11 Mar 2014 13:10:31
I'm trying to put Rangers' plight into some sort of perspective, playing Devil's Advocate I suppose.

In July, we played 7 friendlies, winning 5 with a defeat to Sheffield Wednesday the only reverse and we played well. We've won 4 Ramsden's Cup ties without losing a goal on the way to the final.

We drew with Newcastle 1-1 in August in a friendly, but by all accounts a good performance then went on a 15-game League 1 winning streak until Stranraer drew at Ibrox. We won 3 Scottish Cup ties with no goals conceded until that Albion Rovers draw. Then there was the dreaded defeat in the League Cup to Forfar right at the start of the season.

So we've played 44 games including friendlies with only 2 losses. We won our first five League 1 matches 4-1, 3-0, 6-0, 5-0 & 5-1 so what has happened in recent weeks? Two draws in 4 matches against teams we should be beating easily. The goals from our strikers seem to have dried up and our defence isn't good. Daly has lost it, Laws isn't as good and Templeton inconsistent yet they are all experienced SPL players.

McCoist clearly is out of his depth even at this level. He had a great chance to play younger players like Mackay and McLeod (admit latter is injured) but persists with Black, Faure, Cribari, Foster, etc.

I say let's win the league, see what happens in the two cups and give Dave King time to get his feet in the door and sort out the boardroom mess but McCoist must go in the summer. Hopefully with a new regime and funding in place we can get a really good manager in, give the good kids a chance and shed the deadwood. We could then pick up a couple of experienced pros to bolster the team.

Comments awaited Bears!

1.) 11 Mar 2014
@ op, much as i'd love it to happen, I don't think it will. the bottom line is we cannot afford to pay off mccoist and his backroom team.

2.) 11 Mar 2014
Pay him off with all coaching team bring in manager and assistant only saving one wage get rid of some players don't replace them all keep paying macoistd and his coaches until deal struck there wages will be included in next years budget anyway I ommited to sat new manager brought in on realistic wage (when u consider lennon only on 7k aweek)less than half ally so in my eyes its possible considering is on rolling 1 year deal

3.) 11 Mar 2014
I was also reading today that black says going through the season unbeaten is our aim so can't see ally playing more than one youngster a game once the league is won I know it would be good to go season without defeat but ide like to see a bit of class in our games something we were doing up until october