Rangers Thread - 2022/23

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Dave Ewing's Back 'eader said:
Celtic fans displaying a variety of 'banners' - "F____ the Crown" and "Michael Fagan, sorry for your loss"!
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In Warsaw?

Edit - Good grief. I was convinced that Celtic were at home and even if I'd known they were away, wouldn't have realised they were playing in Poland instead of Ukraine. I am a bit thick sometimes.
 
ayrshire_blue said:
It is what it is. Over the top, uncesssary displays which draws support from the daily mail, the ginger lassie who's the new KT Hopkins of twitter and a load of the wrong sorts of people. You tell me there's no agenda and it's all about respect? Come on.
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Biggest pile of shite i've seen on the forum. Over the top displays for remembrance weekend
 
At the risk of derailing this thread and actually talking about football, Rangers now have week’s respite for their European sojourns, with instead a home game against Dundee United and then an away trip to Hearts. If they are to contend the League seriously, they’ll probably need to win both. However, it must be hard for any manager to rebuild confidence when you win comfortably at the weekend only to be comprehensively beaten midweek. Quite a new experience for Rangers and a difficult learning curve.
 
Gabriel said:
At the risk of derailing this thread and actually talking about football, Rangers now have week’s respite for their European sojourns, with instead a home game against Dundee United and then an away trip to Hearts. If they are to contend the League seriously, they’ll probably need to win both. However, it must be hard for any manager to rebuild confidence when you win comfortably at the weekend only to be comprehensively beaten midweek. Quite a new experience for Rangers and a difficult learning curve.
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Rangers have went backwards this summer. They've lost their highest rated centre back in Calvin Bassey, bought Ben Davies to replace him who has hardly kicked a ball, brought in Souttar to replace Balogun in the squad who is always injured, which has resulted in them playing a midfielder at centre back meaning they look very porous.
 
GunnerGer said:
Rangers have went backwards this summer. They've lost their highest rated centre back in Calvin Bassey, bought Ben Davies to replace him who has hardly kicked a ball, brought in Souttar to replace Balogun in the squad who is always injured, which has resulted in them playing a midfielder at centre back meaning they look very porous.
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Even on a free, Souttar was a relatively high-risk signing, given his injury record, so it shows poor planning that they went into the season short-handed. Presumably the lad King is too young and inexperienced to trust.
 
Gabriel said:
Even on a free, Souttar was a relatively high-risk signing, given his injury record, so it shows poor planning that they went into the season short-handed. Presumably the lad King is too young and inexperienced to trust.
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Yeah, it's not like his injury problems are new as well. I'll be honest, I'd rather have King in there than Sands as at least he's a natural defender and has the physique for it.

Recruitment has been poor in general, out the 'money signings' only Colak has actually been playing regularly, Davies, Yilmaz and Matondo not really starting so far isn't great at all.

I've just read that 8 of the starting 11 were playing in 2018, thats not great from a recruitment point of view.
 
GunnerGer said:
Yeah, it's not like his injury problems are new as well. I'll be honest, I'd rather have King in there than Sands as at least he's a natural defender and has the physique for it.

Recruitment has been poor in general, out the 'money signings' only Colak has actually been playing regularly, Davies, Yilmaz and Matondo not really starting so far isn't great at all.

I've just read that 8 of the starting 11 were playing in 2018, thats not great from a recruitment point of view.
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Any player prefaced with 'if he can stay fit' is best avoided.

Rangers need to bide their time and allow him to build his own team. Could be a chastening season for you, ranted, but the money earned from the CL and the experience of playing better teams will do no long-term harm.
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
As someone of strong Irish (Catholic) heritage this element of Celtic's support makes me ashamed. So much so that during their sectarian/racist hate fest when they played at the Etihad in the CL, I left the ground just after half time with lots of other decent fans. They made me feel physically sick.
My main issue is that the vast majority of Celtic's support are Scottish-born but they wrap themselves in the Irish flag. My family (from all over Ireland) used to call these sort of people "plastic paddies." The normal response when you challenge these scumbags is: "Rangers are worse than us." I think if you use Rangers fans as your role model you are setting the bar low.
I should add that I love Scotland, lived there for years, and will probably move back. I have many pals who are Celtic/Rangers fans, who also like City. They are decent people who feel the same way about elements of their support that I do.
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When we played Celtic away a few years ago, me and my mate were in one of the pubs near the ground ( The Springfield Arms I think it was called ) and we got talking to their fans and mentioned the IRA supporting shit and was told that the Scottish lads don't like it either. They said it was the Irish fans who did all that.
 
Bigg Bigg Blue said:
When we played Celtic away a few years ago, me and my mate were in one of the pubs near the ground ( The Springfield Arms I think it was called ) and we got talking to their fans and mentioned the IRA supporting shit and was told that the Scottish lads don't like it either. They said it was the Irish fans who did all that.
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Its not all the irish lads, majority of the Green Brigade who spout the pro IRA crap inside are from Glasgow
LongsightM13 said:
That was after the game
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Sorry was a typo, I meant after the game
 
Bigg Bigg Blue said:
When we played Celtic away a few years ago, me and my mate were in one of the pubs near the ground ( The Springfield Arms I think it was called ) and we got talking to their fans and mentioned the IRA supporting shit and was told that the Scottish lads don't like it either. They said it was the Irish fans who did all that.
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Perhaps but during that CL match at the Etihad all of their 3,000 plus fans seemed to be singing all the songs. Because of my background I know all the words (I am not talking about the Fields of Athenry which is a genuine folk song).
I think too many Celtic fans hide behind suggestions it is just their Irish-based fans. Maybe they are just Saturday bigots.
I think there is a new generation of younger fans who just don't understand how poisonous the history really is. I also believe, based on my relatives on both sides of the divide in both the North and South of Ireland, that sectarian hatred is dying out over there but it doesn't seem to be in Scotland. I think bigotry from both sides remains a stain on Scotland but no one seems prepared to tackle it. Hardly anyone goes to church but, for some, the hatred lives on. Most of the so-called Green Brigade were not even born when people were being murdered all over the place in the North and the South of Ireland and the mainland. They really don't know what they are talking about.
 
Man_City_Loyal said:
Biggest pile of shite i've seen on the forum. Over the top displays for remembrance weekend
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Not at all. It's not about rememberance any more but just a pathetic popularity contest. The two sets of fans have exploited religion, politics, Ireland, Britain, terrorism and everything which falls into sub categories of the above and continue to do so. Clubs up and down Britain hold a silence and donate to an annual poppy appeal, what Rangers do isn't about rememberance, they go above and beyond for the sake of recognition and recognition only. It's an annual predictable cringe fest.

On the football itself, what happens should they finish 4th in their group? Do they go into the conference league or are they out altogether? It's been a horrible start but in fairness that is a horrific group in terms of qualification hopes. The fact that none of their summer signings started last nights match tells its own story though, and Morelos is in embarrassing shape for a footballer at that level.
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
Perhaps but during that CL match at the Etihad all of their 3,000 plus fans seemed to be singing all the songs. Because of my background I know all the words (I am not talking about the Fields of Athenry which is a genuine folk song).
I think too many Celtic fans hide behind suggestions it is just their Irish-based fans. Maybe they are just Saturday bigots.
I think there is a new generation of younger fans who just don't understand how poisonous the history really is. I also believe, based on my relatives on both sides of the divide in both the North and South of Ireland, that sectarian hatred is dying out over there but it doesn't seem to be in Scotland. I think bigotry from both sides remains a stain on Scotland but no one seems prepared to tackle it. Hardly anyone goes to church but, for some, the hatred lives on. Most of the so-called Green Brigade were not even born when people were being murdered all over the place in the North and the South of Ireland and the mainland. They really don't know what they are talking about.
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I bow to your superior knowledge mate as I don't have any connections to any of these things, just saying what they told us.
Have to say they were OK with us as we were the only 2 City fans in there.
 
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