Rangers banter 2

19 May 2026 19:24:18
That's a costly up by Southampton.

19 May 2026 20:07:37
Aye, caught out on 3 separate occasions, apparently.

19 May 2026 20:08:35
Serves them right. 🤣🤣🤣 200m bangers though, seeeeeek. 🤢🤢🤢🤣🤣🤣

19 May 2026 20:28:07
It's as if this has never happened b4!!
Would they have done this if Man City/Utd Liverpool etc were caught?? Eg, watching any European teams training/prepping for a game??

19 May 2026 20:32:48
Good to see the FA doing what the SFA don't have the bottle to do. Look into dodgy going ons.

19 May 2026 20:57:00
Is this the FA who are taking 300 years to reach a decision on Man City? I agree, easy to punish smaller teams, and more difficult to do it to the larger teams. Before anyone says Chelsea, they handed themselves in, which is why the FA were able to reach a quick decision.

{Ed001's Note - it is the EFL anyway.}

19 May 2026 21:29:30
True Ed got carried away and in my haste forgot who the organisations were 🙈

19 May 2026 22:31:37
So it is ED, well spotted. I don't understand all these governing bodies, but wouldn't the EPL & FA some involvement?

{Ed001's Note - it is nothing to do with the EPL. This was a breach of EFL rules in an EFL competition.}

19 May 2026 19:15:51
I'm sorry to disagree lads. I thought any time I saw Curtis in a Rangers jersey he never let us down. He always looked dangerous coming on and was direct and liked a shot on goal. I'm my humble opinion i'm basing what I'm saying after watching him with my own eyes. He looked better than Gassama and Antman coming off the bench.

I don't see why he couldn't have played with us ( if you're good enough you are old enough). Anyway I respect you guys opinions, I can say hand on heart I didn't want him to go in January and thought coming off the bench he could have turned 1 point into 3 in a few games which could have been massive in the run in.

19 May 2026 20:17:51
For what it's worth, I'm in total agreement with you. I want Curtis playing left-wing for Rangers next season. That lad has an eye for goal, more so than Moore.

Moore is a good player, but he will never be our player. Curtis is our player, he has the ability, he is ready to step up, and he should be our priority.

19 May 2026 20:32:02
Spot on.

19 May 2026 20:33:24
No, just an eye for goal, rwc, his crossing looked better than Gassa/Antman. I liked that his first thought is to get a shot away as well.

19 May 2026 22:09:47
I'd bring him back after the WC.

20 May 2026 01:17:24
Yetis would've won Young Player of the Year if he was given the games and mins Moore got.

19 May 2026 19:10:24
Fair play to the EFL for standing by the rules and ensuring sporting integrity, we can only hope for such a level playing field some day.

19 May 2026 19:45:56
Do agree, Dado, just a strange situation.

19 May 2026 20:26:41
Mate, I've no idea what they were thinking, all that video footage to watch how Middlesbrough will play, and they need a junior analyst to stream a training session. Mental, just mental.

I'm still waiting to hear Robertson final whistle to prove the match wasn't abandoned. Still waiting.

19 May 2026 22:08:14
Apparently they have admitted to doing it on 3 occasions, so not a first offence. Appeal will need to be held quickly for final on Saturday.
Saw a Hull fan saying had booked to go to London with cost of over £1k but hotel not refundable.

19 May 2026 22:47:11
Never forget, folks, how quickly those muppets put us down the leagues. I personally don't care about any other team up here after that. I hope that if they try and cover this up, the people in the know in the UK get behind Hearts and totally embarrass the SFA/SPFL.

19 May 2026 19:01:10
Middlesbrough in the play off final, Southampton booted out for spying from a bush, find that a bit much, and amusing. 😁.

19 May 2026 20:08:42
Was it Caixinha?

19 May 2026 20:15:21
Lol, Mph, unidentified, spying from a bush, one time.

19 May 2026 18:47:47
It's as if some people on here forget we had Tav for 11 seasons so he knows everything that our league is all about and was captain. Can anyone tell me the difference that made? Souttar knows our league and look how he's been doing! Barron knows our league, Raskin, Dio, Miovski and Butland all been here a bit now and know the league.

So for the love of my sanity can we stop with the "must know the league"

I just want winners and we ain't getting that in our league, better mentality and a desire to win.

19 May 2026 20:11:56
I want the best players we can attract / afford for the positions we need to strengthen.
Don't care where they are from.
We shouldn't be hindering ourselves buying Scottish or Rangers men "just because" unless they are up to the required standard.

19 May 2026 20:19:50
Exactly, MPH.

The only winners in Scotland are from them, and that kills me to say it but it's true.

I will take will to win and desire/effort from any league in the world of any nationality.

I want good solid pros who have that bit of ability, like Rommens for example.

19 May 2026 20:23:36
A lot of the things people say we need aren't even tangible. Some have said we need guys who know the demands and expectations. What are the demands and expectations? To win games of football and a trophy. I think most managers and players understand that. If they don't, we have Barry Ferguson working as ambassador, who can explain it - 'At Rangers it's important to win.

The fans want to win a trophy, etc'. It would take about 10mins.

McCoist was a Rangers Man, and he was one of the most clueless managers I've ever seen. The top priority when bringing anyone to this club must be ability.

19 May 2026 20:23:54
The term that is most often used by our recruitment team is rebalancing, which I think is correct.

This will include youth and experience, technical and physical, homegrown and international etc etc etc.

Just being homegrown or having experience of the league isn't a single deciding factor in signing a player, but throughout the squad there is a benefit to having these attributes - providing these are balanced out by players with complimentary attributes.

19 May 2026 21:00:33
Bigbluejim, tell me and others what we can or can not say on here now. You don't like it, that's fine, that's your opinion. Funny how you never mentioned the 100s of international flops that have come to the SPL and couldn't handle the physicality of the game, so I'll ask again.

Please tell some of us on here what we can or can not say, or here's an idea. How about if you don't like wordings of some1s thread, there is the option you could quite simply scroll on, no.

19 May 2026 21:01:20
The mentality isn't just to win games of football, though, as all players have that. The issue here is the reaction from fans if you drop points. I am not sure the same (over) reaction happens anywhere else to the same extent.

Yes, fans get upset at other clubs, but perhaps are more accepting that you can't win every game no matter if the club has a lower budget. It is those demands that players will take longer to appreciate and understand.

19 May 2026 21:01:52
Have to agree, BbJ, also throw in that they get it also.

19 May 2026 21:04:47
Spot on as always, Ehl.

You put the point across more eloquently than I could.

19 May 2026 21:44:18
Rebalancing was a term used by Clement too. Maybe I first heard it used by him and so his ghost lives on and I'm glad about that. Regarding Scottish players - the way I read that comment was that he was aware that Scottish players that could have been recruited and which would have made a difference were not recruited.

19 May 2026 22:13:27
Angus, the expectation at our club has never changed and will never change and even players from our league will struggle with that expectation.

I guess, yes, there are clubs in the world that it's not seen as a big deal if you lose, but any player doing their homework on signing for us will soon realise that isn't the case here, so should come expecting that kind of pressure immediately.

19 May 2026 22:18:54
Davie why don't you take your own advice then and scroll past. You are telling me what I can and can't post!

Nowhere did I say don't post but just that this "we must get people who understand our league" is not something that we didn't have as I stated many players who have been here long enough to "get it" or are from our league originally. How has that done us this last 16 years Davie??

But I guess you just don't like me pointing out the flaw of your logic huh

19 May 2026 18:25:28
Just a pity Danny did not think Curtis was good enough to play for Rangers second half of the season?

19 May 2026 18:49:16
Signed Olsen and Curtis. Game time would be about zero. Wise move loaning him out. He wasn't playing for Kilmarnock, he wouldn't be in the Scotland World Cup squad. Great achievement for a 19-year-old. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, Rab.

19 May 2026 18:51:55
In all honesty, would you rather have had Curtis or Skov Olsen, given the option before knowing how things would have panned out? Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but I know who I would have picked.
And, had he stayed at Rangers, he wouldn't have played anywhere near as many games, so most likely wouldn't have got picked for the World Cup squad.

19 May 2026 19:06:20
imo we made the correct decision sending Curtis on loan. The player will know if he had not gone on loan he would not be headed to a World Cup.

It's key what we do next re him.

19 May 2026 19:10:07
I wouldn't be loaning him out again, John.

19 May 2026 19:19:47
Agree, John. Example of how loan system works to Rangers' benefit. Couldn't foresee Olsen not turning up imo.

19 May 2026 20:28:32
Who thought Curtis would be a better option than Skov Olsen during the January window? Nobody.

The mistake was not trusting Curtis from the very start. He began the season with 3 very good goals. Then in comes Mikey Moore to compete for his position. Russell Martin told us that signing Moore would not limit the game time of Curtis.

But I seen Moore playing while Curtis sat on the bench week after week. So of course Curtis needs to go out on loan for game time.

If we brought back Moore, I fear we would repeat this exact same mistake next season. I would rather go with Curtis off the left than have Moore back.

19 May 2026 15:39:44
surprised welsh and bowie are not in the Scotland team.

19 May 2026 16:13:06
Blue Bear, no surprise, both not good enough yet.

19 May 2026 17:20:02
I thought myself Bowie might make the cut with his goal against Inter. Thought Oli McBurnie might too, but Steve Clarke doesn't seem to rate him no matter how many goals he scores in the Championship.

19 May 2026 17:25:29
imo Teddy, Clarke is a very vindictive man?

19 May 2026 19:05:18
Don't think Bowie or Welsh to be in the current squad. Maybe friendlies, but both don't merit a place.

19 May 2026 19:21:22
McBurnie burnt his bridges with the national team when he was caught on camera bad mouthing the previous set-up to other players, and, as John2575 has stated, Clarke is a vindictive man.

19 May 2026 19:21:55
You can only pick 26. Somebody loses out. 😭

19 May 2026 21:19:11
I would've taken Bowie ahead of Hirst. He's scored a few decent goals in a poor side. Good work rate and can finish. I think this is a mistake, but Clarke was always going to go with 99% of the players he's selected across the campaigns.

19 May 2026 22:13:33
No idea how Hanley gets in ahead of Finlay at Hearts as a better defender and also contributes with goals.