16 Sep 2023 07:48:50
I have heard from a source that if beale does not win today he will be sacked has anyone else heard this or John do you know anything about this.

1.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 08:40:10
That's not the impression i'm receiving after listening to michael beale speaking yesterday Ibroxstorm ?.

2.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 08:43:33
Needs a big win even if it's scrappy he's in bother .

3.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 08:53:59
Ibrox, it’s going to be like this every game now.

4.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 09:04:12
Lundstram comes out and backs Mick, I'm over the parrot about that and everything will be ok if the talentless Scouser backs the boss he might be like Pele today . so exciting.

5.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 09:33:16
Think we need to give the Beale getting sacked a rest. Get behind the team today and hope we get the win.

6.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 09:38:28
Chirnside, any player is hardly going to come out and not back the manager.

7.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 10:00:47
I got the impression after the presser he probably knows he is one game away from the sack however most Rangers manager are only 3 games away from a crisis. He did handle the questions well, as another poster pointed out, but imo looks like a man trying to diffuse a bomb.

8.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 10:10:22
SWS, mb always talks the talk at pressers, unfortunately neither him nor his team have started walking the walk yet.
I would guess there HAS been a meeting and he HAS been given targets to hit before Xmas.
Dead man walking imo.

9.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 10:36:46
I hope it turns for Mick and his signings work out we all need a good win today though especially him .

10.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 10:40:47
Fool monty aye mate of course but I think maybe my attempt a sarcasm didn't quite work, I will ask the current wife for some coaching and hopefully improve in future. People backing the boss is laughable though I get that yep, I've had 24 jobs and it took some time to grasp the idea.

11.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 10:56:06
It’s away it McDermit park it’s always scrappy.

12.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 11:02:48
Everytime we win a game we overreact with praise and then lose or drop points it’s ‘sack the manager’ this player and that player are rubbish etc etc. it’s going to be like this all season. Best fans in the world when we are winning, worst fans in the world when things are not going to plan.

13.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 11:17:43
Not what heard storm, heard he's still main man for duration of season. going to take relegation to rid of him. Seems board ain't listening to majority of bears.

14.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 11:20:17
My cousin follows Grimsby Town everywhere and he never moans, he's bladdered a lot but I'm not sure that is relevant.

Best fan in the UK quarter finalist, beat by a nutter from Dover Athletic. she won it .

15.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 11:39:36
MBW, that's exactly my take on things also mate ? Our board are going to give michael beale time here, i've got absolutely no doubt about that ? Unless it gets unbelievably bad, we can't keep changing manager's willy nilly as it doesn't work and obviously our board are thinking the same ?So let's all get behind our manager and our team and gauge what has or hasn't happened at the end of the season ?
Common the famous!

16.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 11:51:01
Looking at the lineup I'd hazard a guess he's been sacked already or at least told who to play

Souttar dropped . Davies in
Yilmaz in when not in euro squad
Danilo in for dessers
Lawrence starts

Something strange going on

And if it is Beale that's picked team it only highlights he doesn't know what he's doing with the comments in his interview.

17.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 11:52:01
Lol still looking forward to seeing how we do today glad to see ridvan get a chance with Danilo too.

18.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 11:54:51
Losing today coops and that would be unbelievably bad.

19.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 12:21:00
MBW, you must be speaking to different fans. I was in a pub full of beard last night and just one was calling for the manager to be sacked right now. Most wanted him to be given the season at least. Hysteria on social media is not helpful and makes it sound like we all want shot of him when that isn't the case. I should say that the fans were of the more mature variety.

20.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 12:25:42
I’d just like some decent Scottish players in the team, every good Rangers team had a nucleus of Scots with a few foreign, now it’s either all foreign or a few Scot’s.

21.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 12:53:02
Hubby, more less what I said, but current form ain't exactly breathtaking and all down to mgr. Gers just scored against St Johnstone, 1-0 royal blue, but looking at line up what read this am Beale not even picking team any more.

22.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 13:14:20
“ I’d just like some decent Scottish players in the team, every good Rangers team had a nucleus of Scots with a few foreign, now it’s either all foreign or a few Scot’s. ” - Celtic won a treble last year with a manger from Australia, and a raft of signings from Asia. How many Scottish players did they have? McGregor and Taylor?

We don't need Scots for the sake of Scots. We don’t need Rangers men like McCoist who were nothing but poisonous to this club and our journey back to the top. It’s up to us to bring talent here and make them fall in love with our club like with did with legends like Gazza, Laudrup, etc. Constantly labelling players duds after a few weeks and demanding managers be sacked doesn’t make players want to be or stay at Rangers.

23.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 13:35:18
Carrick, we've been fielding teams with no Scots for about 30 years. If it was a choice between a 'decent' Scot or a good player from elsewhere I'd take the good one. Where they come from is of no consequence to me or to most fans.

24.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 15:33:34
We did win today. We are going to keep on winning. We are going to lift that League Cup and qualify for the Europa League knockouts. I have absolute confidence in Beale. No team can win over 72% of its games and be a failure. This Rangers team WILL win something soon.

25.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 15:54:08
Verdant, that should be the absolute minimum for a rangers team.
Difference will be in the 28% he loses! @@ i. e the important ones! @@.

26.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 15:59:29
Verdant yes they can when he hasn’t beat Celtic in one game that mattered so that proves it.

27.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 16:02:45
Well said Verdant i'm with you on that one - I personally didn't see Beale looking as if he was under pressure today - he looked pretty calm to me.

28.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 16:09:28
Hubby I think i’d go with the thousands online over the 4 or 5 guys you spoke to in a pub with the greatest respect. I’ve seen 3 polls in the last 2 weeks all at least 70% in favour of sacking him.

Verdant a team can win 72% of their games and be a failure, they’re called Mick Beale’s Rangers. Admire your optimism though, i’m shot of any right now.

29.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 17:06:20
@BornBlue - During the season we won 55 there was a poll after a draw against Hibs on a popular Rangers fan forum. Over 50% of that forum wanted Steven Gerrard sacked mid season. Thankfully, the board didn’t sack him and we went on to win the title as invincible champions. Our fans don't have a clue what they are talking about, mate.

I repeat, a team that wins over 72% of its games CANNOT continue without winning something. It’s the highest win rate in our 150 year history. It’s higher than Rodgers during his first spell with Celtic. It’s higher than Ange when both managed the Old Firm teams respectively (Beale actually reduced the points gap) .

The only way we won't win a trophy is if we stop winning this consistently. If we stop winning this consistently I will agree with you. However, Beale could easily win the next 10 league games on the bounce. He won 14 of his first 15 league games after taking over. If we keep this win rate we will lift a trophy. In fact, we are on course to lift the first major silverware of this season.

Everything points towards Beale being a success. I believe the negative sentiment to get sacked comes from fans who have had their judgment clouded by emotion. They are upset because we didn’t win the last Old Firm game. I get that but the only reason it happened was a VAR decision. Celtic aren’t any better than us. They got beat of Kilmarnock too, the dropped points to Ross County, their fans hate Rodgers, and the VAR decision at Ibrox simply papered over the cracks.

We have much to be positive about here. Thinks can turn quickly. Stand firm, lads. Beale is a safe pair of hand ps and he can take us where we need to be.

30.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 18:22:01
Look both rangers and Celtic are poor so far it's going to be a case of how can get Thier act together first

Celtic 3 nil but struggled forwhile to break them down.

31.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 19:21:58
Verdant i’m just referring to what the consensus is among the majority of fans and not what would be the right or wrong decision.

Rodgers and Ange had a worse percentage yet won a combined 12 trophies over 5 years because they won the games that mattered. Michael Beale has been in charge of over 40 games as rangers manager and has fell at every hurdle that meant either gaining ground or beating them to take a step closer to silverware in a cup. A win ratio wins you nothing if you lose the big important games. If he wins the league cup and loses the league and scottish cup with a 72% win record will the fans be happy and think we’re making progress? At least Gerrard stuck with his guns, had an idea of how he wanted to play and trusted his strongest 11, kept a consistent formation and eventually the players settled and clicked. How many times has Beale stuck with the same lineup in the same formation? How can any of the players settle with so much change?

What is it that points towards Beale being a success. Progress in the performances? A settled 11? A clear identity and style? A meaningful win over our rivals? Some of the players might be showing individual improvements like Matondo, Sima, Danilo etc but as a team I still don’t see any cohesion. The fans frustration goes way beyond the old firm defeat and blaming VAR is clutching at straws IMO. This thing about Celtic being poor too makes it even worse. We had a chance to get at them and put pressure on them and instead we were beaten by the worst Celtic side we will face this year.

Fair play to those keeping the faith in him I wish I could see any sign that he knows what he’s doing.

32.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 21:09:48
were're alll fans of the great Glasgow Rangers why are we not giving g them the best? Beale needs time and it will come good, right now he has a plan, maybe not a master plan but give him timeWe are all after his neck right now but he's the one that will either produce the goods or wont! If the board has his backing what are we doing?

33.) 16 Sep 2023
16 Sep 2023 22:37:24
Where is this pub full of beard, I trust these were men and it wasn't Coatbridge?

34.) 17 Sep 2023
17 Sep 2023 08:24:15
Verdant to say our fans don't have a clue is just plain and simply stupid, I assume that you are a fan so with your logic that means you don't have a clue either.

35.) 17 Sep 2023
17 Sep 2023 09:52:17
“ This thing about Celtic being poor too makes it even worse. We had a chance to get at them and put pressure on them and instead we were beaten by the worst Celtic side we will face this year. ”

VAR ruled out a perfectly good goal and gave Celtic the win. Celtic weren’t the better team, mate. Rangers should’ve been 1-0. As I said, you are not considering any of that. In your mind Celtic are better, Rangers are poor, and you want the manager sacked. A new manager can’t do anything about VAR decisions like that, mate.

Also, you might not think beating Celtic 3-0 at Ibrox is meaningful, you may not think reaching the next round of the League Cup after Celtic slipped up was meaningful, you may not think qualification for the Europa League is meaningful, that’s up to you. These are all positive steps in the right direction. We are heading towards the first piece of major domestic silverware of the season. If we keep winning over 72% of the games we play very few teams will be able to stop us.

36.) 17 Sep 2023
17 Sep 2023 10:31:50
We should consider signing Scots before the likes of Stoke city, Barnsley and Preston get them. Even Sheffield midweek fc and the other club near there.

37.) 17 Sep 2023
17 Sep 2023 12:33:50
I thought we played better in spells today. I feel for Danilo, great goal, brave header, hopefully he isn't out for too long. Thought that Davies had a decent game and good to see a left sided centre back playing on the left. Early days with Yilmaz but he is a decent player.
Im not sure how we will do midweek, it's a game we have to win, (they all are), I guess a lot depends on what team Beale fields. Injuries to Danilo and Cantwell won't help.
Perhaps Lammers will prove the answer but Dessers will probably play.

38.) 17 Sep 2023
17 Sep 2023 12:34:51
There’s a reason the fans were booing the manager/ players and not complaining about the VAR decision because everyone in that stadium could see that we weren’t good enough. In my mind Celtic are better? I’ve just told you that’s the worst celtic team we will face all year and they beat us! What does that tell you?

A new manager can’t do anything about VAR but he can set his team up with the right formation that allows him to play his strongest 11 in their best positions, he can implement a system and tactics that the players understand and that brings out the best in them. He said the reason we sat so deep was nerves? 6 out of those 7 players in our midfield and defence had played in at least 2 old firms and we’ve been sitting deep since the beginning of preseason so it’s complete rubbish and lies from Beale and if they were nervous at home to that Celtic side we’ve got even bigger problems. If your team are deep and you haven’t asked them to be why would you not be shouting to get higher? Especially with your job on the line. You’ve not stated one thing that shows progress since the beginning of preseason other than this win percentage which is nonsense. As BAR said the other 28% are the big important games which Beale keeps losing so your win percentage theory is irrelevant.

We beat them 3-0. they won a domestic treble then beat us in the next old firm that actually meant something in a league campaign. So what good did that 3-0 win do us? Europa League wasn’t the goal. We’re in it because we failed to reach our target so how is it meaningful in terms of progress? As Rangers manager you’re expected to win league cup games, you’re expected at the very least to be in the Europa League groups. You’re celebrating mediocrity and acting like it’s progress. What has he done to make us better on the pitch?

39.) 17 Sep 2023
17 Sep 2023 13:35:32
That Celtic team only beat us because of a VAR decision that was completely beyond our control. What part of that don’t you get? They were no bette than us at Ibrox. On another day our goal stands, VAR wrongly chops off their goal, and we win ?‍♂️

The officials completely ruined the game and it effected the end result. Changing manager can’t fix that.

40.) 17 Sep 2023
17 Sep 2023 13:38:50
Verdant the only one we want to win is the league the cups are a bonus but the league is the one that matters the most.

41.) 17 Sep 2023
17 Sep 2023 14:08:06
“They were no better than us at Ibrox and on another day our goal stands and VAR wrongly chops off their goal and we win” ? wow, I thought only the standards on the pitch had dropped. If that’s your level of expectation as a Rangers fan is it any wonder you’re clutching at straws with win percentages ??‍♂️

You’ve yet to tell me one single thing that Beale has improved on that pitch since preseason?

42.) 17 Sep 2023
17 Sep 2023 14:19:43
Sorry Verdant but you cannot count qualifying for the Europa League as an achievment when entry was gained via a humimiating 5-1 loss vs PSV. Also, I can't believe that you really think beating Morton 2-1 at home in the League Cup is a big result.

If you want to talk percentages, we have lost 40% of our league games this season. Our overall win % this season is 50%. I sincerely hope that this team gel and that fans like me are eatin humble pie in a few months but I just don't have confidence in Beale. Still have a bad taste over him coming up to Ibrox whilst Gio was in charge but all will be forgiven if we get going.

43.) 17 Sep 2023
17 Sep 2023 15:29:44
Verdant, to win the league we must beat Celtic at least twice and draw once, then it is down to who drops the most points against the Numpty Teams. As far as this 'we only lost to Celtic because of a dubious VAR decision, the sad fact of life is that notwithstanding this, they scored, we didn't. Even accounting for our goal being ruled offside we still wouldn't have beaten them.
Why can't we just accept that on the day the Team selection didn't work and too many of the players didn't compete or play well enough to win.

This is what frustrates me, and watching Danilo yesterday put his head where it mattered to win that ball that resulted in a goal versus Messrs and his abysmal performances, slow, caught offside far too many times for a quality player and no evidence that he is going to change, when Messrs plays he is like a man down.
In terms of Trophies, I want us to win everything that we are entered for but the SPL and Europe are the prime targets for me.

44.) 17 Sep 2023
17 Sep 2023 17:48:25
You don't need to beat Celtic to win the league. We’ve won the league without winning any of the 4 Old Firm games before. All we need to do is end the season with more points than anyone else.

Beale has a win rate over 72%. If we keep that up between now and the end of the season we will be champions.

The VAR decision a few weeks ago gifted Celtic the win. Had that happened Rangers go 1-0 ahead and it completely changes the game. Celtic were no better than us on the day. You can believe what you want, but they only won because of incompetent officiating. No manger can account for that.

45.) 17 Sep 2023
17 Sep 2023 18:30:31
Just seen this stat - “there have been seven occasions where one of the teams has picked up fewer than half the available head-to-head points and still won the league: 1993-94, 1994-95, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2002-03, 2006-07 and 2010-11.”

We lost the first game due to a VAR error. Sore one to take but it's not the end of the world. We can always take comfort in the fact that they only beat us due to incompetent officials, not because they were the better side.

Rangers are only 4 points behind and there’s still 33 games and 99 points to play for. Their luck won't hold out forever. Sakala missing empty nets, Davies and Souttar with individual errors, VAR chopping off the Morelos and Roofe goals. We’ve had so much bad luck in these games it HAS to turn at some point.

We don't play Celtic again for a long time anyway. This is a prolonged period for Rangers to to get a winning run together in the league, qualify for the Europa League knockouts, and unlike Celtic we have a League Cup trophy to compete for.

Bye the time the next Old Firm comes along at the end of December the situation could be very different. Maybe if we win that game we go top. Maybe we do win that game and then it’s the Celtic fans who want their manager sacked mid season thus gift-wrapping us the title. Make no mistake, the Celtic fans hate Rodgers and as soon as they have a wobble they will turn on him.