der Berliner 3,803 Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 From a Brentford fan via FF Afternoon all, hope you don't mind a lifelong Brentford supporter coming on your board for a natter. Congrats on your new appointments, when I first heard that Warbs and Weir were likely to join Rangers I came close to a meltdown, wrongly thinking they were flirting with the hooped mob from up the road. We don't do good with hoops either! The thought of Warburton ending up there about as appealing to us as "one of your own" rocking up at that crowd on the other side of Glasgow. I should've known better though, Warbs just isn't that type of bloke and has chosen his next role carefully and respectfully. That's a sign of the man you've just employed, a class act in all that he does, but a man with the strength, ambition and footballing intelligence to help you get back to where you want to be. I guess you don't need me to tell you much about David Weir. So what's MW like? Well as a person, likeable, loyal, very honest, open and extremely professional in all that he does. He's old school in that he wants to lead and take a strong hand in player recruitment, coaching and development of youth. Whilst new age in being open to many of the more modern ideas in football, ironically very well suited to the statistics / "moneyball" based model that we are now following. His main issue with it being the loss of any veto on future signings, this being handed on to 2 new DoF's. MW likes to run with a tight squad, unity is a big deal and the players will be encouraged to bond and enjoy each others company off the pitch. He expects to see the ball played from the back, typically the GK will look for a defender or be coached to play like a sweeper, no long punts upfield. He plays with flair and pace across the midfield areas, lots of quick passing but with real attacking purpose, midfielders will join in and support an often lone striker who will have to put a shift in to make it work. When he took over as manager after Uwe Rosler left us, the change was incredible to watch, he made the existing players better instantly and blew teams away with his attacking intent and levels of fitness not seen before. The season ending in a brilliant promotion from League 1, his promotion! Foloowed by an incredible 1st season back in the champonship, where most expected us to go back down we alsmost went up. By the way we scored lots of late goals, so my advice is never to leave early. Oh and he always wears a whistle and flute, no chavvy shell suits. Warburton wasn't perfect, nobody is, and sometimes we were a bit naïve and conceded soft goals, mainly through being so positive and unwilling to lump it - even when needed. Some say he lacked a plan B, most that say that don't really know what it means though, and L1 promotion in year one, followed by play offs in a really strong championship should tell you enough. His quote on plan B is to do plan A better. Some of the issues were squad related, and in other areas he's a quick learner and would have made the corrections quickly in time for next season. MW gave Brentford fans the best football seen since our pre war peak under the legendary Harry Curtis, where BFC were "the" team in West London, not Chelsea, QPR or Fulham. Griffin Park was packed out every week last season and I've no doubt he'd have taken us to the Premier league in time for the opening of the new 20K stadium up the road. Sadly our loss is your gain, look after him, give him a little time and I think he'll bring you all the success you deserve. I'll follow follow Glasgow Rangers even more closely in future. Any questions give us a try. Best wishes from Middlesex / West London. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannochsidebear 2,429 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Was that his mother writing that!! Seriously though, a damn fine backing of MW from the Brentford fan and one that most Rangers fans would be pleased to read. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 913 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 He does have a touch of old school about him but with dignity and class what Ive seen so far. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 That sounds terrific, what a change to what we were used to under McLeish, Smith, McCoist, KMD and McCall. I can't see him keeping many of our players, they would be incapable of playing in that system. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSocksRedTops 3,806 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 That sounds terrific, what a change to what we were used to under McLeish, Smith, McCoist, KMD and McCall. I can't see him keeping many of our players, they would be incapable of playing in that system. I still get a shiver down my back thinking that McLeish was even linked to managers position again. That would have been the final nail in the coffin for this supporter. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,114 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 I still get a shiver down my back thinking that McLeish was even linked to managers position again. That would have been the final nail in the coffin for this supporter. Both Richard Gough and Davie Robertson were flying the flag for McLeish at the NARSA convention. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangersitis 0 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Both Richard Gough and Davie Robertson were flying the flag for McLeish at the NARSA convention. What's the story with Richard Gough? He was front of shot along with King on the ST boycott only to disappear without a trace. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSocksRedTops 3,806 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Both Richard Gough and Davie Robertson were flying the flag for McLeish at the NARSA convention. You are kidding? McLeish would have been another massive step backwards and god knows we've had plenty of them. He's a nice guy and I appreciate what he achieved over a decade ago but he is the last thing we needed. For some reason unknown to me, he has turned into a manager that seems more interested in worrying about the opposition than believing in his own team. Having watched many Brum and Villa games, his teams would have put you off football for life. People go on about experience as if it's some kind of benchmark for possible managerial success but if your recent experience is littered with negative and dire football, how relevant is it? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,114 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 You are kidding? McLeish would have been another massive step backwards and god knows we've had plenty of them. He's a nice guy and I appreciate what he achieved over a decade ago but he is the last thing we needed. For some reason unknown to me, he has turned into a manager that seems more interested in worrying about the opposition than believing in his own team. Having watched many Brum and Villa games, his teams would have put you off football for life. People go on about experience as if it's some kind of benchmark for possible managerial success but if your recent experience is littered with negative and dire football, how relevant is it? I kid ye not. Was quite worrying the amount of people who actually wanted him back..... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 I kid ye not. Was quite worrying the amount of people who actually wanted him back..... Thankfully they weren't involved in the decision-making. All they were doing was showing a sizeable lack of imagination and ambition. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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