Rangers banter 6

23 Apr 2024 15:00:21
Guys . liked the young Dundee midfielder McCowan who played against us . would like to see us sign 3 young scottish midfielders in the summer Barron. (Aberdeen ) Watson (Kilmarnock ) and McCowan.

23 Apr 2024 15:13:34
Do you think any of them would get game next season, going to need better if we are to progress.

23 Apr 2024 16:09:17
We do need to get some promising Scottish talent in.
Worth taking a chance on one or two and see how they develop. Will have chances for games with our schedule but not be starters straight away.

23 Apr 2024 16:53:23
Gers58 like people said about Lewis Ferguson aye?

23 Apr 2024 17:27:38
Would prefer Cameron from Dundee laudrup.

23 Apr 2024 18:02:15
None of the mentioned improve our starting 11. We need players as good as Hatate, ORiley and Macgregor. Lewis Ferguson is a one of and there won't be many of them around if any at all of that caliber.

23 Apr 2024 18:53:11
We need a young midfield with legs to get up and down pitch for 90 mins, wither any of them are good enough possibly, the boy from Dundee has impressed me, always willing to carry the ball upfield and opens the game up, take that over sideway passing every day of the week.

23 Apr 2024 19:40:06
Barton is the obvious 1 would cost £500k development fee and replace Ryan Jack who is out of contract.

23 Apr 2024 19:44:59
Barron was the best cm on the park against them in the semi final, very good replacement for Jack.

24 Apr 2024 06:48:09
Barron would be decent I think him Miller and Watson would all be good for us.

24 Apr 2024 08:16:26
There are definitely a few young players in the spl we should be looking at.

24 Apr 2024 09:21:04
Celtic managed to scout OReilley so there are players similar or better out there - just at that time our scouting was p*ss poor - hopefully new regime can find players of that ilk for reasonable fees👍.

24 Apr 2024 10:57:54
McCowan isn't that young - he's 27 this year. Granted he played well vs us and has had a good season but not one I would be considering over younger options like Miller, Watson or Barron from the league (in that order) . Having said that, 14 goal contributions from mostly central midfield is something we severely lack.

25 Apr 2024 08:04:49
My star, agree.

23 Apr 2024 13:08:25
@Athole

Went into the season full of hope with Beale and the new signings, got very confused very quickly trying to work out what MB's game plan was and struggled to see how the players were any type of improvement. Have enjoyed the football more since PC took over as you started to see some sort of pattern to the play.

Dessers - I'm torn here. If someone offered his goal return at the start of the season, i reckon most would of taken it. That being said, he could and should of had way more. Don't think he is good enough. That being said, he has a great character and personality to come through the way he has done.

Tav - Rate Tav highly but do firmly believe he should be getting rotated a bit more and he is not captain material. Always thought that during the winger crisis he should of been playing further up the field with Sterling behind him. In my eyes it would of been worth a shot, let him focus on his attacking, which is preety decent.

Goldson - As much as i can understand the flack he gets, stats wise, we do perform better with him than without. Though it is time for a change and to upgrade the backline.

GK - Really hope Butland stays, concenred about the 5mil release clause that was banded about but if we can keep him for another season at least that would be ideal.

Defence - May be the best in the league but it still needs upgrading. Yilmaz and Sterling for the FB's and some new CB's. Keep Soutar for Scots allocation, Balogun for squad size, injuries etc. I'd also want to be promoting a few youth players when playing some of the (No disrespect) lower teams or cups.

Mid - Needs a revamp. Jack, Lundstrom, Dowell, Matondo, Wright and Lawrence to leave for me. Just not good enough or too injury prone. Really disappointed with Raskin and hoping he can come good. Diomande looks alright and a good run will do him wonders. Liked what i seen of Cortez so hoping the injury isn't a recurring one. Unpopular opinion, i don't really rate McAusland. There's nothing wrong with him, just don't think he is up to the standard we want. Not hounding him out, he is young and there have been glimmers. Maybe ai am just missing the type of winger who runs at players. He doesn't seem to want to take a man on. If the finances allow, i'd try and get Sima in.

Strikers - Roofe needs to go. Its a shame but it is what it is. We need someone new to come in alongside Dessers and Danilho. Both i believe should be kept for rotation next season but we do need an out and out goalscorer. Not overly enamoured with the names being bandied about so far. And Silva can go back to Wolves. I have been so disappointed with him.

Overall, i didn't expect us to win the leage after MB left so being this close is a bonus. The League cup win was nice and the SC Final will be a great game. Just hoping they can keep it going till the last game and get the wins we need. I do worry that Celtic have the ability to spend money and increase the quality of their squad better than we can.

23 Apr 2024 14:07:19
I pretty balanced opinion, I'd probably agree with you on most of that. If we have Davies, Hagi, Wright, Dowell, Lawrence and Matondo I think we could get about 8m for them without really weakening the team. Those out of contract will free up some wages.

23 Apr 2024 14:07:47
Could not agree more with everything you said in that post mate.

23 Apr 2024 15:11:38
There is no release clause on butland. Major surgery hopefully in the summer. And pray we don't entertain taking silva back.

23 apr 2024 15:38:55
theres surely no way pc will have silva back after that on sunday paul, surely he's read the room.

23 Apr 2024 15:44:33
Dowell and Raskin gives absolutely nothing for players so young. Both are just not good enough. If Soutter and Gokdson stays and are still starters next season it will be 2nd place again. Time for a new captain aswell.

23 Apr 2024 16:57:01
We are saving roughly 5.5m a year on players out of contract so there are players we can get without over paying. I like barron but nowhere near amount of games ferguson had.

23 Apr 2024 17:19:56
@dekeyras- fair and balanced points bud.

Id agree with most.

I don't think any of us thought we'd be in a title race by the end of Beale's tenure but still feels extremely bitter we've seemingly thrown away a great chance to win it.

23 Apr 2024 17:27:55
Silva won't be signed.

23 Apr 2024 17:58:28
Paul86, there may or may not be a release clause for JB, BUT, if he says he wants away back down south, we can't stop him and we will be lucky to get double figures for him, imo.

23 apr 2024 18:41:42
i can't have this best defence in the league business

a large percentage of teams don't attack at ibrox, hardly attack at they're own grounds and don't have anything close to the value of talent available to rangers

add in butland, , who has made many great saves when our defence has looked amatuer, i would love to see them all replaced myself but i'm sure that won't occur,

point is we can see its not the best defence, the proof is in the near constant criticism of goldson, soutter, tav, borna, and then there's davies, and even yilmaz, who i'm still nit convinced by but he has had some decent games, but they havnt kept out celtic, benfica even motherwell and aberdeen, so not the best defence fir me, our eyes tell us much more than stats when you take everything, into account, wages, ability etc.

23 Apr 2024 20:33:20
Well its certainly not 5 mill anyway as forest bid 8 mill in jan.

24 Apr 2024 08:17:57
We need a new defence. I don't care what the stats are, that defence isn't good enough.

23 Apr 2024 11:16:04
Anyone seen the video of tom cruise the sniper shooting silva on sunday.

23 Apr 2024 11:26:34
That Portuguese pussy cost me £150 on Sunday, had 5 games over 2.5 goals on, lump of wood.

23 Apr 2024 12:05:47
Laudrup 1972. Yes it’s brilliant 🇦🇺🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

23 Apr 2024 12:26:56
Amazing what 35 million gets you nowadays lol. being honest herd tho i don't think he's worth even 5 million.

23 Apr 2024 14:11:27
wolves got duped.

23 Apr 2024 15:39:08
So did we get duped by the looks of it surely we coulda got a better strioker on loan.

23 Apr 2024 15:45:12
Whoever scouted him for 35 million probably doesn't have a job anymore.

23 apr 2024 19:17:37
some think he "fell".

24 Apr 2024 05:27:47
Paul's correct, no release for butland, club value at 15, this gets thrown up every few days, if there was a clause then it is only actioned if the player wants it, it's like the diomande loan being constantly brought up as well, it's an obligation to buy, yet continual asking about the 2 of them, does ma nut it.

23 Apr 2024 07:39:38
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22 Apr 2024 20:16:44
John do we have any bonus built into the kamara sale if Leeds gets promoted?

22 Apr 2024 22:46:56
My understanding there r addons and a sell on one Walter.

23 Apr 2024 09:40:18
On fm u get a million.

23 Apr 2024 10:00:18
2020 what is fm mean.

23 Apr 2024 11:09:11
Christensen fun fact i once had a statue outside rangers and birmingham city stadiums in FM.

John its a computer game football manager.

23 Apr 2024 14:21:49
Big dado, cheers for that.

22 Apr 2024 20:14:08
So we've 2 games against the other mob imo it's imperative we beat them at least once otherwise the pressure ramps up going into next season personally I think we've a great chance in cup final but less confident about the league especially if we lose the pace of sima and matondo to hit them on the counter.

23 Apr 2024 05:44:18
We need to beat them twice its plain and simple as that.

23 Apr 2024 07:07:31
pace is one thing but being able to do something with it at the end is another, matondo lacks that final piece of his game.

23 Apr 2024 11:05:58
Would be good to see Rangers get tactics right in these 2 games, certainly been lacking so far this season.

23 Apr 2024 11:32:27
The two performances against them at Ibrox this season have been real low points two of the worst performances when expectations were high.
Now can this group of players go to a hostile parkhead environment and play well my heart says yes but my heads not having it. Maybe the cup final will be our best chance of victory over them this season. I hope we win all our remaining games but I think we have a stutter or two left in us.

23 Apr 2024 14:55:41
We need to win our two games prior to playing them at the Piggery before we even consider What will be required on the day. 🇦🇺🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

23 apr 2024 15:25:24
the question is whether this team has the balls for a hate filled porkheid, or crumbles like a pack of cards in the wind.

22 Apr 2024 18:43:19
This isn’t a “I told you so” but I was one of few that was happy to have Balogun signed as a back up defender, with a lot of posters on here saying we were going backwards signing him. He could be pivotal between now and the end of the season. I’d give him another year, that guy would play for us for free!
Also a special mention to diamonde, shows some really class touches and loads of energy, seen him giving it tight to Tav when he was screaming for the ball and Tav chose another option, he has something about him that lad.

22 apr 2024 19:21:16
yip, and yip again mate.

22 Apr 2024 19:25:05
Done well yesterday and certainly more assured than Goldson but he’s mid 30s and for next season would be a decent back up, hopefully we are targeting some fresh blood at centre half area.

22 Apr 2024 19:31:49
Aye I was one and still think we need better. 😁But played well on Saturday.

22 Apr 2024 20:06:18
Said at the time balogun was a no brainer always puts a shift in and can play across the back line happy to be a squad player and never let us down. Another year would be handy as back up for new defensive pairing.

22 Apr 2024 20:27:52
I was the same AlloaGer i didn't want big balogun away in the first place mate and posted that on here 👍.

22 Apr 2024 20:34:54
Balugon being our best CB is a sad indictment of our recent recruitment. It was the right decision to move him on and we should have signed better players to replace him. The fact we are still relying on him at his age shows just how bad Ross Wilson was at his job.

22 Apr 2024 20:40:48
Agree we need better for a starting position but a very capable back up for injuries and the odd game against lower league teams and giving others a rest.

22 Apr 2024 20:44:53
I was glad to see the big man back. Quite a few weren't.

22 Apr 2024 20:54:00
We still need better than him Goldson and souttar IMO if we want to be better.

22 Apr 2024 21:48:37
Balogun is an out and out centre half, Goldson is not. Balogun throws himself into tackles and challenges high balls, Goldson does not and never has done, he thinks he is a 'ball player ', but apart from the occasional long crossfield ball (less and less these days) he is no ball player. Goldson is also more likely to meet a cross with his shoulder or arm, with his eyes closed!, whereas Balogun will at least throw his head in to the mix.

This is nothing new from me, Goldson is a converted centre forward who thinks he is better than he is. Rant over (for now)

22 apr 2024 22:08:27
you are so right about goldson meeting every high ball with a shoulder or arm bar, that's why i stopped backing him to score a long time ago.

22 Apr 2024 22:50:17
I did not want him and hope he moves on at end of season.

We need young hungry players to win a league.
Guys who can play 80% of games.

22 Apr 2024 23:41:45
Never been a fan of Goldson and one of main reasons we get caught out is him lack of recovery pace, big difference when you see Balagon as he does have the recovery needed. I'd 100% be looking to offload Goldson at end of season.

23 Apr 2024 07:06:44
Just wish Balogun was 10 years younger and like John agree we must get hungry youth into that position. However on his day and injury free he is no doubt the best CH we have at our club - however this is sad an indictment of our transfer dealings in this area of the park which hopefully PC will remedy come summer months. Goldson due to age and pace is getting more of a bombscare in that role imo.

23 Apr 2024 09:16:08
Imo, he's earned a new one year contract.

23 Apr 2024 11:35:05
Leon is too old plain and simple, we need to take the sentiment out of our decision making. Goldson has lost the little pace he once had so definitely needs replacing with a younger faster centre back.

23 Apr 2024 12:32:47
I think the key to Balogun (and a serious criteria for our next CB), is his pace. He made errors, as does Goldson and Souttar. However his turn of pace has meant he often got back on Sunday and was able to recover both his position and more often than not the ball.
Souttar still wants to play like Beckenbauer and Goldson has simply lost a step, whilst I think Balogun knows his limitations and plays to them.

24 Apr 2024 05:31:29
PC likes him a lot, talking about his attitude to helping with the younger ones in the background, can see him being here, signed at least another year, and helping in a coaching capacity.