Return of the McKay?

[TMB 14,167]

I read an opinion piece earlier on today regarding Barrie McKay:

Rangers must make stunning move to re-sign Barrie McKay from Nottingham Forest less than a year after he was given his marching orders.

The Ibrox academy product would be a brilliant addition to Steven Gerrard’s squad as the manager begins the process of beefing up a team that has fallen woefully short this season.

As revealed by Football Insider, McKay is one of nine Forest players who have been told by manager Aitor Karanka they can find new clubs as they do not feature in his plans going forward.

Forest finished in 17th place in the Championship this season and Karanka feels big decisions need to be made on the squad if they are to challenge for promotion next season.

McKay, 23, was brought to the City Ground last summer by ex-Rangers boss Mark Warburton and was a mainstay of the team in the opening half of the season, scoring five goals and seven assists by early December.

But the attacking midfielder was frozen out virtually from the moment Karanka took over and has made just two league appearances since January.

With the former Middlesbrough boss clearly not a big admirer of McKay, Rangers must take advantage to bring the one-time Scotland international back to Ibrox.

It would be a travesty if a player of such sumptuous technique and class was sidelined or left wasting away for much longer.

[TMB 14,167]

Personally I couldn't stand McKay and was glad when he left.  I think Murphy is a much better player.  However, I know Barrie did have a lot of fans amongst our support.

[jjbscotty12 3,560]

No chance

[Hadron Collider 30,854]

I’ll sit on the fence. Fuck off McKay!!  

[Walter-of-Smith 566]

Spiceboy etc

He can fuck right off

 

[HuistraHairDo 12,490]

Aye Barrie, kris Boyd , Naismith , lafferty,  Davis , Whittaker Alan Hutton Charlie Adam jelavic Weiss boughera  Wilson bates Hemmings  etc etc  and jardel ...

lets just put them all in the one thread and label it 

old players re-unite. 

Its a no from me.

[siddiqi_drinker 14,635]

Why are Forest not selling him for 10M, after all Warburton said he was destined for rhe EPL, he has NO heart so its a NAW for me.

[hammer93 15,056]

Not in a million years.....I'm glad we got shot....funny how all the posters were frothing at the mouth with his early season form.....I am once bitten with McKay.....he faded into the obscurity I expected 

[MasterD 7,435]

Voted no.

He was too small, weak, easily pushed about and never seemed to try and improve on that. He had enough talent that he could've made a better impact but never had a manager that could coach him properly to bring it out.

He's better than Murphy right enough, but still no.

[KingKirk 25,631]

I liked Barrie tbh. 

[Walter-of-Smith 566]

4 minutes ago, KingKirk said:

I liked Barrie tbh. 

So do I, but I hate him too

 

[KingKirk 25,631]

He lacks a bit of quality and end product but I wouldn't be against him signing again. I would love to see the effect Gerrard and McAlister could have on him.

[KingKirk 25,631]

On loan I think we should jump at it. Or at least we give them the 500k back for him.

[harry handsome 629]

I think he was treated shabbily by Casheena - but his form was all over the place at times, on his day he can be fantastic but his days were 1 in 3.

Maybe with a bit of better coaching he would improve, says it all that NF finished as low as they did and he couldn't get a game.

 

[Walter-of-Smith 566]

27 minutes ago, harry handsome said:

on his day he can be fantastic but his days were 1 in 3.

I seem to remember a ratio of 1 in 10.....

 

[onefootwillie 1,518]

Not for me ,While he has a great first touch ,can see a pass and finish ,but has the heart the size of a peanut,lazy ,does not track back and goes missing when the going gets tough. Actually sounds like Windass as well

[minus22 207]

Not for me.  Found wanting more often than not and we can't afford another passenger in the team.  Had the odd good game but would default to type on a regular basis.  Obviously has some talent but not good enough for us and I found him to be an extremely frustrating player to watch.  It would be a backwards move for us imo.  I'll be hoping that Gerrard has some more pull to entice far greater players than McKay.

[Heshootshescores 1,904]

Definitely no. It always felt like he was trying to get a move away. 

[harry handsome 629]

1 hour ago, Walter-of-Smith said:

I seem to remember a ratio of 1 in 10.....

 

Maybe i am a wee bit easier to please lol.

[Thewhitesettler 2,711]

He never looked like he wanted to be here, even Pedro was through Barrie. ??

[bluebovril 110]

3 hours ago, siddiqi_drinker said:

Why are Forest not selling him for 10M, after all Warburton said he was destined for rhe EPL, he has NO heart so its a NAW for me.

Exactly mate no fuckin heart whatsoever 

[Blue Avenger 22,567]

Aye right, just add another shitebag to the long list of shitebags.

[Hadron Collider 30,854]

4 hours ago, TMB said:

I read an opinion piece earlier on today regarding Barrie McKay:

Rangers must make stunning move to re-sign Barrie McKay from Nottingham Forest less than a year after he was given his marching orders.

The Ibrox academy product would be a brilliant addition to Steven Gerrard’s squad as the manager begins the process of beefing up a team that has fallen woefully short this season.

As revealed by Football Insider, McKay is one of nine Forest players who have been told by manager Aitor Karanka they can find new clubs as they do not feature in his plans going forward.

Forest finished in 17th place in the Championship this season and Karanka feels big decisions need to be made on the squad if they are to challenge for promotion next season.

McKay, 23, was brought to the City Ground last summer by ex-Rangers boss Mark Warburton and was a mainstay of the team in the opening half of the season, scoring five goals and seven assists by early December.

But the attacking midfielder was frozen out virtually from the moment Karanka took over and has made just two league appearances since January.

With the former Middlesbrough boss clearly not a big admirer of McKay, Rangers must take advantage to bring the one-time Scotland international back to Ibrox.

It would be a travesty if a player of such sumptuous technique and class was sidelined or left wasting away for much longer.

Who wrote this piece?  

[35 Yard Dangerman 3,475]

Yes. A born leader and fighter with bags of charisma and personality. Lets build the team around him.

[Jack The Flipper 5,936]

1 minute ago, 35 Yard Dangerman said:

Yes. A born leader and fighter with bags of charisma and personality. Lets build the team around him.

I detect a sliver of sarcasm in your post