Rangers Debates 3

17 May 2026 10:24:23
Hopefully that is the last we will see of Butland.

17 May 2026 09:27:15
Various posts over the season have been ridiculed when guys say we need players who "get it" who play for the Jersey, I'm in that camp. This has been a total disaster of a season, will DR install a fighting and winning mentality well he only has about 3 months starting in August to do so. I knew exactly how yesterday would turn out, was actually very surprised that Hearts who totally deserve the title, didn't get a man sent off.

Nice doesn't cut it up here, every one of the Celtic fans trashing Glasgow cross were not celebrating beating Hearts, they were celebrating beating us. Until we have that desire and intensity we will always be second best.

17 May 2026 07:05:07
End of season stats compared:

- Shankland: 16 goals + 3 Assists = 19 goal contributions. Shankland scored a goal every 156mins.

- Chermiti: 15 goals + 5 assists = 20 goal contributions. Chermiti scored a goal every 132 minutes.

Shot accuracy for both was 19%. That surprised me given the blatant misses Chermiti had at the start of the season. Chermiti also won goal of the season, is the first Rangers player to score two hat-tricks in a season since our promotion, and is 10 years younger than Shankland.

All season long we have heard that not signing Shankland was a mistake, but there is a strong case to say Cheriti had a better season individually.

17 May 2026 09:20:51
Rohn, plus the fact Shankland could only dream about having Chermiti's ability.

17 May 2026 09:28:44
Yes, however, if we took Shankland on a free we would have had him to turn to rather than Miovski while also depriving Hearts of a striker providing 19 goal contributions.

17 May 2026 11:34:46
No-one can say, though, he would have scored that many, can they, as he scored less than that the season before.

Miovski scored 7, with about half the game time of Shankland, so if he was given the same time he would have scored 14 and 2 assists.
And, as Shankland would have been back up, he would have got 1/2 the game time and scored 8 because of that.

Crystal ball is required to be sure, but if all things are linear, which they aren't, you could argue this.
If we bought Shankland then Hearts would have replaced him and might have found another like Braga. So why's and wherefores never tell you what would actually happen.

17 May 2026 14:06:57
Ifs and buts, Angus.

We know for a fact Shankland provided 19 goal contributions.

16 May 2026 18:54:40
I'll be disappointed if we don't put everything behind signing Cammy Devlin. The guy has everything you want in a midfielder, honestly, I just want players who care and give every game 100%. Not sure he'd want to come to a poorer team but if we built our midfield around him he may have some interest.

I know this won't be popular but if Hull don't make the Premier League I'd try to get a McBurnie, again all effort and fight, I suspect he would complement Chermti and Naderi.

I know we're not going to fix this mess in one season but at the very minimum these guys will burst a gut which is more than any of our current first team can say.

On another note, I can honestly say I wouldn't be fused about keeping any first team player, honestly there not one who I think will be a fans favourite in the next few seasons. Rommans perhaps but even at that, he's just the best of a really bad bunch.

16 May 2026 19:48:30
I would take Devlin to compliment the squad, but I think he would want top dollar???

I'm not sure if this is true - but I heard that we did make an offer to Shankland, and he refused because he wanted £20k per week.

We refused and he extended at Hearts for £10k.

If that's true, then it just goes to show how difficult recruiting in Scotland can be.

16 May 2026 20:27:15
I think he's on a free transfer as well, mate.

16 May 2026 20:26:08
I'm lead to believe he was signing but the vegan fruit cake pulled the plug. The guy has set us back years.

17 May 2026 00:15:02
Honestly, not being silly, but apart from money, why? Would Devlin come to us?
As it stands, we don't even have half a squad for next year yet!

17 May 2026 01:02:00
McBurnie's a good shout.

Not interested in Devlin, when we have Connor Barron. Unless Devlin was free and used as a squad player.

17 May 2026 06:27:28
Mvg, Devlin is a free which is why he's a good shout even just for squad. Think he's a cracking wee player.

17 May 2026 09:22:35
Dan Neil is a step up from Devlin, he's also OOC.

17 May 2026 09:29:41
Would definitely take on a free Kaiser. 👍

17 May 2026 10:13:46
Perhaps Mystar, mixed reviews on him from Ipswich fans, he has played at a higher level and is younger. Devlin gets the league and will be a step up in effort and commitment than our current midfielders.

17 May 2026 10:19:50
Hero in Sunderland, Dado, only played 16/17 games for Ipswich since January. Unbelievable workrate, leadership, very technical cm with an excellent range of passing, control a game easily playing our number 6.

17 May 2026 13:07:02
That's what we're missing.

17 May 2026 13:53:33
Dado, why I get excited about him wearing a Rangers jersey, mate?

17 May 2026 14:01:42
Dado, another good point with Niel. He plays the ball forward 9 out 10, always looking for a pass that will break the lines of the opposition.

16 May 2026 18:28:15
Very disappointed bear today. Hurting like mad and wondering when this never ending pain is going to end. I really hope those at the top make the right decisions for us this summer.

16 May 2026 17:55:13
Just a post to enquire if anybody else has heard about timeframes on certain OOC announcements (EHL, John, etc). To my understanding we are going to announce OOC's plural (at least to my understanding more than 1 but no idea how many) post Scottish Cup final.


I think the intention is to wait till after all this seasons games are completed but it was suggested that some may be announced sooner for a 'boost'.
As always could be completely off the mark but was wondering if anyone heard similar and/or differently.

16 May 2026 18:34:39
With the season being over, hopefully these names can be put up now.

16 May 2026 16:53:11
Danny Rohl Epic Fail show him the door along with the imposters wearing Blue. Sickens me to watch that lot celebrating. mistakes have been made that started with Martin and ended with Rohl. they went through the same thing but hired a man with experience and it worked. we hired an apprentice and paid the price.

16 May 2026 18:04:50
I think the unwashed winning will spur AC to build the winning team now. Watch this space. We will sell and spend. There's always next season.