luckywhitefeather
Well-Known Member
we were brutal today , no hiding that , Terrible passing , decision making and players not showing enough with a complete distaster of a youth coach in charge
However, the context of where we are , the reality of what rangers are going to have to overcome can’t be overlooked
All things being equal the team with the better players will usually win the games, titles and trophies. The tims have simply better players.
Whats going to change that in our favour is time, proper football management and I’m afraid a lot more money
Due to David Murray’s disastrous stewardship which enabled the Whyte / greens era we have given the tims at least a seven year headstart in terms of settled squad , performance / standard levels ,the habit of winning trophies, not withstanding the huge (x3 wage bill differential this season!! ), monopoly over the champions league money / carrot to attract players
We were in the 4th tier of Scottish football, let’s not forget that,..our best players left us and we had a transfer ban, we then wasted seasons under the mismanagement of mccoist failing to have any long term player plan Or carefully introduce / build up youth in those lower leagues (that’s not even talking about all the off field / sports direct issues, distractions & where the money was going / how mccoist actually spent the money on players, what we got in return from most of them....just wasted years and money lost
We then, in echoes of the tims in the early 90s, starting going through managers as first the challenge of getting into premiership / then once back, how to chase down / try and compete with the team that has been coasting along picking up titles , champions league money with a squad that Lennon built and then they even had the luxury of the Ronnie dialup experiment safe in the knowledge they could afford to give it a whirl as they knew they could still had enough / outspending to win the league anyway such was the gap. Then now throwing money at Rodgers , his staff and big investment in player recruitment & wages far outwith the rest of the league can think about. (Compare the bench / qualify level they could bring on today / or at Ibrox few weeks back versus what we’ve currently got)
Last season we finished 3rd, 39 points behind, to think that finish can be swung around without millions being spent, which we don’t have!!, in just a year is crazy talk, nor does it take into consideration it would require a complete disaster / internal implosion by the tims to happen (much like mourinho at Chelsea or dare I say Smith’s failed 10 in a row season when team ran out gas, player recruitment / management was misjudged )
It’s also very unlikely we can win the league next season either and that’s before s balls kicked due to the rebuilding job / player change & money required to be found (again all measured against / financial proportionality the tims can / need to invest (& what they are saving for when our real change materialises.
When Dave king was taking about a manager and immediate success he was sadly talking out of turn, placing a completely unfair marker down for a measurement that can’t possibly be achieved in one season given the headstart the other mob have been given.
It’s also a terrible example with the pressure applied to the next manager with it’s unrealistic / dangerous expectation level for the supporter base to be fed
Going back to the early 90s when we were the all conquering champions, the cream of the players , the champions league money & attention whilst they couldn’t even qualify for Europe from league position and were eyeing up a cambuslsng stadium move & our title challenge was from Aberdeen, Motherwell and Hibs...that wasn’t ended by Wim Jansen turning up our the blue. It required a squad to be build up and the gap that existed to be narrowed down each season
Rangers need to be much more open and educate the fanbase of where we find ourselves in light of the financial disparity that exists versus the squad level of the team we need to beat .
The club needs to get the fans onboard with some brutal honesty that’s its going to take time , patience and I’m afraid moments of more frustration and defeat in seasons ahead are probably going to happen as we seek to claw back our position
We are going to require a ‘project’ manager (unless some Middle East country wishes to divest billions of oil money into a Scottish football team and we can outspend / make up the squad value difference in one season !) and for the support to be working on a different performance barometer to which we were used to.
Sustained incremental advances & under a financially responsible spending / investment programme over the next few seasons is the only sensible approach the club & new manager can hope to implement in order for us to win our next league title.
We need the support to really understand and acknowledge the financial reality we are working under
However, the context of where we are , the reality of what rangers are going to have to overcome can’t be overlooked
All things being equal the team with the better players will usually win the games, titles and trophies. The tims have simply better players.
Whats going to change that in our favour is time, proper football management and I’m afraid a lot more money
Due to David Murray’s disastrous stewardship which enabled the Whyte / greens era we have given the tims at least a seven year headstart in terms of settled squad , performance / standard levels ,the habit of winning trophies, not withstanding the huge (x3 wage bill differential this season!! ), monopoly over the champions league money / carrot to attract players
We were in the 4th tier of Scottish football, let’s not forget that,..our best players left us and we had a transfer ban, we then wasted seasons under the mismanagement of mccoist failing to have any long term player plan Or carefully introduce / build up youth in those lower leagues (that’s not even talking about all the off field / sports direct issues, distractions & where the money was going / how mccoist actually spent the money on players, what we got in return from most of them....just wasted years and money lost
We then, in echoes of the tims in the early 90s, starting going through managers as first the challenge of getting into premiership / then once back, how to chase down / try and compete with the team that has been coasting along picking up titles , champions league money with a squad that Lennon built and then they even had the luxury of the Ronnie dialup experiment safe in the knowledge they could afford to give it a whirl as they knew they could still had enough / outspending to win the league anyway such was the gap. Then now throwing money at Rodgers , his staff and big investment in player recruitment & wages far outwith the rest of the league can think about. (Compare the bench / qualify level they could bring on today / or at Ibrox few weeks back versus what we’ve currently got)
Last season we finished 3rd, 39 points behind, to think that finish can be swung around without millions being spent, which we don’t have!!, in just a year is crazy talk, nor does it take into consideration it would require a complete disaster / internal implosion by the tims to happen (much like mourinho at Chelsea or dare I say Smith’s failed 10 in a row season when team ran out gas, player recruitment / management was misjudged )
It’s also very unlikely we can win the league next season either and that’s before s balls kicked due to the rebuilding job / player change & money required to be found (again all measured against / financial proportionality the tims can / need to invest (& what they are saving for when our real change materialises.
When Dave king was taking about a manager and immediate success he was sadly talking out of turn, placing a completely unfair marker down for a measurement that can’t possibly be achieved in one season given the headstart the other mob have been given.
It’s also a terrible example with the pressure applied to the next manager with it’s unrealistic / dangerous expectation level for the supporter base to be fed
Going back to the early 90s when we were the all conquering champions, the cream of the players , the champions league money & attention whilst they couldn’t even qualify for Europe from league position and were eyeing up a cambuslsng stadium move & our title challenge was from Aberdeen, Motherwell and Hibs...that wasn’t ended by Wim Jansen turning up our the blue. It required a squad to be build up and the gap that existed to be narrowed down each season
Rangers need to be much more open and educate the fanbase of where we find ourselves in light of the financial disparity that exists versus the squad level of the team we need to beat .
The club needs to get the fans onboard with some brutal honesty that’s its going to take time , patience and I’m afraid moments of more frustration and defeat in seasons ahead are probably going to happen as we seek to claw back our position
We are going to require a ‘project’ manager (unless some Middle East country wishes to divest billions of oil money into a Scottish football team and we can outspend / make up the squad value difference in one season !) and for the support to be working on a different performance barometer to which we were used to.
Sustained incremental advances & under a financially responsible spending / investment programme over the next few seasons is the only sensible approach the club & new manager can hope to implement in order for us to win our next league title.
We need the support to really understand and acknowledge the financial reality we are working under