OFFICIAL Rangers appoint Russell Martin as head coach

[Sutton_blows_goats 6,510]

I think we can all agree on what can lead to success.

[JohnMc 3,281]

10 minutes ago, Gazza_8 said:

Christ, we're commenting on the guys dress sense now. Desperate and sad. 

I can't decide if you're being serious or if you're being even more sarcastic than I was. Well played either way. For the record I was attempting some levity, I should know better. Desperate and sad is a fair description though, I'm regularly at least one of those things, often both. 

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Just now, JohnMc said:

I can't decide if you're being serious or if you're being even more sarcastic than I was. Well played either way. For the record I was attempting some levity, I should know better. Desperate and sad is a fair description though, I'm regularly at least one of those things, often both. 

It comes with age apparently. 

[JohnMc 3,281]

14 minutes ago, CammyF said:

Aye, but he's one of those vegans tut, tut.....

I mean desperate and sad I can take, but vegan is a slur too far young man! 

[CammyF 9,645]

Borrowed from a Rangers Facebook page - can't say I disagree with anything in this. 

 

Credit to the new board, by the way. 👏

This isn’t a dig at the fans - we all want what’s best for the club. But too often, the old board allowed external noise to influence football decisions, and that’s a big reason why we’ve been stuck in the same cycle.

Michael Beale is a prime example. Touted as the “brains behind Gerrard,” the buzz was massive - and the board gave him full backing. But sentiment isn’t strategy, and we all saw how that ended.

It wasn’t just him either - players given new deals based on emotion, key decisions delayed to avoid backlash, short-term fixes to try and win favour. It’s cost us - time, money, and momentum.

Now with the Americans, there’s clearly a structure and a long-term vision. It might not always be popular, but it finally feels like there’s a proper football operation in place.

We’ve asked for leadership. Now we’ve got it. Back the plan. 🔴⚪️🔵

[Sutton_blows_goats 6,510]

39 minutes ago, JohnMc said:

Much more importantly every picture of Martin I see he seems to be sporting a black jumper or even a gilet (or body warmer as they were called when I was a youth). This is fine if you're manager of some mid table jobbers in the Bundesliga or an architect in Zurich, but in Govan that's really only acceptable on retired trawler men. Can we expect the shirt and club tie look or at least official training gear to be a thing of the past. I realise I'm sounding more and more like my Dad with every passing day. It's a worry. 

I'm more concerned that the players might not get the necessary carb loading from the pre match meal of tofu and mung beans.

[Yorkie Bear 797]

I can't quite understand the level of antipathy towards Martin and the level of admiration for Ancelloti. Surely no manager in recent times has come in with so many raging against him.

 

I'll admit that I knew little about Martin but when he looked a shoo-in this week, I listened to his interview by Linekar and watched his video on tactics and I was happy with what I heard and saw.

 

I'm looking forward to next season to see how he puts his vision into practice. I hope to see a rejuvenated team playing with style.

 

I'm sure there will be many expecting him to fail and won't be slow to pile in on any setback saying I told you so. I don't expect them to heap praise when things go well or to say they may have been wrong in their condemnation.

 

 

[Scott7 6,949]

1 hour ago, Rousseau said:

Should be a button for BOOOOOOOO.

[Scott7 6,949]

55 minutes ago, JohnMc said:

Much more importantly every picture of Martin I see he seems to be sporting a black jumper or even a gilet (or body warmer as they were called when I was a youth). This is fine if you're manager of some mid table jobbers in the Bundesliga or an architect in Zurich, but in Govan that's really only acceptable on retired trawler men. Can we expect the shirt and club tie look or at least official training gear to be a thing of the past. I realise I'm sounding more and more like my Dad with every passing day. It's a worry. 

I’ve come across a good few trawlermen in my time. No body warmers. Never a gilet. The preferred upper body garb is a muckle woollen ganzie.

[Yorkie Bear 797]

17 minutes ago, JohnMc said:

I mean desperate and sad I can take, but vegan is a slur too far young man! 

Vegan - a slur? It's when I read he was a Green Party member and a vegan that I thought he's the man for me. I trust he is also a cycling Guardian reader. If not, I fear the man is a fraud.