I’m genuinely stunned at some of the posts in this thread!
There’s either a good few bitter men in here regards Gerrard leaving or you don’t/didn’t share the same experience as a supporter I did in terms of winning 55,stopping 10IAR,rescuing the club on the field and ultimately coming out victorious at the end of a draining and epic 10 year battle against that mob and Scottish football and a large part of society.
We all know that it was a ramshackled attempt at 10IAR due to us being exiled and them being awarded trophies for leagues that were abandoned but our lives as Rangers supporters would’ve been hell if they’d achieved it.
Tav,Morelos,Goldson,Kent,Dougie Park,Dave King,the whole cast would’ve been deemed as failures,players sold,teams broken up,reputations and legacy ruined.
Stopping that 10IAR attempt was much more important and meant a lot more than stopping them in the 70s or our failed attempt in the 90s.After everything that went on from 2012 was onwards it meant everything or it certainly did to me.It meant the world as a Rangers supporter.
To hear folk attempt to talk down it or bitch about the domestic cup record is actually tragic.Gerrard took us from 12 old firm games without a win and receiving some serious hidings to the dominant force in these fixtures.
He punched well above our wait in Europe under him.We had no right going into match day 6 that first season still with a chance of qualification.The 4 round route to the group stages alone was impressive.The second season we made it to the last 16 after some tremendous performances against Porto,Feyenoord and Braga.By year 3 we were in cruise control in the group and went out to an evenly matched Slavia Prague.
Gerrard turned this club around and delivered us one of if not the most important title in our 150 year history and as the invincible champions from a position a country mile behind the tims.
I’m also not sure how anyone can’t claim GvB is an upgrade or better manager.The jury is out on that one and time will tell.Oh and Seville doesn’t happen without Gerrard who imo takes a chunk of credit for it.It was his team,his players and his inroads in Europe the previous 3 season that gave us and the players the base for that run.
Gerrard was a young man in his first managerial job under immense pressure and had us from the day he took over to 55 on an upwards trajectory.The second season collapse was heartbreaking at the time and frustrating but that shi!t happens when a club or group of players is out to achieve what we were trying to do.Look at Manchester Utd in 1991/92 the year before they eventually ended their 25 year drought.It was uncharted territory for almost the whole squad bar McGregor & Davis.
Maybe the guys skimming over the actually reality of what happened and unfolded are the same guys that used to post when we were in the lower leagues they didn’t miss the old firm games and wouldn’t attend them again when we got back to the top flight.Severe lack of tickets on sale in the FF ticket office on old firm week..
If King,the 3 bears,Paul Murray etc save the club off the park,Gerrard and his management team saved it on it and I’ll be forever grateful to each and everyone of them.