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This @NewcoTed: The O'Halloran standoff is now a point of principle for the Rangers board. Why should Rangers be treated differently from any other club?

From FF I generally don't get to know stuff so never really start threads based on rumours. There was one a few weeks ago about us looking at Will Vaulks. I work with a friend of his and asked him if he could ask him if the rumour was true. My mate texted him 10 min ago and showed me Will's reply. He replied that yes, we're interested and that Falkirk want £300,000 plus. My mate plays for Workington Reds and played with him when he was there on loan from Tranmere.Sitting beside me at work right now and showed me the text from Vaulks. Just passing on what I know BTW another from twitter is Aird going on loan to Vancouver Whitecaps.

What do we think is happening? No money in the kitty ( we don't need loans was said just a week ago). Warburton values a player at said figure and we will not go over. or Poor at negotiating transfers.

Not sure about this, but here goes @RFCtheRELIGION: JUST IN: Michael O'Halloran*has reportedly agreed personal terms with @RangersFC (Daily Mail) https://t.co/BtDcl1K6sM

Either the Manager has set value on the players, or the Board have let him down. No doubt we will find out.

I'd rather such stuff wasn't posted - thanks, Frankie

Latest from FF ( Sound Poster ), saying he should sign by the weekend. 'The big guy should sign this weekend. Brentford want him for Fridays game against Burnley. Will pm source.'

Sons of Struth facebook page about a Ian Morgan is interesting. ( Not sure about posting it on here )

Thanks trueblue first I have seen the ceremony.

No money in writing about Clyde, there is only one team in Scotland.

@AndyNewportPA: I understand @windass101's Rangers deal has a £3.5m release clause

@mdrcrooks: what a difference a year makes..absolutely buzzing to sign for such a massive, ambitious club @RangersFC.

RANGERS can confirm today the Club has signed agreements with Josh Windass and Matt Crooks. The players who are currently with Accrington Stanley, will join the Club in the summer of 2016 on four year contracts. Attacker Windass, son of former Aberdeen striker Dean, has played twenty-five times for Accrington this season scoring eleven goals. Crooks is a defensive midfielder who can also play in defence. He has played twenty-four times this season and has scored seven times.

Never can tell.

@windass101: Long day but finally put pen to paper with @RangersFC and signed until 2020 .. Huge club with ambitions of European football . Can't wait ⚽️

@STVPaul: Josh Windass & Matt Crooks have signed pre-contract agreements with Rangers after passing medicals. 4 year deals. Will join in the summer.

@STVPaul: Josh Windass & Matt Crooks have signed pre-contract agreements with Rangers after passing medicals. 4 year deals. Will join in the summer.

Josh Windass and Matt Crooks have agreed outline terms with Rangers with a view to pre-contract deals, BBC Scotland has learned. The midfielders are currently with Accrington Stanley but are out of contract at the end of the season. The proposed deals would be subject to medicals as well as compensation fees with both players aged 21. Windass has been with Accrington since 2013 while Crooks joined the English League Two club last year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35239440

From Accrington Stanley @AndyhHolt: @ASFCofficial @TomBarclay_SUN @BumbleCricket I have been informed today that rangers are talking to Josh and Crooksey about a move 1/3

Happy new year to everyone on Gersnet, hope you and your families have a healthy and prosperous 2016.

This is a two sided coin, where only one side is being looked at, I would take more notice if their IRA songs at Tynecastle had been condemned.

A rumour or true?? @FourthOfficial_: BREAKING: Doncaser's Harry Forrester will travel up to glasgow to undergo a medical with Rangers #DRFC #RFC

Who is Harry Forrester?

It is the comic called the Record, hence the tone. Saying that, the points made about the players and Manager are probably what most of us have been saying/thinking over the last few weeks.

I know it's the Record but some of this I agree with. GARY looks at Rangers' recent dip in form and says that too many in the side are no longer working hard enough. IT is time for Rangers players to grow a set and Mark Warburton to develop a spine. What a dreary narrative has emerged in recent weeks, along the lines that Championship rivals now have Rangers sussed after they recorded only two league wins in their last six games. It’s a lot of claptrap and at the very least insulting to some of the emerging young bosses in the second tier of the Scottish game, never mind wily old heads such as Peter Houston and Jim Duffy. They knew within a week of watching how to counter the threat of Rangers, but were powerless to act so long as Warburton’s side continued to come at their sides like a jailbreak from juvenile detention. They were a team of sharp haircuts and even sharper movement, zipping accurate passes at pace in the final third, turning defences and rarely without two and three options in possession, always hunting in packs to retrieve the ball on the rare occasions it broke down. Now? Too many Rangers players are no longer working hard enough and are beginning to take their places for granted as the myth of competition in Warburton’s squad, looking increasingly threadbare in quality, is exposed. Players such as James Tavernier, Martyn Waghorn and Andy Halliday have been coasting in recent weeks on the crest of their fine early season form. If they’re not careful, they’ll be foundering in a sea of fan discontent, especially if Hibs leave Ibrox on Monday with three points and a place at the top of the table - and don’t bet against it. Alan Stubbs has indulged in more wind-ups this week than Johnny Knoxville. From a tunnel bust-up against Queen of the South to the goading of Rangers, he has gone from fracas to Jackass. Goodness, anyone would think the former Celtic defender - the mischievous glint in his eye at East Mains on Tuesday was something to see - has indentified thin skins as a potential Ibrox picking point. Still, Stubbs is right to push his luck after somehow winning a reprieve for John McGinn to play the festive fixtures against Queens and Rangers following his red card a fortnight ago against Falkirk. A £250 appeal buy-in, power point presentation, a personal appearance and character references from everyone but his next door neighbour apparently did the trick for the Scotland under-21 midfielder. Still, we can at least be confident in assuming the three person independent panel was balanced by the presence of a former whistler to give an insight into the decision made by whistler Kevin Clancy, right? No matter, a victory for Hibs at Ibrox will take them clear at the top of the Championship for the first time this season and serious questions will be asked about the ability of Warburton to deliver title success, not to mention the lack of pragmatism around his football philosophy. Warburton, like Stubbs, has yet to commit his family to life in Scotland, which does little to inspire confidence both men will still be in charge if these two clubs go toe-to-toe in the Premiership next season. Warburton’s team, despite its early promise, has looked increasingly bereft of balance, a fatal combination when added to jaded and lacklustre performers. His centre halfs look slow and have little authority, his midfield lacks aggression and Gedion Zelalem is a nice player, but sits in the corner and says absolutely nothing. Waghorn has netted 20 goals this season and yet a six yard sniffer would arguably have made Marco Negri’s total in the first four months of 1997 looked as paltry as the return from Gary Birtles when he moved to Man United. In fairness, Warburton’s relatively late arrival at Ibrox in the summer meant recruitment was done on the hop but goalkeeper Wes Foderingham apart, the spine of his side is weak. Rangers are supposed to be building a team to challenge Celtic at the top end of the Premiership next season but there is not one player in the current Ibrox squad would command a place in Ronny Deila’s starting line up. Warburton must address the issues in the weeks ahead, but that also requires Dave King and his board releasing significantly more than the £600,000 they forked out on transfer fees six months ago. There can be no return to the boom and bust era of Sir David Murray but King has previously conceded Rangers require over-investment in the coming seasons before they can begin to run the club on a break even basis. King must provide his manager with financial backing because even if his reign turns out to be closer in length to Paul le Guen than Bill Struth, Rangers must emerge from the Championship this season. Warburton will be under pressure to recruit more wisely than he has until now if that war chest under the wine cellar in Johannesburg is prised open. It’s a Rand old team to play for. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/opinion/sport/gary-ralston-its-time-rangers-7067619#ICID