Bit of a 50/50 appointment. Do Rangers even have the money to compete with Celtic or is Stevie going to have to pull some rabbits out of a hat. It would be a good job for him if this was Rangers before administration but from the sounds of it the club as a whole is just broken. Could be one hell of a learning experience.
Steven Gerrard | Rangers Manager
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They’re miles off Celtic, up to their eyes in debt and a have a massively deluded fan base. This will end in tears for Stevie. 
Probably been said 100x before but if anyone knows how to stop Rodgers winning the league it's Steven Gerrard wahay..
Can't see this ending well for him.
Chances he'll address the team with "this does not fecking slip"?
Rangers being linked with Skrtel already.
Well it depends on how good Celtic are. If they smash it like in 2016/17, then fair enough. But equally they’ve been there for the taking twice in the last three years and competent management would have had a title by now. Getting competitive, pushing up towards 80+ points and getting a win over Celtic is where fans will want him to be in 12-24 months time.
This won’t end well.
true that, very true
Don’t follow them at all, are they in the CL next season? If so, hope we get them.
Just when I thought I couldn't dislike a person more, he goes and becomes the manager of Rangers.
Surprised it actually happened in the end, the delay made it look unlikely but if he has received assurances about money to spend, where is it coming from, they have none.
No, They are 3rd currently so Europa League for them. Only the SPL winners get CL football, and even then its qualifying rounds only
No lose situation for SG for me.
Those that count will know that this job is extremely difficult and it would take a magician to actually overhaul Celtic given the circumstances. If he can even narrow the gap and maybe win a domestic Cup it will be great credit to him.
If he fails then it will just be put down to the club being a basket case.
FWIW I can see him doing quite well with a selection of veterans and kids that he has had dealings with in the past joining him and giving their enthusiastic fanbase something to shout about.
Those that count will know that this job is extremely difficult and it would take a magician to actually overhaul Celtic given the circumstances. If he can even narrow the gap and maybe win a domestic Cup it will be great credit to him.
If he fails then it will just be put down to the club being a basket case.
FWIW I can see him doing quite well with a selection of veterans and kids that he has had dealings with in the past joining him and giving their enthusiastic fanbase something to shout about.
He’ll have a tough job attracting players and getting them to take a wage cut. You’d have to think Gerrard will be making a fairly sizeable amount to agree to take over that Vermin.
Just when I thought I couldn’t hate that club anymore, then go and appoint one of my least favourite ever players who has legendary status at my second most hated club.
Just when I thought I couldn’t hate that club anymore, then go and appoint one of my least favourite ever players who has legendary status at my second most hated club.
Could still finish 4th as well depending on how results go. If they're 3rd they'll be in the very early stages of the EL.
Sean Dyche said he’s a boyhood rangers fan so it should be a straightforward deal
Well, we always used to say Falkirk fans were just rangers fans who couldn’t afford the bus to ibrox
@Gio
Any truth to what my mates are telling me that the investment coming into the club is being bankrolled by FSG?
Any truth to what my mates are telling me that the investment coming into the club is being bankrolled by FSG?
wee Barry "I love Rangers so much I left them twice" Ferguson said that the club needs 10 new players for next season. Wee Barry of course is prone to exaggeration, but they do sure need a major overhaul. I see wee Charlie "sit up king" Adam has said he'd be interested in coming back to them, of course Charlie has a sweet left foot matched and probably surpassed only by his sweet tooth. Gerrard working on the principle of the only way is up, be careful what you wish for. You'll probably see a few loans from Liverpool to try and steady the ship next season.
A shithouse club with a shithouse new manager
Marriage made in heaven - I give him 6 months
Marriage made in heaven - I give him 6 months
Interesting rumour about skyrtle being brought in as a player coach
4 year deal signed. It’s going to be very interesting to see where the money is coming from, because right now they couldn’t afford to pay him his salary up front.
I feel very conflicted about this 
Can't wait for the Rodgers/Gerrard mind-games.
David Brent vs Danny Dyer.
David Brent vs Danny Dyer.
Can we leave the new thread title to @SteveJ
Don't see what he could do wrong tbh. Won't be expected to win the league and will always end second or third if he doesn't completely feck it up.
I assure you all, he will be expected to win the league.
From one goldfish bowl to another.
Not next season. Rangers fans will be happy with clear 2nd place, an Old Firm win, and a bit more of a title race, but they're (mostly) not delusional enough to expect anyone to turn it round in 1 year.
This is from the club who upon promotion back to the SPL, were expecting an immediate title challenge.
Glasgow is a goldfish bowl, the pressure on Gerrard will be huge.
Yep - I'm surprised at people who think he can get away with finishing second. Even if they see a vast improvement, play amazing football and lose the title on goal difference, he'll still face incredible scrutiny. Not meaning he'll be sacked or anything - but football in Glasgow is basically win or bust. If you don't win you're a failure.
Start a pool on his sacking?
Im going Feb '19. One good home defeat to Celtic should do the trick but no doubt itll be kilmarnock or someone that gets him the sack.
Im going Feb '19. One good home defeat to Celtic should do the trick but no doubt itll be kilmarnock or someone that gets him the sack.
Guardian:
“I am honoured to become the next manager of Rangers,” Gerrard said in a club statement. I can’t wait to begin writing this new chapter in Rangers' long six-year history, and also to start patronising young players. I definitely won't bugger off to a real club at the first sign of success, which is inevitable; after all, I am Gerrard. "
“I am honoured to become the next manager of Rangers,” Gerrard said in a club statement. I can’t wait to begin writing this new chapter in Rangers' long six-year history, and also to start patronising young players. I definitely won't bugger off to a real club at the first sign of success, which is inevitable; after all, I am Gerrard. "
"Welcome to my world, " says football's elder statesman:F365 said:
Rodgers is such a goofball.
Night and day between that gerrard press conference and the murty ones.