Rangers Rumours Archive December 07 2017

07 Dec 2017 19:17:38
rumour doing the rounds it was rangers who pulled the plug because of dm statement last week after the 2-1 defeat making out rangers as a scapegoat

07 Dec 2017 19:40:28
No chance or we wouldn’t have approached Aberdeen on Tuesday.

07 Dec 2017 19:43:23
Nonsense. Why did they wait until after approaching Aberdeen then?

07 Dec 2017 19:52:13
He had my backing but Weve dodged a bullet as a real rangers man would not have knocked us back i'm for murty getting a chance to end of season

07 Dec 2017 20:37:24
the question now is who's next? My pick would be MacLeish till the end of the season then Gary Monk, currently at Middlesborough.

07 Dec 2017 20:59:23
I would give it to murty until the end of the season at this point. Then reassess

08 Dec 2017 00:05:49
Mprent

What kind of planning is that if you give it to Murty till the end of the season? What about potential targets? Who decides who we go for in January? How can you sign people on bosmans not knowing if the manager that signs them will be there when they finally move? That’s not the way to run any football club especially not Rangers. You either give him the job now full time or you get another full time manager in. This isn’t a trial and error job

08 Dec 2017 00:22:50
Apparently, Walter warned dm off the job because of the financial situation. Didn't believe it at the time but seems legit now. If we were in any semi reasonable state mcinnes would've walked away from his contact at Pittodrie in a heartbeat.

08 Dec 2017 02:26:56
I'm pretty surprised that DM never took the job or whatever stopped it from happening, but that statement the board put out is embarrassing! They approached Aberdeen to speak to him, he knocks it back and then the board basically say yeah he's not ready to manage a massive club like us. but Pedro Caixinha was?!

I really wanted DM in and if I had heard right Barry Ferguson in as no.3 because the would've made this squad realise what it takes and what it means to play for our club.

Can't think who else they will go for but I know it's coming into winter and the board better not be flying down to the shop and panic buying some mediocre ex-prem manager Just to look the part.

Their is a lot of work to be done aside from just getting a manager and I sincerely hope we are back on top before they get anywhere near 10 in a row

08 Dec 2017 07:12:01
DM was not my 1st choice to be manager, but I am embarrassed by the statement our board issued last night. It is totally lacking in class and is not the Rangers way. PETTY and CLASSLESS.

08 Dec 2017 08:40:52
petty embarrassing tasteless? really? jeeze lads calm down the board said it the way it was and is they said that at the time they looked at the few who applied! no one suitable . so they decided to look at managers working . went for mcinnes turned it down . rangers say that the fully agree with him staying at aberdeen and know that whoever comes to manage our team must be able and willing to take on everything (a big risk) that comes with it (concomitant) . so if you want to read it a certain way that's up to you but i think as usual the press are just making a mountain out of a molehill once again. from the word go since pedro went they have tried and tried to make stuff up as to who the new manager might be . they got it wrong simple as and now all the are doing is searching through the crumbs that have been left after mcinnes turned us down! rile the rangers and aberdeen supports with crap as usual if the wasnt enough bad blood already they will make sure there is more!

08 Dec 2017 08:53:59
Unless Rangers are incredibly naïve, good business sense dictates that they surely must have sounded McInnes out and received a positive response prior to going public? This would suggest McInnes has changed his mind and hung Rangers out to dry. No loss there then, he was never my preferred option and I believe Murty deserves to continue until the end of the season. This might just galvanize the team to give him a 110% every week. Re the Rangers Board and its lack of business nonce and credibility, not sure we can fix that quickly but a good start would be to get well rid of James Traynor - Walter Smith would have already kicked his arse all the way down Edmiston Drive if he was still our Manager. The man is both poison and inept.

08 Dec 2017 10:37:48
" from the word go since pedro went they have tried and tried to make stuff up as to who the new manager might be . they got it wrong simple as. "

Seems to me they said the number 1 target was McInnes. To me they got it spot on. No one expected him to knock it back, though. Can't say I'm surprised by his decision, though. He's enjoying a good spell at Aberdeen with a three year contract. If he'd come to us he could be looking for a new job before the end of next year going on how we currently operate. Where would he end up? He would certainly be on less than he is on at Aberdeen at the moment. The guy made a decision about his future, similar to Billy Gilmour, except he chose not to chase the big bucks.

08 Dec 2017 11:26:01
McInnes had verbally agreed to join and everything was sorted out, except the signature on contract. He changed his mind at the last minute and didn’t want to leave Aberdeen by resigning, if permission had been granted by Aberdeen he wouldn’t have had second thoughts on it. This has been one big **** up all round and I don’t think anyone comes out of it looking good. Rangers are back to square 1 in manager search and if Aberdeen don’t finish 2nd where does that leave McInnes? He’s knocked back Sunderland and Rangers only way Is Down.

08 Dec 2017 14:03:24
Eldersliebear, your post hits every nail squarely on the head - that's exactly what happened. McInnes knew when and how the approach would be made, he had already indicated through intermediaries that he wanted to speak to Rangers (a close family member and a former player were involved), he then bottled it and left Rangers hanging out to dry. Bye bye McInnes, your moment has come and gone.

07 Dec 2017 17:43:05
Rumour mcinnes has knocked back rangers

07 Dec 2017 17:44:16
Heard that as well

07 Dec 2017 17:52:04
We are a total shambles of a football club (embarrassing)

07 Dec 2017 17:54:19
What a shambles

07 Dec 2017 18:00:44
Not a great loss. His record overall is poor. Murty and mcleish to end of season then re-assess. This buys time to look at other options and to see if it works out.

07 Dec 2017 18:08:49
What about Michael O'Neil anyone?

07 Dec 2017 18:14:16
Get this McLeish gash to F@#k. He is NOT the answer.

07 Dec 2017 18:14:29
wether you wanted mcinnes or not this is a totally embarassing episode for the club. the arrogance from our board is a joke they obviously feel that because he’s a bluenose we’ll bid low and he’ll do the rest by resigning scott allan all over again.

weve no option now but to give it to murty for remainder of the season we showed our hand and have failed miserabley who wants to be a plan b manager something needs to change with our board after 2 great results they have managed to drop a huge custard pie on the club

07 Dec 2017 18:39:37
Colshy that's gash he didn't want to speak to us

07 Dec 2017 18:52:43
Coishy gets -spot on mate. This board don't know how to rumour club. It is patently obvious. I appreciate greatly those on it who have provided finance and kept the club alive, for doing that, but it still doesn't mean they know how to run it. And how much has King put in?

07 dec 2017 19:43:50
to me we now have an opportunity for our d. o. f. to work closely (as he should) with murty until the end of the season.
this appointment should be announced forthwith by the board who must now show that they are, at least, willing to make a decision that would be looked upon with a fair amount of acceptance by the fans.
having moved forward the board must now without delay move for an experienced manager who can be in place either before the end of this season (depending on the murty arrangement) or at the beginning of next.
the d. m. affair in my opinion was doomed from the beginning with all the on goings re. his assistant who would never never have been accepted anywhere near the ibrox dugout




a reassessment of the whole situation
can then be an ongoing process and a decision arrived at

07 Dec 2017 19:48:01
fifepl your talkin utter dung for us too speak to him we had meet aberdeens demands and we didn't we haggled and sein no scottish club is interested in seeing us prosper they give us no room for negotiation the board haven't learned from previous mistakes dealing with scottish clubs

08 Dec 2017 07:34:41
He bottled it, same as Sunderland and big matches and can't turn a match round when behind at half time. He can't make the big decisions under pressure. Why leave Aberdeen who will adore him for coming 2nd or 3rd for rangers that will always be disappointed with 2nd. I Thought he was the a safe option but had my doubts over what I previously mentioned, this confirms it for me. Don't need someone that settles for second best

08 Dec 2017 09:24:55
Heard that we didn't speak to him at all after baldy denied permission. Said he had gone away last night to think about it. I assume He's bottled out as he always does. Better without imo

07 Dec 2017 12:35:15
jacks appeal dismissed out for 3 games

07 Dec 2017 12:55:32
Didn't have much hope that he would have won appeal, a bit unlucky tbh if may had kept his momentum they would be no card just a hard 50 / 50 ball!

07 Dec 2017 15:29:15
Del will come in and have a quiet word in his ear

07 Dec 2017 09:28:57
Per SSN * Aberdeen announce press conference for 1pm today *.

07 Dec 2017 09:41:59
That means 2 things either del is staying put or he's off

07 Dec 2017 10:34:29
Or I could be there normal presser b4 game tomorrow night!

07 Dec 2017 10:34:57
They have a game tomorrow so think it could be normal pre game conference but will be intetesting to see who fronts it for the sheep.

07 Dec 2017 11:24:32
McInnes isn't taking it. U20 coach Sheerin is

07 Dec 2017 11:40:39
Check my banter post this morning. McInnes and Docherty are our new management team

08 Dec 2017 08:57:30
It’s because they are playing tomorrow night it’s the normal press conference for the game