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Regards signing the port vale keeper, looks to me that the Rangers board want players moved out before bringing others in

Warburton said:"I thought Scott's was a bad one, that was my initial reaction. But I haven't seen it again yet so it wouldn't be right to comment on it. My first reaction was a bad tackle but I am never going to call for a player to be sent off. I'd like to see it again."

 

 

McGhee had an opposing view of the incident but refused to criticise Collum.

He said: "The ball gets away from him but he toes it away. His foot's on the ground, it's not a sending-off.

Let's be honest here. Kenny Miller is very lucky not have a multiple fracture.Perhaps career-ending.

Anyone who's played football will know MCDonald ' followed through' and knew exactly what he was doing

I agree with this. However, the rules of the game are the rules of the game. All 3 were reds, in my opinion. MOH's wasn't vindictive, but he caught they guy very high on the thigh with foot outstretched - not studs showing but still outstretched and very high. Deserved red.

 

Kiernan's and McDonald's were very similar, again in my opinion - they were almost identical challenges - whilst I thought that Collum had a decent game I think he got Kiernan's wrong, should have seen red.

 

What was very disappointing was just how many of the Motherwell players hounded Collum into sending MOH off - there must have been 6 or 7 crowding the ref. Did we do likewise with McDonald's ? I missed that one at the time and only saw replays of the challenge.

Kiernan's tackle was never a red card. Collum got it right. Yellow.

Pleased to win in the end. Second half was excellent at times. Hyndmann sperb.

Both reds correct IMO but surprised to see MOH start. Thought he looked off the pace last week

Onwards to Tynecastle. A win there on Wednesday will lay down a marker

Windass needs to establish himself in the Rangers team before even thinking about a move to the EPL.

Unfortunately for him that's going to get harder to do as better quality players arrive

Never heard of the lad but good luck to him anyway

Daly is desperately trying to dig up some dirt on this concerning Rangers to try to divert attention away from his own vile club who have the biggest problem of all on this issue

Snodgrass has been exceptional whenever I've seen him in the EPL this season

JJ is another of Liewell's useful idiots. Hilarious but harmless. No one takes him seriously do they ?

He might have potential but he is 18 so are we going to take a chance on another loan, with no long term benefit,no experience and possibly throw away our chase for second .

what if he's better than what we've currently got ? seems he can play defensive MF as well as CB. Might play there & allow Halliday to play in his proper position

Then we should be able to dominate their midfield easily then? And as we all said on ne'earday, the gaps no that big.

I'd agree the gap isn't that big except for up front. Sinclair & Dembele are streets ahead of anyone we've currently got.

Solve that & we can challenge. Even if it means loan signings

Daly is another of Liewell's useful idiots. One of the most dangerous ones

Another midfielder is what we don't need.

He's a defensive MF player from what I have read. Might allow halliday to play in his proper position

UNPROFESSIONAL is the word I'd use to describe yesterday's SC cup draw.

Can't imagine the English FA allowing anything like that for their FA Cup. Too professional to let something like that happen

The problem with loan players is that the parent club holds all the aces.

If the player does well and the loanees club tries to buy the transfer value may well increase. Or the parent club may recall the player with a view to loaning elsewhere to gain further experience. Or the parent club may decide they've made a mistake & reinstate the player in its first team squad.

What we really need more than anything a global scouting system to identify young players with a view to selling them on at profit at a future date. Sadly whilst we're in Scottish football it will always be that way unfortunately. Hence why we always need to look at all other options whenever possible to get out

Disappointing to think that in our hour of need MW is bringing in players not up to speed as it looks with Toral as we do not have the luxury of giving them time to fit in,

Looks like Hyndman is more likely to fit in quickly as I think he reacted impressively to Miller's run with his sublime pass,and showed more graft than Toral who unfortunately in his breif appearance could be another Barton.

I think we have to hope Toral gets match fit before we assess him better.

If both impress I wonder if we'd be able to afford them. Both are at an age where they need first team football & aren't going to get it at their parent clubs.

At least we now seem to be looking at younger players instead of players in their 30's past their best

They completed destroyed us in both games. We were playing suicidal passes and performed woefully because we were garbage.

The absolute train wreck aka Project McCoist became evident all to see in those two play-off games against Motherwell.

Means the Easdales will be sitting in the directors box!

Are they Morton directors now ?

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What's happened to you?, you're so positive these days:laugh:

 

Seriously though, you're bang on the money,IMO. I don't know what some fans expect just now?, they are of course entitled to their opinion the same as you and I however I aam with you on this as I see as gradually progressing and think we are as good a position as could be expected since MW came into Ibrox, he has also been unlucky with some signings due to injuries and the Barton case, but I see us getting there and if we finish 2nd,which we can achieve, then that is progression from last season, and hopefully we can get a good Scottish cup run, even win it!.

 

I still think we need to be a bit more patient but I am expecting to put a challenge for the title next season!.

I'm seeing progress perhaps where others don't. We're heading in the right direction although perhaps not as fast as some would like.

I still don't think many of us realise how bad McCoist was. Signing loads of SPL journeymen on exorbitant wages to get us promoted. What was he planning to do with them all after he'd got promotion ? Not win the title that's for sure.

However we must never again get ourselves into a situation like last summer where we need to bring in 11 players. There was no way they were all going to be successful. And I'd argue the majority of them haven't been successful so far.

But regardless of what some say the team has improved. Recent results show that. The next step is to challenge for the title next season. I believe we will do that

I really can't get some of the negativity from our own support from today's game.

Not the greatest Rangers performance I agree but consider two points please: one year ago we'd have lost that game. And we're still very much work in progress.

Please consider the absolute train wreck both MW and DW inherited from McCoist 18 months ago. At the start of last season they'd literally 2-3 weeks to put some sort of squad together to get us back to the top division. They did that.

Our next step is of course to challenge for the title and both domestic cups as well as get back into Europe. I'd argue we're on schedule with that but would suggest anyone who thought we'd challenge for the title this season was being over-optimistic. We don't yet have a squad as big as the yahoos yet but the last two OF games suggest to me whatever gap is bridgeable if we can get strikers scoring more goals than we've currently got. I believe that is achievable unless the yahoos go out & start spending £10m plus on players which I don't think they will.

All in all I believe next season we'll truly be back & going for 55

Great end to the match.

 

Just as well because it was terrible until Motherwell scored.

 

Didn't see anything from Toral today that impressed me.

Toral doesn't look match fit to me. He looked off the pace

If McKay continues the impressive form he showed in December clubs from outside Scotland will be queueing up for him & his value will only increase.

What is important now is to get him to sign an improved longer contract so that when he does go we get decent money for him to reinvest in the team

If RB Leipzig bid £6m he'll be gone. Simple as that

This is long overdue. Hopefully he'll sign a new deal.

It's vital we get as much as we can for McKay when he goes

Bosses insisted the Ibrox side’s ejection from the top flight was not relegation. The Court of Session heard Coral’s lawyers sent Albert, 72, a letter stating: “They are not the same as the old Rangers”, along with a copy of the SFA rulebook.

What 'old Rangers' is this ?