That does make him seem very vain and I did find it strange that he was always celebrating with the coaching staff in particular the times we made it to the group stages of Europe just seems to crave attention that isn't totally warrantedHe’s not well liked amongst people I know
Loves himself, is extremely rude & patronising - treated many members of staff like absolute shite. Man managed absolutely everything, way outside his remit even to point he wanted to manipulate tours etc
Failed to deliver many promises he made on signings then subsequently failed to correct these issues, these are ones he pushed for
He has cost us deals for players by being poor & elusive to deal with
Caused issues on the training pitch & in the dressing room (Celebrating with players etc - travelling on team bus)
Openly leaked information to carry favour & was subsequently cut out of deals to stop stuff being leaked
Amongst some of the things I have heard directly from people about him & I have long spoken about this & the fact this would come to an end
Personally, the dealings I have know of I am delighted he is gone
There are amongst my reasons for not liking him
Now I’ll also add this, Mark Allen was in the squad photo on Thursday afternoon
By 5pm that evening he was away
What sort of person, who knows he’s leaving, (for family reasons) sits in those pictures? You can make up your own mind to whether or not you think that family reasons is true etc
Allen undoubtedly did good things, to suggest he done them properly or people will lose sleep over him leaving are entirely different
People can make up their own minds on this also, but the article above is hardly praise for Allen & that’s from an extremely Rangers Friendly journalist with club based connections (Rangers must find a replacement and an UPGRADE)
Allen put Gerrards name forward, King then took it on. He oversaw a rapid turnaround & uptake - he wasn’t terrible but he certainly isn’t irreplaceable either
We move on
(I have praised Allen where praise is due, I have maybe even been too generous of that in earlier days - that changed rapidly the more I found out)
I think I'm going to be thinking the same as you here and that this journalist, being a "friend of the club"and getting the narrative out there early proves it.A very good article
Perhaps people will read between the lines on it
Well, maybe not as strong as that but, yes.My judgement of Allen?
Glad he’s gone & we’ll be better off for it
I don't get this part and it's a problem Ihave with the whole concept of the DoF.I don't agree that a DoF shouldn't be in the public eye. His closeness to the first team and the management/coaching staff is crucial I think.
IMO the only way that the role can fulfill its true intentions (continuity in player recruitment and footballing philosophy from manager to manager) can only be achieved with the DoF being front and centre of the club.
Mark Allen never hid - and I liked that about him. We are a fickle support and if he had been totally anonymous we would have been calling for his head a year ago.
The article although decent is speculative and correct in one thing - only time will tell exactly how effective he was in the role. Until then we can only guess - the same as Chris Jack has just done.
Hopefully we get a superb replacement and one that pleases the Gaffer.
I don't agree that a DoF shouldn't be in the public eye. His closeness to the first team and the management/coaching staff is crucial I think.
IMO the only way that the role can fulfill its true intentions (continuity in player recruitment and footballing philosophy from manager to manager) can only be achieved with the DoF being front and centre of the club.
Mark Allen never hid - and I liked that about him. We are a fickle support and if he had been totally anonymous we would have been calling for his head a year ago.
The article although decent is speculative and correct in one thing - only time will tell exactly how effective he was in the role. Until then we can only guess - the same as Chris Jack has just done.
Hopefully we get a superb replacement and one that pleases the Gaffer.
That’s why we won’t have a DoF, we will have a Technical director who’s remit won’t include First team as that will be SGs dept.
That article says tells us absolutely nothing.
All everything people knew.
Pointless article.
Nothing we didn’t already know.
The crucial detail being that it’s speculative, much like most of the shite that gets posted on here about him. I’m sure ID10 has a genuine reason for his opinion given his connections but since he never divulges the info on why he holds that option (no issue with that btw) I can’t say much.
But from the outside looking in, he did a reasonably good job and I wish him well. I’ll leave speculative pish to the media and the zoomers here.
Sorry GG you little or nothing about his role if you think it is ok for him to be on the training field with players or on the park celebrating with them after victories.
These things were his downfall and did not go without notice of SG. I think in time you may even hear of the real tensions in the Gerard and Allen camps.
Any manager worth his salt will not allow interference in his territory at any football club
Who will be involved in finding the future manager. Surely not the board of directors after the shambles they've been through?
Thank you for your comments on Mark Allen ID10, I only met him once and was not impressed with him at all, I believe everything you have said about him, the guy is a w#nk
Wilson is highly unlikely, would cost way too much and he's already knocked back Dave King once, very few people get a second chance with our chairman.Agree with that too.
It’s important keeping SG and his backroom team sweet.
Anything in that rumor about Ross Wilson being interested this time FBB?
Or just hear say…
He’s not well liked amongst people I know
Loves himself, is extremely rude & patronising - treated many members of staff like absolute shite. Man managed absolutely everything, way outside his remit even to point he wanted to manipulate tours etc
Failed to deliver many promises he made on signings then subsequently failed to correct these issues, these are ones he pushed for
He has cost us deals for players by being poor & elusive to deal with
Caused issues on the training pitch & in the dressing room (Celebrating with players etc - travelling on team bus)
Openly leaked information to carry favour & was subsequently cut out of deals to stop stuff being leaked
Amongst some of the things I have heard directly from people about him & I have long spoken about this & the fact this would come to an end
Personally, the dealings I have know of I am delighted he is gone
There are amongst my reasons for not liking him
Now I’ll also add this, Mark Allen was in the squad photo on Thursday afternoon
By 5pm that evening he was away
What sort of person, who knows he’s leaving, (for family reasons) sits in those pictures? You can make up your own mind to whether or not you think that family reasons is true etc
Allen undoubtedly did good things, to suggest he done them properly or people will lose sleep over him leaving are entirely different
People can make up their own minds on this also, but the article above is hardly praise for Allen & that’s from an extremely Rangers Friendly journalist with club based connections (Rangers must find a replacement and an UPGRADE)
Allen put Gerrards name forward, King then took it on. He oversaw a rapid turnaround & uptake - he wasn’t terrible but he certainly isn’t irreplaceable either
We move on
(I have praised Allen where praise is due, I have maybe even been too generous of that in earlier days - that changed rapidly the more I found out)
Even though the man himself says otherwise? Christ
I said to my cousin that I thought it was cringeworthy as fk he was on the track after the Spartak game; that he must have made a conscious decision to start making his way down from the Director's box to trackside minutes before the final whistle to join in the celebrations like a member of the first team training staff. It all seemed pretty weird.
He’s not well liked amongst people I know
Loves himself, is extremely rude & patronising - treated many members of staff like absolute shite. Man managed absolutely everything, way outside his remit even to point he wanted to manipulate tours etc
Failed to deliver many promises he made on signings then subsequently failed to correct these issues, these are ones he pushed for
He has cost us deals for players by being poor & elusive to deal with
Caused issues on the training pitch & in the dressing room (Celebrating with players etc - travelling on team bus)
Openly leaked information to carry favour & was subsequently cut out of deals to stop stuff being leaked
Amongst some of the things I have heard directly from people about him & I have long spoken about this & the fact this would come to an end
Personally, the dealings I have know of I am delighted he is gone
There are amongst my reasons for not liking him
Now I’ll also add this, Mark Allen was in the squad photo on Thursday afternoon
By 5pm that evening he was away
What sort of person, who knows he’s leaving, (for family reasons) sits in those pictures? You can make up your own mind to whether or not you think that family reasons is true etc
Allen undoubtedly did good things, to suggest he done them properly or people will lose sleep over him leaving are entirely different
People can make up their own minds on this also, but the article above is hardly praise for Allen & that’s from an extremely Rangers Friendly journalist with club based connections (Rangers must find a replacement and an UPGRADE)
Allen put Gerrards name forward, King then took it on. He oversaw a rapid turnaround & uptake - he wasn’t terrible but he certainly isn’t irreplaceable either
We move on
(I have praised Allen where praise is due, I have maybe even been too generous of that in earlier days - that changed rapidly the more I found out)
Which are ?Whilst it's not revelatory I think you're missing the inferences here.
Any one of us could have written that.
A rough translation:
He was hard to like
He struggled to offload players
He bought in too many players of dubious quality
The club now revolves around SG, there is no 'top duo' any more
He did some good work though
Surely Gerrard could have said no to the players he didn't want?
Apart from what he's written @ID10 didn't think Mark Allan did a terrible job?I’m inclined to believe that this ^^^^^ is pretty accurate.
I’m not reading into this that anyone, including you ID10, is saying Allen did a terrible job. My take on all of this is that he did an ok job but seemed to have an out of control ego that may have caused him to overstep the mark somewhat.
I think we can all agree that the improvements in Auchenhowie and around Ibrox are good news. How much of that was Allen and how much was Gerrard, we may never know. But you’re post makes a number of very interesting points, particularly the quite revealing issue of him plopping himself into the squad photo, hours before he got out of Dodge.
Anyway, I’m not going to be over critical of him, because he does seem to have been reasonably competent at his work. However, the necessary “upgrade” comment in his article is one I’m now persuaded is needed.
I think ID10 and others have hinted at this: many at club wanted the 'twin leaders' thing to work but weren't impressed at all but MA's dealings...NOW we will see SG getting only the players he wants - good or bad.
I always cringed when I seen him on the pitch. I thought the DoF was a board room position rather than a coaching team role, so expected him to sit in the directors box.
I do think that whoever takes over has an easier start, as the infrastructure seems to be in place, where as MA had a blank page.
I do concur in one thing. He shouldn't be anywhere near the training pitch,surely that should be a no go.He should be going about his business as quietly as possible. In that regard he does come across as full of himself.Thanks for the info ,
Doesn’t sound great , He certainly wasn’t very good at trimming the squad that’s plain to see.
I do concur in one thing. He shouldn't be anywhere near the training pitch,surely that should be a no go.He should be going about his business as quietly as possible. In that regard he does come across as full of himself.
A rough translation:
He was hard to like
He struggled to offload players
He bought in too many players of dubious quality
The club now revolves around SG, there is no 'top duo' any more
He did some good work though
More than once SG was asked about loan deals etc in press conference and he gave out what turned out to be inaccurate answers.
I think those answers gave a hint that there may have been some disconnect somewhere in the player personnel department.
Bottom line was it looked like SG wasn’t really on top of day to day operations.
Wouldn’t surprise me that the next DOF may have some connection to SG.
I won,t think so .our manager has his vision of how things so be at the club.Fair enough FBB.
I just hope it doesn’t jeopardize Gerrard’s future with us in the long run.
Coming soon to a tabloid near you, a regurgitated negative Rangers clickbait story.
Fair enough FBB.
I just hope it doesn’t jeopardize Gerrard’s future with us in the long run.
What Gerrard has said, publicly at least, definitely go’s against the narrative being built by journalists against him.
As @ID10 has mentioned his manner and behaviours towards staff at times was shocking and bordering on oppressive at times. Staff at the HTC stifled due to fear of losing their job. What I would say is that he did bring in a more professional outlook at HTC which was badly needed. As the article indicated his failures outweighed his successes. Let's just say that the biggest smile you are seeing at the HTC just now is the person who smiles the least. Hopefully he will go to pastures new and leave things as they stand.
Not arguing that. More a comment for the scavenging 'journos' scouring the forum for something to write.He knows what has been behind the scenes at Ibrox which the vast majority on this forum or off it (me included) don't know anything about the goings on, so I'd say I'D10 ain't far off the truth so until anyone can REALLY ACTUALLY say any different then he will be the gauge to his leaving.
I think ID10 and others have hinted at this: many at club wanted the 'twin leaders' thing to work but weren't impressed at all but MA's dealings...NOW we will see SG getting only the players he wants - good or bad.
I listened to last nights Flagship H and H pod. The impression is Allen was taken by the idea of Gerrard and liked being around him, Gerrard wasn't fully returning the favour and was not really fussed if he left. If Gerrard wanted him to stay, he'd have stayed