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I know it is early days, but Butland looks like he could possibly have played in either an Advocaat or Smith team.

Sadly, as soon as he growled "Ah've goat the battle fever oan", there would be a collective fit of the vapours, and a rush to the sick bay at Auchenhowie.

How about asking Neil Warnock to take over till end of season? Gives board time to make a correct appointment hopefully. We need to change now.

Gonzo was right, dB. Only Gazza and Laudrup can play Gazza and Laudrup. Rangers will never again have players like that. The current crew is hopeless. They’re not even Derek Grierson and Sammy Baird - nowhere near.

Lammers clipped one beauty from the right just begging for a head to knock it into the net. My granny could have nodded it in and she’s no DJ. Only thing wrong, it was Rangers’ goalmouth, not the enemy’s.

Lammers for Hagi = £3.5m for Worse imo . Only Butland has been an improvement. Athough very promising last season, Raskin & Cantwell have been on a downward slope in form this year too. MB out

I don't know what's worse. Matondo being injured or the fact that we're taking about a player who appears vital to our team but was basically on the way out the door 2 months ago. Man City are currently playing without Stones, De Bruyne and Silva yet have started the season with 6 wins from 6. I get that they are on an altogether different level but IMO it just emphasises that a team/squad with a true playing identity will not suffer as much when players are injured. On the other hand, it's no great surprise that our aimless playing style which relies on small moments of quality here and there will be heavily impacted by a few injuries.

I know exactly what the board think.

Jock Wallace who was a brilliant coach up to circa 1980. Then came back to Rangers and no matter Gullane, banging the battle drum, shouting at players, managed over Rangers team that's 10 times worse than the current team. It's not a coincidence that the next fulltime manager was Graeme Souness who changed the whole culture of training, diet and approach to football and lay the foundations for 9-in-a-row. We don't need a return to Jock Wallace, we need another David Holmes with a vision of turning an old fashioned and failing football club into a forward thinking and successful club.

Dunno what's wrong with saying the board have made poor decisions? The manager is responsible for the players performance and the board is responsible for the managers. It's pretty logical.

I am trying not to think about it. Many others, too, I am sure, will be of like mind.

Just give it Giggsy 'til the end the the season...

I would just add that Lammers is inferior to Hagi. Thought Dowell looked promising in some of the pre-seasons before fading from view. Otherwise no argument.😒

The fact is these people largely own Rangers. They paid their money and they're entitled to make their choice. While some fans think they own the club and should decide who sits on the board and who manages the team, they don't. Fans can vote with their feet and they can voice their opinion but no one is compelled to respond as supporters demand. Turning our ire on the board is a futile occupation and always a last resort.

Jinxed it. Watch all 3 get injured tomorrow 😆

Again, who said or implied that this board and previous boards haven't made good decisions? The point is that current and previous boards appear not to learn from the previous bad / poor decisions. This board and previous boards have constantly made bad decisions. 9 managers in 10 years suggests constant bad decisions. Being in court for retail deals suggests constant bad decisions. Signing up for a friendly with Celtic, refusing to defend Rangers fans after the Scottish Cup Final defeat against Hibs . I could go on but there are none so blind as those who cannot see.

Whilst that is true, he did implement a winning mentality, changed how players trained, how they managed their diet and how we played football. Souness was always going to be "short-term" but he laid the foundations for us to dominate Scottish football and dragged our club into the modern era. Walter Smith was the real legacy of Souness and Holmes era.

It's obvious we do need a revolution to become the dominate force domestically. Having won 1 league and 1 Scottish Cup since our return to the top flight shows this. As does being dwarfed financially buy Celtic. If our ambitions are 1 title and a Scottish Cup every decade we're going the right way about it.

I suggest, only, that the team lacks, and, thus, requires, cojones. Souness himself, was no shrinking violet, class and aggression on the pitch, and off the pitch, pretty bloody ruthless with players.

Ok Jock/Souness/Sir Walter etc. they had their pluses but what we really need is current squad to get finger out and play for 90 minutes. xG/no.10's /low block just get out and play the game FFS.

No it's not - it's factual and there are plenty of examples of constant boardroom errors. If you find / think it's drivel, that's your perogative. If you believe that this and previous boards have not made any errors, then again, it's your perogative From previous experience I know you dont like being corrected , but you said that Beale had someone coerced the board NOT to appoint a DOF - if thats true, it shows yet another huge mistake from the board. Oh and as for sack the board, who mentioned anything about sacking the board? There is no point discussing anything with you as you revert to these type of responses, oh, there's a constant.

I guess someone could call an AGM and if enough shares vote to remove the directors then it could happen. Of course since much of the shareholding currently sits on the board, attacking the board might just be the most futile idea yet.

Yep, if only Jock Wallace could be exhumed!

Yes there is - Boards and Directors making decisions that hurt the club - constantly

Yes; and I can't see us coming out of a one off cup-tie v Livingston with a completely clean bill of health.

Well said, three generations of my family were screaming "Get him off" the first time he went down holding his knee. Very foolish to let him play on.

Wee Martindale makes good use of what is at his disposal, so I do not expect a walk over for the Gers. Especially if they snatch an early goal, or we fail to score first half. Hopefully it will not be a nervous affair.

All the medics and manager's fault he should never have been allowed to carry on after first treatment never mind second a poor show.

If the board HAVE pandered to Beale regarding not employing a DOF then yes.

Quite controversial. I am ignorant of such things but I have it on good authority that Bennet and Bisgrove are of the highest quality. Would they allow the club to be damaged?

Makes you wonder what's the point of relying on cross balls when we almost never score from them and no longer have the forwards who can make something of them. Just another one of Beale's many mysteries.

Barisic was getting a lot of joy down the left in the first half, and fired in multiple good crosses without so much as a challenge at the other end. Lammers and Dessers need to be making more of an effort there.

Supposedly if he’s sacked within the first year there’s no compensation due.

In the mad, mad world of Michael Beale this is progress...... Dessers for Colak = £5m for Worse Danilo for Sakala = £6.3m for Worse Lammers for Hagi = £3.5m for no better Cifuentes for Kamara = £1.4m for no better Sima for Kent = No better but possibly cheaper Dowell, Sterling, Balogun all disappeared from sight

I wouldn't boo a manager either. I find the atmosphere a bit toxic at Ibrox at the moment. The fans are nervous and angry and a mass groan at every mistake doesn't help anything. I am not blaming anyone just stating the obvious. I didn't want Beale and think this was an inevitable outcome of his appointment. I feel for him on a human level but he just doesn't have the experience to manage this club. What an utter mess.