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I'm still not convinced it will be either of the names mentioned.

Does Knutsen not require a % of transfer income made by the club? that would be a non-starter for us.

I accept that. I just think it will be less of a concern at a club with better resources than 90% of their opponents. What's real success at Mk Dons, Swansea and So'ton, though?

Everton have identified Rangers midfielder Mohamed Diomande as one of several midfield targets this summer. (Daily Express) Former club FC Twente are "seriously interested" in a return for Rangers defender Robin Propper. (soccernews.nl,- in Dutch) Left-back Ridvan Yilmaz is another Rangers player being linked with his former club as Beskitas begin transfer talks. (Aspor.com, - in Turkish)

The unknown is a concern. It would be a gamble. If we were linked to someone with a track record I’d probably favour them, hence why I’ve favoured Knutsen even time. The quotes from the Southampton fans back up what I could see in Martin’s record though. Not enough evidence that he can balance the positive style with a proper defensive structure. And not enough evidence of real success either.

I think he's a DoF in USA somewhere.

Purdy replaces Koppen as Ibrox technical director Rangers' new American owners are continuing their restructuring of the club by appointing Everton's former head of recruitment Dan Purdy as technical director to replace Nils Koppen. Last week, a US-based consortium, including the investment arm of the San Francisco 49ers, completed a multi-million pound takeover of Rangers. New sporting director Kevin Thelwell officially begins his role on Monday, and the club have moved to bring in Purdy to work alongside him, as they did at Everton. Koppen, previously head of scouting for Dutch club PSV Eindhoven, originally joined Rangers as director of football recruitment in January 2024 before the Belgian stepped up to become technical director 10 months later. Now the club's new owners have decided to move in a different direction, though Koppen will assist Thelwell with the transition into his new role. The Ibrox club are expected to appoint a new head coach soon, with Davide Ancelotti and Russell Martin believed to be the two main candidates. Andrew Cavenagh will be confirmed as the club's new chairman at an annual meeting at the end of June. His vice-chair will be the current chairman of Leeds United, Paraag Marathe. Patrick Stewart will continue as chief executive. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cj3j2ndd4x7o

Just think about the number of heart attacks among older supporters likely to result..... That is bad enough, but how many charges of corporate culpable homicide, before the Yanks call it a day?

What is Warburton up to these days? Nothing about Martin seems positive at all, unless you enjoy being on the edge of your seat every single time we get a goal kick.

Ahh, woosh. Missed that.

Looks like It’s starting to fall into place 😂

It was a joke. I copied Gonzo's exact post, switching Martin for Ancelotti, and Warburton for Gerrard. I've outlined my concerns about Ancelotti elsewhere. I fully accept I'm swimming against the tide, re Martin.

Eh? Maybe the excitement and positivity for you instantly disappears, but looking online that would be the case for Martin, who seems to have reached Lampardesque levels of negativity among the support. I'm not sure how you equate Gerrard (a manager) to Ancelotti (a coach). I presume that the Gerrard model is not what the new owners want and that's why he is no longer under consideration. Going for Ancelotti is totally moving away from the Gerrard model.

RANGERS will be well represented across a number of Scottish football committees and working groups during the 2025/26 season, with several members of the club’s leadership team contributing to key areas of the game’s governance and development. https://www.rangers.co.uk/article/rangers-representatives-appointed-onto-sfa-and-spfl-committees/CjCVzkhAls3e5Mhbdyywc

I got my EGM notification in the post this morning.

.....and in the Europa, and in the Conference, and all in the one season. A record, in fact. Perhaps one that Russell Martin could aspire to equalling.

Yes, I heard the same H&H podcast and the points you made were a good argument against Koppen, or rather, his ability to do the role. They also said his negotiating skills were, with hindsight not very strong. I think both can be true, with regards the old pals act BD. If it works its the first option. If it fails, its the old pals act and will be expensive to remove them all.

I understand that Thelwell was brought in when Everton were under severe PSR restrictions and he helped navigate them through it. I believe the overspending that resulted in the points deduction was pre-Thelwell.

Fucked in the CL.

Listening to a H&H pod on this, and they made the point that while there have been some successes, there were failures too, not just in the players but the way that we approached things, trying for a couple of months to get a player from Spain, who had no intention of moving outside Spain, and having to resort to last minute signings. His failure in moving players on for decent cash was also highlighted. Is it old pals act, or getting someone in who you have first hand experience of and know can do the job, rather than the risk of getting in an unknown?

Get rasellik fucked in Europe?

I know, but I wanted to use your full quote. To be fair, that's my main issue with Ancelotti. I don't know how we'll play, or even if he can implement a style of play. He does have some interesting ideas around the structure of the coaching staff, etc. I wouldn't be disappointed, but the unknown is a concern of mine. I mean, everyone knows what Ange and Rodgers do, too... (CC @Uilleam)

How very Rangers Compo, talking about sacking the manager before we even know who it is! 😆

I’ve got a mate who supports Southampton and messaged me the other night saying pretty much the same thing, that Russell Martin was never a particularly popular manager, even before they got promoted. He confirmed the whole "if plan A doesn’t work, do plan A better" mentality and also said Martin had a habit of blaming everyone except himself when things went sideways Couple of direct quotes from him: “He is so horribly smug.” “Even in the Championship we got hammered by anyone decent. Got promoted with something like the 7th worst defence in the league.” “He’s never improved a team or finished above expectations.” Unforunately, he made no comment on this.....

Whoever gets the post we all know that after a few bad results the majority on here will be clamouring for his removal in fact we should open a book to see when he gets sacked