A Horse With No Name 27 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Have to be honest and say I'm not at all convinced Ally can be a successful manager of Rangers. For me the thing that matters most in a manager is AUTHORITY - and for you to have that authority the players need an element of respect and fear in their dealing with the man in the hot seat. The authority comes from a few different things but most of all it comes from RESPECT and FEAR. Been listening to the debates on why there's no successful English manager at work in the EPL at the moment and there's a number of reasons that won't happen but one things for sure the players down there KNOW that if they have a young English manager then they have a ready made excuse for not putting in the work - it's an easy get-out for lazy unscrupulous players! The media down there just don't have any fear on young English managers and because they get by on newsprint it's very easy for them to take the line of least resistence and blame the 'inexperienced' managers. I think young Scottish managers down there have a good start in the way of fear as our accents tend to engender that fear in the players - whether they can get the media onboard is partly down to that too... Now, back to Ally... My take on our situation is that Walter may 'officially' go along with the idea of Ally taking over but I think he's already got the man for the job and that's Craig Levein. I think Walter publicly backing him for the National team was quite smart - he'll see if Craig has what it takes to handle the pressure (obviously there were question marks at Dundee Utd) and if he can and it's already clear he can man manage and get respect among the players, then it's a case of problem sorted! As for Ally my advice (if he's determined to be a Rangers manager) would be for him to get away from Ibrox (after WS goes) and then stay out of the public spotlight for a few years and manage a lower league team and to start gaining the skills of man management. At the moment Ally just wants to please all the people all of the time - he has the potential to be a great manager but if that's to become a reality he needs to have a serious look at his personna!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff 245 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 No thanks to both McCoist and Levein! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgruntled_bear 157 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 I can say this it won't be Craig Levein, cause we can't afford to pay the SFA the compensation needed to buy out his contract. Unless we get bought over the reigns will get handed over to Ally McCoist. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff 245 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 What has Craig Levein done as a manager? Made Dundee United the 5th force in Scotland, taken them to a league cup final....He's worse than Jimmy Calderwood! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse With No Name 27 Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 I can say this it won't be Craig Levein, cause we can't afford to pay the SFA the compensation needed to buy out his contract. Unless we get bought over the reigns will get handed over to Ally McCoist. If that turns out to be the case (and I suspect you're right) then they should turn to the Two Jimmies! Craig Levein will be in the job long before Ally makes his mark as a manager! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flecky1 4 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Billy Davies for me and i dont care who doesnt like him or disagrees with me. He is the man! you should wait and see what levein does with that shower of shite at Scotland before thinking about him for us. mccoist - absolutely NOT, no chance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueIsTheColour 35 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Billy Davies would be a fantastic manager for Rangers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Manticore* 1,893 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 What has Craig Levein done as a manager? Made Dundee United the 5th force in Scotland, taken them to a league cup final....He's worse than Jimmy Calderwood! Exactly, his players always freeze when they get near the big time, he's not got a winning mentality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneddon 6 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 no it wont more likely to be Billy Davies hopefully more folk support your theory on the other forum you posted this exact article.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff 245 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Billy Davies would be a fantastic manager for Rangers. He was the man I wanted to replace Paul Le Guen. He's doing another great job at Forest so far, although there are other guy's I'd prefer, I wouldn't be dissappointed with Billy Davies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgruntled_bear 157 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Billy Davies would be a good appointment, but yet again unless we get bought over we wouldn't be able to afford the compensation needed to buy out his contract. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvager 498 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 I feel that if we win the title this season then WS may well retire and Ally will take over. My gut though says that Billy Davies would be a better choice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza 21 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Billy Davis would be the man for me too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgruntled_bear 157 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 I can say this it won't be Craig Levein, cause we can't afford to pay the SFA the compensation needed to buy out his contract. Unless we get bought over the reigns will get handed over to Ally McCoist. If that turns out to be the case (and I suspect you're right) then they should turn to the Two Jimmies! Craig Levein will be in the job long before Ally makes his mark as a manager! The two Jimmies, that's some fishing rod you have out Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidCF2 29 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Craig Levein is vastly over-rated. The fact that he talks a good game, coupled with a few victories over the years against Rangers and Celtic have seen him be a lot more highly quoted than he should be. Im gonnae second the shouts for Davies...He's obviously not my number one choice but out of all the most realistic possibilities he certainly is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamFyfe 1,438 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 A lot of people like Billy Davies, would much rather him too Levein Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz52 11,837 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 I'd be absolutely thrilled if Billy Davies was our next manager Wonder what the chances of him bringin Wes Morgan with him would be Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse With No Name 27 Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 no it wont more likely to be Billy Davies hopefully more folk support your theory on the other forum you posted this exact article.... Which other theory? Btw when I talk so much sense I like to spread it around! :pierre: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flecky1 4 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Billy Davies would be a good appointment, but yet again unless we get bought over we wouldn't be able to afford the compensation needed to buy out his contract. he would leave forest if he knew he had a chance of coming here, that wouldnt cost us anything except hs future contract! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amac9 2,060 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 I don't want Craig Levein or Ally McCoost to become the next Rangers manager. I would be more than happy with the appoitment of Billy Davies though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgruntled_bear 157 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Billy Davies would be a good appointment, but yet again unless we get bought over we wouldn't be able to afford the compensation needed to buy out his contract. he would leave forest if he knew he had a chance of coming here, that wouldnt cost us anything except hs future contract! That's all we would need Forest claiming we tapped him up, at the moment he's out of reach until we sort ourselves out financially. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flecky1 4 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Billy Davies would be a good appointment, but yet again unless we get bought over we wouldn't be able to afford the compensation needed to buy out his contract. he would leave forest if he knew he had a chance of coming here, that wouldnt cost us anything except hs future contract! That's all we would need Forest claiming we tapped him up, at the moment he's out of reach until we sort ourselves out financially. billys not daft, he knows the score in any case, by the time Walter steps down, im fully expecting us to be out of this situation, we cant go on like this forever! Thats been what, 6 years weve been downsizing, just how much smaller does Murray want to make us? Its ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
COCKNYREBEL 0 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 More chance of darren ferguson being manager than Coisty or levein. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse With No Name 27 Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 I can say this it won't be Craig Levein, cause we can't afford to pay the SFA the compensation needed to buy out his contract. Unless we get bought over the reigns will get handed over to Ally McCoist. If that turns out to be the case (and I suspect you're right) then they should turn to the Two Jimmies! Craig Levein will be in the job long before Ally makes his mark as a manager! The two Jimmies, that's some fishing rod you have out No me honest - i never liked fishing too up front for that sort of thing... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterD 7,448 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 will be neither of them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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