Re: The Rangers Thread - Le Guen révolution commence!
I still think in the second half of the season we will show our class. It's clear that this team has too much McLeish left in it. The players that PLG have so far not proved they are much better than we have got. Clement has showed he is his best signing so far. I think our central midfield is as strong as yours. Our problem has been finishing, we have created so many chances with a poor success rate. We need a mixture of a striker with confidence, enough starting places and Boyd. He has not been playing the same role week in week out, this has a dent in the team which is clear to say. Buffel needs to start being a 90 min player or he should be sent packing, I still have no faith in Novo, Prso is done, Sebo is possibly a donkey or a cart horse, I still don't know what he is.
PLG likes width, well I do think we have some but for the way he plays his football we don't have enough. Laudrup is not at Ibrox any more, we need a higher class of players to play it successfully. Its very frustrating to watch but I will stand by the fact that PLG will get it right. He needs time, Strachan has a year and has clearly improved with his signing and team confidence, two things we haven't had for over a year.
When he joined you last season he had the old shell of O'Neil's team, it was nearly done but it was still the same unit that got you to Seville. What did PLG take over, the shite that O'Neil had no problem keeping quiet against McLeish. We are not any better it is clear to say, we have a few signings that look like a prospect for the future, but at the moment that is all it is. We have no real experience LIMO, Ferguson Is around but firstly he is a part of the player we sold to Blackburn secondly he hasn't played a lot of games. As I said Prso is done, we have some experience but it inst on the pitch 90 mins every game week in week out.
No doubt its low right now, nearly as low as Celtic in our 9 in a row days. Though we can still fill our stadium. When I grew up in the 90's it amazed me how many of you so called support supported Rangers, glory hunters are a part of your support. This is why your away games you are seeing a great fall. When Celtic started to pick up under O'Neil all the dead wood came back out and a lot more new jumped on the bandwagon. Lets be honest this success you have the now ( and I will give you that) is not going to last forever, where as our passion and love will and through that our success will come back. I honestly expected to see more of PLG sooner, but Ill be patient, I shall hold back and know he will bring us success as long as we give him the funds. They are available which takes us to the main reason of Rangers' current situation, Murray.
For years this guy has made us the most successful club in Scottish League History, something you will never take us for. But his antics in the past few season have caused some unrest from sections of the fans. He ploughed money into us to us for 9 in a row, nearly got us to a European Cup final only to be foiled by a lack of luck and some bribery. Then came Advocaat, some of the best football at Ibox you could ever imagine was brought by this man but a hell of a lot of debt was accumulated. Which is where our downfall lies, It has done most of the damage which we are not able to recover from quickly. Now we are not getting the funding from Murray, we have cash but he does not want to make it available. On one hand you can understand that he doesn't want to lose money football is a no win business. At the same time we need the best for RFC and if we can get that or not from him I do not know. The future is undecided atm, if PLG gets the required funds at Christmas I'm positive we will make the CL. If that happens I'm positive we will see some money being put into RFC one way or another.