless of other choices and unlimited budget.
My choice of keeper would be Buffon, obvious I know, but what a keeper.


Defender Paulo Maldini - he had everything, and then some.
Striker would be Ronaldo (R9, not CR7).
Stick Scott Nisbet in there and we are unbeatable.

16 Jun 2026 17:35:17
Gk - Neuer - free 2011.
Centre half - Ledley King could've been one of the best ever but couldn't never stay fit, sat at his peak - 20 mill.
Centre midfield - Modric, we were linked and Spurs did only pay 18 mill at the time.
Striker - Batistuta - 42 million.

Leaves a cool 20 million in the bank.
I'd sign Tav 250k, Boughera 3 million, Papac 500k, Mcann 2 million, Barry Ferguson 4 million, Cerny 8 million and Kenny Miller 3 million. I've broke the bank a little.
Neuer
Tav
King
Boughera
Papac
Mccan
Ferguson
Modric
Cerny
Bastistuta
Miller

These are just players I've really enjoyed watching in my life time, I only seen the end of the 90s really and early 00s.

Not my best Rangers xi or players just players I've enjoyed over the years. I've tried to pick a team of players who I think would complement one another as well.


Gazza would probably be a 100mill player in this day and age although he probably wouldn't be playing due to the lifestyle.

16 Jun 2026 18:16:16
Wow, what a question! Going to be some discussion and disagreements on this. For me though,
Goram
Gough
Souness
McCoist.

16 Jun 2026 18:38:55
Chris Woods
Terry Bucther
Gazza
McCoist.

16 Jun 2026 19:19:27
Either past or present player.

16 Jun 2026 19:40:35
Dtb, yea your selection is where I'd be roughly, it's the goalkeeper that's maybe got me stumped.

16 Jun 2026 19:54:46
I also think Gazza would be just as good, if not better in this day and age.

I was surprised we got him for the fee we did and I doubt I'd be able to afford him with just £100 million.



I'm going to.

Goram/Buffon - Keeper
Cannavaro - Defence (I'm sure he won a Ballon d'Or).
Gazza - Midfield
And Either Stoichkov or Cantona as my forward.

16 Jun 2026 20:20:57
Gazza, it's past or present Rangers players, mate.

16 Jun 2026 20:28:04
Fraser, it's not mate, he made the post. 🤣🤣

16 Jun 2026 20:41:55
Sam of Orange "either past or current players".

16 Jun 2026 20:50:46
Either past or present players, when did buffoon Canaviro or Cantana play for us? I'm a pensioner, but can't remember any of them playing for us, Sam, can you, lol.

16 Jun 2026 21:13:56
He didn't mention Rangers players.

16 Jun 2026 21:14:30
No, they don't have to be Rangers players.

You can of course do one for each with and without Rangers players.

Hope this helps.

16 Jun 2026 21:21:20
Gazza, I think a lot of posters took it you meant past or present Rangers players, judging by the responses above.

16 Jun 2026 21:33:25
Gazza, I'd go buffoon, Stefani Garzon, Revalino, & Pele.

16 Jun 2026 21:34:15
I just meant in general, but happy to read Rangers players too.

What would your choices be for both Rangers and other?

16 Jun 2026 21:49:27
Gazza, ex Rangers players for me would be Klos, Gough, Souness, McCoist, mate. Sorry about my earlier feck up, but I thought you were meaning ex Rangers players only. My fault.

17 Jun 2026 07:18:11
Gary Stevens, Boughera, Wilkins, Numan, DeBoer, 2 of them, Butcher, Albertz.

Honorary mentions
Cuellar, Arveladze, Buffel, Lovenkrands, Hatley.

Fernando, he got it, enough said. RIP.

There's so many you can include, could be here all day.

One I'd liked to have seen fully fit, but injury done him, was Daniel Prodan. RIP.

16 Jun 2026 15:55:19
I was travelling last night and never saw Belgium, how did Raskin get on. Anyone watch the full game? He come off the bench?

France tonight, the Ivory Coast will be no pushovers. Back in the hotel for that.

16 Jun 2026 17:30:37
I thought he did well. The game definitely changed for Belgium when he came on.

I thought it was Senegal and France tonight. Although, I'm not 100% up to speed with all the fixtures.

Either way, Ivory Coast or Senegal won't be straightforward for Les Blues.

16 Jun 2026 17:31:53
Iron, Senegal against France, mate, I've got Jackson anytime at 9/2.

16 Jun 2026 17:51:30
Played very well, Iron. Set up Lukaku with a cracking cross, which he unfortunately missed for the winner. Has to start their next match imo.

16 Jun 2026 18:25:34
Senegal? I must need sleep! Looking forward to seeing France. I think they'll win it. Jackson at Munich on loan from Chelsea, My Star? He's either unplayable or chronic, no in between. Good odds thou. Maybe look at that and add a booking once the teams are out.

16 Jun 2026 18:42:19
Olise to score from outside box, boy has two or three pops a game.

16 Jun 2026 18:53:03
3 bookings, 2 goal goal scorers on the bet builder. Huge odds. 0 chance of landing. 😂

16 Jun 2026 18:57:19
Talking about World Cup performances, what about the boy Justs' performance and 2 goals for New Zealand! Outstanding.
His price will have gone up after that performance for sure.

16 Jun 2026 19:01:42
Iron, that's him, bookings are sometimes better odds than scorers, mate.

16 Jun 2026 19:16:40
My Star, I've got him for a goal and a booking. He likes a tussle.

16 Jun 2026 15:11:47
Anybody seen the home kit for next season is already on the sports direct rails. 1. How has this happened?
2. Looks worse than the away top. Looks a very poor quality. Hopefully its not real.

16 Jun 2026 16:16:45
Doubt it's real. Won't hit the racks until there's been an official launch.

{Ed001's Note - they will have them in the shops a long time in advance. My mate used to own a New Balance shop when Liverpool were with them and he would give me the kits when they got them, sometimes that was a month or so in advance. It takes a long time to get them made and shipped all round the world, they don't do it all in one go.}

16 Jun 2026 16:22:52
I'm still boycotting Sports Direct, horrible company.

16 Jun 2026 16:27:42
I just looked and the only new kit is the white/cream one. It would be against the law for them to sell a fake Rangers kit.

16 Jun 2026 16:36:30
Been posted on multiple Rangers social media pages now. In Sports Direct, hanging next to a 90s retro Celtic top. Remember Mike Ashley has previous of doing this.

16 Jun 2026 16:39:17
Am hoping it's fake and I have just hit the mad panic button. 😂

16 Jun 2026 17:52:04
Horrible looking kit. Really hope it's not real.

16 Jun 2026 18:18:52
You sure it's not one of the retro kits? Top of my head, I can't remember the year, but Coisty scored a League Cup final hat trick against the heathen wearing a top very similar to the rumoured kit for next season.

16 Jun 2026 18:24:13
Our new Rangers home kit is a cracking jersey, the one with the white pinstripes. 👌 🇬🇧 I don't know what you guys have been seeing, as most, when we seen this jersey weeks ago now, absolutely rated it. 👌 🇬🇧

16 Jun 2026 18:25:43
Anyone thinking it might be fake because it's crap quality - it's Umbro, we are talking about.

16 Jun 2026 14:56:20
First time poster

Regarding Derek mcinnes coming in
Personaly think it's what is needed, stabilise get a core of what we are as a club, since we went to the bottom tiers we have lost our identity we have lost our core of what this magnificent club is
We don't win the cups any more it's always ahhh this that or the nxt thing
I applaud the club for bringing in Derek mcinnes I personally think it's his time and our moment to get the DNA of Glasgow Rangers back

Derek mcinnes, shankland, Miovski, Barron,
Hopefully Ferguson and one or two others brings us 5-10% extra in performance and right up for it they worked with mcinnes before
Know what is expected and I would hope straight to the level required

For two long we have looked at Championship level players and/ foreign misfits with potential they have failed, reason
They need a core of what this club means and a core of players to show them standards, for two long we have been given all sorts of players and managers that just haven't worked and in that process we have lost what this club really is about
The dressing room of proper Rangers players setting standards and levels

It's about tradition, standards, fight, grit, sweat, blood and tears
Too many folks are forgetting we are not at the same level or standing we where under Walter, advocate, MacLeish
Those days are away in memory

But yesterdays memory could well be tomorrow's success
If we get it right and I think the talk of winners, Scottish core, experience
Derek mcinnes it's the proper start to get back to a level
Some of us know and some to experience

Let's get behind him and the club and go for it.

16 Jun 2026 17:08:19
Good 1st post, mate. It's time to start creating new memories.

16 Jun 2026 17:45:11
Thought it was a good first post as well, Kaiser, just don't get why Miovski is included.

16 Jun 2026 17:53:38
Don't think McInnes worked with Miovski. Different times, I think.

16 Jun 2026 18:38:42
Correct Seeker, that's why I asked, as they haven't worked together.

16 Jun 2026 22:45:07
Welcome DB. 👍