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and therein lies the crux of the matter, we have an alleged multi million pound striker who doesn't deliver on the big stage, that isn't progress.

Can failing in 12 games to beat the taigs be really seen as any sort of progress, it looks to me as if we are running flat out to be a distant second now. That is no sort of progress for The Rangers and is not what should be expected or accepted by any of us.

murty and the team need only remember this,

10 in a row should have had the brakes put on it today, instead it is 9 points rather than 3, look no further than a leaderless boardroom.

the taigs are no world beaters, doesn't mean we need to keep looking back all the time though, forward is our route with new blood and our historical traditions.

What is required is a manager first and foremost with a budget worthy of The Rangers, Martinez would be here in a heartbeat.

He's got a new contract we are stuck with him, will cost to get rid, unless some blind china men have £11 million to throw away.

Dear God, post is all over the place and why have a go at any of our fans becausee warburton is crying in the papers, guy was an impostor as many said from day one.

Will kill football as a spectacle, removes the very essence of the game,controversy.

Brenda will be having counselling, didn't work at Liverpool though.

The truth is that the taigs are not what they or their manager are cracked up to be and never have been, the future is ours question is how much do we want it.

After y'day if we can get a result against the taigs their wheels may well come off !

We need to resolve the manager position and quickly,either give GM the job or attempt to get someone of stature.

truth is always stranger than RO fiction.

Not to worry H you know what ED says about hollow drums and those who shout the loudest, good advice ED gave to ignore them said it rips their knittin'

There has been a wow factor to so much of the past 12 months for Graeme Murty, the 43-year-old could really only provide one response the other day when informed that this weekend marked the first anniversary of his first spell as interim Rangers manager. That month stint not to be confused with his second as interim. And not to be confused with his being confirmed as the club’s permanent manager for the rest of this season in the days before Christmas. No wonder that Murty remembers precisely where he was on the Friday evening when he upscaled from his role as the club’s under-20 coach to take the team following the departure of Mark Warburton. “Wow. I was at the rugby at Scotstoun; what a year it’s been. It seems like longer somehow,” he said. “I was really looking forward to watching it because I’m a fan of rugby and of Gregor Townsend and how he manages, so I was going to hopefully see this wonderful game with Glasgow Warriors really expressive, playing open, flowing rugby… Bzzz bzzz [phone noise]. No problem. And that was the start of a year that’s been very, very different. ‘Go to Ibrox.’ What for? ‘Just go to Ibrox’. No problem. And that was the start of a year that’s been very, very different and interesting, challenging, but rewarding as well.” “Oh God aye,” Murty offers up when asked if he was nervous leading the team into their Scottish Cup fifth round tie at home to Morton that Sunday – the stage he will lead the Ibrox club into at Ayr this afternoon. “I can’t remember who came up to me but they said ‘don’t worry about it, there’ll only be 40,000 or so there’. What? But because it’s not rammed, it wasn’t a massive game. I came from Norwich where it was full at 27,000. Ah, don’t worry it’s only 40,000. Oh my God, what the hell, what am I letting myself in for. “It culminated in the game at celtic [in March, when a 0-0 draw ended a winning league run of 22 games for the champions] which was just incredible. It built towards a brilliant crescendo for me, finishing on a real high for me professionally and emotionally.” Murty Mark I as a manager was too interested in “appeasing” players, and tended to explain himself a lot. Now, the starting point for Murty Mark II is doing what he thinks is right by the team, however it may play with certain players. Murty certainly does things his way as a public face of the club. He isn’t framed by populism or pretence but, in always articulate fashion, gives an honest appraisal of his thoughts. That extends to daring to present Neil Lennon, the ultimate hate figure for Rangers supporters, as a role model in his unexpected and meteoric career trajectory, which has brought “hard losses” and spells when Murty has looked as if he is doing better construction work with the team than any of his three predecessors. “I’m a first-team manager at Rangers: where else in the British Isles am I going to be in charge of a club of this stature? This is a singular learning curve. “As a young manager his [Lennon]’s first job was to go and take charge of those guys [celtic] and he had to do all of his developing, learning and growth in the public eye at massive club and look where he is now. I have no doubt that in the moment he found everything overwhelming, and sometimes I do, but the growth I’m going to have from this experience is going to help me evolve into a far more polished practitioner than I am currently; far better at dealing with the numerous things around football that you didn’t really know existed until you are asked to do them. 20 Hilarious Construction Worker Mistakes That Will Have You Cracking Up Read More Trendchaser “I was more of a servant than a leader even as a captain. I was there to serve the club and the team. I still feel that’s my role, but ultimately I make the decisions now. “I spoke to him after the game at Ibrox [won by Hibernian last week], he was very complimentary about the team and the recruitment, pretty much as I was at Easter Road…and then he walked out taking my points with him. “As fiery, spicy and competitive as he is, he also had an intellectual distance from the result that I have not grown yet. That’s where he’s developed in his pathway that I have to get better at. Talking to him about it is quite revealing because he is characterised in a certain way in the press and he’s not come over in that way to me.” To his credit, one thing that can be said about Murty across the entire last year is that he has always come across as himself. Whatever else changes, he can pride himself it won’t be that. Read more at: https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/Rangers/graeme-murty-sees-neil-lennon-as-something-of-a-role-model-1-4687112

McColl Woodburn and Cox part of the famous Ibrox Iron Curtain when it was a man's game, todays lot wouldn't and couldn't lace their boots

Neilly Gibson (1896-97 squad here) from my home town of Larkhall one of the greatest Rangers players ever, is seated 2nd from the right. His career is certainly worth a read.

That is tarrier martin interviewing WS isn't it ?

GM presser before Thistle game.

McCall sacked at Bradford,our board wouldn't would they

We have taken 9 points off of the sheep yet they are in second simply because of our lack of consistency,until that is addressed we will find progression hard.

With all that is going on and still to come at the club, mostly loan players coming in at this window and the manager uncertainty, can we realistically expect next season to be a major improvement especially if we fail to cement 2nd this season.

Opinions change like the weather, last week GM was the real deal and deserved the job permanently, lack of executive decision making from the board on this. Sticking plasters eventually fall off.

Failed abysmally knowing the mhanks had already lost, hard case managers don't get beat when the door is opened wide, they bury the opposition without mercy.