*****The Official Ally McCoist discussion/poll thread*****

[BlackyBear 16]

The clamour to employ McInnes off the back of two results is ridiculous.

It's not just the 2 results mate, he's got them to the league cup final, quarters of the Scottish and installed as favourites, and sittin 2nd in the league. He's getting the best out of players, and has done it all on a small budget in comparison to ours

[Dunny_01 2,007]

If Ally Goes........I would add the manager option for big Alex McLeish.

[LaudrupsPatrickBoots 13,510]

It's something he'd almost certainly never go for and I'll probably get pelters for suggesting it but I'd be happy for McCoist to stay long term if he brought in someone to oversee his transfers. A director of football type figure like Tottenham have. It's clear for me he doesn't know what he's doing in the transfer market and the substandard players can only lead to substandard performances.

[THE_Ibrox_Preacher 2,812]

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[Bluepeter9 5,167]

1. I think we should sack Ally at once and try to bring in a Manager who is unbeaten in his league, this leaves out the UK, Europe?

2. I think the opposition players are jolly bad sports, they should be helping us to play entertaining football.

3. Ally has let himself down badly here, good managers don't sign duds.

4. See answer 1.

Said manager needs to only work in a restricted transfer market. We acknowledge starting from scratch was easy.

Key to new appointment is a commitment to only 4 back at corners and sartorial elegance.

[bornabear 6,202]

2) Ally is leading us nowhere, his tactics and team selection is very poor and he isn't able to change a game.

1) As above. All the team back for corners is crap. Too defencively minded.

5) Other than Bell and (on their day) Black & Law, the rest are very poor. Peralta and Foster are worse than poor.

9) I would open it to applications as we may not get who we would like to have.

[MaddistonKnight 1,567]

Must be open to applications. I want the best we can get, from wherever they may come from. Too many "Rangers men" in the list of contenders, and we all know what can happen when "Rangers men" decide to look after no. 1.

[Drunk and disorderly. 14,462]

Discussion on Ally won't be limited to this thread.

Some are out to slander him in almost every post they make.

Anyhow, good luck with it o.p.

[Gerwelly 115]

None of the managers listed as options have done anything on a consistent basis, they have had one or two good years and often a complete disaster at a previous club so I don't understand why people think they would come to Rangers and start playing wonderful free flowing football.

Better to ask how would they have done if they had been in Ally's place when we went into admin. Could they have been a figurehead fir the club, would they even have stayed, what quality of players could they have brought in, would the get us continuous promotions. If you can honestly say yes to all of these then that would be your man but for me we talk about loyalty all the time but we ready to discard a club legend who didn't walk away.

[broxi74 127]

Ronald de Boer?

Aye a wish!!!

[trublusince1982 768]

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[elephants stoned 2,994]

For me just now;

2. I want Ally to resign at the end of the season.

I see others saying he should stay until the results falter but can we afford to falter at all on our rise to the top, really?! I think he should see out the season as we'll win the League, he deserves to manage the team in the Ramsdens, I want/hope he can take what is likely to be our easiest shot at a major domestic cup for seasons to come. For me the showings in the cups and our performances in the leagues over the last 2 seasons, just haven't been good enough. It's a weird thing to say when you're romping the Divisions but it's the manner of play, you get the impression at this point that it's 11 names on a team sheet and not much more. People are paying money and are expected to pay more for this shit. For the costs of our management and squad - is winning the divisions alone (so far) in this manner, good enough?.....I don't think so. I say this while willing Ally to lead us to a treble and I really do want to see it work out for the man, he's a hero of mine. If he can win the Scottish cup, he can have more time, if not I'd like us to seriously look at the situation at least come the end of the season. With the way we play regularly, with cost-cutting yet to kick in but set-to for years to come, and with us having to climb to the top as well, you have to honestly think Ally is able to up the gears significantly if this is to end well for him and us. One last thing I'll say is - IF you think Ally can up the gears significantly then is it acceptable the fans are paying what they are to see that team/management paid what they are to half-arse it?

1. I'm appalled by the team's style of play.

Considering how we started this season with the team that wasn't good enough last season, how can you view our play since October/November and think anything other than we're under-performing even if we aren't losing?

5. I'm happy with some, but not others.

Probably the only answer you can give on any managers signings to be honest.

11. Which manager would you most like to see take over from Ally when he leaves the club.

While I think some guys would be nice or are in with a good shout with regards to being our manager I think at this point making sure we get someone who wants to be here and work at this, is important. Derek McInnes is enjoying a meteoric rise in his chances of late and Billy Davies has remained a solid candidate but it would be nice to see who all wants the gig before we appoint such an important manager.

This summed up much better than i could.

[*Manticore* 1,893]

Another thread about Rangers' Manager.

Brilliant.

[cushynumber 25,178]

I wonder if ally will back the board or King?. Or even give his vote to a supporters bus to vote on his behalf.

[Robespierre 589]

I wonder if ally will back the board or King?. Or even give his vote to a supporters bus to vote on his behalf.

In all seriousness I think he would be inclined to side with King.

It would be interesting to know if Ally is aware of who is behind Blue Pitch and Margarita holdings?

[ready1873 3,885]

Couldn't really answer the first one. I didn't want Ally as manager in the first place and was always worried how he'd approach our rebuilding. Now he's done most of the work there's not a lot to be achieved from sacking him now. If he was to resign at the end of the season who knows how it could affect the club and players.

Our best bet is to carry on, hope to see some improvement as we go up into the Championship.

We all had visions of an exciting youth policy being installed at the club and a fresh approach to securing and developing youth but in hindsight how likely is it that that plan would have worked at all? It's pretty gloomy but maybe the best thing to do was just build a team from what we could capable of getting us back up.

[Robespierre 589]

Ronald de Boer?

Aye a wish!!!

Why is that unrealistic?

[The Godfather 71,899]

Right now I just want a manager in.

Ally McCoist is just bringing us down

[graeme_4 34,536]

Another thread about Rangers' Manager.

Brilliant.

If he wasn't such a poor manager there wouldn't be so many threads.

Lucky for Super that Dave King went nuclear today, distracts from the fact that he can't actually manage our team.

[worcesterloyal 114]

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With the state of our finances why sack a Manager and his staff,who have walked back to back promotions,to pay compensation to someone for their manager,to do the same job......Because Ally will win the Championship next season

[billyking195 58]

The clamour to employ McInnes off the back of two results is ridiculous.

Exactly! Have we fallen that far?

[Bud72 117]

I suppose McInnes and Davies are both experienced .......................

at getting sacked. Davies being the more experienced.

[graeme_4 34,536]

Exactly! Have we fallen that far?

Yes, sadly.

[*Manticore* 1,893]

If he wasn't such a poor manager there wouldn't be so many threads.

Lucky for Super that Dave King went nuclear today, distracts from the fact that he can't actually manage our team.

You're not the sharpest tool in the box, are you

[AllyDawson72 213]

Resign at end of season

Appalled at the style of play

Signings are terrible to be honest

Take McInnes in a heartbeat

The real pain with Ally is yet to come. It will be a sad day when he suffers the same treatment as Greig