RANGERRAB

I don't really have any issues with people wanting a safe pair of hands given where we are at the moment. It's totally understandable.

Who might a safe pair of hands be ? McLeish ?

Have you forgotten how bad things had got before he left in 2006?

A game like today requires our most creative players on the pitch. Games like that are ideal for Pena in particular. I've no idea why he doesn't get selected.

He's not getting selected because he's not been good enough. I'm not sure he can adapt to our game in this country.

He's one of several players I reckon the D of F will try & get rid off next month

I'd be very surprised indeed if McLeish was in contention for the job on any basis.

His record since he left Rangers isn't great & at nearly 60 I'd suggest he's too old. We should be looking at a younger manager with modern methods & ideas

Rab, pls. You're better than this.

FWIW I don't think Murty's what we're looking for but it cannot be denied that this is the second time this year he's had to step in and work with the dross left behind by the outgoing manager.

I hope those of you thinking even for a moment that Murty would be a worthy permanent manager of our club are hanging your heads in shame. A couple of wins against a shite Aberdeen team don't mask the fact he's proven time and time again how incapable he is. Three games on the trot we've been awful and before the Aberdeen games we had back to back defeats against Hamilton and Dundee. Jesus fucking Christ.

 

We have neither the board nor the manager capable of taking us any further forward.

Murty has inherited a pile of dross signed by two previous Rangers managers. He didn't sign any of them. Only if he ever gets the job & signs his own players can he be judged.

Guardiola would struggle to do much with this current Rangers squad

I wouldn't play Jack and Holt in the same MF. They're too similar.

One comment Iwould make is that playing Jack, Holt and McCrorie in MF totally lacks creativity. And McCrorie is a CB anyway.

Murty has overseen some very good results and some very bad ones. The players seem to like him.

 

I just want a successful Rangers and still harbour doubts about him. I expected about 2 points from the games against the sheep and Hibs, so I'm not a critic....I'm just not getting carried away.

The problem with appointing interim or caretaker managers is that you have to be careful they don't accummulate a better record than the guy who eventually takes over.

That is, unfortunately, where Rangers are at just now

But Murty has beaten Hertz, Hibz and the sheep away from home these past few weeks

is it true that Walter's experience is being utilised ?

If so, is that a bad thing?

He's not been playing Left Wing, though. Actually, we don't even have a Left Winger in this diamond formation!

He's a left sided player though. His current form is superb & there's no way he'd get left out.

That goal against Hibz was as good as you'll see anywhere.

I still think a creative midfielder and a left winger are essential if we want to improve.

 

If Pena isn't ever going to become a first team pick then we're seriously lacking a player who can make things happen.

Left winger??? Don't you think Windass has been doing rather well of late ??

Walker might be worth a punt

not anymore I'd suggest because Windass has been playing so well recently

However if he doesn’t play, I agree with Pete, we should start with 3 CBs.

 

Possibly even throw a wild card in, like Kranjcar with the legs of Holt and Barjonas next to him.

I wouldn't play Krankcjar in a five-a-side league.

My view is Ashley wants out of football altogether and he'll have done so once he sells Newcastle

Since we are leaving all that behind we must look to the future.

 

When we complain about the board we need to think about the alternative. What alternatives do we have at present?

 

Also I think I remember the chairman telling us he wanted to get some non supporter directors involved but that it would take 1-2 years. So is any complaint about the current board simply a case of pushing against an open door?

There are no alternatives. This board may be dull & boring but the club is in safe hands.

But the team is under-achieving and this board are making far too many mistakes. They've not even been there for three years & we're looking for our third manager although I think they've dodged massive bullet with McInnes

And their PR is non existent too.

Milne's got bigger problems to worry about. Pittodrie is falling to bits & they've not got enough money fora new stadium.

The rumour was we werent offering much more than aberdeen.

 

Quite believable.

It's a helluva lot of money for a manager(by Scottish football standards) who's only one LC win to his name

They were apparently but now it's closer to £1m!

If so this may well have been one of the biggest bullets dodged of all time.

I could fully understand our board not wanting to pay McInnes that sort of money or more.

One of the weirdest things in this farrago was finding out the Sheep were paying McInnes £700k a year and have now increased that! .......

Seriously -are the sheep paying McInnes £700k p.a ?????

Even if its 20 its beyond us.

If we're serious about challenging for the title again £20k p.w. cannot be beyond us for our top players

I thought it was generally accepted that Dembele was on 35k per week.

What are we paying Alves p.w. ?

If MW hadn't signed some of the dross he bought we could have afforded Dembele and others

Did you read it. Its the 40k a week that we cant do.

I'd be surprised if Dembele was on £40k p.w.

The one thing I'll always remember about McCoist's management was being beaten by Raith Rovers in the final of the Challenge Cup and the one abiding memory of Warburton's tenure will be losing the Scottish Cup final to Hibs. Both abject failures sum up perfectly the leadership of two inadequate managers.

I'll never forget losing at home to Annan Athletic at Ibrox & thinking McCoist would have to offer his resignation or be sacked.Of course neither happened & was one of many low points during his tenure. McCoist's time in charge was undoubtedly the worst I've ever endured in all the years I've supported Rangers.

Warburton's recruitment in summer 2016 finished him.

Couldn't afford Dembele but paid out how much to sign Joe Garner just as the transfer window was about to close ?

C'mon Mark, who's kidding who ?