Rangers Discussion Posts 2

18 Mar 2026 11:21:30
Really am diluted on here nowadays. Arguing about Barron. Like I've said who needs enemies if your a Rangers fan.

18 Mar 2026 15:25:41
It's a debate, mate, you are going to get it with any player.

18 Mar 2026 16:16:55
Agree, Storm, and before Barron it was Skov Olsen, and before that Souttar, etc etc. It is what the forum is for imo.

18 Mar 2026 17:20:46
Let's debate Tav for a change. 🎣

18 Mar 2026 18:18:24
Top rated player in Scotland on SofaScore. 🫣

18 Mar 2026 19:42:20
I get where you're coming from. I just don't see how anyone can get worked up over Barron. I like him, but not enough to get remotely upset if someone else does not. Not a divisive player at all for me.

To be fair, there are not many in our team I like enough to feel that way about.

I notice it when a player gets an injury; my reaction this year has been mostly meh.

I think a lot of it is just the way fans like to pick a side in a debate to get involved, which I don't mind in general, but it's kinda boring when it's about a player like Barron, for me anyway.

18 Mar 2026 20:47:08
Tommy, I think that as a Rangers fan, I always want to see the good things the player offers, whilst acknowledging the poorer parts of his game. Social media can stir that poor feeling towards a player, and fans then go pre-loaded to a game and react very early if the player makes a mistake. That anxiety and reaction affects the team.

On top of that, we don't know what the player is being asked to do, so we expect Barron to be that Zidane (sorry), but he is being tasked to just win the ball and pass it quickly to the inventive players.

Same with Olsen, people expect the speedy winger when he isn't that and isn't being asked by the manager to be that.

So I like to 'defend' our players even when they have had a bad game or a few bad games. Also, if we don't chat about our players, what else are we going to discuss on here. 🤷 Don't get hot under the collar about it, but I like to put my point across, perhaps too animatedly at times, but hey ho.

18 Mar 2026 10:52:44
By the way big gogic looked like maldini on Sunday . Just saying.

18 Mar 2026 12:26:46
Thought that myself, Rab, only 31 as well.

18 Mar 2026 13:16:38
Big Gogic has been solid and consistent for a few seasons. He could easily come in and do a job as a squad player, like Andrews did years ago.

18 Mar 2026 13:39:21
We just don't know how he would do. Andrews was peak of his career at 29. Just because he suits St Mirin doesn't mean he would fit Rangers, who prefer to play out from the back.

Not saying he wouldn't, but you just don't know, same as every new signing.

18 Mar 2026 13:41:57
We should've taken him in the summer and let "Big Soapy", as some call him, go! He'd be a lot cheaper as well.

18 Mar 2026 13:55:02
Gogic is an excellent pro.

18 Mar 2026 14:48:25
He did a good impression of Buffon at one stage too.

18 Mar 2026 15:31:21
He snuffs a lot out, sitting in front of defence rather than playing CB.

17 Mar 2026 22:08:06
Not Rangers related but mental to see the Afcon has new winners as they have stripped Senegal of the trophy for walking off.

17 Mar 2026 22:51:30
Broke the rules, it seems. So glad to see CAF had the guts to take the title away.

17 Mar 2026 23:55:53
Think the Morocco manager lost his job for not winning it, or something went on. They walked off and broke the rule, Angus. You'd think it would have been decided at the time. Never really paid much attention to it anyway.

18 Mar 2026 06:38:38
One of the most bonkers things ever seen in football. And now it means Scotland are facing the AFCON champions, so maybe a bit of consolation when we get dumped out of the WC.

18 Mar 2026 08:40:27
Rangers gain a decent add on re Igamane, such a pity he misses World Cup. Re addons.

18 Mar 2026 08:52:51
Really, John? We get extra pay out for them winning? Hope Senegal don't win their appeal then. And what happens if u bet them to win? Are bookies going to pay out now?

18 Mar 2026 08:58:02
Kasier, I doubt the bookies will pay out now.

18 Mar 2026 09:34:17
I don't gamble, but I'd be all over it, Storm, if I did. 😜 And all the Senegal fans giving their money back. 🤔 Anyone else confirm the add on for Igamane?

18 Mar 2026 10:01:44
Sorry, John, that comes across like doubting your info.

18 Mar 2026 10:08:48
Kaiser sounded more like incredulity rather than doubt to me. Odd what add ons there can be in a contract I would never think about.

18 Mar 2026 10:13:19
Nothing wrong re trying to confirm info, Kaiser.

Standard practice at Rangers re addons.
50; 75, 100 appearances.
Goals scored.
Competitive international debut.
Afcon, World Cup, Nations League.
Cl, Europa group stages.
Cup finals, play offs.

Goalies' clean sheets.

There will be others, not all above in every deal.

18 Mar 2026 11:06:33
Storm read an article today saying bookies r claiming back online accounts that they paid out on Senegal winning AFCON.

18 Mar 2026 11:09:10
Cheers, mate. Good to know. 👍

18 Mar 2026 12:10:11
Some bookies are paying out on Morocco, so check out your old slips before the decision gets reversed again.

18 Mar 2026 13:42:10
Ridiculous decision. If the ref called it at the time and awarded 3 points to the other team, then ok, but he exercised his discretion to continue the game. I can see it going to arbitration.

18 Mar 2026 13:56:13
Kaiser, no point me checking I bet Egypt.

18 Mar 2026 14:55:56
Geesa, it was a competition rule and not part of the IFAB laws of the game that the ref would be responsible for. There are a couple of precedents where matches have had a 3-0 win awarded afterwards.



It would be a dangerous precedent to allow a team to walk off if they weren't happy with a referee's decision, so I suspect it will be upheld. I understand it is going to be heard by our key match incident panel. :)

18 Mar 2026 15:27:23
That's mad about bookies, surely there is a time limit on things like this for the punter and the bookie.

18 Mar 2026 15:28:43
100% the right decision, Angus. Only person I feel sorry for is Sadio Mane as he tried to keep the players on, etc, by taking that time off the field. It benefited them, as the Moroccan player had to wait ages to take the pen, well over 17 mins.

18 Mar 2026 15:34:15
A lot of money was on Morocco, to be fair. As for clawing money back, it would be very hard to do, so I would be clearing my account just in case, lol.

18 Mar 2026 16:14:40
Angus, they should have just decided it at the time they walked off, then it would have been clean.

Also, plenty of times delays have put penalty takers off. Rangers have fallen victims too. Maybe not for such a long period of time, too. lol

18 Mar 2026 16:19:00
Storm, I agree and actually meant to put about him in my post. We moan about penalties taking a couple of minutes to take because of lots of fussing around, but to take one after that amount of time must have been difficult.

18 Mar 2026 18:20:30
Geesa, I think Senegal might have had a stronger case if they did make it at the time. For tribunals, half the time, it is about the fact you followed due process, rather than make the right decision.

17 Mar 2026 20:36:43
Nice to see big Phil doing so well at Norwich. Proving it wasn't him, it was us.

Norwich City's league record under Philippe Clement:
Played: 22 Wins: 13 Draws: 3 Losses: 6 Goals Scored: 37 Goals Conceded: 22 Points: 42
A superb turnaround — taking the Canaries from 23rd up to 12th in the table

17 Mar 2026 21:03:04
There's no way of surviving cup exit to Queens Park while already on a sticky wicket.

17 Mar 2026 21:07:25
Bad timing for Phil, he'd be good now if we lost Dr.

17 Mar 2026 22:11:03
Happy for him, he's doing well, but doesn't prove anything. Totally different job and situation. Wonder if he'll come for those he wanted with us.

17 Mar 2026 22:32:06
Decent bloke, very good manager, wrong time. Hope he continues to do well at Norwich.

18 Mar 2026 08:31:33
He has a real chance of getting them into the playoffs. 4 wins in the last 5. His team is on a streak, and the players and fans love him.

18 Mar 2026 10:49:16
Very highly unlikely he'll get them in playoffs this season, Marco. Norwich fans do adore him. I will be betting on Norwich going up next season. Clement is a very good manager.

18 Mar 2026 12:01:59
Star game in hand, which, if they win, puts them 6 points off playoffs with 7-8 games left. Never say never. 😉

18 Mar 2026 12:10:04
Angus, never knew about a game in hand, mate. If only 6, they will have a better chance, but many teams are floating around the play-offs.

18 Mar 2026 12:52:32
Neither did I until your post, at which point I looked. A tall ask, and I don't think they will. However, a good run of form to the season end, a few decent buys, and who knows for next season. That would be so funny; not good enough to manage us, but now managing in the best league in the world. 😉

18 Mar 2026 12:52:49
Sorry, forgot the fishing rod. 🎣

18 Mar 2026 13:33:51
Angus, his squad has more than a dozen injuries as well, mate. Very impressive the job he's done.

18 Mar 2026 13:44:41
Always liked Big Phil and Gio, to be honest, and believe wrong place, wrong time for both. Unfortunately, us fans only care about the here and now.

17 Mar 2026 18:54:12
It is a bit bit depressing to see that there is not one single Rangers player in the Scotland U21 squad. What does this say about our home grown players for the future?

17 Mar 2026 20:50:42
Apart from one of ours in the main squad already, I'm the main squad. That, and they are all heading south as soon as possible. There's also a few who came from our academy also in the main squad. But I accept your point. It's a shame not many are coming through.

17 Mar 2026 21:08:41
Decipher that if u can. 😂😂 Mebude and Ure came from us too, so not all bad. Just usual problem of making the next step.

17 Mar 2026 22:38:34
Mebude and Ure were Rangers youth players, so the system is producing potential future internationals.
So, the system is working to an extent, just not helping the first team. Now, we just need to get a development path for those, in the future, to stay with us. If not, they can continue to move and still play international football.

18 Mar 2026 06:35:41
Benodet, you are right, though it's sad. I'm having to try and resort to looking at any who were past academy players, with none currently, apart from Curtis, who probably would be normally. Not that long ago we had half a dozen in the squad, and now not even those out on loan make it.

18 Mar 2026 08:45:51
Kaiser and Connor Allan at Falkirk, attracting a lot of interest, including a couple of EPL teams.

Very good footballer.

18 Mar 2026 08:53:03
Kaiser, the players we have out on loan aren't even getting a shout; you used to see that as well. We have about 15 out on loan at the moment, with 10 of those Scottish. However, Leon King is now too old for u21s.

Nsio and Gentles, who are best known, aren't Scottish. So, hopefully some of the 10 will come good in future. Most are U19 at the moment, which might be the reason they aren't being picked, as most of the last squad were 20+

18 Mar 2026 11:10:12
Didn't know Allan was ours too. Good young player.

18 Mar 2026 12:54:31
Kaiser, neither did I. Were people not suggesting earlier we should buy him? Not sure why he isn't picked, as I think he is still eligible.

18 Mar 2026 13:59:44
Kaiser, him and Graham from Dundee are two of the best young chs coming through, both could probably be bought for a million each.
Milne just in front of them, but imo not worth five million Aberdeen want.

If we don't get Nsiala back, I'd sign one of them.

18 Mar 2026 16:21:12
Kaiser, just read on Falkirk site that Connor Allan signed for them permanently not that long ago, so he is no longer ours.

17 Mar 2026 15:41:20
I see there is a guy by the name of Rabbie Matonda who plays for Rangers recalled to the Wales squad for the up and coming play off's anybody any idea who this guy is, it beggars belief.

17 Mar 2026 16:28:14
Seen that myself, Jorg. Bit strange, he's never kicked a ball for a while, mate.

17 Mar 2026 17:14:31
Just for a bit of fun :-
Since returning from loan spell, he has played for 1 minute against Aberdeen in January, 30 minutes against Queens Park in February, and 4 minutes for Wales in March. Not bad money if you can get it. Allegedly on £23,000 a week, so works out to £736,000 so far, so that's £23,741 per minute played.

Putting that into perspective, Ronaldo earns £339 per minute with his new contract, so Ronaldo needs to play for an hour with Al Nassar to get close to Matondo, who has only played half of that, so Matondo is twice the player that Ronaldo is.

17 Mar 2026 17:33:21
Slight miscalculation. Ronaldo earns in an hour £20,340, just less than what Matondo earns per minute played, £23,741.

17 Mar 2026 18:25:31
27k a week Matondo is on.

17 Mar 2026 18:29:12
Jorg, he is now fit to play, and it is obviously the club who chose not to play him. And I am sure he would rather not have been injured during that time. I have a certain amount of sympathy for him, although the money is quite a lot. 🙈

18 Mar 2026 06:20:49
I'd play Matondo before Gassama. 🎣

18 Mar 2026 08:53:38
Id at least be trying him out. ✌️

17 Mar 2026 14:53:55
I think our squads biggest problem is we don't have a 10, the creative midfielder that can make things happen and creat chances. Our current mids are all to similar. Great work rate from them all but we need that creative mid, I'd even say we need 2 creative mids.

17 Mar 2026 15:41:07
Ha, just had debates with ones saying half our team want to play as 10s, even our wingers. I do agree tho. Contrast that with Celtic, who have had Nygren, Kuhn, OReilly, Jota and others banging them in from midfield.

17 Mar 2026 18:27:31
Kaiser, it's nonsense. They are 10s. The closest we have to a 10 is Moore. This playmaker-winger thing is crazy. Also, I can't believe some of the stuff I'm reading these days.

17 Mar 2026 18:29:47
Kaiser, they are like buses. You wait for ages, and then 2 number 10s come along at the same time. 🙈

17 Mar 2026 19:54:57
It's all utterly baffling, guys. I've honestly no idea what these numbers mean anymore. If you're an attacker that doesn't score or beat a man, just say you're a 10, even if you're a winger.

17 Mar 2026 19:59:00
In fairness, players aren't saying it, fans are. And everyone thinks that players who aren't performing elsewhere would be good as a 10. If we need one, I would rather we buy one who actually plays there. However, at the moment we don't even play a number 10, so not sure why anyone would want to be one.

17 Mar 2026 21:08:22
Aasgaard, Moore, Bajrami all capable 10s. Difference is 2 aren't up to the job, and Moore is only 18, his numbers aren't there yet.

17 Mar 2026 21:16:45
Almost as bad as is he a 6? 🙄

17 Mar 2026 22:43:18
All of Moore's decent performances have come from wide, where he possibly does drift in. He hasn't played well in that more central role for the club. All his goals and assists come from that wide position.

Kaiser, oh how I wish we did have that decent, experienced number 6. I think that would bring the team on a lot.

17 Mar 2026 22:56:46
Angus, would Kenny Mcclean have been that guy for us short term if we signed him in summer past or even January?

He's a more than decent player.

18 Mar 2026 06:21:36
Not gd enough was the general posts on here.

18 Mar 2026 11:44:54
Stevie, tbh, I wouldn't know. He would add that experience, and I think he is a decent player and would improve what we have, but at 34 was it more of a risk to buy him, and for the price I think they were asking.
I just remember when Clement was here Koppen had identified that number 6 for us, but because the board at the time wouldn't approve it (due to takeover?) it never happened.

Now every window there is mention of this number 6 coming, but so far nothing. We don't have one in the squad who plays the role in the way McGregor at Celtic does, and we miss that imo.