WilliamFyfe 1,438 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 RANGERS have to return to pre-administration levels on the field if they are to meet the club’s aim of winning the Scottish Premiership in three years’ time, according to defender Lee Wallace.Amid chief executive Graham Wallace’s shock business review, which revealed last Friday that the troubled Ibrox club had “mismanaged” about £70 million in less than two years, was a wish list which included being the best team in Scotland by 2016/17.Wallace, 26, joined the Light Blues from Hearts in July 2011, but a year later found himself one of the few top players remaining in Govan as Steven Naismith, Steven Davis and Steven Whittaker led an exodus of players, who left after the club became insolvent and after they had surrendered the title to traditional rivals Celtic in the wake of a 10-point deduction for entering administration.Rangers re-emerged at the bottom tier of Scottish football with an almost unrecognisable squad, but two successive title wins have taken them into the Championship next season, one step away from top flight where a strong Celtic will be waiting.When asked if boardroom expectations were realistic, Wallace, named PFA Scotland League One player of the year at an awards ceremony in Glasgow on Sunday night, said: “I think you have to have the ambition, but that is when we will need the help in. We are going to need a few more bodies to be able to do that.“You have to remember the standards that we had in the team when I first came, the quality of player that we had.“Obviously we missed out then (winning the league) because of the deduction and because everything had started with administration.“So you have to look back to the Rangers of that era and you obviously have to look to try to get to that as closely as possible.“But you certainly have to target the next three, four, five years to try to go and compete and that’s what I want to be part of.”The Scotland international believes Rangers have enough quality in the short term to get through the Championship at the first attempt, using the Gers’ battling display in their 3-1 William Scottish Cup semi-final defeat by Premiership Dundee United at Ibrox last month in mitigation.“Although we got beat in the game against Dundee United, I thought we deserved to win,” he said. “I was in the stand that day, but we competed and for periods of the game it was as well as we have played, other than the mistakes and goals we gave away.“It is going to be a highly-competitive league. We already know Hearts are going to be in it and there are a number of good teams already in it and there could be another Premiership side to drop down and that will be sorted in the next couple of weeks.“But it is a league that we are going to be more than ready for. Stage two is complete in terms of we have got the last two (league title wins) out of the road and I think we will move on quite quickly and get back to the Premiership soon.“But will need a bit of help, we will need a few guys in to kicks us on because we need to look to the next two, three, four years and being able to compete when we get back in the Premiership.”Wallace, though, is aware that many Rangers fans, while backing the club in huge numbers, have not been happy with their side’s performances over the last couple of seasons, despite runaway title wins.“Rangers fans are Rangers standard and they want standards met on the pitch and we are no different,” he said.“We want to replicate the standards of teams of the past and as I said, the quality maybe isn’t the same but we will get that in years to come.“But criticism is part and parcel of football, part of your job and you get on with it.“The Rangers fans in the past two years have been phenomenal in the sense of the numbers we are getting every week at Ibrox and the away grounds and the fans have had a huge punishment as well.“So the sooner we get back to the top flight, it will be deserved for them because they have stood by us terrifically.” Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEPPS BOY 74,926 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Should be made Captain next season Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robespierre 589 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 . Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ready1873 3,902 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Nothing I disagree with there. He seems to understand what being at this club means and I hope he's here for a few years yet! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanjo 26,385 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Good interview. Andy Cameron gives him a glowing report in the match programme from Saturday too. Just what we need. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ger_onimo 20,488 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Speaks like a true Ranger. Breath of fresh air with some of the shite other players come out with. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa6995 3,686 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Always seems to say the right thing.Others should take note, Captain Material Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluedoo 2,652 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Makes a lot of sense, A captain in the making, well done Lee Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brave scomberg fan 27 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 His dedication to our cause has been magnificent Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weejoseph 2,773 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Great read! Hopefully a future Rangers captain for years to come. His Loyalty towards us and our club is very refreshing after the shite we have been through. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebestest 2,148 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Very sensible comments all round, especially the way he doesn't berate the fans for expecting more (I'm looking at you Law).I like Lee as a player and as an ambassador. Definite captain material. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamFyfe 1,438 Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 I think he's got to be captain next year. I can't see Jig playing every game? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 11,453 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Good interview, Wallace has been a let down to an extent this season as well but only so much he can do on his own. Hopefully stays with us for a long time Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
falwheel 222 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Lee Wallace Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchy 1,200 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Captain Wallace, I like the sound of that Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jintybear 8,651 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Well said Lee Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elephants stoned 2,994 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Bang on Waldo sounds like he wants to be a part of that, good to see a player who has not forgotten what Loyalty means. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,628 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Good lad . Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddiqi_drinker 14,635 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Only 26 so could be the captain for 8-10 years, with McCulloch obviously no longer as fit as hew once was Wallace would seem a logical choice for the captain's armband. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thewhitesettler 2,712 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 He's a good lad, hope he stays with us for a good while yet, could become a Real Rangers Legend... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtyard Bear 41,357 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 The way a Rangers player should speak, should be captain as Jig is done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1690tamRFC 5,001 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Outstanding attitude, wish he had a few more like that. Definately should be captain for next season. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimWhiteRSC 4 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Knows what the club's about. I'd make him captain for next year in a heartbeat. Hope he's with us for a long time to come. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolongawake 1,208 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Will be a fantastic feeling to watch him lift the Trophy when we get back to the top, would hate to see him leave before then! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
one55 1,510 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 What a guy! There's only one Lee Wallace!He HAS to be made captain at some point. All the respect to Jig but he's not gonna be here much longer. It should be Wallace that Jig hands his captains armband to when his time is up. He knows what it means to be a Rangers player and he respects the fans. It sounds like he really wants to stay with us until we're back at the top. I hope we don't have to sell him or reduce his wages so much that he leaves. I really want to see him lift the Premiership trophy as our captain. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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