Rangers Discussion Posts 2

31 Aug 2026 22:10:27
Cerny scored for beskitas so will not be coming.

31 Aug 2026 23:28:52
Diomande scored in that game as well.

01 Sep 2026 09:50:07
Yes, teams never sell a player who sc a goal.

31 Aug 2026 20:09:40
LF19 currently captaining Bologna team 🤔

31 Aug 2026 21:32:39.
Wonder if that suggests he won't be coming to Rangers lol.

31 Aug 2026 23:21:50
Let's be honest, Slim, was he ever? We are at clutching at straws time now, mate.

01 Sep 2026 07:19:51
Correct, Bar was never coming. At least not this year.

01 Sep 2026 10:25:21
Could be his last swan song lol. 😂

01 Sep 2026 14:42:06
I would rather keep Raskin than have Ferguson.

31 Aug 2026 20:08:21
cerny playing for Besiktas tonight scored 1st goal so can't see any deal being agreed there

31 Aug 2026 17:17:52
Great 3 points, i had no faith in getting all 3 points today and we deserved it.

Shankland is a disgrace the way he was pulling players back and giving away freekicks in dangerous places and the petulance he showed due to frustration is no Rangers captain material. Having said that great header from the corner, nice movement, he had one nice bring down and pass 2nd half and the penalty was very calm and dispatched with confidence. He was Rangers worst performer again today.

Manny, defended decently, he's too lackadaisical on the bull but i can see he's looking for movement to pass to and doesn't get it, towering dominant performance when the sheep had set pieces.

Gassama was great for the most part today and that's what he can produce every game if he gets the service, he needs the ball passed in front for him to run. I've noticed 9/10 he receives the ball his back is to goal and he either loses it or passes back.

The standard of referring in that game was shocking, no wonder the sheep sung the ref is a h*n with a wistle. Not 1 minute injury time in first half, should have been at least 2/3, Shankland should have been booked, wee Curtis shouldn't have, Ronan shouldn't have, Happe should have seen a 2nd Yellow card for that challenge to give the pen away, 5 minutes injury time there should have been 8/9 minimum if that was us that needed that time we'd be calling them out for that.

Once Devlin got booked, did anyone else think he was getting sent off?
I hope the pressure is now off Shankland and he produces what we all know he can, may i also add i think he looked slimmer today a little more fit. Maybe he's been carrying something ( not a caravan )

31 Aug 2026 19:51:39
A disgrace? He won us the game with a brilliant penalty. Thought he was better than he has been, nothing more, nothing less. I think there's a lot of pressure on him just now as captain, with things going horribly wrong.

Can't be easy for him, not getting much service at all for any of our strikers. I think he's anything but a disgrace though, but each to their own bjib.

31 Aug 2026 20:07:16
I would not go a discarded, but winning a game via a pen is worrying, imo. Also, he could not get much worse. Hopefully it clicks, but he was brought in to be 2/3 choice and I'm ok with that.

31 Aug 2026 14:44:16
Been looking into the Raskin situation because I couldn't understand why one of our best players isn't even travelling when McInnes says there are no bids for him.

Turns out, clubs have done this before.

The clearest example I found was Alexis Sanchez at Arsenal in 2018. He was fit and had trained, but Wenger left him out of the squad travelling to Bournemouth because his future was uncertain.

Wenger actually explained it afterwards:

"That's why I didn't want to travel with him, and then suddenly he could go."

Joe Gomez is another, although not exactly the same situation. Liverpool left him out against Ipswich in 2024 while his future was being considered. He ultimately stayed and was reintegrated.

Now look at what McInnes has actually said about Raskin.

Before Jablonec:

"Nico hasn't travelled, nothing to do with injury or anything like that, just the potential of a transfer."

He also confirmed Raskin had trained that morning and said:

"If Nico stays beyond the window, then it would be great to work with him."

Then after Aberdeen yesterday:

"There were no bids in for Nico."

So I don't think his absence necessarily means there's a secret £20m deal sitting waiting to be announced.

It could simply be that Rangers and Raskin are open to a move, there is genuine interest and the club don't want to risk or plan around one of their most valuable assets when his situation could change very quickly.

McInnes himself said the last couple of days of a window are normally when things "really motor".

For me, the interesting part comes after Thursday.

If Raskin stays and immediately returns to the squad, this probably was exactly what Rangers said it was: managing a valuable player during an uncertain transfer situation.

If the window shuts, Raskin stays and he's STILL nowhere near the squad.

Then we've got a completely different question to ask.

31 Aug 2026 15:30:13
Raskin has 2 offers on the table but is holding out for better EPL maybe.

31 Aug 2026 15:48:53
Interesting mate, do you know who from?

31 Aug 2026 19:37:37
Hi Nomad, no, but he has 2 offers on the table. Rangers happy with.

30 Aug 2026 21:29:17
National League transfer record fee of an initial £1.5m.
Football is nuts at the moment
Scottish football needs to find a way on how to compete going forward, before we get even more behind

30 Aug 2026 22:38:05
We're already left behind mate, all we can do is try and play catch up.

31 Aug 2026 06:57:56
Vardy did not do too bad. Well done to them getting that kinda money.

31 Aug 2026 07:32:42
It's okay, there's an emergency summit in St Andrews where I'm willing to bet the outcome will be the commission of several white papers, that take months to finalise, even longer to review, cost a fortune and then get filed away in the giant white papers cabinet.

31 Aug 2026 07:55:37
Ehl, as long as they get a nice boufet.

31 Aug 2026 09:26:52
Hope so, John, that's the only reason I'm going.

31 Aug 2026 09:32:32
Ehl, push for bigger league. More cooperation agreements.

31 Aug 2026 11:37:20
Ehl, that would be funny if it wasn't reality. How did these goons manage to get in positions of power and stay there so long? It's like they're absolutely hell bent on destroying our game.

31 Aug 2026 12:03:35
The tactics used by 70% of the league and lack of fans for the same teams is the main issue with our game and won't change until the Old Firm leave, which, again, imo, won't happen.

31 Aug 2026 12:17:22
Oh well, hope the sausage rolls are nice.

Nice wee prawn sandwich, and agree to create another meeting to discuss bringing in a consultancy group at great cost.

Then they will have another meeting to introduce the group and agree its terms of reference and so on.

18 months' time there will be a paper, as you say, that gets filed away!

Meanwhile, hotels and catering will be making a fortune in buffet lunches and coffees. 🤣 🦐, 🧀 & 🍅, 🎣 & 🥒, 🥪 🍵 ☕ enjoy!

31 Aug 2026 13:31:45
The SFA represents its members. There is no or was no appetite to change. Not one team are willing to see the bigger picture, they are only interested in themselves. Maybe there is nothing wrong with that, but it won't allow any change to happen in the short term anyway.

31 Aug 2026 20:08:55
If the Old Firm leaves the league, it dies.

01 Sep 2026 12:35:00
Transfer market is so over inflated with English Prem and Championship teams spending fortunes that teams are that desperate for the next big thing or prospect, they are shopping in lower leagues, which is driving prices up. English market is good in a sense, as if you take an English player abroad and he does well and gets a bit of press, they will spend a fortune to bring him back.

Hence German and Italian teams now shopping in the market after Sancho, Bellingham, success.

30 Aug 2026 20:50:28
Must be the most bizarre new football ruling if it had happened in a Rangers v Celtic game it would cause absolute bedlam, Man United v Ipswich, Harry McGuire used his arm to get the ball but because his shot is going wide but is deflected into the net the goal stands, if it went in directly it's a foul what's the logic?

30 Aug 2026 21:53:14
Hus arms were not outstretched. Wouldn't be a penalty if it was a defender, so understand why it's not a foul. Has to work both ways.

31 Aug 2026 07:05:04
Handball rule is a mess. Shouldn't make a difference what happens after it. If it wasn't a handball, fine, but shouldn't change because it hit someone on way in or not.

31 Aug 2026 12:28:44
Make it really simple, if the ball touches arm below elbow, it's a foul.

31 Aug 2026 13:38:47
It was a foul to me. Clear as day handball.