Rangers Debates 5

10 Aug 2026 10:21:18
Hopefully there will be some forthright questions asked today about the poor recruitment and why we seem to be a worse team than under Martin.

10 Aug 2026 10:00:38
AGM should be interesting, and what will be said!!🇬🇧

10 Aug 2026 00:18:11
Folk that think shankland is going to bang 20/25 goals are dreaming he is clearly unfit overweight and has missed plenty of decent chances. He's got what he wants a decent pay and a chance to play for his boyhood club. Have never been a fan of him always been a mediocre player

10 Aug 2026 08:56:27
He definitely looks unfit and overweight, but I think he always has. His 2nd touch is a tackle to get the ball back after it has bounced off him when he fails to control it.

There is a strange phenomenon when players, and managers stand out, and out perform those at bigger clubs while they are at smaller ones, but as soon as they step up into these bigger clubs, they just fail.

09 Aug 2026 22:27:16
Kosta nedeljkovic on loan from Aston Villa with option before thursday

10 Aug 2026 06:37:07
If the
before Thursday part of your post relates to the Europa game, he or anybody else we sign can't play. Can't change the squad until the next round.

09 Aug 2026 21:19:05
I had high hopes that D Mc would be the answer and had my support, but is he watching the same game as me,
Dragojević is never a full back and Hibs played on it what confidence does that give him gives away penalty and subbed at half time at least he is willing to have a shot at goal how is that going to help his confidence
Not a Portues fan but, could do a job
his subsitions were weird in my opinion he took off the players that could have got a result the only thing that saved his skin was the subs played well but the players that he took off were playing well as well.


If Sterling can only play once any other week 🖐️🖐️
Rant over

09 Aug 2026 22:53:44
Scrambled, he's got no options. Sterling is a walking injury and McRorie hasn't been up to much, and looks like he is also nursing an injury. If he changes the formation the players would've struggled to adapt if they've been working on another different formation the past several weeks in training.

He had to sub him because he was on the yellow.
This is all on recruitment team. They knew from last season that we'd need to get a whole new backline and still haven't sorted it. It's criminal.

09 Aug 2026 23:08:07
Mcinnes team just defied.reason, throwing you serb in at fullback having played half a game.
Charmiti again showed he is not a natural goal scorer, let's hope injury is not serious, if offered true time to cash in.


Rommens not sure how many think he is that good.
Naderi Just does not have it.
We were chasing game & he brings on McCronie.
Can only hope we can get a couple of decent signing

10 Aug 2026 01:01:43
Blue, he signed off on the McCrorie signing, so he is partly to blame, and Sterling should have been told to leave ages ago.

10 Aug 2026 01:11:24
Question. What is the VAR rule re ball going out of play and that a foul or other must be 'irrelevant' then, today twice I think it did go out of play and over 1 minute till the pen was awarded, is it that the ref is deaf or stupid or equipment failing or is it blatant cheating again?
No Hibs player even claimed and we had players impeded.

10 Aug 2026 10:29:08
He hung Dragojevic out to dry. Criminal decision.

09 Aug 2026 20:54:51
I hate too say it but honestly if we lose in the euro tie he has to walk, I know building a team takes time but we have actually went backwards.
And whoever is in charge of recruitment has to also go, it's like watching a poor man's Martin, already 5 points behind after only 2 games, we seem to have an inability to actually score a goal with yet another og giving us something on the scoresheet.


Also if it's true (which I doubt) that we knocked back a bid of £22m I'm beyond words.
This is already looking like a long pointless season

09 Aug 2026 21:31:23
Listen, we're not a good enough team for the Europa right now.

Conference would actually suit our level.

We can't blame the manager for the level of players in the team.

When are we going to call out AC and Stig, and when are Purdy and Thelwell going to be called out?

McCinnes is only managing the players he has.

He can't make poor players better, sadly.

He's also stated that they're not carrying out the instructions from training, same as Barry. Clement, Beale, Martin, and Danny Rohl all said.

This is a recurring theme, it's not the manager to blame here.

09 Aug 2026 21:50:57
It's not just the manager, Stevie, but he is partly responsible for playing drsgonoyt of position and tactics. I know he isn't going to work. But he gets leeway from some because he is a fan. 🫣

09 Aug 2026 22:07:15
St I'm em, I agree with all u say.

Positions are all over the place, the formation is chaotic.

I don't get it myself, mate.

We have the players to suit a 433, so I don't know why he doesn't play it.

We'll get tore apart from that mob if we play them with this formation and tactics, mate.



I don't like this 1 striker behind the other, it's a waste of a player. Few times today Shanks was wide left or too deep for me, dowsnt suit his skill set.

09 Aug 2026 22:08:07
I didn't think McInnes was the answer, but he is in the job and deserves some time. Problems we have had and all the impatience we see is not his doing. We need to support the manager.

Today's result was bonkers, just a bit unlucky, and Hibs defence was solid and worked so hard from the keeper out.

09 Aug 2026 22:39:26
Why shouldn't we expect to be good enough to play in the Europa League, StevieG? We made the final not long ago, as well as having other good runs. Expanded Champions League means even less top clubs are in it now.

It's just accepting dropping our standards more and more. Not blaming McInnes either. The board have been a complete joke and their recruitment is a disaster.

10 Aug 2026 01:03:57
He needs to wrap that crap, as Shanks can't play behind the main striker. He can't run, he is not mobile enough for that position.

Honestly, I am sick fed up with the state of our club, and I know AC has put a lot of money in, but he is making a rip roaring arse of it.

He got a manager that would appease the staunch brigade, and it's embarrassing.

10 Aug 2026 07:02:12
Can't disagree with u, Storm.

Serious questions need asked of AC and his staff now.

McInnes will just be the scapegoat and that's not right.

Kaiser, I don't mean we're not good enough in general, bro, I just mean right now, as it is this season.

09 Aug 2026 20:12:48
Would be surprised if he goes there. Especially as there are teams in Netherlands keen.