Rangers Debates 2

22 Jul 2026 20:17:40
Big manny still likes tae fart about at the back.

22 Jul 2026 19:02:02
Ben Godfrey captain tonight

22 Jul 2026 20:51:45
Godfrey at fault for that goal, imo. Awareness is crap. McCrorie not much better tbh.

22 Jul 2026 21:16:45
Tom Tom, Godfrey been a lot better than Fernandez.

22 Jul 2026 21:35:23
Maybe so, although he could have been more aware of who was behind him making a run into the box. Fernandez isn't as good as people think. Got plenty mistakes in him. 👍

22 Jul 2026 21:53:08
Thought the fault for the goal was Curtis.

22 Jul 2026 21:53:59
He's not. In the 1st half hour he was caught way out of position 4 times, then making Godfrey and McCrorie have to shuffle over. He also can't be our 1st choice RB, gives very little attacking. Pandur looks a very good buy. 👍

22 Jul 2026 22:23:34
Curtis and Rommens, maybe, but you still have to defend your goal. Be aware of who is around you. And Godfrey didn't do either. Was too busy ball watching. Maybe I'm being harsh on the lad. Just thought he could've done better there.

22 Jul 2026 22:23:54
EHL, everyone will have a different take on it, I'm going to say Dan Neil never tracked his runner. Fair to say tonight we got a win, but we weren't very good. Lack width and a link up man between strikers and midfield. Need a ball carrier in transition from defence to attack (Dahl is that man 😂) and someone who is going to go past a man and get bums off seats.


A decent run out and minutes in legs.
Thought Devlin was good when he came on, as was Aasgaard. I also thought Miovski and Naderi were better up top than Chermiti and Shankland. Still don't like a cm dropping in to collect off centre halves.
Decent run out, on to West Ham who will be a stiffer test.

22 Jul 2026 17:39:13
Looks like a 4 match ban for Mcinnes

22 Jul 2026 18:53:43
Well, well, no surprise there. If he is asked about decisions in the season ahead, can he refuse to answer on the basis that he might get more sanctions?

22 Jul 2026 18:59:46
Bar72, yea, he should just refuse, it wouldn't take people outwith Scottish football to realise there is a problem.

22 Jul 2026 17:08:16
Dahl stalling on Cardiff move to see what other options emerge 🤔

22 Jul 2026 18:54:41
Dahl stalling on Rangers move to see what other options emerge. 🤔

22 Jul 2026 16:52:01
Your Daily Dahl Update Part 2 😂
According to reports now, Dahl still favoirs a move to the Famous and will stall a move away from Tromso after Cardiffs bid so that he can come to us

Andy Cavanagh, the boy is practically begging you to just put in an offer. Get it done!

22 Jul 2026 15:23:44
Well, looks like Dahl is away to Cardiff.

We are weaker in full back, centre half, arguably midfield considering Raskin sale, and the wing than we were last season and the league is 9 days away.

This window has been unacceptable so far.

Dragging on the dragojevic signing so long that fans are going to be raging when it is only him announced.

Really poor.

22 Jul 2026 15:55:26
I can't see any reports on the deal being accepted.

Last week the same media reported Tromso wanted a straight up fee of £7.5M, and this week they surprisingly (not) report that Cardiff have made a bid of just over that but with large performance bonuses to make that figure up.

So, if last week's news was correct (and I doubt even that), then they haven't met the guaranteed fee the press reported then. So why would Tromso suddenly drop their asking price, especially when there are other club(s) interested?

I think this is just filling space every week, knowing the club want to sell, Cardiff and Rangers are supposedly interested and the player wants to move.

Reports are just being repeated by media on both sides of the North Sea as is usually the case with media.

More water to go under the bridge before any deal is agreed, IMO.

22 Jul 2026 16:11:19
I disagree with that. For one, Dahl hadn't signed for anyone last I checked. Pander looks a very decent gk and a step up from Butland. Meghoma and Aarons were both back up, and James Tavernier is finished, so getting McCrorie in to compete with Sterling strengthens us. Other than a handful of games, Djiga was a bomb scare last season, so Godfrey is definitely an improvement there, with Souttar and Nsiala backing them up and no doubt another 1 or 2 to come in. Shankland has improved our forward options, like most others I'm hoping the impressive Curtis can replace Mikey Moore.

Our midfield isn't weaker because we've not lost anyone at the moment, but I'm sure if Raskin, Dio Aasgaard, Barron all or some move on then they will be replaced. When it comes to transfers, it's real life, we're dealing with many moving parts, it's not a computer game where you want someone and sign him within a minute. Need a bit of patience, there's plenty of time left in the window to get the right players in and out.

22 Jul 2026 16:17:42
Where does it say that?

22 Jul 2026 16:45:08
In a land far far away.

22 Jul 2026 17:20:10
We're not weaker at full back. 👍

22 Jul 2026 10:23:49
Rohl mate you are a tripper, we have 10 cm's not including youth getting a wage, regardless of who you think is going to leave or who you deem not part of the squads plans, that's a lot of wages in the middle of the park regardless especially with talk of Dahl coming, we definitely need to move some on or we will end up where we were before.

We haven't turned a profit in a long time and it's due to the large squad size and previously not getting as high fee's as we should have for players. I'm glad we have good men in charge of the club again and not people like you.

22 Jul 2026 12:16:38
Bit naive thinking the club not making a profit in a long time is due to the bloated squad size.
Not having a viable player trading model, poor performances in Europe, poor deals re advertising, strips, etc. Legal costs for many years, as we always seemed to be on court.
But aye it's all down to player wages. 🤣🤣

22 Jul 2026 12:53:05
But he does have a point. In each of the last 3 years the amount spent on the wage bill has been as high as 76% of our total turnover. It has been reducing to the extent that last season it sat at 61% with over 2/3rds of that (38%, £36M) as 1st team wages.

So yes, the other things, but in the same time as reducing our wage budget our turnover has increased by over £11M. So all are issues, but if the FFP figure on squad costs, transfer and agent fees is set at 70% you can see how we have failed to be buying at right end of the marketplace.

Our reductions in wages and increase in income means that since 22/23 to 24/25 we were able to add around £14M in regulatory headroom to our budget and still meet that 70% target.



If we are paying £20k per week that is £1M per year which is over 1% of our turnover. So to buy first and not sell that £1M cost would remain if we fail to sell and be doubled with the new player potentially. So getting rid first is the most important part of financial prudence imo.

So lots involved but high player salaries have been a real drag on club finances or years now and glad we are finally doing something about it.

22 Jul 2026 13:10:17
I never said it didn't play a part, Angus. The poster said it is the reason for us not making a profit. It is many things. The squad size will be sorted. There are more players needed to come in as we are very short in defence.
The clutter of players in midfield makes the squad look bloated. Long time to go in the transfer window.

22 Jul 2026 13:20:18
Staff costs would be the main reason though. Like most businesses, staff cost is usually one of the highest outgoings. Add in management compensation each time we get rid of them.

22 Jul 2026 14:20:54
Agree, regardless of what u want to call them to suit the argument, we have too many central midfielders, especially if we sign who we hope and need to lose some.

But there's no guarantee we get the price we want, so we need to be moving players on before committing new contracts.

Squad right now is bloated in some positions and thin on some (LB, RB, CB & wingers).

22 Jul 2026 15:58:14
JFM, it is 60-70% of the reason why we didn't make a profit as it swallowed up that much of our total turnover. So, having got the salary expenditure down over the last few years, the last thing we want to do is put it right back up there.



Yes, many elements to making a profit, but we sold players and still didn't make a profit and needed directors' loans. That was all down to spending outwith our means in the main.

22 Jul 2026 16:32:15
Angus, how many players have Celtic got that's valuable now? Only mentioned as you said better squad, O'Neill got them over the line. I checked out the friendly, bench was unbelievably poor, that's not counting some in the team, McGowan in team.


We have around 8 selling for eight figures now, and our squad is valued more on the transfermaker. When was the last time that happened?
Well over a decade.

22 Jul 2026 16:44:40
Maeda is still in the squad, as in the new signing, and according to the transfermaker out squad is more valuable, been some time since that happened.