buster.

They seem to represent a marginal group of the support, so no surprise !

@RonnieEsplin On @PA sport wire soon. @RangersFC director Alastair Johnston on the club's progress and Graeme Murty. https://mobile.twitter.com/RonnieEsplin/status/987016633364434950

Genuine ITK poster on FF has posted the following.............. derek5287 said: ↑

Who do you want as Manager? Poll on FF with following numbers Frank De Boer.......................... 64 vote(s) Giovanni Van Bronckhorst .......90 vote(s) Michel Preud'homme.............. 88 vote(s) Graeme Murty........................... 3 vote(s) Alex Neil..................................... 14 vote(s) Steve Clark ...............................78 vote(s) Derek McInnes........................ 1 vote(s) Neil Warnock.......................... 131 vote(s) Billy Davies............................... 3 vote(s) Slaven Billic ..............................21 vote(s) Robbie Neilson......................... 1 vote(s) Alan Pardew..............................5 vote(s) Jack Ross.................................. 7 vote(s) Steve McClaren....................... 10 vote(s) Other (Please state)................ 35 vote(s) ------------------- I tried to put a poll up on here but I'm either IT challenged or the sysytem didn't allow me.

My late mother used to tell I could get run over by a car if I don't start using the 'green man' at traffic lights.

I thought Nicholl was a smart appointment to compliment Murty and after the American trip in January, it did seem to produce an enviroment where the team was scoring goals, winning games and enjoying their football. But since the defeat to Celtic at Ibrox, the fragility of the squad and management has re-surfaced, been rag-dolled in the media and most don't seem to be of the right stuff to withstand it. We don't know what Nicholl thinks, wants or how he is now considered by others, so although he may seem an obvious stop-gap, for one reason or another, maybe he isn't.

Yes, perhaps we stumbled into an experimental 'test-run' of inexperienced Head Coach plus DoF with more active role. Whether we did or not, it hasn't worked and it's clear that the level of expectation/pressure at Rangers is far too much to handle for inexperienced coaches.

If he wants a managers gig (opposed to assisstant coach somewhere) he'll have to re-start in the lower tiers.

Behave !

I think the Murty experiment suggests that the idea of a relatively unexperienced 'Head Coach' working with the first team won't work at Rangers and will only see us go through them like golf balls. I think we need a reasonably experienced and respected manager who will take and be comfortable with real authority. ------------------ I'd put Neilson in the former category. IMO he hasn't the necessary experience or respect in the game. He did ok at Hearts under Levein but getting canned in the lower half of the third tier in England doesn't cut it.

- Murty dosn't cut it and needs to be put out of his misery asap - The Rangers board need to up their game and find a solution asap - Miller has caused problems for more than one Rangers manager, UNACCEPTABLE - Miller has a longterm two-way relationship with Keith Jackson/DR that sees information for a media defence/promotion, eg. see end of last season/contract renewal - The so-called 'passion' is often only seen when self-interest comes into play, eg. not starting, wants contract, etc. No-one comes out of this well .

Jackson/DR has been a longterm ally of Miller who has went in to bat for him on various occasions, eg. end of last season re. contract renewal. Journalists with sources, do their bidding as the return favour.

This morning Keith Jackson remains on the one-way verbal warpath batting onbehalf of his source. No quotes, no numbers but says a significant amount of players will defend Miller and Wallace by giving testimony. Doesn't mention that most probably, a larger number, won't.

Given circumstances, Clarke is a no-brainer (if he would take the job/significant doubt that he would).

Agree with most of that although reality is that the immediate product/results on the pitch have to be given priority. Leadership, good pragmatic choices, realistic timescales/honesty, communication, steady progress.

Be prepared to be a little more patient for a new manager. The scale of the job to get back to where we want to be allied to available finance levels demands it.

You don't need to be psychic to know what this is about. All you have to do is look back and see what some of those involved have done and their apparent motives. Primarily this isn't about Rangers, it's about getting at other Rangers fans, groups, and the Rangers board until they cause enough 'bother' to do 'damage' to them. They obviously oppose the board in a way that goes beyond the current and deserved general criticism but do they have serious alternatives................Don't forget, many of their past opinions, behaviour and choices are somewhat tainted. IMO this is more about deconstructive motives than constructive but everyone is free to throw their money at them, if they want.

In the peculiar world of Scottish fitbaw, to gain respect it seems as though the manager would have been better advised to break Millers nose with his for'heid

Rodgers doesn't do European football very well. If you look at his results with Liverpool, it's not dissimilar in pattern to his current club. ie. He's not really 'the messiah' as the media up here seem to believe.

When you try and jump several levels in one go by repeatedly recruiting once quality footballers and expecting them to revisit their glory years, then you are IMO, chasing losses. Beyond that, you have the managerial issues that have been fundamental to our footballing problems. Warburton was a good appointment on sound logic but something happened to his relationship with (part of) the board after the 2016 Cup semi-final and from there, it was a matter of time. Caixinha was a disasterous appointment, period. Murty got the interim gig partly because of how difficult it was to find an adequate replacement and it's been the same rollercoaster but with some hope that the football operation was starting to take shape. However, not that surprisingly, Murty himself has found the pressure too great and we can all see he isn't cut out for it. We need leadership, constructive management, honesty and realistic expecation levels within as much finance as the board can raise. Without it, we'll be a dysfunctional football club that serves as a comedy show for the rest of Scottish football.

The weight of expectation (allied to finances and timescale) that bears down on the club is totally unrealistic but nevertheless, it is employed to make judgements on what is happening. Those that say that this is BS will offer what is presently akin to empty rhetoric in their argument. What has happened comes from too many of the major football operation decisions that resemble chasing losses at the bookies (eg. managerial appointments and summer transfer windows). Those on the outside (eg. managerial candidates) can see this and many of them won't want anything to do with it unless they can't find a job elsewhere or see real steps towards something better.

Agreed, it's an omnishambolic circus with various 'factions' trying to curry favour with the support (against tuther faction) when none of them deserve it.

".....For some players it did seem to matter...." With most of them, it seems the passion kicks in when they themselves are questioned and/or are not playing.

Re yesterdays meeting at Ibrox Chris McLaughlin (BBC Scotland): "............a meeting that lasted around an hour and 20 minutes........" The Sun: "Kenny Miller and Lee Wallace told by Rangers chiefs their Ibrox careers were doomed in meeting lasting TWO minutes......."

It's rumoured that Mrs Miller is going to start a podcast on Thursday where apart from informing the world about Sundays starting XI, she will be going head to head with Keith Jackson to see who gets the most out of Kenny.