Rangers banter 2

02 Nov 2026 14:21:57
Derek McInnes on Talksport this morning saying much happier than start of season but we've a lot to improve on obviously. One interesting thing was that 2 up front is very much what wants and believes Rangers should be playing. Just one for the system / formation chats. What do you think?

02 Nov 2026 15:04:35
I like the fact that it's adaptable, 2 when required but either forward can drop back to make a 4-5-1 (or 4-3-3) when we need to. I like having 2 forwards on the park, perhaps I'm just old school these days.

02 Nov 2026 15:09:12
He bigged up Naderi as well and said he thrives when playing off another striker.
Now, does that mean that neither Naderi and Kelsy can play the lone striker?
Or will that be a role for Chermiti once he's back fit in certain matches?
As we are definitely losing the midfield battle a lot of the time.

02 Nov 2026 15:33:34
Way to beat it is playing 3 cb's, 3 cm's, 2 wide players, two cf's, a system we could be using for the majority of clubs in our league.

02 Nov 2026 15:51:40
I love us playing with 2 wingers My star 👌If our wingers are quality they're game changers and win the game for you 👍🇬🇧.

02 Nov 2026 15:57:09
Me too Dado but traditional strikers are a dying art so it's hard to find 2. Even look at England. After Kane they are struggling for any options when I remember guys like Fowler could hardly get a sniff because so much competition.

It's becoming almost as specialist as GK with only one in each team and forwards are all inverted wingers or false 9s or 10s.

02 Nov 2026 16:01:13
People crying out for 433/4231 if that solves all our problems why have we not won any trophies in the previous seasons when playing it the majority of the time.
Gerrards team always controlled the midfield and won the battle there but I recall plenty of semi finals against teams a lot worse than we are where we went out.
End of the day every formation and systems has its positives and it's negatives.
McInnes is a manager who most of the time will want to get two strikers playing and as long as we are winning I really don't see the need for changing it.


When we play in Europe it's going to need to get tweaked as we won't get away with giving some of the chances we do in Scotland, but when playing in Scotland with two strikers on the park you are generally going to out score teams and with 1 on 1 defenders like Maka we can afford to give up chances.

02 Nov 2026 16:02:57
The two up top is my preferred option, always has been. I'm not suggesting a rigid 4-4-2 every single game, but for me players from that set up can easily be adapted to play in various alternate formations as and when required.

My ole heart yearns for the ancient 2-3-5 at times. Them wuz the days 🤣.

02 Nov 2026 16:18:55
They say football is cyclical Parlane so maybe WM will come back. 😂🤔.

02 Nov 2026 16:31:18
Yeah Kaiser, but I'll be gone by then and whoever does do it will claim it's the "modern way" and invent some new fandangled phrases to describe it. "Inverted Christmas tree" 🙈 😂.

02 Nov 2026 16:36:24
Parlane, look at the Japanese clubs, probably the most used formation in Japanese football, mate, 235 or 325.

02 Nov 2026 16:43:44
I am a 433 guy and one of my biggest frustrations in recent years was when Beale was playing that with really good effect and abandoned it over the summer in favour of the crazy 4222 thing he ended up failing with.

With the current team I am just going with it because if I keep fixating on the formation not being what I want it effects my enjoyment of the good in it. All setups have pros and cons and I know myself it's easy to get caught up in the cons.

I have also been saying for years that I wanted some stability in our approach and that itself is more important than what the approach actually is. Feels like we have had a more streamlined transition from Rohl to DM than we have had with any other managerial change in recent times.

It does seem to have helped with us being in best position we have been at this point in a season for some time.

02 Nov 2026 16:59:05
Well said Tommy I also prefer my teams to play 433 but what we are playing just now is working and it's effective. So I won't be crying out for us to change.

02 Nov 2026 18:57:48
I like how Naderi and Kelsy are developing an understanding in partnership. Think that's a few times they've assisted each other. That and also quite a few of our goals have been close tap ins or quick reactions. We've lacked a predators instinct up front for a while because our front man has had to keep coming deep rather than getting into the box.

02 Nov 2026 17:33:36
Kaiser, I think it is a mistake.

I am unashamedly open about my dislike for the system.

I prefer a 4-3-3 high intensity system and I am unapologetic about that.

02 Nov 2026 19:13:03
Why not try Penrice on the left wing in front of Rommens at left back . They would provide width and good crosses when we are attacking but when we are defending Penrice can come inside and form a three man midfield .

Currently I would start Bouanani on the right which would leave Minsu available to come off the bench . Obviously it could be tweaked a bit for some games notably at home when we have more of the ball to attack teams.

02 Nov 2026 19:54:26
Looks like it the 2 for now NATO so just need to get used to it, 433 hasn't exactly been good for us for years now so at least it's working at the moment. Problem we face is either lose out a man in midfield or drop a striker but neither are as good on their own.

02 Nov 2026 20:14:55
I understand that currently it is working in a sense.

I mean that currently we are not being made to pay for a non existent midfield and a wide group that do not provide many goals contributions as yet.

I just can't help but think that it is going to fall apart.

I am by no means saying we should never play this way but to have the adaptability and awareness to change when it does fall apart would make me a little more confident long term.

03 Nov 2026 10:42:34
Agree with that nato sometimes he could be more flexible in games and change to a 3 to change the flow of a game.

03 Nov 2026 12:16:43
Personally I don't care about formation. I just want what works for this group of players. I just want success and for us to be adaptive and fluid. Not pigeon holeing players into postions because we can only play a certain way. You play to players strengths and you get enough players in form, happy and confident in their work and you win the league.

02 Nov 2026 12:46:46
Great weekend for us fans, it's always good when we win and they get beat. But the Falkirk score only matters if we win our games. The last 2 away games at Dundee and Hearts left a lot to be desired, the next 2 games both away will show if we can really mount a title challenge.

I'm sick of chasing them we have to get ahead and see how they deal with the pressure. Hopefully DM can set the team up to deal with both St Mirren and Motherwell if wee get 6 points it sets is up for the home games to come.

02 Nov 2026 13:37:23
We have been below par in just about every post 3pm kick-off this season, not always in terms of results but performance.
Not sure if there's anything in it at all?

02 Nov 2026 13:53:56
give the players a wee lie in then on the days of the late kickoffs.

02 Nov 2026 14:28:59
Tottishaw, bleedblue has done a gd info post on this in the discussions page.👍.

02 Nov 2026 14:55:46
He hisnae half fork, good stuff.
Know its the same for both sides etc, probably b folks at the club who manage these sort of things?
The run of late kick offs does seem a bit excessive though without looking into it.
Suppose we will just have to get on with it.
Didn't seem to bother the Rangers teams in the past, mind u most of them were a mixed blend of experience & youth.


This is a relatively young squad thrown together with limited experience of Scottish Football.
All things being fair, there is no reason there shouldn't be plenty of scope for improvement as the season progresses.

02 Nov 2026 19:31:15
Aye bud he's had a gd look at it👍👍.

02 Nov 2026 10:33:35
My star just a quick response to your query.

I don't think any player within the Excelsior team had a match that they could be proud of.

From what I understand the coach has a lot of blame to take for the way he wants his team to play.

Excelsior received a red card for a player after 5 minutes of the first half but the coach continued to demand the free flowing open attacking football that is his style.

This left the two central defenders isolated against an attack which also had a man advantage.

Casper has been the standout player in a poor Excelsior side being critical to the team picking up points this season.

02 Nov 2026 10:54:14
Nato, I don't know anything about him, just noticed his sides result late last night, if signs hopefully he shows us he's a good cb, was impressed in clips i watched with his range of passing.

02 Nov 2026 07:39:12
{Ed's Note - MCR has posted a new article entitled, Liverpool's Wide Areas Are Letting Us Down

01 Nov 2026 21:20:48
Hi

Celtic fans keep bringing their team down but any team who score seven goals against Hearts can't be that bad.

I think Rangers are ok at the moment but they should get better, we have a young team.

We need to get more shots on target, that's my main worry!

01 Nov 2026 21:31:23
See if Rangers were getting as many shots against us, you'd be the same Golf.
Even in that game Hearts had 20 shots, teams take chances they'll drop points, let's not drop as many, very confident of taking more points from our remaining league games against them.

02 Nov 2026 01:17:06
True mystar, more shots on target, more shots off target, most possession. I think Hearts had every stat for them apart from the ones that matter, goals!
Golfeggman, I'd rather have our team and squad atm, but 15 years of heartbreak has told me to never, ever, write that lot off, only a mug would.

02 Nov 2026 10:57:07
Boy blue, I don't think anyone will write Celtic off, but they have the poorest squad in the last decade, had a chance of having Celtic squad or Rangers squad Rangers wins easily.

02 Nov 2026 12:06:37
Big difference is they have a squad full of players who have won title after title and cup after cup. We have a squad full of players who have never won anything with Rangers or anything in Scotland. So even though I agree we are a far better team in terms of quality you can never write them off.

02 Nov 2026 12:14:10
Wishy, that's why he will never be written off, mate.

02 Nov 2026 12:21:49
#They, I really need to read my posts before posting them, terrible for not doing it.

02 Nov 2026 13:16:23
Fans wanted a change in the squad and management and we got that so we need to be a bit patient in letting things settle down .The squad is young and inexperienced and the three guys who were brought in to help with that are all injured . When you look at the semi final squad , how many had ever even played at Hampden before never mind in a semi final for Rangers, 2 maybe 3.


They must be surprised to play in a semi final and the opposition sit in a low block and not try to win the game except in the odd breakaway but that's what happens up here. As long as they can keep winning while they are learning we should be okay. McInnes needs to solve the puzzle of how to get 2 strikers on the pitch without being left short in midfield though.

02 Nov 2026 16:11:02
Wls we are doing a lot better than I expected I thought this season would be a transitional one but we have a chance of a league cup and can go 1 point behind then after the horrendous start we made. We are going in the right direction I find it mental after an 11 game unbeaten run with a brand new manager and squad people aren't content, and looking for any sort of problem to nitpick at.

Criticise poor performances bur crying out for the manager to change the system that's got us 11 game unbeaten run, two wins against Celtic, into a final and unbeaten at Tynecastle Pittodrie and parkhead in that time frame.

01 Nov 2026 19:20:45
Excellent weekend all round.

Hibernian won't be an easy task on the 13th December but we must secure this trophy and use it as a springboard to more success.

01 Nov 2026 20:00:40
Agreed NATO there is one target win at all costs, I still believe this group of players will do something special together, I have some concerns that DM still has a lot of decisions to make in the coming months regarding his Plan B and certain individuals getting minutes on the pitch when we are up against it, but I have faith he knows what's required for a Rangers manager, he learnt from the master, good times ahead for us fans.

01 Nov 2026 20:25:24
Agreed NATO, I hope you have had a nice weekend pal. I certainly have 🍺🇬🇧🤣.

01 Nov 2026 20:30:21
Correct on all points made, NATO.

Excellent Weekend ✅

Won't be easy ✅

Secure trophy ✅

Springboard ✅

Just highlighting exactly what I mean to avoid any misinterpretation 👍.

01 Nov 2026 21:28:06
Our record against Hibs at hampden must be very poor, I cannot recall a time when we have beat them there.

01 Nov 2026 21:52:58
Just done a search and the last time we beat Hibs at Hampden was in May 1979.
Fingers crossed we fix that next month.

01 Nov 2026 22:22:23
Remember a Scottish Cup 2nd replay in the good old days.1979, I was at the 2nd & 3rd games.

01 Nov 2026 23:12:35
I did fourlads, two victories and Celtic losing.
I can't ask for any more than that.

02 Nov 2026 12:18:28
Nato, I started a while ago of betting over 2 and 3 goals in Brann games, done well, but noticed they have struggled more this season.

02 Nov 2026 13:19:33
BAR 72 , I was at all three of those games , two awful 0-0 draws and big DJ getting a double after we had gone behind in a 3-2 win. It would have been a hat trick because he was lined up to head in when Arthur Duncan dived in, in front of him and headed into his own net.

02 Nov 2026 13:20:14
Yes Star it has been a disappointment this season but I would not say struggle.

We have changed management and i am pleased that Eirik Horneland has chosen to return.

Unfortunately due to the cultural model we have here these unfortunate seasons can happen.

We have been very unlucky with injury alongside high profile departures.

These departures do not trigger an immediate response as we value high youth integration and very specific reinvestment into the playing staff.

When real monetary investment is made we work in a way that optimizes the ability for signings to be successful.

Players must fit the culture and profile of the club for us to invest real terms.

02 Nov 2026 14:17:56
Cheers for that information, Nato, have done me well betting on their games, only a handful of clubs I'm betting regularly for goals in games now, Brann is one.

01 Nov 2026 17:47:24
Ok fellow bears here's one to get our teeth into 🤔 Being totally honest and unbiased name who you think are the best players in these positions in Scottish football ie. Goalkeeper, Right back, left back, centre half, central midfielder, right winger, left winger and centre forward 🤔The floor is yours 👍🇬🇧.

01 Nov 2026 18:00:08
I'll tell you who I think are the snidiest looking players in out league coops. Hands down, without question Duran and AJ. Couple of roasters.

01 Nov 2026 18:48:25
Hahaha brilliant cletus I'd also like to add that Hassan has a nose that could open a tin of beans.

01 Nov 2026 18:48:39
Bain
Strain
Nelson
Tanser
Spencer
Ross
Eames
Murrell
🎣😉🤣😇.

01 Nov 2026 18:53:39
Gk pandur

Rb Sterling

Cb Maka

Lb Tierney

Cm Raskin

Rw Buonanni

Am Nygren

Lw Kim

CF Duran or maybe Chermiti.

01 Nov 2026 19:17:37
One for the bears of a certain age group:

AJ always reminds me of the baby from the old TV series "V", the half alien, half human spawn. I can well imagine him scoffing a couple of hamsters for his pre-match meal 👽 🤣.

01 Nov 2026 20:16:13
Parlane - loved V back in the day.

That Diana was some bit of stuff (for a lizard).

01 Nov 2026 20:29:27
That takes me back. Loved that show at the time but had completely forgot about it.

01 Nov 2026 20:41:06
Lols @athole,

Ahhh Diana - be still my beating heart - tight outfits and kinky boots is how I remember her 😁.

01 Nov 2026 20:47:35
Not having Tierney as the best left back in Scotland, back in the day maybe but not now. Personally I would rather have Penrice or Rommens.

Just to show I'm not biased I also wouldn't agree with Minsu as best left winger, he's only played there twice .He was good against St Johnstone and rotten yesterday. On current form that would have to be McPake.

01 Nov 2026 21:11:14
I loved V too, so under-rated, got it on dvd.

Was V predicting the future?

Think about it.

01 Nov 2026 21:30:23
Goalie- pandur
Right back- Johnston( also the ugliest)
Centre back makhanya( ccv the most overrated player in Scotland)
Left back tierney
Central midfielder Raskin
Right wing bouanani
Attacking midfielder Nygren
Left wing jota
Striker duran/shankland

Yes I've picked 5 of them, however those are the only 5 i'd take from their squad, I think we are stronger from 1 to 11.

01 Nov 2026 21:32:13
Pandur
Sterling
Makhana
Teirney
Raskin
Nygren
Bouanni
Kim
Duran.

01 Nov 2026 21:43:29
Think Dundee United might have one or two in there at the moment.

01 Nov 2026 21:58:43
I've went with tierney as I think on ability he's the best left back.

His problem is fitness for a full game or run of games and so on but the question was best in each position. I'll say on ability tierney. But I would t argue with someone choosing penrice as I think he's excellent as I said since last year when I wanted him signed.

Also would not argue with mcpake I think I may actually agree with it in terms of end product but overall game I think minsu. It's a toss up tbh.

01 Nov 2026 22:18:59
Gk, Pandur
Lb, Rommens
Rb, Borchgrevink
Cb, Maka
Cm, Raskin
Lw, Dolce
Rw, Bluonani
St, Chermiti.

01 Nov 2026 22:41:33
"The floor is yours"

Here you go Claudia, sorry, I mean SWS.

Pandur GK
Johnston RB
Tierney LB
Fernandez CH
Raskin CM
Bouanani RW
Braga LW
Duran CF

Not my own selections but just out of curiosity I pasted the exact question into Google and got the AI response above for the 8 positions covered. 😁.

01 Nov 2026 23:12:41
Took me a minute fork. 🤔😛😛.

01 Nov 2026 23:20:53
Took me another minute after seeing Pieter's comment above.

Well played, Fork. 👌.

02 Nov 2026 00:33:37
GK. Pandur
RB. Sterling (on his day)
LB. Penrice
CB. Makhanya
CM. Zidane Iqbal
RW. Bouanani
LW. McPake(on current form)
ST. Naderi(big man's getting goals along with an unbelievable work rate)

02 Nov 2026 11:19:56
Gk Pandur
Rb Sterling
Cb Makhanya
Lb Rommens
Cm Neil
Rw Bouanani
Lw Minsu
Cf Chermiti.

02 Nov 2026 11:31:54
Had to have Neil cm, only because I've seen him having more outstanding games than i have Raskin.