rangersross 6,530 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 GRAEME MURTY has confessed his one regret over Billy Gilmour's time at Rangers - not handing him a first-team debut. The former Ibrox caretakers boss and youth academy guru had been close to giving Gilmour his first minutes as just a 15-year-old. But he decided against throwing the youngster into the squad for a Scottish Cup clash with Hamilton in 2017 as he named an experience substitutes bench. Rangers overran Hamilton claiming a 6-0 win and despite his delight at the result, Murty looks back at the game as one where Gilmour should've played a part. Instead Gilmour would leave Rangers months later to join Chelsea without playing any first-team football for the club. Explaining the scenario, Murty told the Scottish Sun: “I should have played Billy. “It was a Cup game — the only time we could have played him at 15. I still regret it because he deserved to play and the thing that held him back from the pitch was me. “I didn’t put him on the bench. I actually talked myself into protecting the club and making sure we got through, instead of enhancing this kid and getting him on the pitch. “It’s really important at Rangers you get to the next round, so you go through every potential scenario in the game — apart from the one that came up. “It was the only time I operated from thinking, ‘What happens if we don’t win this one? I need to have a senior member on the bench. How can I shoehorn Billy in?’ “But we ended up winning 6-0. And I could’ve been the manager who played the youngest player in Rangers history in Billy.” While Murty and club officials were disappointed to lose Gilmour there was no sour feeling from his move to Premier League giants Chelsea. But Murty is hopeful someday in the future Gilmour will pull on a Rangers shirt. He added: “I’d love to see him back in a Rangers jersey and playing for the club. I’d hope that he’d really enjoy that experience. I would’ve loved to have seen it back then. But I understand why he went. We tried loads of stuff to get him to stay." (Herald Scotland) Real Ranger and Thermopylae 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broxi 11,484 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Meh, all well in hindsight winning 6-0 but I think 15 is too young. And it’s only a regret because he ended up leaving for nothing and it sounds as if he’s implying it might have helped him stay here. Shit happens though, he would have left anyway and if we didn’t win that game and we had a 15 year old on the pitch it would have been a disaster. All hindsight here, reality was not choosing a 15 year old kid in a Scottish Cup game is a bit of a non issue. ayrshireranger, Essandoh and theredhandofNewcastle 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShanksRFC 3,869 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Wouldn't have been ready at the time so why bring it up now saying he wished he had put him in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKingObv 10,646 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Strange comments from a youth coach Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrLaudrup 4,606 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Probably I have more regret over Murty to be honest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post .Williamson. 82,234 Posted January 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2022 I can’t stand that guy. Halliday should have volleyed him in the ballbag that afternoon in Hampden. kanjo, Bearsden bear, ForeverAndEver and 4 others 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post McEwan's Lager 30,524 Posted January 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2022 1 minute ago, .Williamson. said: I can’t stand that guy. Halliday should have volleyed him in the ballbag that afternoon in Hampden. Tbf I wanted Halliday volleyed about ten minutes into that game. SwallowsHisOwnSpunk, wully, KeyserSoze and 2 others 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post .Williamson. 82,234 Posted January 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2022 Just now, McEwan's Lager said: Tbf I wanted Halliday volleyed about ten minutes into that game. Halliday shouldn’t have played that game, he hadn’t played in quite a number of games iirc. Subbing him 5 minutes before half time and never giving him a reason is a mess. Not surprising though from a guy that did a handstand on the touchline in one game. Fucking freak Clemdog, Ambrogio, SPWF and 4 others 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoGeo7 10,520 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Pretty sure he was named in the squad against Morton a month before as well so he made the mistake twice. I used to think it would have made a difference but he was offered a deal that set him and his family up for life, playing 10 mins against Morton or Hamilton wouldn’t have changed that. Bearsden bear, ayrshireranger, magic8ball and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUEDIGNITY 33,647 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Regrets ? I’ve had a few, but then again . . . 😂😂😂😂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Specky Forum Organiser 64,732 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Twat. Mr Soprano 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkfalcons 2,303 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 The guy was an asshole Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeyserSoze 14,545 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Never liked him as a manager Should never have been offered the position in the first place. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoplandRoad83 3,254 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Bit of an awkward, weird guy that Murty. Fuck getting stuck with him on a night out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Soprano 13,964 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Coward. The Specky Forum Organiser 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lockin 3,912 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamess 3,422 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Murty and the Sun. Two words that irritate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,628 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Bizarre quote and an even odder time to be giving it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SK Rfc 557 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 On 12/01/2022 at 13:26, McEwan's Lager said: Tbf I wanted Halliday volleyed about ten minutes into that game. So did I. He done me for a grand not getting booked 😂 McEwan's Lager 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPWF 8,232 Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Felt sorry for him being thrown in when he was clearly out his depth, but then he conducted himself like an utter shitebag, so fuck him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
goaaaal 946 Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 When it's a confession and not an Admission it sets a precedent even has the hint of a scotch n wry sketch about it at the interview stage . So Graeme something you want to tell us ? 😉 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Shaw 30,471 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 “Atmosphere at Celtic park second to none” Think he said that after a heavy pumping at that midden, tarrier loving tramp Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.E.C. 18,780 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Nice man wrong job. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Shaw 30,471 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 2 hours ago, G.E.C. said: Nice man wrong job. Wonder if Halliday thinks he’s a nice man after he humiliated him infront of the tarrier hordes at hampden Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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