PoohBear

If we sign Lampard then the board will deserve everything they get. At the first instance of weakness the mob will absolutely destroy him. It would be an absolutely ridiculous appointment, so one we will probably make.

I got banned waaaay way back in the day for sticking up for McCoist (this was before he came back with Walter), loads on the board were calling him a shyster and an uncle tom. Madness.

Jansen and Muscat both frighten me. Muscat appears to have a decent record, but when you dig down into it the Australia league is one of those weird ones where the top half of the table or so qualify for a knock-out cup to see who wins the league, he’s actually only come top of the league once I believe. He’s done well in Japan too but both clubs he’s done well at he’s come in straight after postecoglu, the one team he didn’t do that with he managed 2 wins in 15 before being sacked. Jansen might be good, but to me appears to be another gamble. He’s done decently with AZ from what I can see, but AZ were riding slightly higher before he took over it seems so he’s really treaded water with them rather than improved them. Steve McLaren won the league there with FC Twente not so long ago, a much better achievement in my opinion…. I dunno, his European record doesn’t look that amazing when you look at the detail. Sure, getting the the semi final of any European cup is an achievement, but the only really impressive victory during that run looks to be against Lazlo, the next most impressive fixture was a draw over two legs with Anderlecht and getting through on pens.

when you say personnel is not the issue, do you think we have a strong enough squad to win the league? I think Butland has been a brilliant signing, Cantwell too, but so far the others haven't produced enough for me and I'm concerned they are poorer than the players they've replaced.

If you spent half as much time talking about Rangers rather than bickering and picking fights this board would be a rich discussion place mate 👍

You don’t think the board are crossing their 11 fingers and eyes and balls and whatever else they can in the hope that Davis is a blinding awesome manager that they can install long term? Maybe they aren’t.

At least I’m glad you’ve shared your pearls of wisdom about Davis doing the best he can in the job. If that is the requirement then I might have a chance too. Wouldn’t actually put it past this board to install me as manager to be honest.

Literally my whole point.

Pretty sure the latest appointment backs it up, as did the rest of my post that you chopped off.

Those making the decisions have no clue what is going on. We’ve just appointed our newest manager, interim or not, and guess what? It’s another complete risk. It’s the only thing the decision makers know to do, flip a coin and hope for the best.

Clarke would be a good appointment in my opinion.

Going into an away Europa League match with a completed untested management team. 👍

The board simply need to undertake a massive consultation period with experienced people to understand how to move forward. We just had Alex Ferguson in the studio, I hope to god that the board used some of his time to discuss football matters.

It's fair to have your own opinion, but Celtic have had two Scottish captains at the core of their team during all their success. Of course you need quality, but there is no point in filling the team with people who don't understand that we need to win every match.

Actually it probably would mean more goals, but that wasn't the point I was making. The comparison of strikers was to illustrate the point. There is no core of players that understand the club, I believe we really miss that.

Honestly, I'm not really sure what you guys are arguing about then. Perhaps it's just the anger of the situation spilling into all of our posts.

I really don't get why people aren't agreeing that the board are making severe, dire errors? It's been obvious over many years now, even their appointment of DoFs is riddled with errors. They really need some consultation with experienced parties before appointing anyone else. Personally I think the appointment of a new manager at this stage will just put a plaster over our problems and the plaster will come off again at the start of next season. I think we are missing much more than a new manager. - We need a complete clear out of the squad, I thought this was happening during the off season but I was dismayed to realise that the same players that have failed year on year still make up the bulk of our first team for our games this season. A huge failure, and I still can't get my head around getting rid of Colek who was our most efficient striker. - We need to re-establish what it means to be Rangers within our dressing room. How do we do that? I believe we absolutely need to revert this snobbery of overlooking the best Scottish talent. Beale should be sacked alone for his remarks about Scottish players not being good enough and then signing Dessers and Lammers. Not only are these players a long way from the required ability we need, they are a long way from understanding what Rangers are. We need to start bringing in the best Scottish players again, and maybe the best Scottish coaches. I could rant all day actually, but I have to make scrambled eggs for my kids now.

It’s no good hiring a manager that is just better than Beale, we’ll be back in this position this time next year with that thinking. We need to hire a manager capable of winning the league, and that is going to depend on whether one is willing and able to come to us.

Which manager are you going to bring in? We can’t just bring in a manager who will provide us with improved performances and results, that is not enough. When I said the other day that I would prefer McInnes to Beale I was roundly slagged off. To be clear, I don’t want McInnes, but he would get us improved performances and results I have no doubt. What we really need is the correct appointment, someone who can win us the league, someone experienced who isn’t another gamble. Every single appointment since Smith has been a fucking gamble. The problem is that we have made our club completely undesirable to anyone with any sort of pedigree.

I’ll ask again what exactly doesn’t make sense to you though? Saying “all of it” is a cop out. What is it that you don’t agree with? You don’t agree that we have become somewhat of a poisoned chalice for managers?

We sacked a guy that got us to the Europa league final and won a cup. No matter what you or I think of his abilities, it’s not a good look. We will then sack the next manager less than a year later, a manager who has the highest win rate in rangers history (I believe?). Regardless of the errors of the board and whether the managers were the correct choices, it’s a terrible look for any potential manger. In my opinion.

I think it makes sense that sacking someone 4 games into the season is a terrible look. Coupled with the fact we sacked a manager who reached the Europa League final, I think we look like an awful proposition for most managers. We are a career killer of a club at the moment and we don't give the manager time. Not only that, but the crowd are blood thirty as fuck, why would anyone risk is at the moment?

What is it that doesn't make sense?

It's not humble pie to have not wanted Beale to be sacked. I voted no but at the same time I'm not fond of Beale and I had little hope of him turning it around. However, I think it's damaging to our club to be sacking a manger a few games into the season, personally I believe it will turn off a lot of potential targets. Now, it's clear he isn't going to be able to turn it around. But I don't think anyone should be eating humble pie.

That corner 😂 Jesus Lammers