[2023] Who should be the next Rangers manager?

[Rousseau 9,370]

1 hour ago, Bluedell said:

Non-starters:

 

Davis - No experience and therefore too big a risk.

Gallardo and Potter - won't come. We'd as well adding Jose to the list as rumour has it that he's about to be sacked by Roma.

Lampard & Parker - their managerial resumes do not fill me with confidence.

McInnes - no ambition and turned us down before. Would not be accepted by the support.

Warnock - he's 75 and has retired. 

 

That leaves 5:

Knutsen was my choice last time. However he's never managed outside of Norway so is a risk and wants a % of player sales. We can't have a manager who is willing to weaken the team for financial gain.

Hasenhuttl - has never had a 50% win percentage at any club. Seems to work best with a DoF. Got Southampton relegated. A bit of a risk.

Jansen - there were concerns raised by SBG and others about him in the "Rangers part company with Beale" thread. A guy I don't know too much about but appears to be a risk.

Muscat - seems to be a bit like following the Ange model and hoping it works for us. It's difficult to assess a manager of someone who has managed in Oz and Japan. Concerns have been raised by his poor record in Belgium. Seems a risk.

Clement - did well in Belgium, winning the league 3 years in a row and did OK in France, although his team did fall away a bit last season. He'd be my choice  from this list.

 

But I wanted Le Guen so what do I know 🤷‍♂️

 

I think you've summed it up very well. 

 

In defence of Hasenhuttl's win%, he has tended to manage underdogs. He was appointed Leipzig manager for their first season in the Bundesliga and finished 2nd.

 

I still retain a glimmer of hope for Potter, but I fully admit that it's unlikely. 

 

Clement does seem like the best of the 'likely' options. 

[Uilleam 5,424]

The theory with Lampard can only be that Gerrard was successful (relatively, I know) because he was a football legend, a better player than anybody on the Club's books, was possessed of a strong personality, was a leader of men, having captained a major Club, and England,  did not suffer fools gladly, and the players, thus, would give him the utmost respect, listen to him, heed his instructions, and endeavour to carry them out to the best of their abilties, and that Lampard, having a similar status, can replicate this.

 

Ah ha'e mah doobts. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Sutton_blows_goats 4,194]

4 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

In defence of Hasenhuttl's win%, he has tended to manage underdogs. He was appointed Leipzig manager for their first season in the Bundesliga and finished 2nd.

Also got pumped 9-0 by Rodgers at Southampton

[Rousseau 9,370]

37 minutes ago, BEARGER said:

Ally McCoist has just said on radio he would like Lampard to get the job.

That just proves what a stupid idea it is.

[Uilleam 5,424]

11 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

I won't be around to watch the juniors...

Not even the weemin's fitba'?

 

(We know you are a connoisseur of gals in wet t-shirts.)

[buster. 4,808]

I remember Mark Warburton mentioning the unrealistic expectation levels that were trumpeted prior to our first season back in the top flight.

 

It made his job a lot more difficult.

 

There are reasons why this is becoming like a groundhog moment.

 

Hoping for first place when we are very much behind our main rivals in finance and relative stability is fine, but expecting it is unreasonable.

 

We need to get real, recognise where we are and give some leeway for rebuilding the club and team to the point of being truly competitive.

 

The club need to get real and communicate reality rather than the usual sound bites.

 

Any manager coming in has an extremely difficult job. In the past we would throw money at it. That option is becoming ever more difficult.

 

This should have been done years ago. The longer it goes, the deeper the hole gets and the way out becomes dependent on your rivals  imploding.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 4, 2023 by buster.

[lenny3k 500]

If it had to be one from that list then, one of the below...

Knutsen

Potter

Clement

 

Gallardo would be in the list too, but he's not coming to Scotland.

 

Any of the others and I might just hibernate for a few months until the next manager hunt

[Rousseau 9,370]

2 minutes ago, Uilleam said:

Not even the weemin's fitba'?

 

(We know you are a connoisseur of gals in wet t-shirts.)

I might delay it if it's a wet winter...

[Gonzo79 13,609]

1 minute ago, buster. said:

The club need to get real and communicate reality rather than the usual sound bites.

 

This should have been done years ago.

What is it you'd like them to say?  Something along the lines of, 'Be realistic, we're behind and likely staying there for a good few years.'.  

 

Good luck selling season tickets after that sort of statement. 

[JohnMc 2,471]

Muscat's time in Belgium was undoubtedly a failure by any measurement. The only mitigation you can make is Sint Truiden are a funny club. At one time a feeder for Charlton Athletic they're now the play thing of a Japanese entertainment company who have installed Japanese corporate management and signed a plethora of Japanese players. While most Belgians speak good English I doubt Muscat speaks much French or Flemish or went in with much knowledge of the Belgian second tier. It strikes me he got the job because of his exposure in Asia while managing in Oz. Interestingly despite this blip he left Belgium for a pretty impressive spell in Japan. 

 

In truth I don't know who I want, but I know who I don't want. Some of the names on that list would drive me to watching Junior football of a weekend.