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title: "Rangers: Fans rage at Ewan Murray tweet"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/rangers-gers-ibrox-steven-gerrard-ewan-murray-premiership-livingston-hagi-scott-wright-roofe-scotland/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "jonathan radcliffe"
section: "Rangers News"
published: "2021-08-01T18:00:20Z"
modified: "2021-08-01T18:00:20Z"
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# Rangers: Fans rage at Ewan Murray tweet

**Glasgow Rangers were far from happy with a tweet from journalist Ewan Murray, who slammed the lack of Scottish players in their squad for their Premiership opener on Saturday.**

The Gers kicked off their campaign with a 3-0 win over Livingston at Ibrox in front of 23,000 supporters ([The Herald](https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/19472614.rangers-confirm-23-000-fans-allowed-inside-ibrox-livingston-league-opener/)). Ianis Hagi opened the scoring in the first half before Scott Wright and Kemar Roofe completed the scoring to put the Gers top of the table – they already lead their fierce city rivals Celtic by three points after they were defeated 2-1 by Hearts ([BBC](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/scottish-premiership/table)).

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The Gers included two outfield Scotland players in the squad – as well as two goalkeepers. Others, such a Ryan Jack, would have been included if he were ready to feature. However, Murray was clearly very unhappy with this, and [took to Twitter](https://twitter.com/mrewanmurray/status/1421432208812920833) to criticise the squad selection.

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The tweet attracted plenty of attention from the Gers supporters, and they took to the social media platform to share their thoughts.

### **Let’s see what the fans had to say about the tweet from Murray below**

**“Disappointing tweet. Usually quite funny, sometimes educated. This comes across as bitter!”**

Credit: [@danmac10](https://twitter.com/danmac10/status/1421748263380783107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1421748263380783107%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Fdanmac102Fstatus2F1421748263380783107widget%3DTweet)

**“Haha love how triggered you get about all things Rangers!”**

Credit: [@Renegade\_uk100](https://twitter.com/Renegade_uk100/status/1421438229300105216)

**“utter nonsense, you have looked long and hard to find a negative here , clubs had to fight for the colt team to get involved , these things take time , look at the amount we have out on loan getting experience”**

Credit: [@Kennybarnes49](https://twitter.com/Kennybarnes49/status/1421446677429374979)

**“Journalists unable to hide their contempt of Rangers before a ball has even been kicked, guess the football is well and truly back now.”**

Credit: [@Blucifer\_](https://twitter.com/Blucifer__/status/1421440144419270659)

**“Feels like a cheap dig at a club you perhaps don’t like very much. Youth development takes time, and IMO Rangers are putting steps in place to make sure we have good Scottish players coming through.”**

Credit: [@CottonRunt09](https://twitter.com/CottonRunt09/status/1421434268878884864)

**“Just for the sake of it, ignore the 2 Scottish international goalkeepers in the squad because it makes your point more valid ! Stirring it early this year Ewan, hope yous get relegated again after a comfortable victory tonight.”**

Credit: [@StubyMacKenzie](https://twitter.com/StubyMacKenzie/status/1421434330384158724)

***In other news, [this man was surprisingly omitted from Rangers’ Champions League squad.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/rangers-fc-news/rangers-gers-ibrox-steven-gerrard-nathan-patterson-champions-league-malmo-euro-2020-scotland/)***