Captain Hilts 12,819 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 thoughts on this? the Daily Record's spin on it makes it out to be the big bad Rangers fans bullying him, but interesting read nonetheless.Kyle Hutton: My only Rangers regret was sending THAT tweet.. I became a scapegoat after thatTHE midfielder left Ibrox in the summer and has joined Queen of the South but he insists his only regret is sending a tweet about relaxing during a tough time on the pitch for the club.IT'S the one tweet Kyle Hutton wishes hed never sent. And the only regret hell ever have about his Rangers career.The 24-year-old midfielder left Ibrox in the summer after five of the most turbulent years in the clubs history.Thrown into a Champions League clash against Manchester United by Walter Smith at 19, Hutton also won an SPL title and League Cup there.But he barely got to savour those highs before Rangers were plunged into crisis.After their liquidation and re-birth in Scotlands bottom tier, he could have quit along with several other Murray Park youngsters.Instead, he stuck around in the hope that Ally McCoist would put his faith in youth as the club started their climb back to the top.But it didnt happen for Hutton. An influx of new signings, injuries at key moments and that tweet put paid to that.After training he innocently commented that he was going home to enjoy a relaxing afternoon in front of the TV. But with Rangers toiling on and off the park at that time, Hutton was made a scapegoat.His apparent indifference didnt go down to well with the Ibrox faithful. So much so that at Gers next home game a banner was unfurled that read: Less time tweeting, more time training.Hes been stigmatised ever since.Hutton, who this week signed for Queen of the South , said: Sometimes when youre young you do things without thinking and it gets the fans backs up. But I was just a boy. All sorts of footballers at a young age do stuff they shouldnt.In the fans eyes it appeared worse than it actually was. At times the supporters got on my back if I wasnt playing well. I could handle that. But the whole Twitter thing was completely blown out of proportion.I see footballers every daytweeting that theyre going home to chill out. But when I happened to write it all hell broke loose.I got a call from Rangers media department telling me to switch my phone off and not to talk to anyone. I couldnt believe it.I went on to my Twitter feed and there must have been thousands of people slaughtering me for what Id said.It was massively blown out of proportion. Maybe people were looking for a scapegoat. But they have to realise I was young and I was always going to make slight misjudgments.I didnt mean anything bad by it and I certainly wasnt trying to wind people up. But the stigma stuck to me. When Rangers had a bad result or I didnt play well, Id get a real Twitter backlash. It was something that followed me around.The thing is, Im not the lazy type. If there were double training sessions or anything like that Id be doing it.Every player had gone home after training that day. It wasnt as if I was sneaking out before anyone else.Hutton came through the ranks at Murray Park to make his European debut in a battle of Britain against Manchester United in 2010.Smith had enough faith in the youngster to pitch him in against Bursaspor and PSV Eindhoven that same season. At that stage, the future looked bright for him at Ibrox. He said: The Man United game was surreal. The gaffer pulled me during the day and said that Id be starting. Then he walked away from me!I ran out of the training ground to tell my mum and dad. Even they werent sure if I was serious or not. But being in the tunnel before the game was some experience. Standing there next to those players, it was incredible.I was up against Paul Scholes and Michael Carrick in the middle of the park. It was some education for me.I tried to take it all in and its a night Ill never forget.The fact Walter trusted me to play in those big European matches was a real confidence boost for me. Ill never forget what he did for me he gave me the opportunity to kick on in my career. At that point, all I was thinking about was being at Rangers for a long time. I wanted to achieve so much at Rangers.But then everything started to happen off the pitch.After Rangers financial demise, some of Huttons youth team mates like Gregg Wylde, Jamie Ness and Rhys McCabe decided to leave the club.But not Hutton. He said: When the club dropped down to the Third Division, I opted to stay. But the manager brought a lot of players in and the young boys were held back.Personally, I thought the young boys who were there would have won the Third Division comfortably. Playing in that league, gaining experience, would then have allowed them to kick on. But it didnt work out like that.So it was disappointing. We had to work twice as hard just to get in the squad and I always felt a step behind other people in my position.Despite a brief spell in the side last season under caretaker boss Kenny McDowall, Hutton knew his time was up at Ibrox.But hes convinced he can enjoy a fresh start with Queens and is relishing going back to Ibrox. He said: Halfway through last season I felt it was time for me to go.It was hard to accept because Im a Glasgow boy and Rangers have been a huge part of my life. Its all Ive known since I left school.I didnt have a lot of confidence at Rangers and I need to go and play now. I have to show people what I can do and hopefully I can repay James Fowlers faith in me.Ill look forward to going back to Ibrox to play for Queen of the South.Ultimately, I want to show that Im the same kid who played against Manchester United that night at Ibrox and held my own. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eosmhdo 1,879 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Was never good enough, bye bye Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1mgg 3,766 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Too much there to read about someone I couldn't care about. He wasn't good enough, and shouldnt of got the extensions he did Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues Brother 1,115 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 All the best, decent player, just way too slow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwhiteandblue 3,330 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 What's this about Rangers being "reborn in the third division"?Did someone baptize Ibrox?Kinda thing you think you should remember. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muiry12 7 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Too much time fannying about in Nandos and getting hammered. Poor professional. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluegeneBop 157 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Failed to take his chance when given, Far to slow in movement and decision making. Not bothered he has left. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluepeter9 5,167 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 For those who have not read the piece before commenting - he speaks well - explains the tweet and I think deserves a wee thank you and our best wishes for the future! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
murzo 7,446 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Daily record = ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAmo'sThighs 848 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 For those who have not read the piece before commenting - he speaks well - explains the tweet and I think deserves a wee thank you and our best wishes for the future!BP in backing player shocker I can't even recall the tweet tbh, and I think, under the right set up, he could've been a handy player. Just wasn't to be Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgeIsBlue 66,606 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Boo hoo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan Disorderly 182 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 When went down to Div 3 nearly everyone fucked off except a few. Those who fucked off still get slaughtered to this day. The ones that stayed soon got slaughtered (inc Wallace last year) - there's a lot of pressure being a Rangers player!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillete 1,338 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Best of luck to him Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hilts 12,819 Posted August 16, 2015 Author Share Posted August 16, 2015 For those who have not read the piece before commenting - he speaks well - explains the tweet and I think deserves a wee thank you and our best wishes for the future!you have to remember though, the fans were forking out every week to watch overpaid players struggle to get by part time players. it appeared that they were putting in a couple of hours in the morning at Auchenhowie then chilling out for the rest of the day. that's an insult to the fans imo Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eejay the dj 31,964 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 For those who have not read the piece before commenting - he speaks well - explains the tweet and I think deserves a wee thank you and our best wishes for the future! See those pesky haters BP eh :-)) Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyalfollower 1,543 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Don't recall the tweet but certainly wasn't as bad as a few others. He suffered from not playing which makes mccoists decision to offer him new deals all more baffling Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,782 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 When went down to Div 3 nearly everyone fucked off except a few. Those who fucked off still get slaughtered to this day. The ones that stayed soon got slaughtered (inc Wallace last year) - there's a lot of pressure being a Rangers player!!I always respected the fact that they stayed when so many others walked away but it didn't give them a free pass to play as poorly every week as some of them did. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiser1041 9,088 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Good luck to the boy hope he's has a great career Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,782 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Hutton was never a world beater and I was never as big a fan of him as some people were but he could have been a decent player for us in the lower leagues if he had a player who complemented him a bit more playing beside him.The fact him and Black were our midfield pairing for a lot of weeks pretty much killed any chance he ever had of making it here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme_4 34,520 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 For those who have not read the piece before commenting - he speaks well - explains the tweet and I think deserves a wee thank you and our best wishes for the future!Agreed. Decent player, should have had his chance in the 3rd and 2nd, along with the rest of the talented young players, but never quite worked out.Wish him well, but we're far superior now.Edit: also very courageous journalism, all the Rangers fans fault for his daft tweet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight-Edge-Loyal 6,686 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 I like Kyle and wish him well in the future but barring some horrendous luck with injuries could have been a starting player with us for years to come. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeirFleckNRothen 1,789 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 "Liquidation and re-birth"?Newspapers like The Record and The Sun are written by idiots; the journalists who weren't quite good enough for the intellectual spreads. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergio 1,199 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Liquidation and Re-Birth ..... get yerself to fuck with that utter fucking piss stained article ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NetherburnBear 173 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 What's this about Rangers being "reborn in the third division"?Did someone baptize Ibrox?Kinda thing you think you should remember. stopped reading after i saw this..shitty rag... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crespie6 334 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Was never good enough, bye byeI thought he was tbh. He was just unfortunate to have played under Smith and McCoist who had no faith in youth. He only played against manure because Smith had no alternative older players Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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