Kyle Hutton on twitter

[BlueMazza 0]

I was one of the ones who responded. At one point he tweeted about get abuse after 'a day of training' and I really couldn't stop myself responding 'it's hardly a day'.

 

I've seen Jig tweet about being at the golf course at 12pm after training and regularly see Alexander around that time as I work near MP.

 

Now, I didn't see people being abusive and I wouldn't condone that, but people are happy to dig at Ally and his tactics, why shouldn't we be able to tell the players a little more on their part would help too.

 

Football isn't your average job & I appreciate you can't be doing suicide runs or whatever 8.5 hours a day. But the team are not playing as a team. I don't feel the same camaraderie as I have in previous teams, that family feeling. It's frustrating as a fan to see players away home at lunch time when the play is horrendous on match day.

 

I've never really gotten in to the criticism this year, I appreciate we are not going to be as strong this year and I don't expect us to win every game, but expecting us to play football is not a big ask.

 

We're not asking for extremes of 12-15 hour days. Just showing a level of commitment which I don't always feel from this current team.

[Frankie 8,199]

I think that's all fair BM which only adds to the disappointment with Hutton's reaction.

[BlueMazza 0]

I think that's all fair BM which only adds to the disappointment with Hutton's reaction.

 

 

Yes it infuriated me actually. Complete spitting of the dummy. I understand how easy it is to be defensive when you are one against many but although we joke about nando's ban, it's based on repeated tweets about going. It's not just Hutton at fault here and he maybe felt jumped upon but his response could have been a bit more mature.

[pete 2,499]

I was one of the ones who responded. At one point he tweeted about get abuse after 'a day of training' and I really couldn't stop myself responding 'it's hardly a day'.

 

I've seen Jig tweet about being at the golf course at 12pm after training and regularly see Alexander around that time as I work near MP.

 

Now, I didn't see people being abusive and I wouldn't condone that, but people are happy to dig at Ally and his tactics, why shouldn't we be able to tell the players a little more on their part would help too.

 

Football isn't your average job & I appreciate you can't be doing suicide runs or whatever 8.5 hours a day. But the team are not playing as a team. I don't feel the same camaraderie as I have in previous teams, that family feeling. It's frustrating as a fan to see players away home at lunch time when the play is horrendous on match day.

 

I've never really gotten in to the criticism this year, I appreciate we are not going to be as strong this year and I don't expect us to win every game, but expecting us to play football is not a big ask.

 

We're not asking for extremes of 12-15 hour days. Just showing a level of commitment which I don't always feel from this current team.

 

Great response BM.

[GovanAllan 0]

When did 1 hour come in? It was 2.5 hours was it not?

 

Well they will do light fitness work for the first hour so that leaves the other hour for technique. The last 30 mins discussing what they are doing in the afternoon, golf, Nandos, Darts, Xbox, its a hard choice to make.

[Crimson Dynamo 128]

It is simple things like this clubs and players get wrong. I've said it before when you watch games from other countries the players look fitter. Take Ronaldo for example an amazing player but he also looks like the complete athlete. Now i'm not saying that our players should be able to play like Ronaldo but they should be able to look as fit as he does most of our players look out of shape and unfit which is probably why we have so many injuries

[Stimpy 0]

I was one of the ones who responded. At one point he tweeted about get abuse after 'a day of training' and I really couldn't stop myself responding 'it's hardly a day'.

 

I've seen Jig tweet about being at the golf course at 12pm after training and regularly see Alexander around that time as I work near MP.

 

Now, I didn't see people being abusive and I wouldn't condone that, but people are happy to dig at Ally and his tactics, why shouldn't we be able to tell the players a little more on their part would help too.

 

Football isn't your average job & I appreciate you can't be doing suicide runs or whatever 8.5 hours a day. But the team are not playing as a team. I don't feel the same camaraderie as I have in previous teams, that family feeling. It's frustrating as a fan to see players away home at lunch time when the play is horrendous on match day.

 

I've never really gotten in to the criticism this year, I appreciate we are not going to be as strong this year and I don't expect us to win every game, but expecting us to play football is not a big ask.

 

We're not asking for extremes of 12-15 hour days. Just showing a level of commitment which I don't always feel from this current team.

 

Bang on the money!

[the gunslinger 3,366]

safe to say their union rep doesn't worry to much about the European working time directive.

[The Real PapaBear 0]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/scotland/21768099 from 14.30 onwards. Says it all.

[Davie P 4]

Interesting article on FF by David Edgar

 

 

"Usually I'm not one for hypothetical questions - it is, as memorably described in 30 Rock, merely lying to your brain - but I'll beg your indulgence just this once.

 

Imagine the following scenario; you have used a supplier for a number of years. Their service levels are generally good, so much so that during hard times for them, you found ways to get more money to them. This you did without prompting, simply because you felt it was the right thing to do. You have a great relationship â?? in fact, more than that; having helped them in their bleakest period, youâ??d say you have a bond. However, their standards have slipped recently, massively so. Not only is the quality of their work unacceptable â?? some would shoddy â?? but their workers seem not to care, displaying a dreadful attitude that reeks of complacency.

 

You decide to complain to the management. They tell you that, in fact, you are mistaken. The workers have had a tough time of it. They are going to hire a few new ones soon and it will sort everything out. Actually, come to think of it, they arenâ??t even doing that badly. A director who has been at the firm for a number of years says that the CEO shouldnâ??t listen to customers anyway, as all they ever do is gripe. You then find that those workers, the really lazy ones who you are financing, have taken to social media to laugh at you and all the other customers.

 

Would you give any money to that firm again? Would you hell. But thatâ??s what Rangers expect of us as the posties get ready to bring round the season ticket forms for 2013/14.

 

Now, itâ??s a flawed comparison, no doubt. We are supporters, not just customers. We love our club, weâ??ve been through the mill with them and we stood up to be counted. We donâ??t do walking away. But the fact is that, unpalatable as it is to some, we are customers. This is the 21st Century and attitudes have changed. I know we all like to be wonderfully staunch, but the fact is money is tight for many and the pressure to cut back on unnecessary outgoings is always there. When you are a family looking at economies, a season ticket, with its upfront payment, is always going to be a quick and easy one. When the football being played is entertaining, then it is a pressure we just donâ??t succumb to. When itâ??s not so free-flowing and joyous, there has always been that bond between player and fan. My club is your club is our club. Even when that was eroded (as it has been at every major club) by the money players earn, the club was usually engaged in a title race. There was enough to keep you going.

 

What we have now is really, really terrible football. Almost indescribably bad. Given the standard of the opposition, what we are serving up most weeks is evidence that the current Rangers side really does have a strong claim to be the worst ever. They are, more often than not, sluggish, half-paced, unimaginative, dull, sloppy and content to get by against part-timers. There is no vision, spark or drive. This is bad. This is very bad.

 

What has enraged thousands of fans, however, is that the players and staff donâ??t seem to care. In the days after the Annan defeat, we learned that Kyle Hutton had won the Murray Park darts tournament, was going to spend the afternoon watching a DVD after finishing training at 1pm and was attending a concert with several of his team-mates. How do we know this? He told us himself through the magic of social media. When fans pointed out that Hutton, whose performances recently have been so bad that he resembled a drunk wearing lead boots caked in lard, may be better served maybe spending more time in training, he took a hissy fit any toddler would be proud of. After telling fans to â??bore offâ??, he and Darren Cole exchanged jokes about the ridiculousness of anyone suggesting they do extra training. To put this in context, they laughed at Rangers fans for having the temerity to want them to better themselves as professionals. And they did it in public!

 

Now, Iâ??m not going to swoon at young players for acting like spoiled, overpaid prima donnas. Weâ??ve seen dozens of Kyle Huttons come and go. Itâ??s the arrogance of youth. He gives the impression that his life would be perfect if only it wasnâ??t for the bothersome Saturday afternoon football matches. He might think heâ??s all of that and a bag of potato chips, but history suggest that only one or two of any crop of youngsters will make it and, given his attitude and limited talent, it isnâ??t going to be him. No, what enraged me is that this attitude is fostered at best and encouraged at worst by the management team. Kyle Hutton and Darren Cole both felt comfortable openly mocking their fans in a public forum that they knew was filled with supporters.

 

Ally has to publicly back the squad. I get that. But a listen to his interviews over the season â?? not just after matches, but before and even during â?? make one thing abhorrently clear; he really thinks weâ??re doing okay. Sure, heâ??d prefer we were doing better, but weâ??re supposed to be winning the league and we are. The fact itâ??s against bank clerks and panel beaters doesnâ??t matter. And his mentor is even worse.

 

Listen to Charles Green:

 

 

â??Walter Smith said to me the other week he said â??look Charles when you look out there it is not pleasant but you have to remember when we were winning nine in a row, we were getting booed off thenâ??.

 

Source - STV

 

In other words, â??never mind what the fans say. These ungrateful sods are always moaning. Ignore them. Their opinion doesnâ??t matter.â??

 

This attitude has been allowed to flourish at Ibrox, and it is coming home to roost. Well, be very careful Rangers. The players, cocooned in their Murray Park bubble, may feel that they are untouchable and our concerns are baseless, but thatâ??s where they are wrong. Not just about whether this season is acceptable â?? and it isnâ??t â?? but about the whole dynamic. Because, as any businessman will tell you, when your customers are upset, it doesnâ??t matter if itâ??s valid or not. What matters is making them happy again, and quickly. Otherwise they will stop giving you money. It isnâ??t rocket science. Walter, love him as we all do, is from a different generation, the Murray School of thinking where the fans are a necessary nuisance whose cash is needed, but whose opinions are not. Itâ??s archaic and in these times itâ??s downright dangerous.

 

Charles Green is at a pivotal point of his stewardship. His forecasts rely on the continued support â?? the amazing support â?? of the Rangers Family. He canâ??t take it for granted, and neither can those who we continue to fund. And if people canâ??t see why we are upset, then get them out the door and donâ??t let the door hit their arse on the way out. Weâ??ve had enough of low-to-no standards and being held in contempt by youngsters whose wages we pay and whoâ??ve delivered precisely nothing in their career yet. Let me end this with a friendly warning to Charles â?? donâ??t take our kindness for weakness. Itâ??s only you who will lose.