To people who go to games, yes.
The relationship between players and fans had become a rudderless disjointed mess with the players causing little more than frustration to the majority of fans.
It is a thing people who don't attend games will possibly not understand but going from the likes of Black and Law to then players who clearly cared and bothered about the club to the extent the likes of Halliday and Tav do is massive.
Easter Road (6-2) in particular was the first genuine actual step back on the road to fans getting Rangers back, and Halliday was excellent that day, his relationship with the fans always continued, even up to Maribor, the reaction of Halliday and Gerrard after that game is everything most fans want to see from their players and management, Halliday remained despite not being at the level required because numerous others completely failed with higher profiles while dialing in performances signed for far greater fees at far greater cost, Halliday attempted to make the most of his limitations, fans DO appreciate players who do that
Your dismissal of Halliday is incredibly disingenuous, he was a player we signed on trial while we were in the Championship who ended up playing a key role in us making the group stages of Europe, the notion he often went down without fighting is just a complete miss with events that often took place on the park.
I mean we have your assessment of him "But when the chips were down he too went down without a fight" and then we have this.
Gerrard confessed: “I love Andy Halliday.
“When I came in there was a list of players. Some had ticks, some had question marks and some had crosses.
“It was important to see them close up, eye to eye, in a few sessions, to see if they had the ability or the level.
“At the same time, you are looking at them off the pitch to see what type of characters they are. Andy has just been perfect since day one.
“It was a bit of a shock, really, from what I’d heard or read. His performances are getting stronger and stronger.
“He’s almost like a captain in the dressing room.
“In fact, he is the unofficial captain of this club. He glues everything together.
“He helps the foreign lads a lot and he’s someone who cares about the club. You need these people about.
“It would be naive of me at any stage of my life to judge someone with other people’s opinions. I like to judge people face to face.
“When you come to a club this size you have to give people a chance, especially people that are supporters of the club, people who care and will give you blood, sweat and tears. These are the people you need about the place. Andy, in his head, thought he was gone and not wanted.
“He probably felt the new manager would come in and not want him.
“From the very first training session to the final whistle in Spain on Thursday night he has given absolutely everything.
“I honestly can’t fault him off the pitch either, he’s been magnificent.”
He was still being praised by Gerrard for his impact after he had departed