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  1. 3 hours ago, JohnMc said:

    Not sure if any of you heard the remarkable Arsene Wenger stat from the weekend. Apparently Arsenal's Saturday starting 11 was the first time since 1986 that a player who didn't feature in an Arsene Wenger managed Arsenal side didn't start. So 37 years give or take a few months. 

    As you do I started to think of a Rangers equivalent. Best I've come up with is 59 years although I can't say a player started every match in that period. So here's my workings - Jimmy Gordon joined Rangers in 1907, played 315 times (won 10 Scotland caps) and left the club in 1920, the year Bill Struth became manager. Struth took over in May of 1920. I don't know what month Gordon left though. 

     

    Fast forward to Eric Caldow. Caldow was signed by Struth in 1952 and played for Rangers until March 1966. An unbroken 59 year connection with Bill Struth (I think). 

    Happy for someone to correct or improve this. 

     

    BTW Reading about Jimmy Gordon he apparently played upfront, in midfield, in defence and in goal for the Rangers first during his career. Love that. 

    Sounds like one of those strange questions you hear on only connect 

  2. 1 hour ago, Bill said:

    I think they know that already. They know exactly what needs to be done. The problem lies in the doing, not in the knowledge. For some reason, at times these players seem incapable of delivering what they fully understand is required. It has to be a flaw in the psyche of certain members of the squad and suggests no amount of coaching will change the situation.

    They go three up they think it's job done that second half was tripe the other mob play attack attack attack we only have to look at the goal difference. 

  3. 33 minutes ago, buster. said:

    Generally, expectation levels are way beyond the finances.

     

    The club, the manager, the support can pretend they aren't but what happens is a continual series of harsh reminders that create situations like post League Cup Final and managers defending themselves by telling it how it is.

     

    Do we accept how it is (and look to improve) or live in a pretend world ?

    Some of our fans have been in that pretend world for quite a time now we are no longer the Rangers of old 

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