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Claudio Fannieri

Claudio Fannieri

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33 minutes ago, winteriscoming said:

I’d be more concerned if Frank goes spurs that Rohl could end up at Brentford. 

Rumour is McKenna, which probably would mean Ipswich would be interested in Rohl and I would have them as a more attractive proposition to us at the moment. 

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Dan

Dan

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7 hours ago, Rob1742 said:

Got to be staying now. If it wasn’t done on 4th June  surely he’s staying and in our usual style we never communicate unless it’s something big like a sacking. 
 

Imagine sacking him now. Now that would be an absolute shit show as it would mean they have taken like months after relegation was confirmed to make the decision. I can’t see it happening now. 

Sort of think the opposite, I think we'd know if he was staying. I think they want to change but haven't found who they want yet.

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inckley fox

inckley fox

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2 minutes ago, Dan said:

Sort of think the opposite, I think we'd know if he was staying. I think they want to change but haven't found who they want yet.

They have a history of expressing support for managers under pressure. It happened with both Nige and Claudio (although they were both fired within weeks/months), and unless I'm mistaken Rodgers. The absence of any sort of manifestation of support suggests he's going to be fired as soon as it's possible to fire him. Perhaps if we managed to shift a player early on (though I don't get the impression that anything's imminent) it'd bring it forward. But it's not unprecedented that we delay a change. When Holloway left, for instance, albeit in the pre-KP era.

 

It's very hard to believe that the plan could be to keep Ruud when nobody has offered a word of reassurance about his position.

Finnegan

Finnegan

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16 minutes ago, EnderbyFox said:

Only at Leicester City Football Club would some fans be recommending Richie Wellens and others Ange Postecoglu lol

 

There's actually something quite profound about this. 

 

Because it's a hilarious straight up meme but it's also a genuine look at the confused psyche of our fanbase and I think it's what leads to large amounts of us being very placid and apathetic about our decline. 

 

As much as there's nutters that think we're somehow massive, there's a huge core of our own fanbase that thought we were tinpot, provincial dosser that belonged mid table in the Championship even when we were beating Sevilla in the Champions League. 

 

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John rayner

John rayner

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3 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

There's actually something quite profound about this. 

 

Because it's a hilarious straight up meme but it's also a genuine look at the confused psyche of our fanbase and I think it's what leads to large amounts of us being very placid and apathetic about our decline. 

 

As much as there's nutters that think we're somehow massive, there's a huge core of our own fanbase that thought we were tinpot, provincial dosser that belonged mid table in the Championship even when we were beating Sevilla in the Champions League. 

 

The board have to make a decision whether we keep RVN or get another manager no point waiting till pre season starts ,the board ate clueless imo ,I believe the fans need answers but we seem to get fobbed off all the time .

davieG

davieG

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Seems like the Ranger's fans not keen either.

 

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/deluded-rangers-fans-stuck-past-35348581?int_source=nba

 

Deluded Rangers fans are stuck in the past and here's why I'm staggered by their reaction to Russell Martin – Chris Sutton
The Record Sport columnist can't believe the backlash from Gers supporters over the new head coach
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12:59, 6 JUN 2025

Russell Martin is unveiled as the new Head Coach of Rangers (Image: SNS Group)

Russell Martin has barely got his feet under the desk at Ibrox – yet even his choice of FOOTWEAR has copped flak from some Rangers fans.

It shows you what he’s up against. Martin committed the cardinal sin of not slipping on a pair of brogues for his unveiling the other day and it was just another thing to throw at the incoming head coach.



The response from some to his appointment has been staggering. It reeks to me of entitlement – and misguided entitlement in that.

 

It seems to me there’s a large element who didn’t want Martin to get the gig and it’s going to take a huge effort to win them over.

But I’d like to know, who did they expect to get the job?

In fact, we know the answer. I suspect some of them actually thought there was a chance Jose Mourinho was going to walk up the marble staircase this summer.

If not Jose, then Steven Gerrard. Or Davide Ancelotti – who obviously played Rangers like a piccolo.

Either way, Rangers felt it was going to be some other big name, top level European coach in the hot seat.

And now noses are out of joint that it’s the guy who got sacked by Southampton months ago after a wretched time in the Premier League.

They are coming at it the wrong way – and they are clearly stuck in the past.

This isn’t the Rangers team of the nineties. They are not going to get an elite European boss like Dick Advocaat strolling in.

They are DELUDED.

They’ve barely won a trophy for more than 10 years and there’s another major rebuilding job required.

And it’s going to take time. Martin is as good as anyone to do it.

He’s got decent experience as a manager. He had a tough job at MK Dons but he kept them up and progressed. It was similar at Swansea and then, don’t forget, he did get Southampton promoted from the Championship.

That’s a brutal division to get out of, but he did it playing good football. If anyone watched their play-off win against Leeds, they would have seen it wasn’t all tippy-tippy stuff either.

They did it the hard way and weren’t afraid to go long. Martin has a reputation for being a purist and stubborn in sticking to his ways, but he has shown he can adapt and evolve.

I only met him a few times when he was at Norwich City and he always came across as an intelligent, principled character.

He wants his teams to play a certain way and Rangers fans should be happy to hear this stuff. When was the last time this club played attractive football, or had some kind of identity?


I certainly can’t remember it. There’s no doubt Martin has a tough job on his hands.

He will want to play his way but he’ll need the players to do it. Recruitment will be absolutely critical to his plans, otherwise it will be an uphill struggle.

But Rangers fans need to be patient and give him a chance. I’m not saying they will compete or even win the league this coming season.

But I am saying it’s NOT impossible. You look at the results last season and where the points were dropped.

It’s not that big a stretch to think with some decent signings they can get the better of the rest of the teams in Scotland and then go up against Celtic.

It might not happen straight away but there’s no point writing him off before he’s sat in the dugout.

This is a support that welcomed the likes of Pedro Caixinha and Michael Beale with open arms, they gave Gerrard a thunderous welcome when he’d never been a manager. They were preparing to do it again for Ancelotti, despite having never been out from under his dad’s wing.

Martin has got experience – and he’s also got experience of life at the club. Some people are throwing his tough spell at Ibrox as a player at him. But that could work in his favour.

He saw what it was like at rock bottom and the extreme pressure that comes with it.

And yet he still took the job. That says a lot. A lot of folk would have run a mile.

He’s a strong character and he’ll need to be.


He’ll need to completely shake off the loser mentality at the club and that won’t be straight forward.

Martin could be a good appointment but, at the same time, I doubt Celtic will be too concerned.

They need to take care of their own business – and they have to assume Rangers WILL be much improved next season.

It’s a quiet part of the summer right now but time is ticking and Celtic will need to get into gear.

In an ideal world you’d have two or three new faces reporting for the first day of pre-season, giving them time to bed in ahead of the new campaign and the crucial Champions League qualifiers.

LCFCJohn

LCFCJohn

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Can’t believe some are saying Ange with a straight face lol

 

The guy just won the Europa League and qualified for the Champions League. We are heading the way of Sheffield Wednesday!

 

 

CloudFox

CloudFox

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1 hour ago, winteriscoming said:

I can’t see it but would find it hilarious if Rodgers ended up at spurs just to piss off Sutton again. 

 

1 hour ago, fox_up_north said:

Rodgers will 100% go to Spurs. 

 

Sutton being a usual wind up merchant again. 

That is such an obvious call, I can't believe I didn't even consider that. He's going to go to Spurs, isn't he? Just as Martin rocks up in Glasgow.

 

I'm not convinced Frank will want to leave Brentford for Spurs, but if he did leave that opens all sorts of doors and would mean there's no chance we get Rohl.

BillyFOX12

BillyFOX12

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1 minute ago, JimJams said:

We already can't defend for shit.  Don't think we need Ange to double down on that.

How about not being able to defend for shit and also gifting the opposition every other goal? It's a shame Russell Martin's gone to Rangers...

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