RANGERRAB

Exactly. Allan had to go & hibz did everything they could to stop him going to us in this transfer window. In the end it was only Allan himself who could have forced the issue by biding his time at hibz & signing a pre-contract with Rangers in January. He chose not to do that & I genuinely wonder who advised him & what that advice was. I suspect a big part of that advice was money related FWIW I dont think signing for the yahoos is a particularly good move for him as they're already top heavy with MF players.

Nicky Clark should be nowhere near the Rangers first team

You've got to respect McGregor if he has left and not taken a pay-off. Just wants to play rather than line his pockets doing nothing. Pity there aren't more like him.

Wonder what he'd have thought of one of Ally's training sessions.........

We need to realise too that none of the SPL journeymen McCoist signed on exorbitant salaries who are now entering the final year of their contracts will get offered new contracts. Darren McGregor was one of them.

Very true. Didn't stop him becoming a Rangers director though did it?

Why? they've never been charged with any criminal offence have they? What laws did they break? I'd be more concerned whom they'd sell their shareholding to and maybe that of those whose shareholding they represented(assuming they're still representing them)

Have they sold all their shares? what about the 20 odd percent they were representing?

They'll need to sell their RIFC shares first won't they? And give up their voting rights too for whoever they represent? Should be interesting if true.

they'll need to sell their RIFC shareholding won't they? dual ownership?

We need more MF creativity. Hopefully this lad can provide that

All I want is the best eleven players we can get on the park playing for Rangers. If that includes loan signings out to progress their careers at other clubs then so be it. What I don't want to see again is 'Rangers men' like we got last season who were pinching a living out of Rangers who were well past their best & should have been nowhere near the club. That includes managers too.

And if they're an improvement on what we've already got & do everything expected of them then that's all we can ask for

If this youngster from Arsenal is as good as he's being made out & he plays his part in what we require this season I.e. Getting promotion & winning the SC to get us into the EL next season then I couldn't give a damn whether he's here to further his career by using Rangers as a stepping stone or not. We need to get back to the top division and competing for the title plus getting back into the EL/CL as soon as possible. If that means loan signings like this one then so be it as long as they're a significant improvement on the SPL journeymen dross McCoist bestowed upon us.

I reckon the MW appointment will have ruffled a few feathers over in the East End. He will have access to players(as loans probably) that the likes of McCall or McInnes wouldn't have had. For that reason alone it may not be the one horse race next season you suggest. You also have to remember they have this ceiling of £3m that they're prepared to spend on a player & you dont get a lot for that money these days do you? And they've had some spectacular flops over these past few seasons have they not?

The real problem is there are too many clubs in Scottish football. Not stadium-sharing.

Didn't stop Swansea City did it?

I'm sure they would if possible. Bell too who seems to be injured a lot for a goalkeeper. The reality is that the likes of Templeton, Shiels, Bell etc now have no long term future at Rangers. They are all running down their lucrative contracts which no one else (except McCoist)would ever dream of giving them. The sooner they're all gone the better so MW and SDoW can bring in superior replacements.

There are a number of players entering the final year of their contracts and I doubt any will get offered new ones during the course of this season. Law is one of them and I wouldnt be surprised to see him go to the English Championship or League1 before the transfer window shuts at the end of this month

We need a sitting midfielder to sit in front of the back four for protection.MW is seemingly hoping John Eustace can do that but I must say I have doubts about him given his recent injury record & age

Yes I hold up my hands and say I wanted him out at the end of last season but just goes to show what a change of manager can do. Let's hope Miller's goalscoring run continues and Waghorn contributes too

Gosh arent they ugly ?

Don't forget Murdoch has only ever played in the Championship which is no indicator to how good he is

What if the player we're getting on loan is a better player than the one we're loaning out?

We should loan him out someone in our division other than hibz