ian1964 10,625 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Christian Nerlinger has delivered a blow to Rangers chief executive Graham Wallace by rejecting the chance to become the club’s new football operations officer. The German, who played for Rangers between 2001 and 2004, held talks with Wallace about returning to Ibrox and filling a role similar to the one he previously held at Bayern Munich. The pair met twice in recent weeks but Sportsmail understands that, after careful consideration, 41-year-old Nerlinger has decided to decline. The appointment of a new football figurehead was one of the key recommendations of Wallace’s 120-day business review of the club. Had Nerlinger accepted, he would have been responsible for player identification and recruitment. Rangers boss Ally McCoist would have welcomed assistance in that department but any new appointee would essentially have assumed some of the manager’s duties. Ultimately, McCoist is understood to favour the establishment of a new scouting system, an area that has been neglected during the attempts to recover from financial meltdown. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2690180/Christian-Nerlinger-turns-chance-Rangers-football-operations-officer.html 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 745 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Bit of a blow, Ive no doubt Nerlinger would have been able to identify a good standard of player. That was only step one, we then needed a proper coach to develop players. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,562 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Interestingly enough, people over on the German board thought that while this was a good idea, the timing isn't right at this moment. And I agree here. At least the club is looking for improvement on this level too, which is encouraging. By the sounds of it, McCoist is of the old school though, i.e. wanting to do most of "t/his" stuff alone. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 No doubt greens pal colin wanker will get it now. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buba3d 0 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 hope the scouting set up begins the day ally steps down, he had his chance to do something over the past 2 years, instead he chose to overlook the youth and bring in experience. a youth set up and a scouting network would be another way of pissing money up against a wall while he's still manager. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Cooper 0 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 No doubt greens pal colin wanker will get it now. God, can you imagine the uproar. Tbh though i would like someone with decades of experience in the lower leagues in England, it's a very good market. Just not that guy. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,562 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 hope the scouting set up begins the day ally steps down, he had his chance to do something over the past 2 years, instead he chose to overlook the youth and bring in experience. a youth set up and a scouting network would be another way of pissing money up against a wall while he's still manager. We blooded 19 youngsters in our first season, some out of necessity. Only a handful made the grade (even at that level) and they were still playing throughout last season. We saw towards the end of our SFL 3 stay that neither the veterans we had nor the youngsters we tried were able to give us attractive football or the results we all "craved". (Some will obviously solely blame McCoist for that.) McCoist built his own team at the start of last season and they breezed past anything in Division One unbeaten, with those youngsters who made a grade before still playing. We still did not exactly get awe-inspiring games throughout the season, but never ever has a Rangers team fulfilled that "demand" of the support throughout a season. Which brings us to the old and much debated "opposition argument", which I'll bypass on this occasion. McCoist and Co. have to deliver success, i.e. a return to the top flight. His bosses will not laud him for blooding youngsters if he fails there, he will not blood youngsters for the sake of it. We've got Aird, Macleod, Gallagher and Clark in the first team, Gasparotto, McAusland, Kelly, and Murdoch close by. Add to that Crawford, Gallacher, Faure, and Hutton. All rather "young" players bound to make their mark or already doing so. Rangers will never rely too much on youth though, not under McCoist, nor under any (forseeable) future manager. That other (Scottish) clubs have to rely on their youth departments and development is great, but not exactly a mark of quality either. More something borne out of necessity. We all know where they usually end up (and not just those in Scotland) and that we made a hash of our finances (if people would call on the EBT / HMRC fiasco) is neither a definite proof that buying experience is an ultimate fail. You'd obviously hope that we build a good youth setup in the future alongside to building a team with experience players that can give you instant stability and success. Finding the golden way in the middle is something hundreds of greater and bigger (and many more lesser) clubs have tried and failed. So we should be prepared to the experience some anguish along the route to that still. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hildy 0 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 The possible appointment of Nerlinger was a rare piece of good news coming out of Ibrox. I'm disappointed that it won't happen. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Cooper 0 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 The possible appointment of Nerlinger was a rare piece of good news coming out of Ibrox. I'm disappointed that it won't happen. Has he a decent reputation mate? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Some selected quotes from the original Nerlinger thread - Pinch of salt needed here. - chilledbear I shall wait for the official unveiling before giving this any credence - Rangersitis Is this like the time Laudrup talked about joining rangers under green? - the gunslinger I'll be treating this with huge dose of skepticism until it's officially announced as a done deal. - me where's the money coming from - compo It's rubbish mate, there's hardly enough money to pay the ones we already have. - chilledbear in reply to compo The wee pot of gold under the rainbow - get with the program!!!! - TheWee BlueDevil in reply to compo Why, it doesnt seem that long ago we were making backroom staff redundant... now we can find money for a d.o.f.? - Dragosani Pure fantasy from the board imho - the gunslinger 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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