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Another Rangers employee gives the rhebel an interview. When will they learn? Ally, most of us know, or at the very least, have a good idea why you're staying and it's nothing to do with what's best for Rangers.

Isn't playing for Rangers motivation enough? It certainly should be and a real Rangers Manager would have ensured this happens.

To be honest, I couldn't say whether Billy Davies would be a good appointment or not. As has been said on here numerous times, he does have baggage. My main concern was that the Daily Rhebel tipped him on Wednesday morning. Were they hoping for another free ride at putting the boot into us? I don't know what was said in the article as I wouldn't read anything from that shit rag but it just got me wondering...

Agreed. McCoist's "vision" of to hell with anything else, just get players in who have been over the course with other clubs so they will naturally do it for us and concentrate on winning a shit league just doesn't work. IMO we need a manager and coaches who can train, select, and motivate what we've got coupled with a bit of foresight to get the infrastructure in place so we can rebuild the club is what's required. No way can an inexperienced or temporary manager ever hope to do that at our club. I do appreciate the difficulty in planning for the future as well as the present especially with our perilous financial position but, somewhere out there, there has to be one who can do just that. Who? God knows, but we NEED to look hence the throwing open to applications with the criteria firmly spelt out to applicants so that they're in no doubt that we DON'T want another "quick fix" but a genuine working plan or project or whatever the modern buzz-word is.

This, especially Question No.20

This

William Struth gave his all for Rangers. Ally McCoist gives his all for Ally McCoist. McCoist should never be mentioned in the same breath as true Rangers Managerial Legends.

In a Nutshell!

Nail on Head!

It certainly looks like that is where the leaks have been coming from as has been said on here before. Another indicator was when he didn't ask fans to renew season books. Add on some of his other moves and you begin to see a pattern developing (or maybe all this madness has made me paranoid )

Also, the problem with certain ex players (Ally's mates) is that they don't give a fuck about the fans as Brown has just told us. They only care about their pal.

I nearly forgot. McCabe took the 30 pieces of silver so he can F**K Off!

We make it so easy for them. A clueless manager that sends a team out devoid of self-belief, confidence, tactics, fight - A board that shows no b***s to change this and doesn't defend the club against EVERY attack against us and is constantly in dispute with former board members - Said former board members encourage boycotts when the club desperately needs the money - Fans split. Journalists are like vultures and these so called "journalists" are circling waiting for the next bit of dirt they can dish and, sadly, it's never long in coming.

They really are circling the wagons now: Ally McCoist: Charlie Miller voices support for Rangers manager By Jonathan Sutherland BBC Scotland Charlie Miller fears the knives are out for Ally McCoist at boardroom level - but he still believes his former team-mate is the right man to lead Rangers to the top flight of Scottish football. Pressure has intensified on McCoist after Rangers' 3-2 defeat at the hands of Alloa in the Petrofac Training Cup. "It looks as if people upstairs are sharpening the knives," said Miller. "A lot of fans have also gone against Coisty, which is unfortunate, because I still believe he can do the job." Rangers also trail Hearts by nine points in the race for the Scottish Championship title. Discussions between senior figures at Ibrox have taken place concerning a run of one win in four games. It is understood sacking McCoist and his assistants would cost the club around £1.4m. But Miller, who won five league championships with Rangers, says McCoist deserves the chance to take the club to the Premiership. "I still believe Coisty can do the job he expects to do, that he wants to do - and that is obviously getting us back to the Premier League," Miller told BBC Scotland. Ally McCoist and Charlie Miller played together during the 'Nine in a Row Years' at Rangers "I believe he deserves that chance, because he has held the club together for the last three years in my eyes. "I'm still at the point where I can't believe people are even speaking about sacking Coisty. I'm actually really, really upset about that. "And £1.4m is a hell of a lot of money for Rangers to give out and then bring someone else in who would maybe want to buy players in January. "It's a difficult one because we don't really know who's running the club. It's just a shame that it's got to this point." Rangers lost to Alloa at Recreation Park in midweek despite being 2-0 up with less than 20 minutes to play. McCoist's men went into that game boosted by a 3-0 Scottish Cup win over top-flight Kilmarnock at the weekend. "Obviously it was a disappointing result the other night," added Miller. "I don't blame Coisty for that, we were 2-0 up with 20 minutes to go. We've got a lot of experienced players on the field, they should have taken care of Alloa. "The buck ultimately stops with the manager, that's football, and Coisty understands that. "He's not a stupid man, he knows it's his team and if results aren't going the way they're expected then he's going to get a bit of abuse from certain quarters. "Coisty has a very good football brain, I knew that when I played with him. "I have never worked under him as a coach, so I can't talk about his coaching qualities. "Sometimes Rangers have been hard to watch this season - I'm not going to deny that. But some games have been magic, so that also has to be down to the players." http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30349206

As a 60 year old, I was watching Rangers long before McCoist came on the scene (eventually). My hero as a wee boy was John Greig along with the obvious Slim Jim, Willie Henderson, Jimmy Millar, etc. In fact, they were all heroes to a wee boy who was lifted over the turnstile by his Da and got to see these men that I heard so much about but there was just something about John Greig. I just idolised the guy. When John become manager it slowly changed. To be honest, when he got the job I just wasn't sure that he could manage Rangers coming directly from the dressing room. EventuallyI was one of many who wanted him out as he just couldn't cut it as manager of Rangers. He might have been my playing hero but my love of the club was more important than any individual irrespective of what he had done in the past. I still respect John now (probably still idolise him if truth be told ) but I was honest enough with myself to realise he just wasn't good enough as Rangers manager. When McCoist got the job I immediately had the same misgivings as I had about John Greig i.e. no experience plus, in McCoist's case, I didn't think he was management material. I honestly don't think it matters to any age group whether you were a playing legend or, indeed, never played for the club. What matters is the club, nothing else. We have to separate the player from the manager. Maybe that's why the younger Bears can do it as their judgement isn't clouded. They see, like us older Bears, what is going on out on the park and they, quite rightly, expect better from a Rangers team and realise that only change can now achieve this.

We won't as that fixture finished the day that scum tried to kill us. As for the rest of the post, just plain wrong. As far as I'm concerned, McCoist doesn't give two F***S for anyone other than himself.

Same here but then reality kicked in and I knew he'd just dig his heels in and nobody would have the b***s to sack him. Also, I'm ashamed to say as a Bear of 60 years, a sense of relief that Alloa had finished it in normal time and I wouldn't have to suffer another 30 minutes of watching that bunch of chancers. I truly never believed in a million years that I would think like that about my team. It just shows you what McCoist and his underperforming players have done. They're slowly ripping the love I have of watching Rangers out of me and it makes me feel truly awful.

Scot Symon, a manager McCoist could only dream of emulating, was sacked.

Spot on!! As far as the legend thing goes, he's actually got me wondering. If he hadn't flopped at Sunderland, would he ever have been anywhere near us unless it was for a last big pay day? Some of us at the time never forgave him for knocking us back twice. The first time maybe as he has demonstrated himself youngsters just don't get the opportunities they should at Ibrox and that has been the same for quite some time at our club. The second time was unforgivable to many of us as he was clearly chasing the money at Sunderland and, as I said, only when it didn't work out down there he decided Rangers were good enough for him. Maybe the present circumstances are clouding the issue for me but I've never been able to forgive him for knocking us back and coupled with his pathetic refusal to go unless there is a big pay off I'm just thoroughly sick of the guy. I'm also angry at Walter for the ultimatum that got McCoist the job. Let's face it, if there had been an interview process at that time McCoist wouldn't even have got one.

Open it up to applications and make sure the applicants are properly interviewed unlike what happened with McCoist. Half the salary McCoist is on at the moment and it might just surprise us who applies.

Absolutely spot on! Totally unforgivable for a Rangers manager to behave like that! That was the time when he should have rammed it home to the players just exactly how much we were hurting!