Rangers Discussion Posts

26 Feb 2026 15:21:18
Change of subject but i'm starting to wonder how the upcoming world cup can actually go a month without major incidents happening in Mexico and the USA. Can't ever think of a time in both those countries being more volatile to dangerous incidents

26 Feb 2026 19:24:43
Major incidents in USA?

26 Feb 2026 19:51:54
Tell me now after I am all booked up for Boston. 🤷🏻‍♂️

26 Feb 2026 19:56:08
Cooper, you won't get in once they have seen what you write on here. That won't get past the social media check they will be doing on everyone. 😂😂

26 Feb 2026 21:21:41
Couple of boys out my work are going, but they're flying from Dublin, said it's easier when it comes to customs.

26 Feb 2026 21:37:03
It's OK, Angus. I didn't declare being a member of Rangersrumours, only Facebook and Instagram. They'll never know. 😏

26 Feb 2026 21:37:58
Although not figured out yet, I will get my haggis through customs. 🤷🏻‍♂️

26 Feb 2026 11:45:06
Butland
Sterling
Souttar
Fernandez
Rommens
Raskin
Dio
Chuckwani
Moore
Naderi
Chermiti

26 Feb 2026 14:03:03
That's my team in a 4-2-2-2, Stuey, but can't see Sterling being fit, unfortunately, so probably Tav.

26 Feb 2026 15:26:40
For what it's worth, I'd go.

Butland

Sterling I'd fit, if not Aaron's.
Souttar
Fernandes
Rommens

Dio
Raskin
Chucky

Skov
Naderi
Moore

I think Aaron's pace means he plays ahead of Tav because Tounetki is going to be their most dangerous player.

26 Feb 2026 15:34:06
Chermiti needs to be playing, Stevie. We've already seen he can do it in games like this, mate.
I'm playing both Chermiti and Naderi.

26 Feb 2026 15:45:01
I feel ye, mate. I get your point, I do. I wrestled a bit with who plays, but for me we can't sacrifice width against a team who use width as a big part of their game.

It's a difficult one, mate. That's why Danny gets the money lol.

26 Feb 2026 15:51:27
Stevie, same set-up as it was against Hearts for me, mate. Better team than them we face on Sunday, imo.

26 Feb 2026 18:47:06
Fair play, bro. I can't argue with that. Let's just hope he goes the right way, whichever that may be.

26 Feb 2026 20:38:02
Hearts wouldn't be that German team.

25 Feb 2026 21:16:16
Onewalter, I would pick the exactly the same team gives us strength high energy & gives us a bench that can impact the game & offer something different.

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25 Feb 2026 17:42:35
I think the consensus of opinion is that Sunday is a must win game.We have to get ahead of Celtic get a few points in front to pile the pressure on them and Hearts.Let's hope that Olsen really shows us what he can do IMO he's been a big disappointment so far, we can't consider paying big bucks for him if he can't shine when it really matters in an OF game.No excuses such as he hasn't played much, he should be pretty fit and has had a few games to get used to Scotland now.

25 Feb 2026 20:47:58
Must not lose rather than must win in my opinion.

25 Feb 2026 23:24:56
Think it's both if that possible lol.

26 Feb 2026 08:28:02
Olsen will have to go up 2 or 3 gears for me to have any impact on Sunday. If a recent rumour is true, if you include his loan fee & full salary, he is costing us north of £75k pw. It's time he stepped up to justify it & a possible 8m transfer in the summer.

26 Feb 2026 08:35:54
Olsen wouldn't be starting for me.

26 Feb 2026 09:59:24
I've not been overly noticed by Olsen but this is the type of game he's been signed to play in and influence, so for me I'd play him.

I wouldn't be slow in subbing him off. If he's been missing for the first 20-30 mins, I'd sub him with no hesitation, but he's been signed as a big-game player, so he has to be given the chance in the biggest game so far of the season.

26 Feb 2026 10:07:35
It's a must win aphelion, in my opinion. If we lose and Hearts win, they go 7 in front; we ain't catching that back up.

26 Feb 2026 10:10:25
We need to get the ball to him though for him to have any influence. He also isn't the sort of player who flies past his winger on the outside, which might be what people are looking for. Against Hearts, he and Moore moved inside to play midfield and let FBs go past, and he was better then. I think that, and cutting in, will be where he will be at his best.


We can't compare him to either Cerny or Sima, as they are completely different types of players. I think he has been half decent in the time he has been on the pitch, with the figures he outputs, without being outstanding, and he is capable of so much more. I also think he will get better as understanding with other players develops and he gets full match fitness.

26 Feb 2026 11:00:09
Must win. Draw doesn't suit us. Olsen to start on bench.

26 Feb 2026 12:31:03
It's a must win because they are 2 points behind us with a game in hand. How anyone can see that it's anything else is beyond me.

26 Feb 2026 12:48:25
If we lose at the weekend, and they win game in hand, the league is gone.

26 Feb 2026 13:09:57
We lose against Celtic, I can't see a way back. We can't beat them, we don't deserve to win the league.

26 Feb 2026 14:20:55
We are maybe bang average, but we're better than their bang average. We can't beat them. We won't win the league.

26 Feb 2026 16:47:50
He may start Olsen to try and contain the run and deliveries of Tierney. If Tav starts, he will certainly need help. I would like him to just concentrate on being a right back.

25 Feb 2026 11:29:09
On Sunday, injuries permitting i'd like to see us go for a 4-3-3.

Butland
Sterling, Souttar, Fernandes, Rommens
Raskin, Dio, Chukka
Moore, Naderi, Chermiti

Dio can get up and support our forwards and Chukka and Raskin will win the midfield. Moore, more central with our full backs being more advanced and getting balls into the box.

25 Feb 2026 11:43:53
Butland
Stirling, Dijga, Fernandez, Rommans
Dio, Chunky
Barjimi, Moore, Antman
Moviski, Naderi would be my starting 11. Unfortunately, too many of the favourites will start.

25 Feb 2026 11:45:03
Need Naderi n Chermiti to get in about their CH's OWS, unsettle them. 👍

25 Feb 2026 11:50:17
Sterling fit ows? Not sure, he'd be in my team if he is.
Butland
Sterling
Souttar
Fernandez
Rommens
Raskin
Diomande
Bajrami
Moore
Naderi
Chermiti.

25 Feb 2026 11:58:22
One thing is for sure, if Tav and Souttar start, we won't win the match.

25 Feb 2026 12:02:57
You could say that about most of the Celtic team, Wear.

25 Feb 2026 12:10:49
12 players would give us a better chance as well, Wear.

25 Feb 2026 12:20:45
Yes, it would. I'd like a team with no Tav, Souttar, Raskin, Gassama, Olsen, or Chermiti starting.

25 Feb 2026 12:25:03
Add Aasgaard to that list. He's the worst of the lot.

25 Feb 2026 12:27:07
Wear, the same Chermiti that's a big player in games like this? Glad you have no say.
This Celtic team is bang average.

25 Feb 2026 12:39:42
Rangers are 2 points ahead of this bang average Celtic team, Star. What does that make Rangers?

25 Feb 2026 12:46:22
Rangers were 2nd bottom under Martin. Rohl has gained something like 9/11 points on them. Soon it will be four defeats in a row for them.

25 Feb 2026 12:57:51
Wearerangers, you don't want to start 5/11 players that beat Celtic 3-1 in their own backyard?

I do appreciate your tactical insight, though, as a 4-2-3-2 formation should definitely give us a one man advantage over them. 😂😂 Genius!

25 Feb 2026 13:18:34
I made a mistake on how many players I picked, Tav. Round me up now. Tav, we beat a Wilfred Nancy side last time out. 1st half, we could easily have been 3 or 4 down to the worst Celtic manager of all time. I just don't get the overconfident side of some Rangers fans. We have just drawn with Livingston.

25 Feb 2026 13:19:50
Star, do you truly, honestly think we would've gained them points if O'Neill was in charge instead of Nancy?

25 Feb 2026 13:32:49
O'Neill is just about to lose four in a row, Wear, his team has been very fortunate at picking up wins. They were played off the park by Falkirk, lucky getting a draw against Dundee in the cup, injury-time winners against Livingston and Kilmarnock, and a defeat at home against Hibs. It looks like it's running out at the right time for us and Hearts.

25 Feb 2026 13:48:19
That wasn't what I asked, Star. Do you think Rangers would've picked up all them points if O'Neill was in charge instead of Nancy?
That was the question.

25 Feb 2026 13:52:33
Moore is more effective out wide on the left.

Never mind 12 players; you would play Miovski, who has fewer league goals than Chermiti. Also, we have a player out for 2-3 weeks, who is in all likelihood either Sterling or Antman, and you have picked both. That might be a couple of reasons why the 'favourites' are picked.
Also, not starting many players who played last time and won 3-1, whoever the manager was.

Rohl will also be more up to speed with playing Celtic, as it was his debut then.

Celtic took ET winners against Livingston and Kilmarnock only recently. We beat Killie 5-1 and were a decision away from doing the same at Livi; just since you are doing 'what ifs'.

By the way, we are 2 points ahead of Celtic, as we are bang average as well. But I support this bang average Rangers team. 🤷

25 Feb 2026 13:55:10
Your guess is as good as mine, Wear. His fortune looks like it is running out at the correct time, though.

25 Feb 2026 14:04:24
Angus, 4 of them also started in the League Cup semi-final defeat to O'Neill's Celtic team. Let's not forget we lost to them, with Tav and Souttar making Jonny Kenny look like a superstar in that game.

25 Feb 2026 14:13:36
Wear, we played that game with ten men for over 60 minutes, and could have won that game. It has been a long, long time since Celtic won in game time against Rangers, nearly two years.

I said before the game at Celtic Park I hadn't been that confident of winning that game. I feel similar about the game on Sunday. Naderi and Chermiti will terrorise that back line.

25 Feb 2026 14:28:23
We will give up chances to them as well, with Tav and Souttar playing, Star.

25 Feb 2026 14:35:27
Let's wait on the game, Wear. I'm saying Rangers win by a couple, Chermiti double.

25 Feb 2026 14:38:27
For goodness sake, 4 months ago, Celtic managed to beat us in extra time, with an extra man advantage for pretty much 90 minutes of playing time. They couldn't do it in normal time, and it was a tough ask for 10 men to go and win the game, but they made a good go of it nonetheless, and had opportunities to win the game. Since you like using what ifs, it must be relevant.



Why can't people be confident going into Sunday? We've just beat the league leaders 4-2 at home, and our home record is pretty good at the moment. Celtic are off the back of two defeats. At this stage of the season, still in a title race, if you're not confident or going to back your team, what's the point? Nobody is saying we are world beaters, but people can be optimistic.

25 Feb 2026 14:57:06
Don't think I'm ever confident going into an Old Firm game, Tav. Will probably be taking up my usual position behind the sofa. 😜

25 Feb 2026 16:07:23
Would play that team, one Walter, but in the 4-2-2-2 formation with Dio beside Moore. Bring wingers on when the game is stretched. def go with two up top and get after them.

25 Feb 2026 16:23:01
Tav, I am like Kaiser, but the sofa will be in the other room with the door left open just a few inches.
However, hope we get in their faces early, as if we sit off them, they will look decent again.

Sure, Rohl will pick the team and tactics he thinks will win. Guaranteed, whatever his plans are, there will be fans who think he is wrong. Until we win, and everyone will agree. 👍

25 Feb 2026 16:40:32
I think we've made it this far, so why not be confident? That could all change in the first 10 minutes, of course.

25 Feb 2026 16:41:12
Bajrami on McGregor. He's snuffed him out previously.

25 Feb 2026 17:24:37
That's what I'd do for Walter. The key being Moore just in behind. With our full backs going forward also, we can cause them real trouble.

25 Feb 2026 18:26:38
If all fit.
Butland
Sterling
Souter
Fernandez
Rommens
Raskin
Chukki
Dio
Moore free role behind strikers
Nederi
Chermiti
If Sterling is not fit, how about Djiga at rb? That gives us more height and more pace than Tav offers.

26 Feb 2026 12:36:04
Angus beating Killie 5-1 at home, and Celtic struggling to beat them away, is completely irrelevant, and I am surprised you bring that up as you would use it against someone the other way. You also mention they beat Livi in extra time; we couldn't beat them, and they had 10 men. 🤣 I also know one game was at home and the other away.

👍

Silly fans can say they are bang average until they are blue in the face. We are bang average too, which people find hard to understand, and I have no idea why. They call them bang average as if it's a trophy. 🤣 I don't know what goes on in small-minded heads, as that's what they are.

26 Feb 2026 15:54:56
Is that not just their opinion, Storm, and are they not entitled to it? What happened to different opinions and all that waffle, or does that not apply because it doesn't align with what you think, so you then call people small-minded. 😂

26 Feb 2026 20:41:34
Both teams are bang average. Saying one is and not the other is ludicrous, Tav.
That is my opinion. To say they are small-minded, or am I not allowed an opinion?. 😬

25 Feb 2026 10:02:01
We think our "ultras" are bad.
Or that the Old Firm game can be spicy.
Speaking to a guy on site yesterday who was at the Red Star v Partisan derby at the weekend.
He was showing me photos of the Partisan end which he was in ( some link between them and Hearts? ).


The away fans actually set the seats on fire! And I'm not talking 1 or 2 seats. Flames were about 6 feet in the air!
Absolutely mental.

25 Feb 2026 14:59:14
Our "ultras" are mostly just annoying stupid kids. Some of the stuff that goes off in other countries is frightening. MPH.

24 Feb 2026 21:25:00
I know it's not Rangers related but what a result for bodo / glimt currently 1.0 away to inter and 4.1 aggregate. Asa this not your team mate?

25 Feb 2026 00:51:00
Would absolutely love them to go on and win it. That's not a big ask considering what they've already done.

25 Feb 2026 06:15:34
Aphelion's team is Brann. It was not a bad game, tbh.

25 Feb 2026 07:54:41
Glasgow Bear, my team is SK Brann.

That being said, I am delighted with the results for Bodo and Kjetil.

I wonder when was the last time the superior club from the east of Glasgow had results like Bodo.

25 Feb 2026 08:05:52
Oooft, bit of ice 🎣 going on there. 👍🤣🤣

25 Feb 2026 08:29:18
Aphe, good result, and hope for similar on Thursday for your lads; it shows it can be done, which will help with confidence.


Fork. 😂😂

25 Feb 2026 09:02:23
Thank you very much, my friend. We will need the Gods to favour us tomorrow.
We have exceeded expectations, so I want my guys to go out and enjoy themselves, and, with luck, we get a positive result.

Fork, just a bit of light-hearted fun, my friend; it has seemed very downcast this week.

25 Feb 2026 09:15:35
They did very well.

25 Feb 2026 09:19:14
Aye, it's been that. good luck on Thursday, it's doable. 👍 👍

25 Feb 2026 09:24:58
Thank you, Fork. We will certainly give it our best shot.

25 Feb 2026 09:49:09
Is that another joke, Aphelion?

25 Feb 2026 09:31:31
Always looking for a dig at Scots, Aphelion? Same every other European night. Sad, as people were praising your club.

25 Feb 2026 09:56:58
Not at all, Kaiser, a little joke about Celtic, not Scots.

25 Feb 2026 10:02:58
Aphelion, Celtic have reached the last 16 in the top tier of European football many times. Isn't that a Bodo first? Hopefully, that was a joke from you.

25 Feb 2026 10:08:21
Brann, that's it mate. Remember now, as a well played Bodo / Glimt fully deserved over competition.

25 Feb 2026 10:09:32
Looks like I'm the one who took the bait. 🎣 First, I'll say my post was hours ago, and, before Aph, u said it was a lighthearted joke, and I don't know why it didn't come through before. But, as u say, it's been too negative, and I couldn't be bothered waking to another day seeing the same arguments and fallouts rehashed time and again, and I saw yet another dig.

Perhaps I jumped the gun, but after the result I knew it was coming, as it's the same digs whether at Celtic or Scottish clubs, players, or the national team every other week.

25 Feb 2026 10:31:27
Get a grip, he's having a joke at Celtic's expense. It's why I backed it up with the ice fishing joke.

25 Feb 2026 10:48:45
Hopefully, Fork, he had a joke a couple of weeks ago. 👍😁😁😁

25 Feb 2026 10:48:51
Celtic haven't won a knockout tie in Europe for 22 years and counting (unless they can overturn a 4-1 first leg defeat in Germany).
Aph's joke / dig at Celtic is very relevant.
Some people need to get over themselves.

25 Feb 2026 11:03:21
MPH, Haven't they reached Champions League top 16 in 22 years, like? Celtic is a bigger club in every department, my only point. Do you think he's joking enough, or do you believe he personally believes that?

25 Feb 2026 11:10:44
Fair enough. Is he having a laugh?

25 Feb 2026 11:29:29
I think Bodo would thrash Rangers or Celtic at present and in the future as well. They are a club on the up, up against 2 fallen giants.

25 Feb 2026 11:29:29
Aph has a dig at the east end mob and people on here defending Celtic!

25 Feb 2026 11:43:15
Present, yes, Wear, but we didn't know anything about them five years ago. Trying to compare Bodo with Celtic is silly, imo. Celtic have a superior fanbase, superior revenue, and the club is valued far higher, and they even have a squad valued far higher. Bodo has done extremely well in Europe the last few years, but they are playing on a similar park to Falkirk, and have roughly the same capacity as them.

Grass roots in Norway is clearly working, and the team is full of Norwegians. Dundee United and Aberdeen had great success for a good few years in Europe, but that didn't make them close to being superior to Rangers and Celtic.

25 Feb 2026 11:44:48
Apologies for taking things the wrong way, and John, I was not so much defending Celtic, but making a point about rehashing old arguments again. I probably should have left it alone. Sorry.

25 Feb 2026 11:49:23
They beat Inter Milan on a grass park last night. We might never beat Inter Milan in our history again.

25 Feb 2026 11:51:41
Not defending anyone, John, just telling it the way I see it.

25 Feb 2026 12:00:31
Celtic just about beat Bayern in Munich last season. Rangers played a European final four years ago.

25 Feb 2026 12:23:49
Four years ago, to use those words, did Celtic go through against Munich? Our form in the CL last time was the worst performance by any team in the CL. Rangers and Celtic are fallen giants who are going further away from top European sides.

25 Feb 2026 12:35:04
Can't you read, Wear? I said 'just about'.

25 Feb 2026 12:35:41
Only because of cash.

25 Feb 2026 16:26:05
Kaiser, in fairness, it didn't matter what you said or didn't say. The rod and bait was for someone else, and he took it like always.

Star, let it lie, mate, as it will never be resolved either way. And now you are just getting we are to have a go at you as well. 😉

25 Feb 2026 17:40:40
I think that was what I was trying to put across, Angus, and unfortunately it went exactly as I expected it to. Ah well, here's to tomorrow. 🙄

26 Feb 2026 12:41:20
Only because of cash. Utter b***. Bodo have less cash than both of us, so it has absolutely nothing to do with cash. 🤣 The fact you actually believe that is scary.

Bodo are better right now in Europe than any team in Scotland, that is a fact. You can't argue with it because it is a fact.

26 Feb 2026 12:49:50
Hey Stormtrooper, stop stealing my words.

Fact is my word. 😂

26 Feb 2026 17:24:44
I will let you use 'Jesus wept' once, since I stole the fact from you, mate. 🤣

24 Feb 2026 17:43:45
Does anyone know if the Glasgow cup games being shown anywhere on tv or online?

24 Feb 2026 19:38:28
If it is like last year, they were shown to subscribers of RTV. Not sure if the same is happening this year.

24 Feb 2026 16:39:44
Raskin was worse, in fact he's been off form for weeks very poor.