Rangers Rumours Archive August 17 2011

17 Aug 2011 23:50:58
Too many forgetting that 'Big Laff' has to come back....i wasn't a fan, but the big yin is ready to explode and will be the top man with big Jella and wee naisey tucked in behind.....the difference with Laff last season, was the way he was stroking the ball away, full of confidence playing with Jella, and good fodder for big Jella too......remember, i'm admitting that i would have shipped big Laff out at one time, but not now, this is his season, the big Ulsterman will come to the fore.

Not sure if he will explode hope your right its about time he repaid some of the money he has earned the boys been a nightmare off feild and on but we cant sell a player that cost 4 mil for 2 and he is a young boy so i say good luck to him. i think ally could be the perfect mentor and wont play him on the wing. gers fans need to remember smith never played the boy in his position then we gave him pelters when he could not hack it. best of luck kyle. i hope ally keeps fleck boys in exactly the same boat needs to be played in position and needs time on pitch to get to his best. good enough for blackpool then why let him go?. get off his back lads hes only 20.

Best thing to hapeen was Miller leaving..... free'd the big man up to play....... HIS NATURAL POSITION.... thats what really annoyed me about fans who criticize, if in his normal position he is bad Get tore in, but he was always played out of position. This season, two words for the same ppl..... Juanma Ortiz...

Totally agree. it all seemed to come together in last 10 games. dont know if he just prefered playing up front with jelavic which was a lot better than playing out left. Even in the last oldfirm game apart from the miss he had, his workrate, tackling and passing was unbelievable compared to what he had produced earlier. i think he is gonnae be awsome now he is starting to mature and knows he way above the standard of opposition up here. With Bedoya, Davis, Naismith, Mckay and Ness picking him out he will score even more.

Dont you mean big laugh

Sorry mate lafferty is not 20

Who said he was??

I think you misread mate, he was saying that Fleck is only 20.

Wilbert.

He means Fleck Sheesh...

Could not agree more, he was a stick out when played with Jelavic in latter part of season, he is the only guy we have who will run at defences. I have no doubt if he had been fit for Malmo games and played up front we would have won.

Im a fan of the big man hes a bear through and through and the ability as a STRIKER is there to be seen by every1 i agree that this could be his season and im 100% sure he wants it more than any1 hope it goes his way him a Jela formed a good partnership up top end of last season and cant wait to see more of the same.

Lafferty is lucky if he has 6 good games in a whole season, he misses far too Many chances and isn't good in the air despite being 6 foot 4

17 Aug 2011 23:49:33
Looks like Bocanegra will be a good signing. A solid defence with him and Goian.

Looks like Cuellar Deal off right enough. Id go and spend his proposed £2m fee on a really good attacking midfielder, surely we'd get Weiss for £2m?

Is Weiss better than Wylde or Bedoya,

At least we are building a squad which will at least get 4 in a row.

Is Weiss better than Wylde or Bedoya,

cant really comment on bedoya since ive not saw him but wylde? u having a laugh? weiss is 100 times better than him ffs

Is weis better than wylde?. erm what.

We are going back in for Cuellar in January

Still cant believe bougherra is gone and weir is just about finished and we have 2 in already to take their place. If Bocanegra and Groian can be almost as good as the previous 2 i will be delighted. Bougherra and Weir had their faults but against all odds helped drive us to 3 in a row. {Ed047's Note - people need to remember that Goian is still settling and Bocanegra will need time too.

Wee Vlad is the man, and would only get better, Wylde? stop it and we'll see what Badoya is like, playing in a poor league, and on a plastic pitch for the last 3 years, don't think he'll be a regular, Wiess wasn't a regular and he's with Man City.

Ed, we're up against it, they ain't gonna get time and these two certainly shouldn't need time if we're honest,...need to land on their feet, Goian has about 40 caps for Romania and Bocanegra has over '''90''' for the US, Goian has just come from Serie A and Bocca from the French top div and has had 4 years in the premiership, so why do you think they will need time to settle into the ultra competative SPL....C'mon please. {Ed001's Note - defenders need time to get a partnership, they need to know when to drop and when to push up. It can take time to gain an understanding in defence.}

Sorry ed, I disagree, these two guy's have massive amount of experience between them. You get to know each other through games, yes, but if you are good enough then a few games at most and training together should be more than enough. Remember Goian was thrown in at Perth and settled very quickly, look how he stood out against ICT, the only worry would be if both are too similar, then it is one goes and one stays.............. only my opinion as a Lb you understand. 4 in a row

17 Aug 2011 23:28:13
I think we have a really good defence now (when ever one is fit) but I think we still need a striker to partner Jelavic. Goodwillie would have been perfect.

Lafferty is the man to partner Jelavic.

17 Aug 2011 23:38:11
For me at a rangers game, you could not beat the sound of 40 odd thousand singing the billy boys. To be pc, all we have to do is swap a couple of words, and have our anthem ringing around grounds again?

I totally agree ever since we stopped signing it the atmosphere hasnt been great .. change some words and lets get our song back.....bigt

I agree as well its a song we need at Ibrox change two words and we can sing it again.

We already have Hello hello we are the rangers boys----- you'll know us by our noise we follow Glasgow rangers our hearts are strong and true we are the people who cheer the boys in BLUE

Hello, Hello
this is perfect lyrics,

We are the Rangers Boys
Hello, Hello
You'll know us by our noise
We'll give anything to see our team at Ibrox or away
For we are the Glasgow Rangers boys

watp
{Ed047's Note - I bet Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber are shi**ing themselves

Is this for real? do you know who the billy boys were for a start?. i agree that ibrox would rock to the billy boys but people need to understand just what they are singing about. and changing up to our knees wont defer from the subject. do you not understand the implacations here if rangers get in more trouble with uefa?. not trying to spoil the party lads but its time to move on the club has a new owner and its time to head in a new direction. look at what the celtic fans have done with just cant get enough. a prime example of what we need to adopt rangers need a new anthem not the billy boys.
{Ed047's Note - the problem seems to be though that no matter what we sing, somebody takes offence. I agree with you 100% we have or should have, moved on from the billy boys.

The thing you numptys like is the heated way this song is sung. no place for this any more.

What a sbower of small minded bigots

I used to stand inthe west enclosure singing with mada ,they've taken the life out the game,aknow there's a lot of blind hate out there. But it's a football game most people go to the football rant/rave huva laugh then go do somthin else usually with someone from the OTHERSIDE....
Ye cannae control what other people choose as being there reallity... {Ed047's Note - Sorry, I must be needing my bed. I kept up with your post until the bit starting from go do something wi someone from the other side..... and it just got worse.

Theres only a few words of the song that offends and hello hello we are the billy boys arent the words that offend, think we all know what they :)
{Ed047's Note - it's still gonna get us punished so stop singing it. Problem solved

The real problem is some will sing the old words, especially when drunk. I thought about it ages ago but when you get away with it some will think we can sneak a few offensive words in, especially against the Celtic. The people out there obsessed with hammering Rangers will be just waiting for a slip up. {Ed047's Note - spot on. Just don't sing it

It's 2011 ... time to move on

Get big Tina in & get simply the best rockin' again.

Wilbert.

There are too many idiots that follow our team that find it funny to keep singing the band words so it will never work. It is the same on the other side but they are a little more bitter than us...

This song has had us fined twice and has had our fans banned from uefa games but there are people that want to sing it ?. who were the billy boys?. no ok so you are telling me if you remove the words up2ourknees its ok? what. and the fools wont sing these words ever again hmmm aye. so the billy boys were good guys right? no so why sing about them. get a grip man. like the good poster said look at theceltic fans with just cant get enough it gets them rocking and there is not a hint of bile in it. time for rangers to play upbeat tracks for the fans to adopt.

I prefer the EDU version anyway

17 Aug 2011 23:07:43
He will he already got the work permit when we got his pre contract

17 Aug 2011 23:06:57
whts happening with the mckay from oz> is the deal of or on. good news about the americans bocanegra was a good player at fulham.

McKay is waiting for work permit appeal, hopefully be heard on Friday.

Waiting on a permit

GDog

A think were just waiting on work permit issues which should be sorted by Friday Campbell

Mckay signed for celtic

17 Aug 2011 23:05:02
bocanegra signed 3 year deal (bbc,stv ,ssn )...2 signings in 1 day was told last week that whyte not happy with way signings were going & changes were going to happen..g smith in more prominent role using his exp as an agent ...mckay will get visa on friday ,now all we need is another striker to help jellyfish

17 Aug 2011 23:11:52
Where are all the So called rangers fans who are critical of McCoist and Mr Whyte tonight, not real rangers fans in my opinion.

Hmm, not real Rangers fans because we challange things?

Why you all challenging without giving things a chance first?

Totally agree mate we should give whyte and mccoist the chance 2 prove themselves before we get on their backs

Because we got pumped out the CL at the first hurdle by a mob we should have tucked away if signings had been made earlier, you sheep....ba ba more like blah blah...away to your bed

Shortly before Ally took over as manager he was asked what he hoped to bring to the club and he said ''Honesty'' and ''Fairness''. One of the reasons for me challenging is because, the club wasn't being honest to us wether it was Whyte, Ally or the other guys who run the club... and that's not exactly fair.

Being left in the dark, lies(Irrespective of how big or small), our club becoming a bit of a laughing stock, our reputation goin down hill, our calibre and standard on the pich going down hill....putting up with that crap for a few weeks, isn't that ''a chance'' we've given them?

**** me man.....major signings eh squad players at the budget end of the market, no better than what we have.....numbers boosters.

Yeah I think even without these signings whyte had done really well to keep hold of mcgreggor, Davis and Whittaker, if he had not been there then those players would have been sold by Lyolds banking group, I was wanting more signings but people were being far too critical of the guy, anyway mon the gers :-)

Erm? ok so the 15 20 million is looking to be pretty intact to me the american defender and goian happen to be the only players we signed that iv heard ov. im not un happy and i think whyte has done a lot of good but the transfer activity has been weird to say the least and i can remember ally saying the player would only be signed if he would enhanse the sqaud. lets see

Well said mate ... things slowly peicing together .... things like this take time a transition period for the club.... i already think we are playing better football n cant wait for tomorrow nyt and then sunday to go watch my team at fir park .... cheer on the players like real fans do

Not real Rangers fans cause we have an opinion....back to bed little boy.

Football is all about opinions, mine is you are a nob I've supported the Rangers for around 40 Years, so don't f**king tell me who I should ,or should not go to bed with, okay ? Whyte will only make me change my mind when he blueprints his master plan for our wonderful record breaking club.... Rangers 'til I die

17 Aug 2011 22:43:23
Bocanegra signed 3 year deal ssn

It's official he has signed a 3 year deal come on the bears

Now craig whyte is showing the money 2 signings in 1 day excellent

He is a good player come on the Gers a other mid, and striker will do now. johnny

17 Aug 2011 22:18:47
@RFC_Official

the official twitter feed that Rangers set up has just said that Rangers are about to announce a new signing.

Who could it be?
WATP

17 Aug 2011 22:13:57
Does anyone think Ricky Foster could solve our right back problem? He would be relatively cheap and would keep whittaker on his toes to improve his game

What do you all think?

He's pash same as whitts just watching barca v real Madrid now this is how football was meant to be played not the turgid slow boring pash we're served

Foster was a liability. What we should be saying is when we play Aberdeen is to target him because he is crap.

I like Whitty, but he does need competition Has had a terrible start to the season, but Foster is now captain of Aberdeen so I don't see it, was a great loan signing though. I think with time Edu could be a right back.

GDog

No hes rubbish
the gers grim reaper

Take him for the squad but not a first team regular imo

Did you watch Aberdeen vs Celtic ?

He is a joke of a footballer

Foster did well for us when he played in europe. think if we were gonna sign him we would have just tried to keep hold of him when his loan finished though.

A bit harsh on Foster i think, we have guys like Whitts on 22k+ per week, Broadfoot, Edu, Davie Weir who now can't run, so although Foster isn't top drawer, who is at Ibrox these days, bar a few, can't really remember him letting us down, and he always managed to get back in with his pace, if he did make a mistake.....in fact he got us through with an excellent run in the final minute against Sporting, so.. a wee bit harsh guys....the wee guy did his bit and was desperate to stay....i would have him.

If it wasnt for him celtic would have dropped 2 points at aberdeen, and we would be level on points. NO LETS NOT SIGN HIM
I think Broadfoot is more than able to push whittaker, as he played well at inverness.

He was ok.. Missed some great chances Aberdeen Would want good sum for him, He wouldn't be worth what they would be asking..

Kirk Broadfoot should be played at right back he defends better than Whittaker and can get forward as well.
I would use Whittaker in the midfield somewhere or push him into the centre of defence he did ok in that posi in the league cup final when boogy went off.

He was rotten. His passing was attrocious.

He isnt the best but imo hes quicker/ better defender than whittaker who gets 25k a wk ad take foster anyday afore whittaker

No i think Jordon McMillan would solve our right back problem if Ally would show some balls and play him.

17 Aug 2011 21:07:42
Nasri will join Man City, does this affect Weiss? The squad at City is bordering ridiculous. I'm a fan of the lad and would love to see him back, a rough diamond who could flourish in our league with time. What do we think when Nasri signs and he will does this make any difference to Weiss and his chances at City?

By the way Maribor star man Tavares is out injured.

GDog {Ed032's Note - Don't think it would affect Wiess too much as he was never in Mancini's plans in the first place and was always looking for a loan and with nasri coming in it doesnt change his position as he still looking for a loan}

Is it the case he is free of contract in 6 months? I'm not sure this will happen based on his dad who I believe does not want him back in Scotland.

GDog

Ed r u going to watch Super Cup El Classico? Should be a belter. {Ed032's Note - He is free to talk to in 6 months yes. Wherever Jose is there is always a talking point or 5}

Would mean he would probably gets punted rather than loaned at a normal club but they have more money than sense

Ad pay the money for weiss didn't do to much when when he was here thru injury ect but when he did he lit up the whole game he's a definite match winning player , if we had a chance of gettin him ad punt wylde in a second and put it toward the wiess fee heel become 10 times the player than wylde , but a think wiess is destined for a sunny climate

17 Aug 2011 20:54:25
lived in texas for a few years and watched Alejandro Bedoya play for the U S a few times he is a great player
got a great shot on him and makes space for himself well, he will get goals from mid field, i think rangers should look at other U S players, freddy adu just moved to philly would of been amazing, also brek shea this guy could be huge in a few years seen him play for the texans before dallas bought him, just thoughts fellow bears,

Is Bedoya hard working from what you've seen?

Being a Toronto FC fan I can confirm Brek Shea would be a great target. This guys is a beast for Dallas.

Was all going so well until you said freddy adu would have been amazing the boy is pish sooooooo im going to discount your opinion about the other players

Totally agree on Shea. One year at a higher level club with good coaching and this boy could be a star. Saw him play here in Houston a month or two back and he was a stick out.
I also agree generally that Rangers should be exploiting the American market more.

He is over rated cause we aint got the money to sign better players
the gers grim reaper

To the guy that replyed 3rd take it you didnt see adu's first game for philly union was stand out and helped them come from behind TWICE

He probably hasn't seen him play in the flesh, only on Fifa11. Seriously I thought n*bs like him would be gone once the schools went back

17 Aug 2011 20:38:22
Ins: Bartley, Goian, Wallace, Ortiz, Americano
Out: Bougie, Weiss, Aberdeen Sprinter, Diouf, Miller
Conclusion? More defenders and less attacking options = more defensive?

Comments appreciated. Perhaps I forgot some other players that left last season?

Has the transfer window closed??
Leave your conclusion til after the window closes.
On paper, we still need another defender, agreed? That just proves its got nothing to do paving the way to how we will be playing, its necessity.
Show your support for the manager and the team.

Agree m8 must have couple of loaners up his sleeve for attack, at least thats what am hoping

Not really we had bartley last season so defensive numbers have stayed the same
gav the bear

Bartley left last season but came back ? take him off the list , bot leg beetie beetroot face came back from loan too ? defo need attack minded players ive no doubt we will get a forward and a play maker in before end of august from english prem (loans )

Wallace competition for papac, weir goin bartley and another experienced centre half needed. Broad feet , whitt , mcmillan right backs, Davis. Mckay,Ness Hutton centre mid. Ortiz, bedoya, wylde naismith, lafferty wide players, Jela up front. Need another goal scorer and centre half. I think this will be us for the season. Would like to see quality striker and centre half.

We need a small wizzy attacker to play longside big jela n we will keep the trophys comn

17 Aug 2011 20:00:40
vladimir weiss to rangers
no source

Highly unlikely I think this is really rubbish and it should be stuck in the parkhead dustbin along with their squad and manager etc.

Weiss came out himself a while back and stated he wouldn't be coming back to Rangers this season.

No source and no chance

Just get over it the wee man aint coming back

Juan mata,stone cold steve austin,xavi and dzeko aswell.no source either.

Stone cold Steve Austin? Gimme a hell yeah Bring on the rock and rey mysterio too Pmsl

I laughed at this mate not because i dont want weiss, would love him back, just the fact ur prob the most honest guy on here not making up bulls**t stories about out way your dug "snowy" and met whittakers mum, n seeing messi come out of murray park lets hope its true BALLYBOY

Because Im a person and Im..............AWESOME

17 Aug 2011 19:43:45
Rangers have rejected Blackpools bid to take John Fleck on Loan for the season . . Various web sources

I hope so he deserves a right good run/although in saying that maybe last year out loan would have been rewarding if coisty disnae give him a right good run oot then he really should no point keeping him on bench....

I'm sorta on the fence with this one. .I think young Fleck should be loaned to get experience but then we shouldnt deplete an already thin squad to loan him out. . Hopefully Ally solves my dilema by giving him his chance, and fingers crossed the ween man doesn't blow it

Don't know if going down there to play next to Barry Ferguson would be a good idea, then again you never know.

They stated that no loan deal would be considered untill we signed a midfielder now that we have signed Bedoya they will probably let him go on loan be best for both club and player

17 Aug 2011 19:39:05
AleBedoya17Alejandro Bedoya

Waiting game is over #whew...so excited and thankful for this opportunity Can't wait to join #Rangers asap Thanks for the support

2 hours ago
copied the above from Alejandro Bedoya's twitter page, hope copyright doesn't apply

Welcome to the family that is Glasgow rangers give yourself 24hours there will be blue blood flowing in your veins

Welcome too the champions watp

17 Aug 2011 19:30:01
Is the rumour that we are going back in for Juhasz true?

Id expect that in the last few days of the window a deal will be stuck, its much like Jelavic last season

17 Aug 2011 14:00:09
why dnt rangers go for huttchison motherwell cb young and good player want cost much also try n get man city youngster calcado (spelling) on loan ( what u think ed) {Ed032's Note - don't see why not for hutchinson and do you mean caicedo. if so he is at lokomotiv moscow and would cost way too much.}

Perry is far better than him oh you probably never heard of perry or you wouldnt be asking about the other guy

Caicedo isnt at moscow man city sol him to levante for 800k {Ed032's Note - he went to lokomotiv for 7.5million from levante}

17 Aug 2011 19:16:55
Can anyone confirm if we are or arent interested in andrew driver?

MainStandBear

If he remains fit then I imagine we would be. 2 yrs on his contract to go so they would be looking for £2.5m+

Would rather see jamie murphy

17 Aug 2011 17:57:20
I came on a week ago and posted that from an Inside Source and got Slated .

I said the source confirmed the Following and 2 have happened so far .

Cuellar ( Maybe something holding up the deal he didnt say ) Deal Dead TRUE
Bedoya ( Would be signing ) Signes Today. TRUE

Weiss ( Pre Contract ) Still Remains to be seen .
Driver ( To sign if he stays Fit ) Still to be proved .
Juhasz ( Rangers not Intersted after his clubs rejection) TRUE

Mr Bell correct so far ..

Evening times says were going back in for juhasz so you might not be right for much longer. Who's been your source or has it just been guess work?

So three have happened so far lol

There is not one thing there than is exactly far seeing, all were always possible, so dont think you are gauranteed the lottery.

Well done u mr Bellend...lol

Not Guaranteed no Lottery i posted back to show that everyones stroy might be True or Geniune but all i can see is fellow gers shooting fellow gers down every turn and if there is no Transfer activity then there shooting down the Manager and the Team . Maybe if some of the posters by a Season Book and Tickets Away and Home and Europe Home . and Be a Fan . For the Poster who called me a Bellend You are the one who should be like a disgruntled Tim thats jealous his team cannot afford to spend this summer . WATP. My source is named at Bottom of Post i got 2 correct no guess and yes they were Possible signings but so was Goodwille , Conway , Hemed etc never signed. I posted this last week due to Genuine FACT in my part as there was nothing else to report on when i posted this . Juhasz was just something Mr B had said and i picked up on it and told you guys .

Mystic meg will be getting worried with your predictions NOT

Ur a PNess mate jog on

His Point Proven shot down in Flames as he said . Bellend, Pness . My Opinion is the people who post this is T*ms and Jealous Ones at that . Hope your right mate Heres to 4iar. 2iar over the Ginger RAT .

Apparently Snowy the dug was 100% right too...

17 Aug 2011 17:37:07
I hate Gary Kenneth lol. Won't happen.

Totally agree the guys total pish al be dissapointed if that deals true,we'll be going backwards as a team

Like the boy who posted bout anton ferdinand. pist masel wi that 1 too.

Kenneth is dufc class ..pxsh...

17 Aug 2011 17:23:36
Got a txt from usually reliable source Gary Kenneth in talks with Bears with view to signing tonight PLX-G

Absolutey p*sh. Kenneth couldnae lace big Kirky's boots. No chance Sally would sign that muppet Per-plex-ing

No chance,rather have gary barlow.

Is he any better than we already have? I don't think so. That one is a non starter.

Ha ha ha ha ha ...never in a million years..awful player..He's worse than that clown Loovens

F****n hope not, he's murder Seen him play for Scotland and he should never pull on the dark blue and White again, never mind a gers top
Fi scooby

Doubt we will ever deal with dundee utd again.

If we sign Gary Kenneth, Ally should resign,,,....he is totally and utterly p*** man, slowest defender on the planet

I'd rather have Gary Simpson from Kelso United

2 in 1 if we sign barlow....s**t singer & s**t defender

He is the worst centre half in football

17 Aug 2011 17:10:41
Given our record in the transfer market of late, with Ally confirming our interest in Bocanegra today, surely a realistic bid would change the minds of the French. I mean this guy is a International and by all accounts a steady, strong defender. Surely a wee present to all us disgruntled and doubting Bears, would be the the wildcard we desperately need ? I am just wishful thinking ? Please allay my doubts and fears mr Whyte and clinch this deal tonight, I'll then lay off you. Rangers 'til I die

You're correct, wishful thinking.

Wishful thinking came true ha.

17 Aug 2011 16:38:10
Times have changed 5 years ago this USA player we are bringin in for 300,000 would have been seen as a bench warmer now has bigger than pele catch a grip bears has prob another ortiz

Give the guy a chance he aint even touched down in scotland yet and your already questioning how good he will be, it could be alot worse we could have signed samaras WATP

Shut up man times have indeed changed where have you been for they 5 years ? asleep?

Thats it have him doomed before hes even played give him a chance

Ortiz hasn't even had a chance to play in his favoured position ( right mid/wing ). So think we should give him more time before we judge the lad. If he plays up to 5 games on the right and hasn't improved, then we could start asking questions of his ability.

Nobody rated Claudio Reyna when we signed him and look how great a player he was before leaving for man city. Plus Rangers made a profit on him.
In Ally We Trust.

One name. Claudio Reyna. Very succesful at Rangers if I remember correctly. he signed for Rangers what, 11, 12 years ago? There's been plenty of US players that have been succesful in the premiership also.

Fs no bluenoses have faith in your team ata ll anymore

He'll be a good player. Warming the bench 5 years ago mate? We've been mince for longer than that.

I know what you mean mate, but usa footie attracts 25,000 average league attendances per game, their national team has qualified for recent world cups and have players scattered around europe and would probably give scotland a game. Reyna was good, Beardsley was decent and Edu is at times played out of position and poor.
I think the USA and Australia are two markets that we can tap into and as our current position appears to be a 'selling' club, then we will have to 'speculate to accumulate' until we get a better standing or league to play in. We are in the top 30 european clubs for league attendances but cannot attract that same level of player so players with 'potential', but not proven, have to be brought in until it's a continual rolling programme from Murray Park for every position, asif that will ever happen. This boy i think prefers to be called a 'columbian american' so maybe he's grown up with a ba' Pele? no, decent buy for £300k? v/good chance.

Id also like to add, how many games have you seen Ortiz play in? how can you judge him after a few games, especially when he's being played out of position. He's right footed, being played on the left. Personally, from what i've seen, he has a good touch and close ball control. I'd say he would be better suited in the middle next to Davis.

Listen mate if you have not got anything positive to say about rangers signing someone, dont say anything at all, its people like you who bring our great club down. pennyboy

We dont need you to go to games stay at home and moan and greet

Have you had your head up your jacksie for the last 20 year and never noticed the US team qualified for world cup finals in 1990, 1998, 2002, 2006, and 2010. does that not tell you that the quality of thier players has improved or what. Oh bye the way they did not qualify in 94 because the finals were in the US

I seem to remember no one being impressed when we signed Claudia Reyna and he turned out ok. Only time will tell if Bedoya is a good player or not but give him time.

A think he will like Reyna

If he's as good as Claudio Reyna he'll do well... And don't forget the USA national team are 31 places above us in the rankings. He might be a "mere Yank" but he's done well for the US team in the last few months.

Reyna left for sunderland

Huh ur right 5 years ago he would only have been 19years old? anyway 5 years ago charlie adam was seen as a bench warmer ? where is he now

Some of our best players came in with no reputation and for little money...give the guy a chance FFS

17 Aug 2011 16:03:55
Been told that we will have one more signing completed by 11 tonight. Just a rumour watch this space from a credible source

Doesnt matter about signing another tonight we can only register 1 player for euro squad and bedoya came in today unless they are going to try for a CB and register him ,,,bigt

Bedoya will be the signing.lets hope we beat maribor,or a draw at worst.

The only way we can register 2 players, i.e Bedoya and another, is if the other one is Danny Wilson on loan.

There's a loophole in the UEFA rules regards homegrown players born after January 1990.

If danny wilson signs on loan, he can be registerd through some loophole...

Will be mckay would it not?

Unless it's Danny Wilson only 1 can be registered with UEFA for tomorrows game.

A draw would put pressure on Rangers at Ibrox with the away goal rule, let's just go and thump them..

Doesnt matter about signing another tonight we can only register 1 player for euro squad and bedoya came in today unless they are going to try for a CB and register him ,,,bigt

if the other signing is danny wilson we can register both due to some loophole

Cant be mckay his appeal isnt heard til friday

Bedoya has signed but not necessarily registered for this round. If we sign a centre back we would probably register him instead

Bocanegra signs...seems i was right ;)

17 Aug 2011 15:53:09
bodoya signed yee ha watp

Why all the excitement just dont get it,no one even knows if he is any good,and i've never even heard of the team he plays for,i will get excited if he turns out to be good,but just look at the American that is here just now,not exactly brilliant and hes an American regular.

This boy knocked Landon Donovan out of the USA team. He is quite a good player

Yes but you could also think of the american player we used to have claudio reyna and usa are higher ranked than scotland ever will be

Are you saying he is better than Landon Donovan,i dont think so how many teams in the EPL were banging at the Orebro door,NONE

17 Aug 2011 15:26:14
A rumour I have heard is Oleguer, (dont know whether thats the correct spelling) ex of Barcelona and Ajax will be signing before transfer deadline.

17 Aug 2011 15:35:39
bedoya signs 3 year contract. deal concluded sourse ssn

Very sad day when this is the height of our ambitions now,,whats hapened to these three million quid signings we were supposed to be getting??juhasz was the man and the usual penny pinching started again,,,and before any bright spark says we shouldnt pay over the odds,every succesful team has to pay a bit more,,,,we know the price before we go in for these guys,,,wake up fellow bears,mediocrity is where we are at now and for a long long time to come

Something positive happens and you wanna bring it down,me thinks someone from the filth has chosen the wrong page,go back to the tattie pickers page.A great signing will be the missing piece in the midfield jigsaw.

FFS you moan when we don't sign anyone you moan when we do what do you want from the club you know that its hard for any SPL teams to attract those big player, for 1 we are in a very small league compared with England, Spain, Germany, France and pretty much every where thats worth knowing and second wages are a big problem. overall i think if you ve got nothing positive to say just don't bother saying anything it getting F**king boring now listening to all you so called supporters Bitching about a transfer window that still isn't closed WATP (well some of us)

What was flo worth again.... £13.. and he was pants. As long as he does the business on the park,

Flo was pants? I think you should google Flo's record at Rangers before you start opening you're fat gob. He wasn't worth £12m but that wasn't his fault he had that price put on him.

17 Aug 2011 15:27:53
Rangers have reached agreement with Swedish side Orebro over the transfer of Alejandro Bedoya.... (Source - Rangers Website)

17 Aug 2011 15:25:35
Fulham are weighing up a move for Tottenham winger David Bentley. re earlier 'sighting' at Murray Park

Dave bentley seems to be around rangers every week. Maybe he's a mad ger fan looking for autographs lol

17 Aug 2011 15:34:03
Rangers have reached an agreement with Swedish side Orebro to complete the transfer of Alejandro Bedoya. He's our wild card

17 Aug 2011 14:48:30
Rangers to bid for Weiss on the last day of the transfer market to steal him from man city.

Have a reliable source that knew everything about the goodwillie saga.

Reason for last day bid is obviously to get him as cheap as we can ( i think prob about 3 million he will cost )

Dont shoot it down, just watch.

He isnt worth £3 million

We don't have 3m end of...

Would love to see this and IF and i mean IF there is 3m to be spent then he should defo be the top target. Although on the same note i highly doubt we will spend that amount of cash

You may find this premature but i dont and i hope to god im proven wrong but honestly stop talking turkish delight

Not worth it, and we don't have it, so it is absolute garbage..................... just as the D.G saga was absolute garbage, NEXT

I don't care what any boring defensive minded people think about him he will be great in years to come and if we continue to buy older players (ie Ortiz) we will just go backwards.

Mate he is worth every penny of 3m. Whether we have 3m is a completely different matter

To the guy who said weiss is not worth 3 m, you are talking through a hole in your a*se mate.you seriously dont have a clue , You would double that amount in a couple of years. pennyboy

Why pay £3M when we could sign him on a pre-contract in Jan

Would love to see this happen, although he would probs cost more than 3million, more like 4/4.5.

I said and I'll say it again ya trumpet HE IS NOT F**KING WORTH IT What exactly did he do to reach this valuation ? in your eyes he is brilliant, so does this mean your eyes are in close proximity with the hole you are talking out of ? Yeah that one adjacent to yer b@wb@g................ Ya ROOT

I dont think he is worth it,i only saw him turning/effecting one game and it was against motherwell on boxing day,if anyone can tell me another time he done so i would be grateful,keep him away,forget all this he is a rangers man and was in the stand,believe me he is a chancer and would jump at the chance to join the darkside IMHO.

Ehh set up the goal against celtic in the final got izaguirre sent off in the final looked excellent against Man Utd he is fast and strong, need i go on?

wellboy

He's a ned who done nothing for us 3m haha as if tight whyte would pay that

I quite liked the wee man. His pace is something our team is desperately lacking, but I'd rather the 3mil went on a quality CB and sign him for free in Jan.

Eh, he was a SUB against the Dhims in the final, they were chasing the game and izza gay guy got HIMSELF sent off by being a tw@t and lunging in. So, in your eyes, he comes on as a sub, has a decent spell in the game and that merits a £3 million valuation ? Pure genius, you are the resident expert, without a doubt..... Holy mother of F**K 4 in a row

Obviously you dont see many games then how do you say," YA ROOT" apart from sportsene on a sunday night i think is your limit mate. If you stopped chasing the dragon for five min and actually went to a few games last season you would of seen his quality shining through, ok shakey start but soon made up for it and at a young age, (top of the spl chart for assists comes to mind). Your probably one of the nuggets who was so happy whittaker got a five year contract, even though everybody else thought it was too much for a mediocre (at best) player.
ok, as you say YA ROOT, lol
pennyboy

Seriously those of you who think Weiss is crap, really have no concept of good or bad players. Perhaps he's not your kind of player If so tell us why, why is he 'no good'?
Technically he is terrific, 2 good quick feet, can play anywhere along the final 3rd. Has a quick mind, good vision, not great vision but good. Is young, an extremely experienced international in a good national team

Seriously, your morons I mean the trumpet who called him a ned, what are you on son???

Go and 'support' a new team

GDog
WATP

Hes a bargain at 3 mill hes still young nd came to scotland nd was best lookin player in scotland

Rangers top joint top assister last year plus 5 goals wat more do u want for 3 mill sum ppl jst havnt got a clue about football

He is not worth 3m, 1m tops

Pennboy, pennyboy, the resident expert. Give yer wee tiny brain some oxygen man, you away out there and missing the point, Take a wee minute to consider how many starts he actually made,assists are to be expected as that is his job ya total nutcase..... how do you come to a conclusion that I only watch Sportscene ? is that because this reflects YOU ? You can't put a valuation on a bit part player who was sent here on loan and was only used in certain games, where I made add, he made minimal contribution. Too many times he wanted to beat a man twice before crossing the damned baw and got caught in posession, he played a part last season, but that my learned freind is the size of it............. he played a wee part, but £3 million is rediculous, a bit like yourself, now trump along and sit for the next few hours and try and find a insulting reply, best take a wee sedative first though, you sound hyper young man, hyper. TTFN........... PENNY Lol bhoy ?

Weiss is worth every penny of three million he is fast,knows how to track back and above all is not afraid to take people on and suceed unlike every other player we have. And at the end of last season realised what the club meant to him ... And out of the goals he DID score when he was here there are afew good ones ... And his quick thinking against celtic in the cup final effectively won us the game now out way that war all the bad bulls#it am sure you will post

Listen mate ,I am being serious now ,if you read the other replys to this post (or get your mum to do it for you) you will see 90% of the posts agree he is worth the money. So you my little pea brained friend are in the minority and way off the mark. As for saying I am a Celtic fan, what do you base this on? Because I don't agree with what. You say? . Sat in the main stand now same seat for 22 years . I know people have there own opinion but it bugs me people that slate players without any basis . And p.s. its funny how you got offended about watching sportscene and not chasing the dragon lol. Pennyboy

Why is 3m being slung around FFS he is available to sign on a bosman in january. We could offer 500k to bring him then or he could come for free in the summer next year.

17 Aug 2011 14:09:58
Well done to Derek Ferguson for talking
out loud about the Whyte non-transfer
policy, but until somone in a paid
position at Ibrox stands up and calls
whytes bluff in the press, this could
roll on and on until it's too late...

Who actualy cares what Derek Ferguson thinks??

So we have resigned Macgregor, whittaker , davis, we have kept all our good players and signed, wallace, ortiz, goian, mackay, and american dude.

So if Mr Whtye had not taken over we wouldnt have signed any players plus.... davis , macgregor, naismith, jelavic would have all been sold. Maybe he could be more better at bidding for players but we dont have loads of cash so need to make sure we spending it on right players.

So all these ppl who comment on Mr Whyte should take a look at themselves if it wasnt for him then we would still be controlled by the bank and have no players left. We have bought more players this summer than we have in last 3 years prob, so give it time and judge when he been in longer than 4 months.

Bollox... these last three years have seen a load of quality added Bougy Davis Jelly etc etc Whyte talked about warchests which hinted at that type again. Ally pinpointed who he wanted early doors Whyte has not only missed them ALL, he has fannyed around europe pissi*g off every club he has approached. We have missed CL because of this so he is now COSTING us money. Buying the club does not excuse him from critisism when due. And it's due...

Agree that he has brought in players but he has been bulls**tin aswell about the funds avaliable

Well said big man until a lot of people pull their heids oot their ersses and realise that over inflated priced players have put us in the position we were in. Well done C. Whyte for not getting shafted and putting us in any more of the brown stuff that we are trying to get out off. Goodwilly to be somewhere else next year Aye you guessed it Championship as Blackburn will be first to go doon or it could be Q.P.R

I agree with the first reply and i think most of the negitive stuffs is coming from are irish scottish brethern who along with there journo pals are stiring to see if we will turn are backs on whyte and ally so we havnt got everyone we bid for that would happen if we had money players make there own discisions. on wages most premier teams and half the championship have more money than us thats the way it is big rab by the way

See you have no clue when you start your comment by saying who cares what derek ferguson thinks Well i bloody care because he was a great gers player so has more right to comment than you. Most of us are fed up with the crap that Whyte has said and never acted on

Totally agree, really pissed off with that comment who cares what Derek ferguson thinks, bloody pea brain

Derek Ferguson a rangers great?? are you have a laugh??

he played 111 in 7 years so averaged 15 games a season. He was rotten as a player and even worse as a pundit.

To even suggest he is a rangers great is insulting to rangers

Snap not only do I care what Derek Ferguson say's... I agree Why o' why does anyone who disagrees with Whyte's policy have to be a Tim? Do you really think Ally is HAPPY that the 4 players he told Whyte "get me" are not here? Loyalty and stupidity should not be confused...

To discribe derek ferguson as rotten says all we need to know about you. He was a great player who was unlucky with injury. Maybe you should be manager as you sound like the man Whyte would like as you would agree with everything he says, you blind fool

I never once mentioned anyone was a tim I agree we could do better with transfer dealing but with whyte we wouldn't be doing any transfer dealings We have signed 5 players and Aussie boy joining this week making it 6

Think we should all remember what a mess our club has been in our the last few years and be grateful we are signing players but I agree our transfer policy could be more organised and done in private rather than out in public and believe that's something McCoist must learn

Derek ferguson a great player ha ha I've heard it all now He was pony

Who ever thinks DF was a great player is easily pleased.... great players are the Gorams, Goughs, Mccoist , Hatelys of this world not duds this Ferguson, come on he was nothing better than a very poor player

So, Bain, Johnston and Paul Murray were all in a "paid" position at rangers and look where speaking out got them.....the sack. Let's face it, Whyte holds the purse strings and wields the power. If you speak up you'll face the same fate as previous staff. Interesting to hear Smith's interview about transfer policies. He says that rangers put a £2.1m upfront bid in gor goodwillie while he was in Blackburn awaiting a medical. When the deal with Blackburn looked like falling through, rangers contacted Dundee Utd to tell them that their bid had changed from an all upfront lump sum to an installment plan over 4 years. I am no fan of rangers bit i seriously doubt this whyte is anywhere near a billionaire as reported and i believe he does not have ranger's footballing interests at heart. Ed, i remember when Celtic nearly went bankrupt and thousands were protesting every home game and questions were put to the board at every opportunity. Do rangers have a similar outlet where the fans can get the answers they deserve? Andy H

I,m allowed my opinion on players just like you and i liked derek ferguson as he came into the team in an era that didn,t just bring money grabbers. I also class players like Bobby Russell, Tommy McClean, Alex MacDonald, Sandy Jardine etc as GREAT RANGERS PLAYERS not just the ones bought when we had money to burn.....

17 Aug 2011 13:57:53
Have Biseswar and Benalouane been ruled out as transfer targets?

Benalouane has gone back to st ettienne as cesena cant pay the money they owe them thats why we were going for bocanegra ...bigt

17 Aug 2011 13:31:11
Give young Fleck his chance Coisty I dont want him to go to Blackpool on loan then we sell him for 500k and they sell him a year later for 10m He is agood player and if we play him every week he will produce

He is not Rangers class. Move him on

Fleck has had more chances than most he needs to go out on loan.

Yes, another Murray Park 'boy wonder' fails to materialise, bad attitude as well ship him out

Dont no why flecks still there rotten is to good of a word to describe him.no wonder greg wylde isnt happy when flecks on much higher wages.

You have made that up, that could never happen ---- could it?

Sending Fleck out on loan, might just be what he needs - providing he gets regular game time.

He may come back a completely different player. Remember he is still only 20yr old

He did look a player but unfortunately i think he began to believe the hype and we have seen nothing from him since.

Alot if not most people said the same about charlie adam not being rangers class.now look.get him on loan to st johstone/hibs/dundee utd and let the boy play only then can we criticise

Listen guy's i (like most) want Fleck to be a player, but i think it's a bit more to do with other stuff as well as not progressing on the park.

They see him there everyday, and he's not even featured at times when we were down to the bones.

I don't know why people keep saying he's had enough chances. Giving him one game every few months out of position doesn't count as "giving him a chance". He needs a run in the team to prove his worth.

aru guys on this wee guy is so over rated and they are paying wylde less than half his wage chase him hes crap

17 Aug 2011 13:18:01
John Fleck is set to go out on loan in a bid to kick-start his career – and Blackpool are leading the race for his signature.

The highly-rated youngster has become frustrated at the lack of first-team opportunities, and has asked manager Ally McCoist to be allowed to spend the rest of the campaign at another club.

It is understood this request was accepted by the new Rangers boss, on the proviso he secures the signing of at least one of the midfielders he is pursuing before the end of the transfer window

17 Aug 2011 13:04:35
What about a look at huseklepp, norwegian international served his time with bari and looks like 1.5M will get him. Any scouts out there interested

He has just signed for Portsmouth

Why don't we look at USA players? They have a lot of good young talent coming through?

Former Mhob Target Who Looks like Going To Portsmouth

We will offer 150k lol

As stated before Africa is the place to look just check out the top European and English teams .We will probably not pay the fare for the scouts

Think Wilson coming in as well he would be our wildcard signing but there may be a loophole regarding wilson

17 Aug 2011 12:25:27
We might aswell admit craig whyte has takin us all for fools fellow bears, but i've decided to put it 2 bed and start supportin the ally and the team as its not their fault, all fault ally has had is buyin ortiz and playin that clown edu.

Those 2 r bad enough

17 Aug 2011 11:38:38
Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish maintains that Carlos Cuellar could still leave the club despite Rangers raising concern over the fitness of the defender.

The Scottish giants are keen to re-sign the 29-year-old but Cuellar is currently recovering from a knee problem, and the Glasgow-based club are reluctant to bring him back to Ibrox just yet.

At the weekend Rangers manager Ally McCoist admitted that he is having second thoughts of signing the Spaniard, but McLeish remains hopeful that the transfer will finally go through.

"Carlos is a very good experienced player," the Villa boss told The Express & Star. "I think Rangers have gone cold on the idea so, as far as we are concerned, he is a Villa player.

"He is a solid defender and did a tremendous job for Rangers when he was up there in his first spell. He is a terrific defender and is very experienced cover.

"He is not far away from running, so he is maybe a week or two away from joining the group. Will he still be here in a fortnight? I can't predict that.

"We just have to get on with things and keep plugging away to get results."

17 Aug 2011 11:04:05
Lets be realistic here , we will sign noone apart from bedoya . Mr Whyte is being very cagey , Celtic have signed next to nobody as well , and too be fair lets see what Mcmillan , Fleck , and Cole can do Hutton , Ness and Perry have never let us down . Promote the youth , bring on the future

Dont be so stupid we will get players in, why do you have to criticise all the time your forgetting W.A.T.P

I agree 100% brother.. What's the point unless ye give them a chance.getting tired of waiting to see this boy. Fleck getting a run of games..religulous...

What's happened to young Darren Cole anyway ?. I can only imagine he's been injured as I thought we might have seen more of him.

STUPID ........... I AM BEING HONEST , MY POINT IS POSITIVE , HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT WE HAVE IS NOT BETTER THAN SOME OF THE PLAYERS WE ARE TRYING TO BUY , ALL I AM SAYING IS FORGET CUELLAR BOCANEGRA AND THE REST , COLE , PERRY , AND THE YOUNGSTERS ARE THE WAY FORWARD

By right, being the famous glasgow rangers, we should have a fairly quality 1st team for the harder games e.g hearts/celtic/euro and the youths winning most of the SPL games. Give them a chance

My my my ... looks like we signed Bocanegra aswell so lay off whyte n mccoist and let thm got on with it

17 Aug 2011 09:38:01
Tottenham close in on Emmanuel Adebayor-source talk sport. That should put to bed the rumour about Jelavic going to Spurs.

Rangers looking at a player from Tel Aviv in Israel, Toto Tamuz. A nigerian born striker who has a Dutch Visa so no dreaded work permit required. Quick, strong and can score goals. Would be great partner for Jelavic. Really highly rated by current club so i'm guessing a substancial transfer fee, may be too rich for us but at least we are looking.

Adam Le Fondre is another option as he is only 24 and would not cost anymore than 700k, established scorer at Rotherham but Rangers concerned if he can make the step up. Isn't that much of a risk at 700k but we are in no position to through money at players without being convinced they can do a job.

J1985

Whilst this is all sounds good, in my opinion if rangers were going to sign a striker it would of happened before now. I also like big lafferty and think his form at the end of last season is an ideal partner for the gers, I do agree we need another striker but doubt we will get one, John Govan rear

Lets face it,,le fondre wouldnt be taking much of a step up coming to scotland,we have one of the worst leagues in the world now

I would think Le Fondre would find it more difficult scoring goals against Celtic/Hearts/Dundee Utd/Motherwell than Dagenham/Hereford/swindon/Morcambe. We don't have the best league but c'mon we are way ahead of league 2 in England.

Le fondre would, score plenty in the spl,watched him loads,good movement,quite nippy,would be a good buy.the lad has a great attitude to boot.

You just have to look over the city at that other mob, Hooper scoring goals for fun, unfortunatley

17 Aug 2011 09:10:43
whats with this 400k bid for every1, did whyte win a scratchcard and thats or kitty or is he just a tight fisted toss-pot, we need to strenghing and we need to do it now, not when we fall 10 points beghind and are out of europe. If we just got players in from the start we wld have made 15mill for qualification to the CL. WATP

We have no money its obvious

our net spend so far is £200k

You dont fool us Mr Whyte

Of course it definitely makes sense just to pay what the other team wants straight away without trying to negotiate. Hello you guys want to wake up, we've just come through a hellish period of having little or no money to spend because of over spending in the past. I would rather there was some control on the spending and if we miss out on some guys because of it, all well and good. We have to learn to live within our means

I agree and I fear that the riches promised for this window and those ahead vanished when we got beaten by Malmo. Whyte has been a massive let down at best and if he continues to be tight fisted and we do not win the league this year he needs to be chased.

Chased with who to replace him. there is no one else willing to invest any other money. as the other chap says WAKE UP and be thankful for what we have and stop dreaming about the past which is what got us into this mess in the first place.

17 Aug 2011 08:02:10
It always intrigues me: which part of Spartak Moscow will bid for Jelavic if they punt McGeady to Zenit is "unbelievable" exactly?

In a world where a club might allegedly have the best part of 30m to spend on Aiden McGeady?

If I were a manager of a club like that, with a pile of cash looking for a striker I think I'd be interested. If they bid £10m what do we reckon our saviour Mr Whyte would do? Think how many £300k nobodies that would buy.

Maybe the buttons need changed to "please be true" and "god I hope no, if that happens then we really and truly are rubber ducked"

Randolph TB

So what if they bid ten mill. Jela has already stated his desire to play for Rangers and become a hero like Peso. We will not sell for ten mill, would have to be a ridiculous offer above 15 before we would even consider... In my opinion u are a negative

I fear that the Russians have sensed that they can take the very best players out of Scotland and make a tidy profit on them.

17 Aug 2011 07:43:48
Bougherra didnae want a "new challenge", the muppet just wanted more money.

Randolph TB

Lol, I worked that out around 2 years ago. Big thankyou to Boughie done a good job here and there but I really don't feel like it's a loss much. WATP.

He wanted a long term deal actually as he seen players like whittaker getting one, he thought he deserved one too. I think he did deserve it.

No you offered him less than whittaker and only offered him a one year deal when whitttaker etc got 3 years

17 Aug 2011 01:56:38
why dnt rangers go for barry bannan on loan great player can play on the left

How much would he cost though that is the problem ed do you know how much bannan is worth

Cos we have enough good young midfielders...it's a striker and a centre half we need..but doubt we'll get unless we sell someone...Whyte and his cash ha

Barry would not come up to scotland just now even for septic fc.settled in brum and happy at villa.being one of the family of a bluenose persuasion i would love to see this but sadly no.

He is a celtic man yuk

To be honest with Alex McLeish in charge now at AV i think it is likely this season that Barry Bannan will feature more often for Villa especially that they have lost Young and Downing

I'm pretty sure hes Celtic, besides Bannan is a quality player and I doubt he'll take a step back in his career and come to Scotland to either us or them.

CC

So was neil mccann a celtic man, but didnae do a bad job for us

Hes defo a celtic man

They did not go for him as he is 5 foot nothing and with him, Davis, McKay, Edu we would have a team full of midgets... Little people to be PC.