Rangers banter 4

28 Apr 2026 10:20:24
EHL,
I completely agree with your post. Can I ask everyone's opinion and just an opinion if we had signed shankland for £0 in the summer, do you think he would have scored more goals playing fir Rangers than Chermiti?

This by no means fact just what everyone thinks. I'm just trying to make a point on my previous posts. ( let's call it a bit of fun question)

28 Apr 2026 10:58:39
I don't think Shankland would have scored many, if any, under Martin.

Under Rohl, I suspect that Shankland would be comfortably in the 20+ league goals.

28 Apr 2026 11:29:30
If we signed Shankland a couple of years ago, when it was first floated, we would be chasing three in a row, in my opinion.

28 Apr 2026 12:02:18
It was absolute madness not getting Shankland, McKenna and Mulligan in the summer for free. Lewis Ferguson and Ross McCrorie should be on the books as well.

I understand some players don't want to come, but we don't make enough efforts to snap up Scottish based bargains that are competent playing in our league.

28 Apr 2026 12:03:08
I have little doubt he would have scored more. To not sign him on a free was madness.

28 Apr 2026 12:46:09
Mulligan didn't want to come and we would never have got McKenna, he has no affiliation to us and his wages are way more than we pay. McCrorie is bang average and he would have been getting slated if he was still at Rangers, as he did when he was here. He was allowed to leave by Gerrard because he was not at the standard that he required for his squad.

If we are turning back time then, Gerrard should have been backed and not allowed to leave and Clement should have been given more time and backing because he wouldn't have started the season as badly as Martin.

28 Apr 2026 13:19:14
I think our squad would have been stronger and more competitive with MacKenzie, Mulligan and Shankland.

It's hard to be critical of the club as they did attempt to bring all three in.

However, with the change in Head Coach all three were pulled.

I'm pretty confident we'll see us sign similar players this time round, and I'm pretty confident the forum will thrive on hating them.

28 Apr 2026 15:40:47
I think, even sticking with Ferguson and the SPL players he wanted, then adding quality as well, we could have been out of sight, but who knows.

28 Apr 2026 16:09:46
I get what you are saying, wsl. I liked McCrorie as a squad player, but we swapped him for Scott Wright, then Aberdeen sold McCrorie for 2.5m.

However, I'd rather we have squad players who know the make up of the league and what the challenge is at Rangers. If Mulligan didn't want to come, then we have to look at why we are struggling to attract free players from our own league.

I don't know what McKenna is earning in Croatia, but surely paying no transfer fee must've been attractive.



As for him having no affiliation to us then that's no signing criteria whatsoever, mate. That full 11 on the pitch on Sunday would be nowhere near Ibrox if 'affiliation' was a key criteria.

I agree that getting rid of Clement was the wrong move. Doesn't matter who you get rid of if you replace them with the right people.

28 Apr 2026 16:50:44
See if we bring in Scottish players, a still don't win the league, what excuse will people use then?

28 Apr 2026 17:01:23
Would you not take the most talented, homegrown players, Storm, especially if they were free?

28 Apr 2026 17:09:00
From what I was told, Mulligan was already coming and it was us who moved the goalposts.

28 Apr 2026 19:24:34
Rostoso and others, Mulligan stated in an interview that he had decided to join Hibs in the January window and that was before Martin and co. McCrorie and Wright were not a swap deal, they moved in different windows and we got a percentage of McCrorie's sell-on. My point about McKenna was that if he was a fan or an ex player, he may have wanted to join us, but he's not, so only money would get him.

He was on £ 50k a week at Forest and will be getting something similar now. This bemoaning players we did not get is getting old now and players not joining is not always the fault of the club.

28 Apr 2026 21:47:35
McKenna doesn't get in out 11 and imo would be 5th choice.

Manny Djiga
Souttar Cornelius
McKenna.

29 Apr 2026 09:58:30
Sorry, wsl. I have a different opinion about all of that, mate. Fair enough, that's what it's all about.

29 Apr 2026 12:01:22
Fairly sure that Mulligan had agreed a move to us, but RM pulled the plug on the move? He certainly would have been an improvement on some in the team!

28 Apr 2026 10:26:09
There is still a reasonable path to the title but unfortunately it means we can afford no slip ups.

Beat Hearts and we're relying on them to drop points against either Motherwell (away), Falkirk (home), Celtic (away) - which is very possible.

Beat Celtic and we leapfrog them, they still have Motherwell (away), Hibs (away) and Hearts (home)

The real question is can we beat
Hearts (away)
Celtic (away)
Hibs(home)
Falkirk(away)

Take it to the final day and you never know what can happen.
Keep believing (until Monday at least)

28 Apr 2026 10:48:44
We can, but I really can't see it. Think we will get a draw at Hearts and beat off Celtic.

28 Apr 2026 11:03:14
It would be extremely doubtful if we could win the last four given the defensive frailties we have at this time.

28 Apr 2026 11:11:51
Actually I saw a scenario yesterday that is very plausible and would allow one more "slip up" in a specific match.

If we were to beat Hearts on Monday, and Celtic beat Hibs, there would be Hearts top on GD, Celtic second and us 1 point behind.

If Hearts and Motherwell were to then draw, and we drew at Parkhead, the league table would look the same.

Hearts then beat Falkirk, we beat Hibs and Celtic draw to Motherwell, meaning Hearts 1 ahead and then us 1 ahead of Celtic.



Last day of the season, if Celtic beat Hearts and we win, we win the league by one point. I know people will say aww, but Celtic will lie down to Hearts. Well, if we draw or lose and Celtic win, they win the league. So they would have to go for it. Even if the game finished a draw, we'd win the league by 1 point.

28 Apr 2026 15:45:10
Capable of winning those games, especially with Rommens back at left back which gives the team on the left hand side so many more options but can't see it, too many players not turning up every week.

28 Apr 2026 16:51:57
We can win all 4 but I don't think we will but I will still go into every game wanting to win and hope that we do. One game at a time and we must beat Hearts on Monday.

28 Apr 2026 19:05:27
Very confident we will win all our away games, it's the home game I worry about. It's still all to play for. Get it right, and we can do it.

28 Apr 2026 20:32:08
I think we lose any chance by not beating Hearts, who haven't lost at home all season, on Monday. I just don't see in our team enough players who know how to win.

28 Apr 2026 09:45:34
Tuesday quiz time.
Rangers won the league in 2010/2011 under the late, great Walter Smith.
We also won the Scottish League Cup beating Celtic in the final after extra time.
But who scored in 90 minutes and who scored in extra time for Rangers?

28 Apr 2026 10:18:08
Davis in normal time, Jelavic in extra time?

28 Apr 2026 10:41:53
Jelavic goal trickled in. Remember watching it with my grandad, great memories!

28 Apr 2026 11:05:16
Ball hit the inside of the post and actually came out before the spin, (or maybe 40,000 bears blowing at the same time), took it over the line.

28 Apr 2026 12:09:20
Was all puffed out that day, Seeker. 😉

28 Apr 2026 12:12:03
I was just coming out toilet when Davis scored. Remember hearing the big cheers and running up the Hampden stairs and falling back down half of them. 😅

28 Apr 2026 12:24:35
Both Rangers goals came off the same post from memory.

28 Apr 2026 08:28:20
Seen all this chatter since that horrendous result about Rohl's position so I just want to give my take on a few things I've been thinking about.

I see people say that yes he has made mistakes but he is young and will learn from this BUT I have to say when will he learn? As he has repeated the same mistakes a fair few times already and hasn't learned from it. Anyone watching the other day could see after 15-20 mins how wrong he got it BUT he waits till HT to change it (down 0-2 by this stage) I think it was storm who said it and correct me if I'm wrong storm, I am seeing similarities between him and the end of PCs reign. He seems to have his favourites and plays them no matter what or leaves them on for too long (or the full game) when they have been awful. The amount of tinkering he is doing IMO is what is costing us as we have no settled style of play, no cohesion as he keeps changing how he is asking players to play like Raskin, as I'm sure we can all agree that we need the Raskin from the 2nd half of the Falkirk game and not the Raskin who drops into CH to pick up the ball.

Now I don't want him sacking (not the point of my post) he deserves time and windows to build his squad BUT with such a big summer I am actually worried as our squad will be decimated with loans returning and OOC players away and rumoured interest in players.

With such a summer upcoming, how long do we wait to see if he has learned his lessons? As next season people can't use the "look where he took us from" excuse to dismiss peoples worries and concerns.

Interested to see how others feel.

28 Apr 2026 09:22:20
Good post, Jim. Nothing to add, pretty much hit the nail on the head.

28 Apr 2026 10:02:12
Good post BbJ
Agree. Need some common sense around this. Rohl has done well, but, yes, makes mistakes, unfortunately there wasn't much room for error with what he took over. The old saying until
We see his team out there, it's difficult to judge him.

28 Apr 2026 10:17:55
True Jim, we learn nothing. Rohl knows Gassama can't play on right, for example, but guess what, keeps playing him < not learnt < players know. Butland brutal at kick outs, guess what, keep passing it back to him because they're cowards again < learning nothing and Tavs been saying for years we will learn from this, guess what < total bull. 👍

28 Apr 2026 10:19:21
I think it's the fact he turns games around for me. I think he waits for half time to make the subs so he can get his instructions over, and a lot of the time it works. But for me he should have a plan b in place and c, the players know as soon as he calls it or makes subs.

Plan A his normal, plan b more attacking and plan c rubbish up shop till half time till he can make the changes and we would get on better.

28 Apr 2026 10:19:38
Good post
My concern is will he learn.
We got away with it at Falkirk. I keep hearing mentality, Rangers should be going in to every game with the desire to win, and at times it's not been the case.

28 Apr 2026 10:37:12
Yeah Broste, I don't want to judge him till he has his own team etc, and I get every manager will make mistakes, it's just that we keep seeing the same mistakes at the minute.

Laudrup, I for one am glad we won't be hearing Tav say this any more!

Rfc, you are right that will be the reason, but we play these teams a minimum of 3-4 times a year and we all know how M'well set up, so I don't get why he didn't make tweaks to shape etc to get us to HT, so I agree he should 100% have a plan B which isn't just do plan A better.

28 Apr 2026 11:09:45
Just not sure about Rohl. Hope he makes me eat my words and delivers the title, but I just can't see it. As I've said before, Stevie G skates the league this season with the backing Martin and Rohl had. imo, which I am entitled to before everybody piles in.

28 Apr 2026 12:03:08
Can you tell me what his plan A is? This worries me the most, as I cannot see it.

28 Apr 2026 12:08:46
At the end of the day he still only had the players he had to work with. I agree with some concerns about not learning, eg, every game against Motherwell has been the same, but next season will be far better to judge if he gets his own type of players.

28 Apr 2026 16:53:09
Good post, mate, and yeah I did say that.

27 Apr 2026 22:57:23
How can anyone blame the manager for us not winning this league, look where we were when DR came in, sure you can blame him on occasion for his line up, tactics and subs on few occasions. The fact is he has turned our season around and the fact he managed to get us in a position to where we are/were challenging for the title is unbelievable.

27 Apr 2026 23:22:59
How can we blame him, you've just answered that yourself "sure you can blame him on occasion for his line up, tactics and subs on few occasions" and you can include Sunday's game.


Yes we can give him credit from where we were / now But.
Look what McInnes has achieved on a budget £200k / £300k. Now that was a missed opportunity. Sorry to disagree, my friend WATP.

28 Apr 2026 00:10:49
Bertiboy, really, lol. Rohl came into a team in disrepair. Us and Celtic. Hearts grabbed the opportunity and have currently stayed the course. Rohl took us from minus 13 behind the leaders to here we are.

Yes, agreed, in my opinion, he may have got it wrong a few times. Can I ask, are you perfect, or are you just bashing because we lost an important game? I'll 100% go with the latter.

28 Apr 2026 02:30:08
Did Danny Rohl get us back in the title race, or was it Celtic's hiring of Wilfred Nancy? It has to be a combination of both, at the very least.

Nancy was in charge of Celtic for 33 days, and he lost 6 league games. 18 points dropped in just over a month.

28 Apr 2026 07:25:05
It wasn't Celtic we caught up with though it was Hearts. Celtic was a bi-product.

28 Apr 2026 08:52:29
But that failed Nancy appointment did allow us to catch up with Celtic. Had Celtic stuck with Mon, they would already be champions. Celtic are our biggest rivals, and are currently title contenders. They are not a "bi-product" or an irrelevance of any kind.



If we were to look at the managers with the highest points per game average over the course of this season, I imagine Mon would be top of the list, Rohl 2nd, and McInnes 3rd. Hearts have benefitted heavily from the disastrous Russell Martin and Wilfred Nancy appointments.

28 Apr 2026 09:12:53
Nancy lost 4 out of his 6 league games, winning the other 2.

28 Apr 2026 09:38:16
Sometimes success and stability take a little time: "Ferguson joined Manchester United in 1986. After 3 trophyless seasons, it's claimed that Ferguson was one game away from the sack in 1990. By the end of the season, United were FA Cup winners. The rest is history. I'm not suggesting we wait 3/4 seasons, but surely a little patience is required?"

28 Apr 2026 10:16:04
See saying that benefitted from the Nancy appointment. Did Celtic not benefit from the Martin appointment?

28 Apr 2026 10:22:06
Did we get ahead of ourselves talking about Champions League, when reality is we could be looking at finishing third and its Europa League?

28 Apr 2026 10:40:46
It doesn't matter where we were when he came in, it matters where we are currently, and we are in with a shout of the title, but then he gets it so wrong. He 100% should shoulder some of the blame for the reasons you mention.

28 Apr 2026 15:10:35
Celtic did benefit, but that was at the start of the season and therefore an irrelevance to the Danny Rohl debate.

27 Apr 2026 22:24:38
Ahhhh! Remember the days it was hard to pick who to leave out when in a battle for the title now its harder to pick who we can play in a battle 🫡

28 Apr 2026 07:58:41
Exactly Rohl's dilemma. Apart from Chermiti, Moore & maybe Butland, none of them command a first team start imo. Not strong enough, not consistent enough, no killer instinct, & in some cases, just going through the grind, picking up a nice wedge, before moving on somewhere else & repeat.
Prove me wrong, lads, step up & win the last 4.

28 Apr 2026 08:58:42
Spot on, Bar. We need our players to stand up and prove they are winners. That's what it takes at our club, every time they step onto the park.
Time to show what we are made of.

The fans can play their part in supporting the team from the stands, but the players need to give their all to bring the title home.
Four games to be heroes - come on the Gers!

28 Apr 2026 10:23:12
In all honesty I just don't think most of them have the stomach for it remember when an Old Firm was comming up as soon as barasic went down we knew it was a 6 week sick line. another coward.

28 Apr 2026 12:26:57
Agreed - Moore and Chermiti are carrying the team. Two school-leavers. Neither are perfect, but winning cannot be done without both.

27 Apr 2026 20:43:07
Aphelion you are very defensive. The 3 Scottish players you mention can't get a game. Granted DR didn't have a chance to sign the two olayers I mentioned just as an example I hastened to add. The pont I made over the last two decades we have chosen to ignore the best home grown talent or players tgat are performing in our league iver a coupe of seasons regardless of nationality. But what Scottish player lack in ability tgey make up in desire and commitment in our league.

Falkirk for example have a fraction of our budget but had 8 Scottish players on the field the other week. With the money we spent in January alone with DR we should be blowing Motherwell and Falkirk alike away especially at Ibrox. I'm just mit convinced by DR yet, our football hasn't been great. I want to be proved wrong believe me.

27 Apr 2026 21:09:56
I have answered you. I hope it gets put up as it will be the final answer.

27 Apr 2026 21:51:57
In my opinion, the balance of our squad is completely wrong, and the balance of the starting 11 on Sunday was completely wrong.

I posted yesterday that McInnes has been really clear with the recruitment at Hearts that they need a core of players who understand our league and that they can't flood the squad full of players from around the globe.



Far too often we opt for style over substance, i.e. defenders that like to dally on the ball more than they like to defend.

27 Apr 2026 22:12:16
You make a good point, Ehl.
I'm of the same opinion.

27 Apr 2026 22:18:22
Ehl, your post makes complete sense to me.

Like many posters on here, I have watched Rangers play in the SPL since its inception, in the 1975/1976 season.

I would guess the vast majority of my generation want to see a core of players who know and understand the unique nature of our league, and know what is required to win consistently in our league.



I hope Dr comes to the same conclusion.

27 Apr 2026 22:22:38
Not defensive just honest in my response to you.

You mentioned "these foreign Managers" don't get it.

StevieG is a winner.

I pointed out how flawed your theory was and that your arguments do not hold water.
I can't help you any further.

I will always be grateful for the trophy Gerrard delivered but let's not gloss over the fact it was the only trophy he won.

You could have made your point well but you chose to go down the route of blaming foreign Managers and pretending Gerrard was some sort of Messiah that never made errors.

Yes Rangers have lost a bit of identity.
Yes Rangers should have signed more domestic players over the years
Yes Rangers should be offering more of a pathway for young Scottish players.

All valid points lost in your rant.

28 Apr 2026 07:04:15
As much as I rate and like Danny Rohl, and no matter what happens in these last remaining 4 league games, he deserves to be our head coach/manager for next season, allowing him time to get more of his own signings in 🤔 But I totally agree with your post, Ehl.

👍🇬🇧 Nobody avoids questioning if mistakes are made, and they have been made by Rohl, our players, and so on. 🤔

28 Apr 2026 09:00:31
It's a vicious circle.
Some think we need a core of Scottish players to win the league.
Winning the league gets you into the riches of CL.
A core of Scottish players will achieve nothing in Europe.


You are then only taking part in Europe for the money.
Change the team with better players to achieve in Europe.
Success disappears domestically.
And on and on it goes.

28 Apr 2026 10:05:36
I don't subscribe to the 'you need a quota of Scottish players'. If they're good enough, fine. We just need better players and some leaders. I see plenty of other leagues with players showing the traits we need. The difficulty is getting them to some here.

28 Apr 2026 10:18:09
Sorry aph, but Stevie G is still a winner. Let's not just forget about achievements please.