"I don't know because I'm obviously speaking from the outside looking in but I think probably the new owners and certainly the old management staff probably underestimated the size of the job and the task. I think there's a lot of people maybe just look a little bit at Scottish football and say 'Celtic and Rangers will win their games and that's it finished' but football is a lot more difficult than that."
"I just think that aligned to really poor business in the transfer market in terms of recruitment. I'm looking at that team and it's easy to blame the manager and that's where the buck stops, it's at the manager's door, that's what happens but the players have got to take some of the responsibility. The buck rightly and understandably stops at the manager but sometimes when you get on the pitch you've got to take responsibility but Rangers look like wee boys."
Rangers began the search for a replacement for Russell Martin after his 123-day tenure ended following angry fans attempting to confront the manager and players after a 1-1 draw at Falkirk. Kevin Muscat and Steven Gerrard were reportedly under consideration. Ally McCoist urged the board not to underestimate managing one half of the Old Firm, citing poor recruitment, weak squad performance and lack of player responsibility. Rangers won five of 17 matches, with six draws and six defeats, leaving the club eighth in the Scottish Premiership and repeatedly being outfought and outrun by opponents.
Read at 101GREATGOALS.COM
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]