Official: Clement sacked | Ferguson appointed interim head coach

[Devil's advocaat 1,739]

20 minutes ago, compo said:

This next game against Kilmarnock won’t do Mr McInnes any harm let the board see first hand what he has to offer by way of tactics a good Killie showing won’t do him any harm.

Christ, that's even worse than Dyche.

[Fa1833 306]

I know im getting a bit carried away here! Name me a galactico ( Glasgow ) style backroom staff of former players be it Barry Ferguson, Tommo, Niel McCann, Alan Hutton, Kris Boyd who would play an important role in Rangers.  as Rae wasn't one for us under the helm of PC. 

[Rousseau 11,353]

Clement's full tenure, xG vs xGA.

 

xG and xGA got worse, albeit slightly, the longer he was here. 

 

[ranger_syntax 4,634]

1 hour ago, Devil's advocaat said:

I wouldn't be averse to Gerrard getting a contract til the end of the season.

I think Gerrard could only work as a permanent appointment.

 

If he's a caretaker then I think he would just go through the motions with little to gain for anybody involved.

[CammyF 9,054]

[ranger_syntax 4,634]

10 minutes ago, Fa1833 said:

I know im getting a bit carried away here! Name me a galactico ( Glasgow ) style backroom staff of former players be it Barry Ferguson, Tommo, Niel McCann, Alan Hutton, Kris Boyd who would play an important role in Rangers.  as Rae wasn't one for us under the helm of PC. 

The rent-a-quote backroom team!

 

This would be the equivalent of a black hole of knowing the club.

[Uilleam 6,145]

The Board has had weeks -if not months, actually- to consider PC's future as Manager.

If he had 'turned things around', significantly, the Board would have breathed a collective sigh of relief, at having no decision to make, and he would have continued in his role. 

Clearly he hasn't done so. It also looked increasingly unlikely that he would be able do so.

The Board could have elected to muddle through, evading decisive action, or to have sacked him.

The results and performances v QP, and St Mirren were so poor as to force a decision on his tenure and Rangers, again, is now sans Manager.

 

Surely, the board had a Plan in place, for replacement of management and coaching staff: it is not as though this situation occurred overnight. PCs position has looked increasingly untenable for some time. 

The only reasons for not having an alternative available, in short order, are that the Board would perhaps have had to circumvent the Director of Football, who is close to the Manager, and/or Boardroom politics and factionalism; and let's not forget the mooted purchase of at least a significant %age of shares by an outside consortium.   

Hence we have some temporary, ad hoc, arrangement, while somebody  'searches' for the right fellow. 

 

Truly, a camel is a horse designed by committee. 

 

 

[Rousseau 11,353]

39 minutes ago, Uilleam said:

The Board has had weeks -if not months, actually- to consider PC's future as Manager.

If he had 'turned things around', significantly, the Board would have breathed a collective sigh of relief, at having no decision to make, and he would have continued in his role. 

Clearly he hasn't done so. It also looked increasingly unlikely that he would be able do so.

The Board could have elected to muddle through, evading decisive action, or to have sacked him.

The results and performances v QP, and St Mirren were so poor as to force a decision on his tenure and Rangers, again, is now sans Manager.

 

Surely, the board had a Plan in place, for replacement of management and coaching staff: it is not as though this situation occurred overnight. PCs position has looked increasingly untenable for some time. 

The only reasons for not having an alternative available, in short order, are that the Board would perhaps have had to circumvent the Director of Football, who is close to the Manager, and/or Boardroom politics and factionalism; and let's not forget the mooted purchase of at least a significant %age of shares by an outside consortium.   

Hence we have some temporary, ad hoc, arrangement, while somebody  'searches' for the right fellow. 

 

Truly, a camel is a horse designed by committee. 

 

 

With takeover talks, a search for a DoF, and a club-wide review in the works - not to mention having nothing to play for - any permanent appointment would be short-sighted in the extreme. 

[Rousseau 11,353]

I'm still of the opinion that it is a mistake to sack him now. I would have waited until the summer. 

[Uilleam 6,145]

3 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

With takeover talks, a search for a DoF, and a club-wide review in the works - not to mention having nothing to play for - any permanent appointment would be short-sighted in the extreme. 

By the time all that is through, the Club might be in a worse state than China.

 

The point is that we face months of improvisation and ad hockery, again. If you think that the way forward, fine. 

To me it is symptomatic of a lack of foresight, or of even the foresight to see that foresight is required.