Warburton.

[Clemdog 39,389]

Has got an unhealthy obsession with his 'philosophy'.

I could put up quotes of him talking about the expectations of our Club, how he recognises and respects them. But he doesn't. It's a nonsense. 

Warburton puts his beliefs first over what's best for Rangers. It's fairly obvious when looking at his ignorant view towards defending, especially at set pieces. We're told week after week that we'll look at our mistakes and learn from them. We don't. It's a lie.

We spent the majority of today's game in our own third. Stuck. Not able to play out from the back. A high press from County which contained us very well and also highlighted the risk we take with Wes nearly giving away the ball numerous times.

So why after we struggled the whole game to play out from the back, did he not decide with 5 minutes minutes added on to just get the ball up the park? Instead we passed the ball from side to side, getting nowhere and nearly concede. Is that better than breaking his stupid little promise of not playing a long ball? 

Now I'm not suggesting to take us back to McCoist's days, but there surely has to be some flexibility when we're not playing well and we need to grab a winner late on? It's almost as alarming as his thoughts on taking the ball into the corner late on. I just don't think thats the 'right' mindset to Manage our Club. 

[Creampuff 22,628]

It was infuriating four minutes into injury time where we play 6 passes to get 20 yards from our own goal, lose the ball, then nearly concede from our own pissing about.

[Bad Robot 21,148]

During the game I was going to post that it's only a matter of time before we lose a goal because of this but I wasn't wanting to jinx it.

It is only a matter of time before any of our opposition steal the possession and put the ball in the net and probably after a last ditch attempt to defend which will follow with a red card.

[Clemdog 39,389]

Just now, Creampuff said:

It was infuriating four minutes into injury time where we play 6 passes to get 20 yards from our own goal, lose the ball, then nearly concede from our own pissing about.

We also won a FK (somehow) in that timeframe. But still couldn't get out of our half.

[Dazzler 2,428]

1 minute ago, Creampuff said:

It was infuriating four minutes into injury time where we play 6 passes to get 20 yards from our own goal, lose the ball, then nearly concede from our own pissing about.

Exactly, fucking infuriating.

[GaryMc 2,394]

If we could afford it I reckon he'd have been sacked by now to be honest.

[Bad Robot 21,148]

1 minute ago, Creampuff said:

It was infuriating four minutes into injury time where we play 6 passes to get 20 yards from our own goal, lose the ball, then nearly concede from our own pissing about.

It was the same at the end of the 1st half, messed about and messed about rather than get the ball in the box.

Our squad is really poor with many being found out.

[the goal machine 7,801]

He needs to know that sometimes it's ok to put two out-and-out strikers on and play the ball direct if you need a winner. 

[sandyinroyalblue 16,478]

Obviously teams reflect their manager's football philosophy but when the philosophy seems to take precedence over results and performances it's time to change it.

I can only assume for Warburton his philosophy is more important than Rangers getting results.

[the goal machine 7,801]

Thought this quote from Pochettino after the Spurs game was quite telling. 

[RangersMedia 35,961]

TBH Ben - I'm not even sure if we have the players to play a long ball game. Kiernan's long balls are shocking and Hill doesn't play them at all - quite often our players will all run past the ball, we won't win the header and the other team just counters. 

Nobody wants to take responsibility to go and win that flick on. They all try to bring the ball down. 

Whenever Fod kicks long you know the only way we're going to win the ball is if the opposing player heads it to us or heads it out for a throw in. 

[Clemdog 39,389]

40 minutes ago, psb07158 said:

TBH Ben - I'm not even sure if we have the players to play a long ball game. Kiernan's long balls are shocking and Hill doesn't play them at all - quite often our players will all run past the ball, we won't win the header and the other team just counters. 

Nobody wants to take responsibility to go and win that flick on. They all try to bring the ball down. 

Whenever Fod kicks long you know the only way we're going to win the ball is if the opposing player heads it to us or heads it out for a throw in. 

There was a period in the game when we couldn't get out our own half for at least 10 minutes, from about 30 minutes to 40 minutes. And the only time we got out and created something was when Fod was forced to go long. We didn't win the immediate ball, but Holt took it down after the second header and then all their midfielders were behind him and he had acres of space to run into. 

As long as the midfield are set and ready for it, then it's an option. Especially when teams can be so rigid towards us and are pressing high.

[Reformation Bear 6,453]

I've never been convinced that Warburton has enough in his locker by way of leadership quality for a team of the reputation, standing, tradition and sheer expectation of Rangers.  

If he did then we'd not be treated to performances and results on a near weekly basis where there then some sort of tame admission that 'it was not us out there today', or just blank 'not good enough' admissions, or 'we'll learn' statements, or .....and annoyingly..........'as a group' statements where he seeks to widen responsibility (back-handed allocate blame) to embrace players, coaches and manager.    If he had a much stronger ability to get through to players to influence more positively their performances we'd be seeing more wins on a more consistent basis and a team battling for results the way a Rangers team should be battling.   In short, the learning would result in learned and the problems fixed.  The fact is we are not at the level we should be even allowing for adjusting back to the top flight.  The conclusion which emerges is he does not know what to do to change things to get the required results.

He may be a great analyst.  He may be able to conclude after the event what went wrong.   He may take comfort in match stats - which are largely meaningless if sufficient corrective action is not taken (which it isn't).  He may have grand plans for a Club-wide football philosophy.   He may relish the idea of working on a 'project' like re-establishing Rangers at the very top.     But if he lacks enough leadership quality to get the very best out of the first team with consistent runs of wins and by winning a European slot for next season (and by avoiding a whitewash by the other lot) then all of the other stuff loses much of its appeal.    

Under his sort of management there is a risk we become just another also ran for league titles for years to come.    Walter warned of the need to be competitive quickly.   So did McCoist.    The message seemed to be taken on board at the start of the season with Warburton emphasizing that his team would be 'more than competitive', and modified more recently to be 'highly competitive'.   Under his leadership it does not currently look like a team that is performing or delivering like a highly competitive team.   That is principally down to Warburton himself. 

IMO he would be a better suited to being a DOF.