Rangers banter 8

04 Dec 2025 13:17:39
Ehl, why do you think young Curtis isn't getting a chance? he can actually score goals.

04 Dec 2025 14:41:18
Curtis is 2 years younger than Chermiti, and has scored 3x as many goals in a quarter of the games.

I would rather see that young lad through the middle than anyone else at the moment. He certainly couldn't do any worse.

04 Dec 2025 14:46:28
Good question wilkins.

04 Dec 2025 16:10:59
He's been injured Wilkins, and the medical team can't get to the bottom of it, so they're a little worried that it develops from being a niggle to something more sinister - it's not uncommon with players his age.

04 Dec 2025 17:16:19
If he's injured EHL, why was he on the bench?

04 Dec 2025 17:41:15
Whatsmyname - he has BEEN injured, and he IS injured are two very different things.

04 Dec 2025 17:00:48
It's to make up the numbers its happened for years guys on thd bench sho won't get used.

04 Dec 2025 18:21:57
Apologies EHL.

04 Dec 2025 12:19:06
Just from seeing all sorts online about our last 2 matches, I have seen all the usual suspects get it from our fan base and rightfully so. But what amazes me is that Gassama seems to escape all criticism and is never called out.

I get he started brightly but since those first few weeks he has been nothing short of awful and last night for me was the last straw with this lad. When you have Tav turning round and having a go at you because you just watch a man run by you and not track him is shocking. He is just so damn lazy!

Add onto that that he is probably the greediest player I've seen in god knows how long. He very much seems to only be interested in himself and not the team. Never gets his head up and his passing is just awful! I would hope that Rohl has the fortitude to drop him for a few games and give someone like Curtis a run out and see if he offers more. I mean Curtis has hardly played and is still got more goals than our 2 summer striker recruitments.

04 Dec 2025 13:29:52
Laziest player on the park last night. Looked lost.

04 Dec 2025 13:36:11
I've been of the opinion for about 5 weeks now Gassama is no better than Matondo.

Both quick, both can score a screamer but play with their heads down, end product very poor and average football players.

He's miles off the required standard.

04 Dec 2025 13:39:14
Totally agree bbj, he could be a player if he had a football brain, but he so obviously doesn't 🙄.

04 Dec 2025 13:53:35
Bigbluejim, I liked him as soon as he arrived, he will improve, has very quick feet and plenty pace, and likes a goal, but if he doesn't cover back and show a vast improvement in work rate he can't be in our side.

04 Dec 2025 14:09:44
Poor man's Ryan Kent, jim.

Be as greedy as you like as long as there is an end product, of which he has none.

The mince we have were predominantly playing in the lower leagues, and some not even playing at all.

This squad has been cobbled together, at a fair enough outlay I might add, to win the league and to make its mark in European games, by a clown who saw fit to spend 8m on one of those players, not once but twice. 8 million.

I only hope that our owners are comfortable writing off these losses and correctly funding someone who knows what they're about, because we have blown that initial investment on utter dross that are worthless.

8 million.

04 Dec 2025 14:18:43
I thought we had signed a cracking player at the start of the season after his initial burst of form.
But since then he has went backwards.
And as BoyBlue has alluded to, his decision making at times is criminal.


Shoots when he pass.
Passes when he should shout.
And fell to the ground when it was easier to stay on his feet and get a shot away.

04 Dec 2025 14:42:40
He's not even that quick either. Again probably see a slightly better output from him if we were flying but does not have the ability to produce when we are up against it. Bajrami hasn't done anything special the last couple of games but you can see the difference between an international level player that a run of the mill.

04 Dec 2025 14:42:55
Yeah it really got me thinking, as he was decent for PSG youth teams but they were happy to let him go and then his option was a struggling championship team. I think he had a new club bounce and has now just became complacent.

BB4 he certainly hasn't and it shows what bad state we are in when we can't leave him out but I don't know if I can continue to watch players like him play game after game.

04 Dec 2025 14:49:03
Good cut for Barron, but his decisions making is baffling at times.

04 Dec 2025 15:04:19
Gassama should be played on the left. Why do we buy players, who have impressed with former clubs, then not play them in the position they did well in?

04 Dec 2025 15:16:36
bigbluejim spot on Gassama started quite brightly but as someone said is no better than Matondo we are carrying so many duds in every part of the field i have got to believe that lack of confidence is playing a part because the bad passing losing the ball not taking the right option not tracking back in not just one game and by multiple players you can only draw the conclusion that they are not good enough.

04 Dec 2025 15:33:15
Hearing plenty criticism of him now. Had us all off our feet to begin with so maybe that's why not as bad as others and sometimes he delivers. Perhaps the fact that noone else is performing has affected his form badly too.

Maybe once we get a few more in he'll get back on form. There's a good player in there, tho hope he quits the diving too.

04 Dec 2025 15:52:56
He is just as bad as the rest. He was lazy last night and his final ball is atrocious but it's ok as all wingers are inconsistent we keep getting told.

04 Dec 2025 16:04:39
Gassama only interested in one person, that is himself, overrated, lazy, greedy, not tactically aware.
There is a reason he was at Sheffield we'd, just not the required standard.

04 Dec 2025 16:29:34
Gassama is massively better off the left, we are hanging our hats on the guy to carry that front line and score goals. Imagine cerny on the right and igamane through the middle I'm sure Gassama would be a lot better and have a lot less pressure on his shoulders…our players are poor overall. Guys like Gassama and Aasgaard should not be coming here and expected to be the star players carrying a club like ours…they should be able to have been brought through gradually had we had experienced quality squad like Gerrard/gio years….

buyer don't and every signing needs to be great instantly due to how poor we are.

04 Dec 2025 16:38:00
Totally agree jasp, but you missed out can fall on his arse too easily, but I will let it go this time. 😛.

04 Dec 2025 17:04:15
In 102 games for us and Sheff. wed Gassama has 5 assists! That's 1 gosl hrs created every 20 matches. That's outrageous fir a winger. he's got 11 goals in those 102 matches.

04 Dec 2025 21:22:38
Ows that is ridiculous stats how many assisting the assister has he got tho?

04 Dec 2025 21:23:29
Scored 8 for Wednesday last season and 6 for us this season ows.

04 Dec 2025 11:45:27
Angus is that you I see posted down below?

Welcome back mate 💙.

04 Dec 2025 15:35:52
Aye Stig, someone left the door open and he's been popping back in occasionally. Don't worry I'm working on chasing him off again. 😜.

04 Dec 2025 15:53:34
The drug Barron played well 1st half last night 2nd half back to his usual.

04 Dec 2025 16:15:56
hi Stig. I am reading occasionally and posting where I think it will be a decent thread. For some unexplainable reason Kaiser tends to be in those. must be the full moon 🫣.

04 Dec 2025 17:15:23
Missed u too mate. 😂😂.

04 Dec 2025 17:04:45
Welcome back to the madness mate.

04 Dec 2025 11:07:49
Thoughts on last night.

From an attacking perspective and build up play I actually thought it was very positive. Being toothless in front of goal is another problem. Chermiti, Gassama and Danilo with huge chances.
Bajrami really impressed me, the one player who looked like they really wanted to make an impact every time he got it.

Defensively lacking leadership and aggression. The loss of Souttar and Corenlius big misses in my opinion. Thankfully we are likely to be losing Djiga to AFCON.

04 Dec 2025 11:48:34
All three strikers could leave in January and no one would bat an eyelid, as for the defence am praying Soapy gets fit that's how bad we are at back.

04 Dec 2025 11:57:42
Barron had another easy chance Trueblue.

04 Dec 2025 12:12:51
Why does Rohl persist with this 4231, it hasn't worked and it won't work. I know the players are not good enough but Rohl is just repeating the same old tactics that have got us in this mess. I thought getting Sheff Wed to 10th from 19th on their budget was supposed to be some managerial feat. Aw well, you live and learn.

04 Dec 2025 12:16:20
Wouldn't say easy but he should have at least made the keeper work.

04 Dec 2025 12:21:08
Bajrami has been our best player in the last 2 games for me and actually looks like he wants to try, maybe something to do with it being a world cup year and him wanting to make Albanias play off squad.

Thankfully most of that defence won't be here next season!

04 Dec 2025 12:25:45
Any body at tannadice last night, seeing tav constantly shouting at Gassama. Gassama looked lost. Has zero clue defensively where to stand or who to track usially leaving tav with 2 players to mark. Very poor amd very lazy. Meghoma 1st half constantly far to narrow leaving united player in aboit 30 yards space.

04 Dec 2025 12:30:18
Miovski and Chermiti missed sitters and others like Danilo, Gassama and Barron had decent chances too but that's pretty much what we have seen all season. The attacking plus points last night were that we created chances which we haven't being doing and I thought Miovskis overall play looked much sharper. Defensively I thought we were never really troubled apart from at the goals and Butland had I think one save to make.

Firts goal was a catalogue of errors, Meghoma caught too far forward, Fernandez pulled out wide, slipped and then done for pace and I thought Butland should have stayed up longer. Second goal poor by Miovski and Bajrami and I thought Raskin was pulled back as he tried to get close to put a block in.

04 Dec 2025 12:55:13
Djiga would be better off elsewhere away from scottish football. John says Jack Milne is a possibility, that would be an improvement. Who remembers big George Edmundson - what we would give right now for him to have been playing last night!

Ross McCrorie out of contract soon - improvement on Aarons.

04 Dec 2025 13:10:29
Yes Bajrami was good which is a bonus - plenty missed chances - Barron is awful in front of goal but it's not his strength - just as Djiga's is not crossing a ball - what can DR do when almost everyone on this site woudl have scored that header that Chermiti missed - at times our play going forward was great - agree with need Souttar back and Cornelius - is it starting to click I wonder we will know soon enough but I like DR and won't better players he should do well for us.

04 Dec 2025 15:54:51
Munro it worked for his 1st 4 league games 3 at the back doesn't work what do you want him to do play 5 or 2 at the back?

04 Dec 2025 16:31:56
Last night makes the shankland nae sayers look daft…. was the most no brainer signing in the history of signings on a free…he's top of scoring charts and wouldn't even have had to be our first choice…which he would have earned by now going by the standard we have. I genuinely think we may have the worst 3 strikers in the league.

04 Dec 2025 17:07:10
Munroe 4 wins and 2 draws suggests otherwise. i'm sure he's tried 352 as well but it all comes back to players being poor so he's trying to to get results any way he can until imo he can get better quality in.

04 Dec 2025 21:27:38
Wouldn't mind edmundson back.

Mccrorie too.

04 Dec 2025 10:17:30
Looking at our players/signings now from the summer, it appears we have signed players that you could see playing for the likes of dundee united, hibs, Aberdeen etc. The reason they didn't get them is because we offered stupid money. But there is no doubt in my mind that all the players we signed are of the standard of the rest of leagues teams and typical of who some of them would scout. Unfortunately for us, the people who were in charge of that side of things, didn't come from teams that were consistently winning things and therefore their knowledge and capabilities lacked what it takes to help a big team be successful. Our recruit has been so embarrassing.

An absolute waste of money. The owners will have to rectify this as it's inevitable on them. My personal opinion is I'm not entirely sure the current owners will last more than 2 seasons before wanting to do the great escape. When they came in we dreamt of becoming the dominant force again, but somehow, we have manage to put ourselves on the same level as hearts, Aberdeen, hibs, St mirren, motherwell and dundee united. I would swap this squad with last year's, no question. I'm probably waffling on a bit now but it's so frustrating of what's happened. The American knights in shining armour just maybe aren't as good as we thought.

04 Dec 2025 12:12:25
From the owners point of view, I'd imagine they thought hiring Kevin Thelwell and co. was a good idea as they probably assumed their knowledge from the English leagues would translate into walking it up here. No disrespect to Everton meant here, but it's just not the same as being at a club like Glasgow Rangers and Thelwell and co. were found out very quickly and the Americans realised this so have acted and got rid of them.

This is something that will have set them back financially but just from Cavenagh's media and Rohl's pressers, I would assume that they are all in and January will prove critical in proving that they are serious about making us the dominant force again.

Time will tell, but I'm not going to judge them just yet as it looks like they realised their mistakes, owned it and are trying to rectify this.

04 Dec 2025 13:02:04
We are a team that does not win things consistently, how many trofies last ten years.

04 Dec 2025 13:20:34
Can't agree with that orange. Antman top assister in Holland. Valued 6 mill. Chermiti for all his flaws 10 mill. Djiga worth 10. Nobody outside the old firm was loaning that guy although his level looks like park villa.

Same with Aarons n Meghoma 2 loans outwith spl budget. The list goes on. All decent players but they don't have the bottle or desire to put it all on the line n become successful for a club with such demands like ours.

04 Dec 2025 13:21:04
Thought this might have got some interaction with the points I made.

04 Dec 2025 16:35:14
Franco they are not worth that now…antman possibly but the longer he goes not producing the less chance of recovering that outlay.

It'll be like lammers etc, we have took them from Holland and increased their wages considerably so for them to go back to a club at that level they can't afford the wages so we need to take the hit on the fee.

04 Dec 2025 21:22:25
Orange i. posted how i though our owners may get to the point very quickly that its not worth the time and money needed to get us to the top and underestimated what it took to get there and will look to get out.

04 Dec 2025 08:47:38
With all the talk of no path forward for our youth, would it be prudent for our illustrious owners to purchase a smaller team over in Europe as a proper feeder club, get the lads over to gain that vital experience.
I, m sure the 49rs would be looking to expand their portfolio of clubs at some point.


Not much point to me bringing in new academy bosses if we don't produce anybody actually capable of playing in the first team in a prolonged fashion and make the club decent profit in the future.

04 Dec 2025 11:18:53
Shota, there was a pretty comprehensive plan to overhaul the full academy approach.

This was shelved as Thelwell believed we could mirror the elite academy structure in England - Hence the proposed appointment of Hunter-Barrett.

I'm putting 2 and 2 together and hoping change in direction in terms of this appointment means we're dusting off the original plans.

04 Dec 2025 11:23:21
Unfortunately mate I believe that is what they were doing with us hence the total underestimation of the size of this club. We.

04 Dec 2025 11:24:01
We were just part of their portfolio. Hope they now get it and will change.

04 Dec 2025 12:18:40
Shota and where would you choose? What nation and level would be a fit to prepare them for the SPL?
Let's be honest, we are more likely to be a feeder team.

04 Dec 2025 12:33:32
Could we not invest in or buy one of the struggling clubs in Scotland like Hamilton Accies and use it as a feeder club for our youths or is that against SFA rules, would they rather see clubs go bust as help them.

04 Dec 2025 13:48:01
EHL, does this mean you have changed your opinion from the other day that Ranger's might close their academy.?

04 Dec 2025 16:14:06
Once a Ranger - no, I still think it's a realistic possibility.

04 Dec 2025 16:48:19
Borna, I was thinking like a wee diddy club, like a Man United or a spurs, joking aside I was meaning a lower tier Belgian, Portuguese, Austrian, Croatian, Hungary, or the like, didn't have a specific club, we need some sort of outlet or collaborative plan with more clubs.

04 Dec 2025 21:24:54
Ehl you were confident of the quality our squad have at the start of the season can I ask now you've had a fair chance to see them play what your opinion of them now.

04 Dec 2025 08:40:06
Last night proved that Tav can no longer be our starting RB. I would give him a try at RCB, alongside Fernandez with Aaron's and Meghoma at full back. At least until January, when hopefully DR can have some input to the signing of a quality centre back to organise our backline.


I do wonder if wee Barron could play right back, he can certainly get up and down the park and put a challenge in, but not sure about his crossing ability - anyone else think it's a possibility until we can recruit?

04 Dec 2025 11:23:30
Stirling was on the bench last night, must be ready to play.

04 Dec 2025 12:37:31
I do agree Tav had been struggling the last couple of games ( I wonder if its a coincidence they are the ones we haven't won ) but he just looks leggy to me. He's the oldest player in the squad and yet when the others are all being rotated he is asked to play every minute of every game up to last night.

I suspect if we decide to rest him we will need to bring him back within a game or two due to the performances of others.

04 Dec 2025 21:26:46
Totally agree he's bern a great servant but this needs to be his last season and i'm sure the plan was to rotate him and Aaron's but because Aarons has been so poor he's had to play. Maybe ig Sterling stays fit he offers another option.

04 Dec 2025 08:26:17
Could Jason Cummings do us a job from Jan. I think the Indian Super League is suspended. Knows the league and what is required at us. The guy has character which is something this team is badly lacking and scores goals.

04 Dec 2025 08:41:30
This has to be a wind up?! If it's not, then please stop!

04 Dec 2025 08:46:42
Not for me. He ended up in the sub continent for a reason. I accept he might be more effective than Chermiti but that's not saying much. The manager wants quality, let's hope we can pay enough to get it.

04 Dec 2025 09:14:43
Cmon. If were bringing in strikers has to be better than him.

04 Dec 2025 08:33:19
Are you at the windup?

04 Dec 2025 09:34:36
Wow. No.

04 Dec 2025 09:44:32
God help us.

04 Dec 2025 10:13:29
No, he's found his level in Auz and India.

04 Dec 2025 10:16:40
We have to want better in my opinion.

04 Dec 2025 10:22:34
you're at it with this i think 🤦‍♂️🤣🤣.

04 Dec 2025 10:24:04
Going to assume that this is satire?

04 Dec 2025 11:17:41
Look like that's a no then 😂😂😂.

04 Dec 2025 11:21:55
Another example of how bad things have gotten for us. We need better. It's is if the fan base are accepting the position we are in.

04 Dec 2025 11:32:34
Let me compute that suggestion. NO!

04 Dec 2025 07:45:03
I said it on the live chat, finish above hearts and we finish second.

Unless some sort of miracle happens we will win nothing this season, not with these importers.

04 Dec 2025 08:38:38
Early prediction, Gerrard will be our manager next season.

04 Dec 2025 10:19:37
I'll be honest hearts have fell off a cliff. Problem is we jumped off trying to grab them.

04 Dec 2025 12:43:09
We acknowledge that the squad is of poor quality yet we seem to expect Rohl to perform miracles with them. Martin has handicapped us to the extent that we had no chance of winning the league so its all about at least getting second and maybe winning the Scottish Cup if we have good January window.

His record since he took over is better than Hearts and we have clawed back 7 points on them and have a game in hand. They were supposed to be fantastic and full of great new signings under a great new manager. I get frustrated like everybody else but we have to give Rohl a chance.

04 Dec 2025 13:49:50
No he wont.

04 Dec 2025 15:58:37
No chance is Sg back walked away once and knocked us back he shouldn't even be in thought process ever again.