Bakbear

A player that’s really improving. His command of his area is improving and his shotstoppping has always been good. His distribution is less bombscare than it used to be think he is only going to get better. Who is our goalkeeper coach now?

No offence taken. And none intended either. But the reality is who would we replace Tav with? Who could we afford that would be better than him and willing to join us. I know it’s not your job to identify decent right backs for Rangers but the point remains we are fishing in a very small pond of talent and the bait we are using is significantly smaller than the bait being used in England. I would take anything in the region of 2 million for him, wouldn’t sell him for much less. We paid 200k for him and I would say he has seen his stock rise by playing for us even if he hasn’t dramatically improved. Similar to Van Dijk it’s not about the ability as much as about who the selling club is If he goes then we will struggle to replace him with better for less than 2 million. As others have said we will probably be left with Hodson.

But your first point explains the second. These threads never fail to amaze me. Tav is as good a right back as we can expect at this point. Any better and he would be snapped up. Plus the valuations that are put on players are always mental. The value of a player is determined by how much a club are willing to pay and because of our circumstances we are not in a position to demand more. Look at Van Dick from the scum. They sold him not so long ago for a decent fee but a year or so later he goes for 75 million. He hasn’t improved that much since leaving the scum but the selling club were far stronger and in a stronger league. If Tav played in the English championship he would be valued at 2 or 3 times more than he will ever be valued at while he is our player. That’s just the reality we have to deal with. I for one hope we keep him

We absolutely mugged Hibs last night. Murty knows it, the players know it and everyone in here knows it. I don’t believe it tells us anything about Murty’s managerial candidacy. We were woeful. Especially first half. Sloppy in possession, Lost our shape time after time, our fullbacks were getting roasted, our midfield was completely lacking any composure, first half was awful with several players looking amateur. Alves for the first goal was so slow and ponderous it’s hard to believe. Of course all of that made the win all the more enjoyable. Murty has been given until the end of the year, if the results are good over that extended period then maybe he should get longer. But I really don’t think he is the right guy for the job long term and nothing from last nights game would change my view on that.

An ex-player and doubtless shorter than he was when he played.

Willie Henderson was 5ft 4

Willie Henderson?

John Spencer was tiny too

Billy Gilmour?

Jordan Thompson?... never mind, apparently still on loan at Raith Rovers Kranjcar... no laughing at the back

Anyone who believes it’s a level playing field at the moment is bonkers. We are definitely getting the shitty end of the stick. But there is nothing to do about it except fucking win. The scum have taken over as the establishment club and the whole of the game is now heavily weighted in their favour

You know I think it’s the Jock Wallace era guys that think all you need is an indomitable winning mindset and you can will a team into being champions. Not only is that not correct, it is also somewhat disrespectful to the abilities of Jock Wallace. Barry Ferguson was a great player, a true winner and is obviously died in the wool bluenose. But he was also a moaning bastard. He berated his team mates instead of encouraging them. He created cliques in the dressing room, he comes from an era of less professionalism, he loves a good leak to the press and he has on occasion let himself and the club down by thinking he is bigger than the badge There is a very fine line to be found between driving players to a better performance and shrinking them into their shells. And frankly in this day and age where most footballers are millennials, that line is far harder to stay on the right side of as millenials are such snowflakes. I have less of an issue with BF than some but I don’t see him as a great addition to the coaching staff. I would much prefer Murty and JJ were developed. Having said all that, I would also prefer BF than Docherty. That would be a fucking travesty.

Has done admirably whenever called upon but lacks stature and doesn’t have the gravitas to be full time manager. frankly I think he is just TOO nice

We had steel for once. Thibknit was McCrorie as the sitting midfielder just seemed to give us more balance and more fight. Didnt think there was too many outstanding performances but it just worked as a collective.

this taking our place as the most successful club in the world has been their goal for some time. It’s why they wanted the whole “strip the titles” thing. A hamstrung Rangers has been and remains a deliberate effort. That we play right into their hands with our completely incompetent board only goes to add to our frustration and their delight. Hope? Fuck me. If that was all we had to cling on to, most of us would have chucked it by now. What keeps us going is tradition and culture. Those things will die out if we continue on this path.

Can’t help feeling that the board are looking at the cheapest option. McLaren suggested in the commentary today that Murty will get til the end of the season until the managerial target is available. Heaven fucking help us

I genuinely don’t understand how we can be so bad. We have the 2nd highest budget in Scotland and we have played under 3 different managers in this league. We have signed players that, on paper at least, should be better than the likes of Hamilton and Partick. You hear an awful lot of talk from players and coaches which suggest they know the expectations on them but then you get performances like today which are just absolute fucking amateur. That today was fucking brutal. Worse than some of the games we saw in the lower leagues. Something is rotten at the club and you can’t help but look to the regime

As an overseas fan I watch every game with Tom Miller and his patter is brutal. It wouldn’t be bad if it was only once in a while but it’s the same cliches every game. I cannae listen in silence but it’s tempting. Seems like a great guy though. Just needs to make way for a better commentator

Lived in Baku there for a few years, hence Bakbear. Went to a few games. Why do you ask?

Don’t care what anyone says there is something not right about Halliday in Azerbaijan. Why is he being left on the bench? He is not very good but no way is he that bad.

Winning every trophy in Scotland. Being appreciated for the blue pound. Being welcomed by opposition club directors. Demonstrating to the whole world what we already know. Rangers are Scottish football. On the actual field? Fuck all.

McLeod is the obvious one. Though he went the same way as Jamie Ness who I also thought looked good. Before that as others have said Danny Wilson and frankly with all these comparisons we need to realise how hard it is to develop from promising youngster to club legend. It is a very rare journey. McCrorie has massive potential and hasn’t looked out of place at all. Tie him up on a long deal and let’s hope he develops that potential

We are a bunch of fannies on the internet. We don’t need to be held to a higher standard of journalism. This “report”? Story? Whatever the fuck it is , is just speculation and hearsay. It makes some pretty big leaps and makes some allegations that are bordering on libel. If it came with some quotes from inside informants that were verified then it would be a different thing but as it stands it is not much more than a blog by any one of us Ryan Jack deliberately got himself sent off because he supported an ageing player he has never played with over a manager that signed him and played him every game. Fucking behave.

Ach fuck it. So my theory is this. Pedro is a howling man manager. That is obvious enough. When he came in not only did our team not have a new manager bounce but many were mysteriously injured or dropped as the season came to a close with many of the unders getting games. I believe that Pedro was one of those incoming managers that wants to pish on every lamppost and just dismissed the players that were signed before him. Agree with him or not, he gutted the squad. I believe that was as much about making sure he was top dog as it was about getting rid of dross. Same happened in coaching side. He wanted to rule the roost He did not give two fucks about results at the tail end of last season. He was just biding his time til he could get rid of anyone that wasn’t his bitch. Kenny being a model pro probably fell into the category for Pedro of someone that would do as he was told and not argue. The likes of Halliday, Hill, McKay all shipped out (I will forget Kieran because he was an utter donkey) There were rumours from the playing camp that senior figures were calling him a dud early on. Same rumours circled about Pena when he arrived. I remember reading on here that some players were astonished at Penas inability in training interestinng that Danny Wilson said he has been fit for sometime. Another one Pedro ostracised. Again you can debate on the rights and wrongs relating to Wilson’s abilities but the manager still has to manage the man so I think that Miller has started to get a bit unprofessional about Pena and maybe the other man management aspects and Pedro has not liked that at all Miller has been sent to Coventry and this solidifies a rift in the dressing room with the likes of Wallace siding with Kenny, after that it’s a matter of time. All complete speculation and really probably adds no value. Pedro is gone. Kenny is still here and we will likely never know the full truth

Not defending him. He is pish. I just keep seeing posts that make me want to raise negative subjects. Like. “I have never hated a Rangers player more” that makes me point out pricks of the past which is a buzz kill. It’s been ages since I felt as good about a result as I felt today and although we still have a million negatives I am just trying to focus on the positives for a wee bit.