Pedros Local Assistant

[Jack The Flipper 5,936]

1 minute ago, KeyserSoze said:

who then Jack? 

and why not a record holding club captain that secured a double in his first season as captain and also a treble a couple of seasons later. 5 league wins 5 Scottish cup wins and 5 league cup wins plus over 80 appearances in Europe.

Barry Ferguson is ideal for this role - he knows Rangers he defo does....  

He will not link with the media, he will provide little insight into coaching but he will bring what Pedro has asked for - Rangers blood to help his players see the Devil.... 

I'd rather have someone like Walter Smith, or a younger guy like McCann whom can convey his opinion intelligently and precisely and who will be very professional while in the role.

[plumbGER 24,518]

56 minutes ago, K.A.I said:

He loves the capital D ... right in his anus 

[Bobby Hume 13,076]

12 minutes ago, Jack The Flipper said:

I'd rather have someone like Walter Smith, or a younger guy like McCann whom can convey his opinion intelligently and precisely and who will be very professional while in the role.

Stop it now Jack ..... sensible suggestions upset people .... the rumour going around is that suggestions like your's are to be issued with a public health warning before going to print .... 

[Bears r us 30,798]

1 hour ago, eskbankloyal said:

For what it's worth, Barry Ferguson was offered a role yesterday when he met with the club.

He was offered a role that he wasn't expecting, basically a minor coaching role which he is now mulling over - should make a decision over the weekend at the latest.

One thing that highlighted when I was told that this seems to be more of a token gesture, and perhaps somebody Pedro can lean on if required but it is in no way a 'major' role in the football department.

Thanks for that Esk, at least it is some genuine information.

I am a little confused with all this though, would Barry or anyone that was interview for this position not have been given an idea before they spoke to Pedro what it entailed or am I using too much common sense. Is this minor role full time or part time ? 

I hope someone is appointed before long because the whole thing is becoming a joke. 

[eskbankloyal 19,446]

5 minutes ago, Bears r us said:

Thanks for that Esk, at least it is some genuine information.

I am a little confused with all this though, would Barry or anyone that was interview for this position not have been given an idea before they spoke to Pedro what it entailed or am I using too much common sense. Is this minor role full time or part time ? 

I hope someone is appointed before long because the whole thing is becoming a joke. 

It'll be full time but the point I was trying to make is that the role has been hyped to be something it actually isn't. Think Barry was expecting to be classed as an assistant manager rather than what is actually on the table.

[Guest Lloyd72]

17 minutes ago, eskbankloyal said:

It'll be full time but the point I was trying to make is that the role has been hyped to be something it actually isn't. Think Barry was expecting to be classed as an assistant manager rather than what is actually on the table.

So Ferguson wanted the job because he thought it would put him next in line after he sabotages Caixinha and now he's unsure, good to know

[Bears r us 30,798]

9 minutes ago, eskbankloyal said:

It'll be full time but the point I was trying to make is that the role has been hyped to be something it actually isn't. Think Barry was expecting to be classed as an assistant manager rather than what is actually on the table.

I see what you mean, but surely Barry knew Pedro had his own assistant (no 2) so not sure why he thought that. So am I right in thinking that it is a full time job working with the first team, but something like a number 3 and no real input and very much an assistant to Pedro and his number two and there to give help with how Scottish football works, etc, etc.

PS setting out cones as well. 

  

[Bobby Hume 13,076]

13 minutes ago, eskbankloyal said:

It'll be full time but the point I was trying to make is that the role has been hyped to be something it actually isn't. Think Barry was expecting to be classed as an assistant manager rather than what is actually on the table.

Not surprised Barry was confused ... it seems to be a habit with him.

I was at a Q&A many years ago and one of the speakers was John Brown (I think he was a youth coach at the time?) ....... and he tells of ....when stating to the group of players he was coaching, that they would be going on a half hour run at the end of their training stint ....... guess who asked miserably, "Fuck's sake ... how long is that going to take us then?"

None other than our future Captain ..... 

[Bobby Hume 13,076]

17 minutes ago, Bears r us said:

I see what you mean, but surely Barry knew Pedro had his own assistant (no 2) so not sure why he thought that. So am I right in thinking that it is a full time job working with the first team, but something like a number 3 and no real input and very much an assistant to Pedro and his number two and there to give help with how Scottish football works, etc, etc.

PS setting out cones as well. 

  

[Guest Lloyd72]

 

[Jack The Flipper 5,936]

30 minutes ago, eskbankloyal said:

It'll be full time but the point I was trying to make is that the role has been hyped to be something it actually isn't. Think Barry was expecting to be classed as an assistant manager rather than what is actually on the table.

That's how ambitious he is and that's how much of a brass neck he has.

Exactly why he should not be considered for the job, I get the impression he'd shit on anyone to get what he wants. He did it with PLG, so who says Pedro wont be next? 

[Bears r us 30,798]

4 minutes ago, Bobby Hume said:

I just realised I had missed an important part of the job mate, and thought I better add it in. 

[Bears 792]

1 hour ago, Jack The Flipper said:

I wondered why spell check didn't come up with any suggestions

 

I thought you meant irradiates

[KeyserSoze 14,545]

35 minutes ago, eskbankloyal said:

It'll be full time but the point I was trying to make is that the role has been hyped to be something it actually isn't. Think Barry was expecting to be classed as an assistant manager rather than what is actually on the table.

Surely the first thing you do when asked for an interview is research the role by calling key staff, investigating the various aspects of the job description and come to interview fully loaded with the best interpretation of the role as possible. This gives you a fighting chance.

you don't turn up at Buchanan St expecting to get on a train do you!

If true he should be ruled out straight away... tbh

[tannerall 25,935]

Since our demotion and bad times 5 years or so years ago how many ex players/managers have done us any good at our club ?

Answer zero. The capable guys like Souness, Smith stayed out of it. Even McCall did not last long.

Brown our village idiot and Barry the ned ? Puppets for KIng, just like Houston. Pedro and his backing team are surely a wee bit more wordly wise and sophisticated to take them seriously, never mind their failures in coaching and management.

Gordon Smith has all the credentials required to be logistics advisor to Pedro with his experience of Rangers, and his knowledge of the workings of the politics of Scottish football. Shame Sandy Jardine ain't still around too. 

[ForeverAndEver 71,498]

25 minutes ago, tannerall said:

Since our demotion and bad times 5 years or so years ago how many ex players/managers have done us any good at our club ?

Answer zero. The capable guys like Souness, Smith stayed out of it. Even McCall did not last long.

Brown our village idiot and Barry the ned ? Puppets for KIng, just like Houston. Pedro and his backing team are surely a wee bit more wordly wise and sophisticated to take them seriously, never mind their failures in coaching and management.

Gordon Smith has all the credentials required to be logistics advisor to Pedro with his experience of Rangers, and his knowledge of the workings of the politics of Scottish football. Shame Sandy Jardine ain't still around too. 

Again, ned patter is awful.

[Bobby Hume 13,076]

48 minutes ago, Bears r us said:

I just realised I had missed an important part of the job mate, and thought I better add it in. 

Sometimes the best comedy is when it's unintentional, Bud ..... and your wee post script was a perfect example of that ..... most proper humour is generally off the bat, and with the right timing .... it hits the spot ..... 

[Billy1984 6,314]

14 minutes ago, ForeverAndEver said:

Again, ned patter is awful.

Always was baffled why Barry was labelled a ned myself. 

[Bears r us 30,798]

19 minutes ago, Bobby Hume said:

Sometimes the best comedy is when it's unintentional, Bud ..... and your wee post script was a perfect example of that ..... most proper humour is generally off the bat, and with the right timing .... it hits the spot ..... 

[eejay the dj 31,964]

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[eejay the dj 31,964]

54 minutes ago, tannerall said:

Since our demotion and bad times 5 years or so years ago how many ex players/managers have done us any good at our club ?

Answer zero. The capable guys like Souness, Smith stayed out of it. Even McCall did not last long.

Brown our village idiot and Barry the ned ? Puppets for KIng, just like Houston. Pedro and his backing team are surely a wee bit more wordly wise and sophisticated to take them seriously, never mind their failures in coaching and management.

Gordon Smith has all the credentials required to be logistics advisor to Pedro with his experience of Rangers, and his knowledge of the workings of the politics of Scottish football. Shame Sandy Jardine ain't still around too. 

This one ?

[Jack The Flipper 5,936]

1 hour ago, tannerall said:

Since our demotion and bad times 5 years or so years ago how many ex players/managers have done us any good at our club ?

Answer zero. The capable guys like Souness, Smith stayed out of it. Even McCall did not last long.

Brown our village idiot and Barry the ned ? Puppets for KIng, just like Houston. Pedro and his backing team are surely a wee bit more wordly wise and sophisticated to take them seriously, never mind their failures in coaching and management.

Gordon Smith has all the credentials required to be logistics advisor to Pedro with his experience of Rangers, and his knowledge of the workings of the politics of Scottish football. Shame Sandy Jardine ain't still around too. 

I agree mate, I said GS a while back as well but I've since heard he's not interested in the role. Might be shite, but that's what I've heard.

[kingtom80 166]

 

        McCann top man for the job.

 

[Guest Lloyd72]

THE wisdom of adding Barry Ferguson to Pedro Caixinha’s backroom team at Ibrox has been questioned by many Rangers fans in recent days due to his far from auspicious stint in the dugout at Clyde.

Ferguson left Broadwood last month after two and a half seasons in charge with his side sitting in third bottom spot in Ladbrokes League Two. So why, many have asked, is he being considered for a coaching role at his former club?

The 39-year-old is one of the Scottish coaches – John Brown, Neil McCann, Lee McCulloch and Alex Rae are among the others – who Caxinha is currently contemplating bringing in to help him in Glasgow.

Scott Linton, the Clyde defender cum midfielder, believes that opting for the one-time Rangers captain would be an inspired decision by the newly-appointed Portuguese manager.

Linton was persuaded to move from Championship club Dumbarton to League Two outfit Clyde by Ferguson at the start of last season and hasn’t, despite the difficulties they are experiencing this term, regretted his decision once.

The 27-year-old enjoyed working under the rookie manager, who led Clyde to third place in the fourth tier table last season and then took them through to the play-off final, and stressed that he would bring a lot of positive attributes to Rangers.

“I know the position that Clyde are in in the table at the moment doesn’t look fantastic,” he said. “Anyone looking in from the outside might think Barry didn’t do a great job here. But he did a massive amount of good work behind the scenes.

“I played all of last season under Barry and this season up until he left. It was a great experience. He was the reason why I dropped down from Dumbarton to Clyde in League Two. The fact that he was in charge convinced me to make the move.

“I liked the desire that he showed, the will to win he had. We met up and had a chat for a good hour and I decided that the pros outweighed the cons.

“I thought: ‘If there’s anyone I am going to learn from it’s the ex-Scotland and ex-Rangers captain’. I have always found, having played under many different managers, that it is good to work with somebody who has enjoyed a decent career.

“You learn so much just from sitting and listening to them. You pick up the things which stood them in good stead in their own playing days. I have worked under Danny Lennon, Jimmy Nicholl, Colin Cameron and Ian Murray. But Barry is probably the manager who I have had who has enjoyed the best career.”

Linton added: “I was really, really impressed with a lot of the aspects of his managerial style and with many of the qualities which he brought to the role.

“The first thing that struck me about Barry when I started playing under him at Clyde was his sheer will to win. I always used to tell anyone who asked me what he was like was that it was just outrageous how much he wanted to win, to win anything.

“When he was standing there in the dressing room before a game he was more up for the match than some of the players were. His desire and his passion were incredible.”

Linton recalled how Ferguson, who kept Blackpool in the English Championship after being promoted from player caretaker manager halfway through the 2013/14 season following Paul Ince's sacking, treated part-time minnows Clyde like a full-time professional club.

“Barry’s preparation for games was incredible,” he said. “As I say, people looking in from the outside won’t realise it, but the amount of hard work and effort he put in to bring Clyde success was incredible.

“He brought in a video analysis guy to look at our performances. When we had an away game that required a long journey, against Elgin for example, he would take us away on a Friday night and we would stay at the best hotels. He demanded the very best of everything even though we were working with a part-time club’s budgets.

“Everything was run like it would be a full-time club under Barry. We were really well looked after. In fact, we got treated like royalty. We were his main priority. I will never say a bad word about him or what he tried to do at Clyde.

“When you are a part-time club you all have jobs and train twice a week you can’t spend a lot of time on tactics and shape. You want to enjoy yourselves and have fun. But he would always look at the opposition and how we would approach matches.”

Linton, who is currently sidelined with a hernia injury, feels that Ferguson’s methods may be better suited to a top flight club and has predicted he will not be overawed in the slightest the demands there will be on Caixinha to succeed at Rangers.

“I felt sorry for Barry at Clyde in a way,” he said. “When you’re a part-time player your priority is your job and then your family. Don’t get me wrong, you want to play well, you want to win and you take it seriously, but football is secondary.

“I think if Barry takes that desire to be the best that he has in to a full-time club he will get more out of the job. His will to win, his work ethic, the high standards that he sets are more suited to a full-time club.

“He knows what is required to succeed at Rangers having been there as a player before. I think they will be bringing in the right man if they do go for him. He knows the club inside out. They could do a lot worse than bring in Barry Ferguson.”

http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/15174814._quot_Barry_Ferguson_set_high_standards_for_us_at_Clyde___he__39_d_be_a_great_addition_to_the_Rangers_coaching_staff_quot_/

[Blues Brother 1,115]

I'd think this job would be ideal for maybe Ian Ferguson. Not sure if he is still in Oz coaching/manager.

but he is certainly a guy who would tick a few of the boxes and certainly has vast experience of being a winner at Rangers.