Well who's next

[ian1964 10,724]

[Anchorman 0]

If its a partnership I would like to see the '2nd in command' actually contribute regularly. I was right behind the dugout last week and big Weir's verbal contribution seemed to involve 2 or 3 words of despair every now and then to MW (but he managed to get pretty verbal often enough with the 4th official and the Ross County management team). Whereas wee Billy Dodds was in Jim McIntrye's ear constantly. I wouldn't mind wee Doddsy as a number 2 (I know Jim Mcintrye thinks the world of him).

[Scott7 6,013]

Some managers like to be left alone. Beckenbauer used to stand motionless and isolated on the touchline

[Bluedell 5,627]

I wouldn't mind wee Doddsy as a number 2 (I know Jim Mcintrye thinks the world of him).

No thanks. He's turned into a Rangers hater over the past 5 years or so.

[JFK-1 1,693]

RONALD DE BOER insists Rangers will have to wait until later in the year if they want to attempt to lure twin brother Frank to Ibrox.

 

The Light Blues board have started their search for Mark Warburton’s replacement after he and assistant David Weir quit the club last week.

 

Rangers are likely to install an interim boss to see them through to the end of the season before appointing Warburton’s successor on a permanent basis ahead of the new Premiership campaign and potential Europa League qualifiers.

 

Former Ajax and Inter Milan manager de Boer admitted over the weekend that he would be willing to speak to Rangers about a return to Ibrox.

 

But Ronald believes Gers chiefs will have to be patient in their approach and bide their time before making a move to take his brother to Glasgow.

 

"He will never take a team at this time of year," the former Netherlands midfielder told BBC Scotland.

 

"Frank won't go into that (whether there has been an approach from Rangers) but he told me, and I knew this already, that he's waiting probably until the end of April and then he will take his decision on what options are on the table.

 

"He wants to have a decent run up. He had this lesson with Inter Milan when he had only two weeks to start the league, he couldn't really prepare the team. I think he learned from that so he wants to have a good pre-season and get to know the players very well.

 

"He will never take, for example, the Rangers job just now. That's not in question.

 

"He has his philosophy. Do they stand close to his philosophy and how he wants to play? Is there a chance to buy players, all these kind of things.

 

"He has to observe the team itself, how strong it is and are the players able to fulfil his thoughts?

 

“Frank will play forward so he wants players who can play in small spaces, who can dribble and are willing to go forward. That's really important."

 

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/rangers/15089819.Ronald_de_Boer__Rangers_will_have_to_wait_until_April_if_they_want_to_appoint_Frank_as_boss/?ref=eb

[Gribz 850]

That surely suggest McLeish is not being considered as an interim manager? If he was, he would be in place by now?

 

I dont think he came over to well on sky on sunday, it seemed to be more about if the club wants him come and get him and didnt outright say he wanted it.

[Rousseau 10,640]

Just seen on SSN that former Valencia manager Pako Ayestarán "would be interested in the job" according to Jim White.

[Darthter 542]

I've no issue with Murty remaining in charge just now.

 

They idea was to have the same philosophy though out all levels within the club. Therefore, Murty should be versed in a similar, attacking style - hopefully he can execute it better than MW though.

I don't think they will want someone to come in & start introducing a completely new way of working.

 

Murty's had the week working directly with the players.....if he does ok, I'd keep him until the end of the season.

[Uilleam 5,948]

BBC Radio Scotland's 'Sportsound' show, a production so antithetical to Govan's Chosen Few that it should be broadcast from the piggery boardroom, (soon, Seamus, soon) was going large for Derek McInnes to take over at Ibrox. I can't believe that these poltroons have the inside track here, but the Dandy Don, Gordon, was less than animated about the possible loss of his Club's manager.

Meaning: Pacific Quay has the skinny, right enough, or it is a hale heap of tosh, made up to fill the schedule.

Prediction: the latter.

[ian1964 10,724]

Lifted from FF:

 

 

FDB's agent speaks to The Herald

 

 

FRANK de Boer's agent said last night that his client is not motivated by money and his interest in the vacant Rangers post this summer is genuine. While a move, short-term or long-term, for a Scottish candidate such as Alex McLeish or Derek McInnes still appears more realistic for the Ibrox club as they bid to replace Mark Warburton, the 46-year-old Dutchman - who led Ajax to four Eredivisie titles in a row before his most recent managerial stint at Italian giants Internazionale lasted just 85 days - insists he won't make a decision on his next club until May at the latest and could yet be open to a surprise return to Ibrox.

 

 

While much will depend upon what other clubs express an interest in a man who has previously made it onto the shortlists at Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur, his representative Guido Albers - who brokered the deal which saw De Boer arrive at Ibrox as a 33-year-old under Alex McLeish on a heavily appearance-fee weighted contract back in 2004 - believes his wage won't be the stumbling block. De Boer was thought to be on a seven-figure annual sum during his time in Milan, although a sizeable fee will also be due were the Ibrox side to move for another potential target in Derek McInnes.

 

"Two years ago Liverpool called and Tottenham called and I think for him it is important to take his time," said Albers. "But If he had no interest in a job like this [Rangers] he would say no definitely and he hasn't done this.

 

"So if he has a good feeling about being approached by Glasgow then everything is possible," he added. "For now, he is not saying 'I am not going to do this or not do that'. Of course there have been a lot of things that he has said no to before but he is going to put all the options on the table in May and then he will make a decision.

 

"When he played for Rangers, and you can ask David Murray about this, he didn't get any salary, he was playing for nothing, because he was just pleased that Rangers were going to let him play," Albers added. "You could imagine 25 coaches who are like that, in it for the money, but you can't say things like that about Frank because he has never made a choice about money. He makes his choices about ambition and what he really wants to do. I am not saying that he will work for nothing - for sure he won't! - but what I am not saying is that money will not make it impossible for him to go there. It will depend on everything, the club, the vision, the long-term, the quality of the players, everything like that.

 

"I had the same with Ronald Koeman, when I brought him to Feyenoord everyone thought that was impossible because of the money, but he spent three years at Feyenoord. And now he is at Everton.

 

"What they [a partnership between Frank and his brother Ronald] would bring is true football and a vision. At Ajax it worked because he had a vision and time to create a vision and I think if he gets the time that he will be successful at whatever his next club is too. I am absolutely convinced that he can go on to be one of the top managers in the world. Because I have seen him working and seen him succeed at Ajax where there is such pressure, to succeed with Dutch players."