Ibrox Noise regulars will know we did little but praise Steven Gerrard last season, and the man deserved it. He did something beyond impossible, and he will be forever a legend for it.
However, while it’s not quite zero to hero this term, there’s no doubt we have to start, for the first time in a long time, questioning a lot of his management in season 21/22 because Rangers have been entirely awful this campaign and are top of the table via pure luck.
That luck is that the rest of the SPL is completely horrible, but at some point someone is going to click into gear and threaten Rangers’ position, and we cannot rely on the results of other teams to keep us top.
Gerrard’s calls in recent months have been mostly poor. We’re going to be bold and say that.
Go on, scream ‘get a grip’ and ‘ya dirty tim’ and ‘get behind the team’ and ‘we’re top of the table ya prick’ and ‘in Stevie we trust’.
Ok done?
Right, for those of you still there able to stomach SG being questioned, we make this point:
Stevie didn’t become a bad manager overnight?
Well, he became a good one overnight.
The glory and wonder of 55 and the league form as well as European is starting to thin as an excuse when you look at just how similar Rangers are playing to pre-55.
Gerrard is now more and more starting to come into focus, as we fast approach October, and he must take that criticism on the chin and fix what is clearly beginning to derail.
A number of key calls are being pored over by fans keen to understand what’s going ‘wrong’ this season, and we’ll take you through them:
Dumping Nathan Patterson despite his form.
Retaining James Tavernier despite his.
Throwing Niko Katic out on loan and spinning a line about him needing minutes.
Prioritising Jack Simpson who, at this stage, is tragic. He’s been here 9 months.
Dropping Bassey for the deeply out of form Barisic.
Sticking with 76-year old Steven Davis who, by his standards, is having an awful season and looks leggy.
Giving Robby McCrorie no pathway and dumping him, with McGregor also looking off it.
Sticking with out of form Kent until he got injured, refusing to give minutes to Wright till he had no choice.
Signing a DM in Bacuna and bringing him on at LW.
Sticking with Glen Kamara who is simply not interested this season.
Ditto Morelos.
Refusing to change to a plan B.
Sticking by contract rebels Goldson and Kamara despite neither playing well.
We could go on.
Gerrard also had the tenacity to suggest Rangers were ‘outstanding’ today, before then calling his side ‘flakey’.
It’s all a bit poor and no longer looks cohesive.
We’ve had a fair chunk of this season so far to digest, and it isn’t getting much better.
We offer no solutions for now, just honesty.
If you don’t like this article, that’s fine. But we will call as we see.
And that’s Ibrox Noise.
Most of what you say is correct. This tinkering with the team to placate certain individuals is affecting the overall performance. Simpson is well off this kind of football. Barasic is also not engaged. Goldson and Kamara are also thinking about something else. Steve Davis needs to rest Morelos also not interested poor and stays out of the way. Greggsy seems aloof to what we are about this season. This could also be because of the tinkering and continual break up of set back fours and midfield. It needs to change adap . As you say the SPFL is garbage and the majority of the teams only play two fixtures Always against Rangers.
Coity said when he was manager ” we don’t do walking away” well l wish SG would, l will pay the taxi fare to take him to the airport, he is now being found out, I’ve never been a fan of his nor once have l ever said in Stevie l trust, well l don’t trust him, never did and never will, now SG is out of his depth and wishing, oh boy am l wishing he would fuck off before he is sacked
So there we have it. Stevie Gerrard is hopeless and always has been. Give me a break!
Absolutely ridiculous comments from JT. We are not playing well at the moment but we are going to get better. Yes the manager has his favourites but every manager does. What I will criticize is the way we try to score the perfect goal and try to walk the ball into the net. Nobody wants to take an early shot and when there are massed defences the intricate passes don’t work.
I would say to all bears get behind the team and the manager. The manager however must look at his team selection and stop picking players who are out of form but he will get it right and talk of him being sacked is utter nonsense
Well said Donald.
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