Rangers banter 8

29 Oct 2026 10:12:18
Here is an interesting stat for everyone to digest

Rangers are now the first side in the 27 seasons of the split format in Scotland to have faced all of the other top six sides away after the first round of fixtures.
Conversely, Celtic have become the first side to have visited 0 of the other top six sides at this stage.

29 Oct 2026 11:38:57
DTB, cheers for that information. 👍
Can see Celtic dropping points on Sunday, decided I'll be there.

29 Oct 2026 12:20:50
I saw that earlier. Means (hopefully) that we should catch a bit in the next round of games as we should have the top 6 games at home.

29 Oct 2026 12:36:02
It will also complicate the fixtures after the split if the top 6 remains the same . All 5 would be due to come to Ibrox and Celtic would be due 5 away games and we all know this can't happen.

29 Oct 2026 13:19:44
They'll get Hearts and Ibrox after the split 100% we'll get two dundees I'd guess.

29 Oct 2026 13:37:21
Never liked the 12 team split system.
Ally's idea of 14 team league.
Split after each team have played each other home and away, top 7 and bottom 7 playing teams in your half home and away again after the split.
26 matches before split
12 matches after split
Completely fair league system playing equal matches home and away
Could have Championship and league div 1 playing the same way with play of system for promotion and relegation etc.

29 Oct 2026 09:41:05
A lot off chat today re minsu should have started in his best position on the lw.

Interesting as wd have only started him once, Saturday on left

He has played on the right a couple off times, mostly deployed as a ten, with Shankland as a nine or played alongside Naderi or just behind.

Unfortunately he had a mare last night, even second half as an 11. He is young and should have learned.

Hw was bullied at every opportunity and should probably been taken off at halftime along with Gassama, replaced by Curtis and Chuckwuani to bring some physical presence to the team.

29 Oct 2026 09:54:33
John I agree could have taken both them off at half time. Along with manny Neil and Sterling.
That being said if that's the team of last season and previous seasons we lose that game 3-1 and not drawn 2-2.
We have now been to parkhead, Tynecastle, Pittodrie and Tannadice where as Celtic have only been to Easter Road.

So we are going to have a lot more favourable run coming up to them so time to get the heads down and cut this gap.

29 Oct 2026 09:57:40
Definitely should have made changes at half time John. Although we were in front it clearly wasn't working and he needed to beef up the midfield and hook Gassama and Kim then. When he did make the changes it was far too late.

Very fortunate to get a point and would have been the steal of the century had Sterling put the chance away at the death. I'm still baffled as to how he didn't score tbh.

29 Oct 2026 10:01:43
Wishy that would apply to Raskin also mate 🤔We could have taken any one of them off except for makhanya 🤔🇬🇧.

29 Oct 2026 10:14:09
Makhana and Pandur only pass marks Sir Walter.

29 Oct 2026 10:37:52
Been really worrying how much our 2nd half performances have been dropping think that's 3 out the last 4 games where we just don't turn up 2nd half.

29 Oct 2026 12:38:41
I would have hooked Gassama at half time and given Minsu 15 minutes on the left though watching him give the ball away at the second goal , in hindsight we should have put on both Bouanani and Curtis earlier than we did.

29 Oct 2026 12:40:46
Terrible performance John. Worst since Jablonec. Del needs to adapt our system or we face similar results.

29 Oct 2026 09:31:27
After beating Celtic at Parkhead I was convinced that we had a team and squad capable of winning the league, now after the Dundee game and that complete shambles last night I'm not positive at all. Surely DM must be aware that playing away needs a totally different approach than that at home. At times last night it was boys against men, we were totally outfought everywhere , we looked scared and timid against a very depleted Hearts team who actually embarrassed us. What happened to Minsu who was superb on Saturday who couldn't even control or pass a ball.

As far as Fernandez is concerned it was the worst display of CH play that I've seen in years if he's not dropped on Saturday the sheep will have a field day. How we got a point out of that game is baffling, again we can't capitalise on Celtic dropping points and it's a worrying trend. If DM can't put out a team capable of fighting for their lives away from home we could be finishing 3rd again.

29 Oct 2026 09:39:46
While I concur with some points, the last bit is utter nonsense. Teams will have off days, players will have off days. Fernandes was awful last night and I can't understand how he stayed on for the full game. We will be challenging for this title, some games will be gash and some will be incredible. It's going to be one hell of a ride.

29 Oct 2026 09:52:01
Rangers will win the league, last night we played a team unbeaten at home in 18 months , too early to concede the league imon.

29 Oct 2026 09:54:59
Even under Walter you drop points. We don't have a god given right to win every game.

29 Oct 2026 09:56:49
Bouncy , you can't just put that down to an off day, if you are not up to win your personal duels and show that you can at least fight for the jersey in this environment then you are winning nothing. I forgot to mention. Gassama who along with Fernandes should only be used in an extreme emergency.

29 Oct 2026 10:03:10
I agree John that Rangers will win the league mate 👍🇬🇧.

29 Oct 2026 10:03:15
Never new that John. Maybe a point was a good outcome there. Performance was a disgrace though. I thought the ref was very poor with some of the yellow cards.

A big response needed on Sat.

29 Oct 2026 10:30:49
We've dropped points away at both Dundee sides and Hearts.
the type of fixtures that McInnes was brought in to get results at.

29 Oct 2026 10:46:47
That braga carries some luck how his 2nd shot landed at the feet Miller was pure jammy we deserved something out the game at the least but 2nd half performances have been terrible lately.

29 Oct 2026 11:28:19
Correct John, some are going on like Celtic are all that, getting a point at Tynecastle or dropping points at home, what we choosing?

29 Oct 2026 12:18:57
John i hope your confidence is correct, but if we were offered point at Tynecastle would probably have taken it.

29 Oct 2026 12:44:12
At the very least this should dampen down the hype about some of these players. They have potential to improve as individuals and as a team but they are not there yet. The big disappointment and surprise to me was how bad Sterling was, he said all the right things at his presser but come the game he looked nervy and unsure. He never got near McPake all night.

It's not like him, to be fair, but it just shows how fragile this squad can be if he's like that in a big game. What also worried me last night was the reluctance to put subs on early enough, this seems to be a thing with McInnes.

29 Oct 2026 08:55:58
We've all had our grievances/opinions on our poor performance against Hearts last night and we got a point and we move on. 🤔 Watching the game i thought our former academy left winger josh mcpake was the best player on the park and caused not only Sterling, but all our defenders no end of problems. ☹️ McPake is definitely a talented winger and we also have a young talented left winger in young Findlay Curtis. 👌 So fellow bears who do we rate the better/more talented left winger
ie.

Findlay Curtis or our former youth academy left winger Josh McPake. 🤔🇬🇧 Honest opinions, guys 🤔.

29 Oct 2026 09:13:33
Curtis for me because of his international status, but give any winger space and time to receive the ball then have space to run at the defence will look good.

29 Oct 2026 09:54:23
Good on McPake having a good game. He showed nothing at Rangers and whilst on six loans, struggled for game time on these loans, let's see how he plays over next couple off years.
I wish him well.

29 Oct 2026 09:59:18
Fin should have been on at half time coops.

29 Oct 2026 11:18:53
we gave McPake the space to work in Sterling was no where near him and don't even talk about Fernandez. why is our backline always willing to allow players to run at them.

29 Oct 2026 12:16:34
Curtis had minimal minutes and still should have assisted the winner off his weaker foot crossing ability.

29 Oct 2026 12:48:32
I thought McPake gave Sterling his hardest test this season and he failed it .The only thing I would say, there was not much end product from his runs .He did play well though.

Curtis is a different type of winger not a touchline hugger like Josh but he can make an impact .He won the free kick we scored off and he set up a simple chance for Sterling to win us the match and he was only on 10 minutes.

He looked better on the left and deserves a chance to play there more often.

29 Oct 2026 16:28:30
I'd take mcpake over Gassama all day.

29 Oct 2026 08:30:14
If we had the luxury of our whole team being fit, who would you starting XI be?

My rough lineup would be the below;

Pandur

Sterling (for the lack of superior options, Kosta may be good with a run of games but not going to stick his name in out of recency bias)
Godfrey
Makhanya
Rommens

Raskin
Drago

Bouanani
Shanks
Kim

Kelsy.

29 Oct 2026 09:42:13
Pandur

Sterling
Godfrey
Makhanya
Penrice

Neil
Raskin

Minsu Kim
Naderi
BouAnnani

Shankland.

29 Oct 2026 08:12:54
McInnes needs to start looking at his team selection or he will just be going same way as others.
Lets be honest we are unbeaten in 10, but only played well in about 3 games, that sort of form will win you nothing.
Fernandez & Gassama need to be taken out of team, Sterling was poor if he can't play 2 decent games in a week he also needs replaced, also not sure what Neil offers on a consistent basis.


Surely young Serbian guy better option in MF, played regularly in that league which has to be at least same standard as Scottish, which would not be hard.

29 Oct 2026 08:32:22
Jasp i agree with you regarding Fernandez and Gassama mate but although like the vast majority last night Sterling had a poor game he's been superb up until last night so don't agree with you regarding Sterling 🤔🇬🇧.

29 Oct 2026 08:49:49
Said it before, you can't play two midfielders against five, Gassama and Kim are not midfielders, Sterling is like tav, he gives the opposition winger far to much room to run at him, but give the team praise for although they were playing poorly they fought back well for the draw and could have won it at the death, please DM play 3 midfielders with either Gassama or Kim or Curtis in the midfield 4, what I cannot understand is we all can see Kim is not playing well yet it takes 85min to replace him.

29 Oct 2026 08:01:11
Watching last night I thought it was very obvious early on that we needed a 3rd body in midfield and Raskin's early booking really compounded that. Just don't understand how our management team can't identify that as it was so obvious.

Oh and don't even mention the Fernandez situation, he is a bomb scare and needs to be dropped, but again this seems to be going unnoticed or ignored by manager which is worrying.

29 Oct 2026 08:17:52
He should've took minsu off, put Rommens on and moved Penrice into MF.

29 Oct 2026 08:34:41
For me Fork he should have started minsu in his best/most natural left wing position in the first place with bouanni wide right and Gassama on the bench 🤔 McInnes should have noticed and dealt with it much quicker as regarding us getting outplayed and overrun in the midfield engine room mate 🤔.

29 Oct 2026 09:01:51
Yup, agree, Coops, but I thought what I said made sense since he was reluctant to put anyone on.

29 Oct 2026 09:16:06
Fork, Penrice is carrying a muscle injury and had been booked.

29 Oct 2026 09:36:05
Wasn't aware Of the injury John, cheers👍.

29 Oct 2026 10:05:43
I agree Fork and said as much last night ie. McInnes waited far too long to change things 🤔🇬🇧.

29 Oct 2026 09:40:11
I like McInnes but it's time for him to grow a pair and drop this dunderheed.

29 Oct 2026 09:48:29
SWS, unfortunately I think currently minsu is just another one of our players you have rated too highly too early.

He brought nothing to the game yesterday.

29 Oct 2026 11:31:56
Minsu is a very talented young footballer.

29 Oct 2026 16:31:58
Minsu I've very very good

A cracker.