Popular Post The true baller 972 Posted April 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2022 Can we stop acting like it wasn't obvious we needed a change at the time we got one? Gerrard won us the league and I'll be forever grateful, but it was obviously time to go. Btw he isn't pulling up any trees in Birmingham, we'd have probably been in a similar position. We were trending down. I'm still definitely in support of our current manager but he NEEDS to win the semi final and have a strong league finish for majority of Rangers fans to not turn against him. SK Rfc, ayrshireranger, GA1972 and 4 others 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post left winger 15,619 Posted April 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2022 10 minutes ago, The true baller said: Can we stop acting like it wasn't obvious we needed a change at the time we got one? Gerrard won us the league and I'll be forever grateful, but it was obviously time to go. Btw he isn't pulling up any trees in Birmingham, we'd have probably been in a similar position. We were trending down. I'm still definitely in support of our current manager but he NEEDS to win the semi final and have a strong league finish for majority of Rangers fans to not turn against him. Can you post a link to the thread you started just before he left where you told us it was obvious we needed a change at that time. As far as I’m concerned, it was the timing that was the issue, not so much the fact that he left. BlueSuedeSambas, ianferguson, LochendBilly and 2 others 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DiamondDan 2,386 Posted April 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2022 Gerrard took us as far as he could, especially under the current farcical recruitment approach. However, I don't believe our decline would have been as dramatic and we would have at least been in with a chance of winning the league. The number of players that have downed tools wouldn't have happened under Gerrard. kanjo, graeme_4, Vanoli and 9 others 12 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeSS 512 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 7 minutes ago, DiamondDan said: Gerrard took us as far as he could, especially under the current farcical recruitment approach. However, I don't believe our decline would have been as dramatic and we would have at least been in with a chance of winning the league. The number of players that have downed tools wouldn't have happened under Gerrard. I agree certain players have chucked it. Aribo Kamara Kent Barasic being the main culprits Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kanjo 26,491 Posted April 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2022 We wouldn't have lost on Sunday under Gerrard IMO. Says a lot about it. Loyal-Bear, Vanoli, NI and 3 others 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
esquire8 45,320 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 A Gerrard thread. Great stuff..... chris182, The Godfather and Malkytfp1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianferguson 2,619 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Gerrard needed to show drive and hunger this season and cement the progress of last season. He totally failed and the complacency from him and his big players was obvious . We gift wrapped the league to a very average celtic team and that's unforgivable, as was the timing of his departure. VanVeenRangers, terry739, gmcf and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Specky Forum Organiser 69,624 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 14 minutes ago, esquire8 said: A Gerrard thread. Great stuff..... Your sly wee digs/sarcastic comments make you come across as a wee lassie Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Specky Forum Organiser 69,624 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Gerrard thought his remit was to win 1 single title, he's just as much of a loser as the majority of the squad. Moody Blue, Negri's lovechild and Willis 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacBoyd 6,074 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Yeah tend to agree but we wouldn't be 6 points behind due to old firms, 3 at most. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverAndEver 73,943 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 1 hour ago, DiamondDan said: Gerrard took us as far as he could, especially under the current farcical recruitment approach. However, I don't believe our decline would have been as dramatic and we would have at least been in with a chance of winning the league. The number of players that have downed tools wouldn't have happened under Gerrard. The same players that have chucked it, chucked it under Gerrard at the start of the season. The league would’ve been done a long time ago if he was still here GA1972, Jimfanciesthedude and Mor3los_1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wully 49,712 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 We wouldn't be having these discussions if Katic was recalled in January. ForeverAndEver and real boydie9 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craiggybear 6,329 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Back the manager / don't back the manager is irrelevant. GVB signed a 3 & 1/2 year contract 5 months ago... he's going nowhere next season unless he chooses to walk. Europe aside, for the rest of this season our focus should be making sure they cunts don't get their 5th treble in 6 years. shite state of affairs but it is what it is. gmcf and Drunk and disorderly. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Specky Forum Organiser 69,624 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Just now, Craiggybear said: Back the manager / don't back the manager is irrelevant. GVB signed a 3 & 1/2 year contract 5 months ago... he's going nowhere next season unless he chooses to walk. Europe aside, for the rest of this season our focus should be making sure they cunts don't get their 5th treble in 6 years. shite state of affairs but it is what it is. If the season goes where most of us expect it to from here on in the board probably won't have a choice but to sack him Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkylineBlue 25,763 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 I'm not sure we go into the winter break with as large a lead if Gerrard was still here tbh. I think people are forgetting how poor we were at the start of this season. GA1972, shaka and ForeverAndEver 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craiggybear 6,329 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 7 minutes ago, The Specky Liar said: If the season goes where most of us expect it to from here on in the board probably won't have a choice but to sack him To merit a sacking from THIS board he needs to fuck up royally next season, our European results since he took over will have given him a lot of grace from the boardroom. Otherwise its a mutual agreement with a payout which frankly we can't afford with a full rebuild looming. Pre 2012 finishing second and losing old firm games would have been a sackable offense for a Rangers manager, sadly its not the case these days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights 2,529 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Think the biggest issue with Gerrard is that all of his players knew he wanted a move Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenose244 2,660 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 The biggest difference if we still had Gerrard would be I'd be able to watch the pressers again... And we wouldn't of lost the OFs. Brubear and The Beast 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Specky Forum Organiser 69,624 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 5 minutes ago, Craiggybear said: To merit a sacking from THIS board he needs to fuck up royally next season, our European results since he took over will have given him a lot of grace from the boardroom. Otherwise its a mutual agreement with a payout which frankly we can't afford with a full rebuild looming. Pre 2012 finishing second and losing old firm games would have been a sackable offense for a Rangers manager, sadly its not the case these days. There's an argument to be made we can't afford not to sack him if things really implode over the next 6 weeks. Craiggybear 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverAndEver 73,943 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 14 minutes ago, SkylineBlue said: I'm not sure we go into the winter break with as large a lead if Gerrard was still here tbh. I think people are forgetting how poor we were at the start of this season. Of course they’re not, but it doesn’t help their argument so everything was class under Gerrard and we were gonny canter the league Jimfanciesthedude, JackAlex93, shaka and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast 9,503 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 20 minutes ago, wully said: We wouldn't be having these discussions if Katic was recalled in January. That and realising that Defoe was our only legitimate back up CF and bringing in a replacement. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Specky Forum Organiser 69,624 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Just now, The Beast said: That and realising that Defoe was our only legitimate back up CF and bringing in a replacement. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast 9,503 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Just now, The Specky Liar said: Who else is there then? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Specky Forum Organiser 69,624 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 6 minutes ago, The Beast said: Who else is there then? Roofe is a better option than Defoe. SkylineBlue and ForeverAndEver 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SIRB_72 4,152 Posted April 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2022 The questioning over what Gerrard would do and wouldnt do is irrelevant. He left us - not the other way about. In fact we gave him priority in the summer which was against the clubs plans and he still fucked off. He and the management team clearly had the perfect plan against celtic as seen in August so I can see why the comparisons are being made just now. However, what is becoming obvious is that the squad of players he built and Gio inhereted pick and choose when they want to turn up. Both managers have made mistakes but this seasons pattern is the exact same as 19/20. We'd won 16/20 games which before then had only be done 3 times in a 34+ game season by the club. Then following that good first half we dropped off massively to 50% in both seasons. Two managers, roughly the same squad with the same results. Now either both managers are not that good or the turnover of players is more than due. I suspect the latter and I think Gio deserves to have the chance to show it. Negri's lovechild, the cry was no, barrymorrison1 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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