Gersnet Editorial Back to square one?

[Bluedell 5,624]

4 hours ago, Frankie said:

A packed Ibrox isn’t an easy place for any team to visit and a loud, clear backing from the stands does provide a tangible benefit to our play. That was missing last night and, as much as the players must take ownership for their own bad performances, so too must the manager.

The lack of pre-match music seemed to put a dampener of the atmosphere. We had the Butland song and that was about it.

 

I know some say that we shouldn't have music and let the fans build up their own atmosphere and that may work on the odd occasion, but play it by ear. Last night, we needed pre-match tunes to build up the atmosphere and it just didn't happen and the crowd was fairly flat throughout.

[Bill 13,717]

It's clear to anyone with eyes that much has improved since Beale left and Clement arrived. However, the same personnel on the park will continue to exhibit the same weaknesses whoever sits in the manager's chair. With one exception, the last 5 or 6 seasons have shared one characteristic - the inability of the players to maintain any kind of consistency and a general tendency to finish the season weaker than at the beginning. And it seems to be happening again now. 

 

I believe there's a fundamental weakness of character and leadership among the more experienced players in our dressing room and it starts with our captain, who has more than enough on his hands trying to look after his own morale without lifting the heads of those around him. There are too many in our dressing room whose first instinct at any sign of pressure is to fold like cards and the fear spreads like wildfire until you get what we witnessed last night and at Pittodrie. GvB, Beale and now Clement are tinkering at the edges but none have yet addressed the weak heart of the team. Clement will either address this or follow the one-year boys out of the door in 2024.