David Templeton: “Ally ruined me”
David Templeton has put his head
on the chopping board by being the first Rangers football personnel to admit
what no other has been brave enough to do, and castigate the disgusting
management of Ally McCoist.
Arguably the worst manager in
Rangers’ history, McCoist was beyond a disaster as coach, and Templeton, who
has looked a different player under new boss Stuart McCall, was absolutely
damning in his criticism of the previous regime:
“I don’t think we were being coached the right way. We weren’t going
into games working on the stuff we should have been working on. Going into
games knowing what you have to do definitely helps and that showed in the Hibs
game two weeks ago. We changed the formation and shut out their midfield, their
most creative part. That showed with the result. It’s not that it’s better
coaching. Every coach has a different style, it’s just the way they were going.
We needed to work on things. We were gifting too many goals and that was
through not working on the back four or back three. It’s not he’s a bad coach
but since the manager has come in we’ve worked on stuff we had to work on.”
Templeton has also stated, indirectly, that
McCoist essentially ruined three years of his career, and given that is a view
widely shared by Rangers fans, it is difficult to disagree with such a scathing
assessment.
“The new manager (McCall) has given me confidence. He’s telling me to
take the ball, attack and that it doesn’t matter how many times I lose it in
the final third but to make things happen. My time at Rangers has been
frustrating. The fans have definitely not seen the best of me.”
Templeton’s views simply cannot be argued with
and great credit to him for being so candid.