Walter

For those under a rock recently, the SFA have targeted the Old Master Walter Smith as new manager.

On the surface Ibrox Noise and Rangers fans should be delighted with this – the national team finally getting a true Bluenose and therefore some real tangible influence in the national regime at last, while the likelihood that our best Scottish players will find themselves restored to playing for their country.

But, of course, it is not as black and white as this.

First off, why do we have this nagging feeling that Walter, if indeed he is targeted, is interested, and does accept, will get indoctrinated into the ways of the SFA and will overlook the best Govan has to offer? The outrage we can already predict when Cummings, or a fit Dorrans, or a fit Jack, or an in form Jamie Murphy get overlooked in favour of Griffiths, Armstrong, Brown, you name it.

But that is pure conjecture and we hope we are miles off base.

What is not conjecture though is that the SFA want him – this creates two issues in our minds;

One, why did he not come back to Rangers if he is willing to come back to Scotland? Yes, the NT has less work involved, but the man is the absolute titan where Rangers are concerned and fact is no one would have objected had he taken over after Pedro, or even Warburton. We would, honestly, be heartbroken if he was unwilling to return to Ibrox but is happy to go back to the cesspit of the national team.

One loves him, one hates all things Rangers. You do the math.

Secondly, if he did indeed want a Rangers return, what on earth were the club playing at not taking him up on his interest? If one guy can turn Rangers around into the best team in Scotland, it is Walter. A maestro. Yet if he was interested in the job, why were the club not interested in his services. Sources close to the board did reveal that Rangers were unlikely to bring Walter back, but we cannot for the life of us figure out why not.

Instead we are left with a Rangers managerial situation which still does not convince many – comments on the site frequently argue that Murty is not the right man, and generally it is hard to dispute that given the guy is a flipping youth coach who himself admitted he did not join Rangers to become manager. The team flirts occasionally with being decent and we get hope, but then a stinker of a result crushes us again.

Walter is just another level and what we would not have given for him back at the reins.