ClockworkOrange
Well-Known Member
There is a contradiction in your post here and the one I replied to initially. A dull and pragmatic manager wouldn't have done it either; this post here isn't suggesting pragmatism at all, and the very fact you have no idea who that would be isn't entirely noble either, rather it's because such a person doesn't exist. Gerrard could end up a nearly man, twice over, but he has tried his best since he arrived; I don't think there's any guarantee whatsover that anyone else could have done any better in the current circumstances.
Nonsense. You can't know that for sure. In all honesty, neither can I. As justification for turning our backs on the characteristics we thought were important until Gerrard was linked it became common on here to suggest that all managerial appointments are gambles. I'd suggest that's probably true, but what's equally true is that some appointments are bigger gambles than others. When you say "I don't think there's any guarantee whatsover that anyone else could have done any better in the current circumstances", do you mean just amongst prospective managers, or just any manager? Did you say the same when PLG was leading us to another defeat? Or when Murty was being outclassed by Dundee? When Celtic or Progres beat Pedro's team? Did you watch today's game and think, ach, no one else would be able to bring us victory against St Johnstone?
You don't think a manager with the characteristics required to take Rangers forward to the next step - and I think it's important to be clear here - exist anywhere in Scottish, British, European or world football. I think that's quite staggering, and it's that lack of vision, intelligence and knowledge from the board which has ultimately led us to where we are in the league, ie, no close to winning the thing. Thankfully, neither of us work for the board.