CammyF

They may be keeping the lights on but my description of them remains valid. They are not/who we need to take us to the next level.

Our goal difference in SPL since Gio took over? +7......

Think it was debated in The Sun today but if I'm honest, dont know why, but i've not paid much notice to the rags today. Didn't see it at the game as it happened at opposite end and haven't watched game back. The "still" does makes it look like a penalty.

The Rangers soap-opra continues.

So poor they created records last season and have now been in later stages of EL for 3 or 4 seasons? Last season they played the best football I've seen from a Rangers team in decades. Our Euorpean record is very impressive and you don't do that with poor players.

Lundstrum by the length of Paisley Road West.

In the build up to the game there was a lot of debate to how to fill the void left by Alfie being injured. The vast majority agreed that Roofe was the player to take his place, but a change of formation would be required to accommodate Roofe as we've seen how he struggles as a loan striker. What happens today? We play Roofe as an isolated striker. Roofe is a very good player but his strengths are not closing players down, going physically against defenders, that's what was expected of him today. We now have the same issue for the remainder of the season as I don't expect to see Alfie back. We either continue to try to fit square pegs in round holes or we alter our formation.

But in those seasons, we did progress both domestically and especially in Europe. We found a way to defeat Celtic and that was the launch pad to winning the league last season. We were top of the league when he left after beating Celtic (again) with a Covid ravaged squad when most Rangers fans were predicting Celtic giving us a thrashing. Gerrard had his faults, but it's undeniable he took us from being an utter shambles to Champions and got us respect in Europe. He also left the club in a far better place than when he joined. Defending Champions with a 6 point lead in the league, not a bad time to take over IMO.

WTF?

Personally, I think SG done a great job as he inherited a complete and utter shambles. We were 3rd in the league behind them and Aberdeen, were knocked our of Europe by Progress and were on the end of 4 and 5 goal thrashing most times we played them. Firstly SG stabilised us, got us performing in Europe and found a way to beat Celtic. He then built upon this with further progress in Europe and getting us closer in the league. He then won the league as well as progressing in Europe. His results in domestic cup compitions were terrible but when you win the league, you can live with that. Gio inherited a team that had just won the league, who were top of the league and still involved in Europe. The board didn't back SG in the summer (the reason he left IMO) and didn't back Gio in the winter. Throughout SGs tenure, you could see progression, all I've seen since Gio took over is regression. Could be a tough month for us and Gio as if we fail to progress in Europe, get knocked out the Scottish and fall further behind in the league it will disastrous.

Haha - aye OK. Gio took over when we were top of league, we are now 6 points (plus countless goals) behind in the league. He looks lost, he appears clueless and we have regressed dramatically / alarmingly under his management. I expected Gio to be an upgrade on SG, he has been anything but. What both SG and Gio do have in common is both weren't backed in the last two transfer windows, whilst Ange has been backed to the hilt in BOTH.

We have a very good number 2 goalkeeper. Why doesn t he get a run given our number 1 has cost us numerous goals and points this season? It appears our defenders no longer trust him. We brought Amad on loan and never used him. Sakala and Roofe are criminally underused and this has resulted in Alfie sustaining a long-term injury. Steve Davis is another who has been underused. Our manager doesn't appear to know what his best centre defensive partnership is. He either doesn t use his subs or makes confusing changes. There are other examples but big managers make big calls - Gio's first in my opinion was to drop Greegs and by not doing so has cost us.

Leadership comes from the top. The players take a share of the responsibility but are they being coached correctly? If they are and continually not performing, why does the manger keep selecting the same players? Lack of leadership if this is the case. Recruitment question - why did we take Amad on loan? Not a dig at him, he is a young player who a lot of people within the game believe has a great future. We take him and he's played about 2 hours in total. Compare and contrast to their recruitment and the impact they've had.

Didn't we draw any games last season? Must have imagined them.

Thought that was what I said... Europe will be over soon, just hope we still retain an interest in the Scottish Cup.

The domestic cups are nice to win if you are winning the league, the take on greater importance when you have chucked the league.

I have- last season when we won the league at a canter there were times when we were very poor. However, we found ways to win as we were doing earlier in season.

As a Rangers fan I believe our club deserves the best. We are and always have been the standard setters, the team who played the correct way and who had leaders in the boardroom, in the managers office and on the pitch. I'll never apologies for wanting that to continue and I'll never apologies for criticising when we don't have the best people in place, and no matter how you dress it up, we don't have the best people in place at the moment.

The game at Hampden saw us "coached" by a guy who couldn't beat Bo'ness United a couple weeks previously. Where were we in the league "early season" or when we faced Hibs at Hampden? Weren't playing well but were winning and were clear at top of league. Our decline started after Gio took over and looks likely to continue. We'll finish 10-12 points behind.

Oh and to those Rangers "fans" who threw bottles onto the pitch, do us all a favour and fcuk off and don't come back.

Stop the rot? He's caused it.

All well and good, but do you trust thus board to take us to the next level? Do you trust this manager to turn this decline around? Answer to both is a resounding NO.

I wouldn't include the loans - they were always going to be short-term signings. We've signed an unknown from NYC, a young Polish right back and a Scottish centre-half with injury problems. We are obviously skint so we're not going to buy big innthe summer. All our assets values have plummeted, so be interested to hear from the board how we are going to get the necessary income to wrestle the league back next season. However if we are completely honest, our current board are clueless, spineless and need replacing.

Under SG we were undefeated against Celtic for 2 years and prior to that, had defeated them at Parkhead and played them off the pitch at Hampden. Under SG we had a style of play, the players knew their jobs and knew what was expected of them. We had Beale and Calshaw who is take back tomorrow. Under SG we were 6 points clear of Celtic and had beaten then at Ibrox with a Covid ravaged squad. Under Gio, we've surrendered that lead, lost twice to Celtic (one an absolute hammering, one a whimper of a performance). We've regressed alarmingly since Gio has taken over, the league and the performances atest to that. Board have a huge decision - either back Gio significantly if they believe he is their man, or remove him. Backing him with words is pointless.