28 Apr 2025 23:29:24
Here goes, when Stevie G. came to Ibrox, most would agree that Celtic where so far ahead on and off the field, with most of the media former players ect stating that it would take Rangers to spend 100m to catch them.
Well SG spent 35m to catch them, while playing some of the best football I've seen at ibrox. We got to the point where we regularly beat Celtic and had the fear factor back at ibrox and brought pride back to our club.
As for a transfer model, he helped develop a young Nathan Patterson, young Bassey, Arebo and Glen Kamara who we later sold for combined 51m and had we sold Morelos and Kent at the height of their value, this figure would be close to 70+m. It was also mostly his team that got us to a European final.
So for me if he comes back, I for one would be a very happy bear.
28 Apr 2025 23:55:31
Heard it was actually Stevie who saw Bassey first and that's why the enquiry which led to him coming came about?
29 Apr 2025 00:21:56
1 trophy in 9 what was it 6 semi final defeats? Around the 45 million mark spent in transfers and huge contracts then refusing to sell Kent and buff. Also played backwards ball a lot something I don't really mind if you get results but most would moan. If he comes back I think it destroys any hope I had in the new owners.
29 Apr 2025 00:30:23
Great post stewarty and glad to see some real fans backing someone to done wonders for our club at a very difficult time in our history.
Stig that makes a lot of sense as he was working with Liverpool youth teams so bassey would've been playing for Fulham at same time.
29 Apr 2025 00:40:40
Think you need to do some digging on on JAmes Bisgrove and Ross Wilson
samofOrange
Bisgrove had a hand to play in the stadium fiasco
Also made up lies about a long term servant of the club and tried to take plaudits for things that were already in place before he came he also cost the club money in various departments allegedly
I've hung my hat on the don't like glad he's gone category.
29 Apr 2025 05:02:44
Very good post stewarty and like i've said previously i liked steven gerrard in his first spell as our manager and i've absolutely no problem if he returned as our next manager ?I've my own info on WHY he left and i've not one shred of doubt that if he'd stayed and got the backing he wanted to kick on again, he'd have retained the title, absolutely no doubt for me ???.
29 Apr 2025 05:56:24
So we're not "real fans" by assumption if we don't want Gerrard back, so people who would like the club to move forward instead of back are not allowed to opine to that, lots of crystal balls assuming he would have got another title, or just a link to Mystic Meg, guesswork nothing more. Not one person on here could possible know that.
29 Apr 2025 06:22:06
So Stevie you are only a real fan if you back Stevie G?
29 Apr 2025 06:22:42
The issue with Gerrard coming back is, he's been so poor since leaving.
Can he replicate the successful season he had?
I've honestly no gripes about him leaving when he did, it's football and it happens.
More a case of ability for me.
29 Apr 2025 07:13:45
Stig bisgrove had slightly more than a hand in it, he was baw'* deep in the stadium fiasco… it was his idea and plan … til it went pear shaped and he jumped ship.
Really didn't like the man… he oozed sleaziness.
29 Apr 2025 07:32:33
100% correct, like some saying when wouldn't win it Fort.
29 Apr 2025 07:35:18
But one thing Fort, Celtic struggled against his side, pretty sure they're last victory was around 8 games, Brendan left for Leicester after losing against Rangers.
29 Apr 2025 07:41:46
True Star? but just beating Celtic doesn't win the league bud, look at the teams we've been losing to?.
29 Apr 2025 07:53:57
# we wouldn't.
29 Apr 2025 08:05:14
I don't see why people can't accept that fans have a difference of opinion and you can keep going on until the cows come home but people aren't going to change their opinion.
the one thing that does get me is the fact that if he was backed he would have kicked on. yes he may have but the club would have moved a step further towards another 2012 which I think is why he couldn't be backed. we were relying on directors loans every year anyway so didn't have the available funds. which would you rather have had as it is an either or.
29 Apr 2025 08:16:17
Fork but going undefeated does though.
29 Apr 2025 08:42:55
Following season not 55, no one could say he would or wouldn't bud?.
29 Apr 2025 08:58:27
Fork i know that mate, nobody knows if we'd win back to back leagues but I'd be really confident we did because Celtic struggled against his side.
29 Apr 2025 09:32:10
Correct fork no one as a matter of fact can say he would have won it or not.
But what do we know fork as we aren't real fans because we don't want a guy back that walked out on us in the middle of the night ?.
29 Apr 2025 09:33:26
Good post that Angus I still believe he was backed as he didn't want to sell anyone but if we did give him more money for players that season would we even have a club right now?
29 Apr 2025 09:46:55
Storm, if we did give him more money that wouldn't be Gerrard fault, that fault would come from the board.
29 Apr 2025 09:56:11
Strom that's a fair comeback to my post mate.
No that's not how it's meant and it's not solely about Stevie G.
It's about showing respect for what the guy done for our club in the past, ye don't need to want him back I'm sound with that, that's not what the debates about from my point of view.
Too many fans like yourself are minimising the job he had to do to get us to stopping g ten in a row. Also easily forgetting the euro runs and the form of most players and his team and squad in general. Especially against cetic and in Europe.
People do t want him back that's fine I'm understanding of that, but at least come at it from a balanced point of view.
Any player or manager of any club should. W respected for what they have done for a club, if someone doesn't at least recognise that then they're not a real fan.
Like the daft comment that we never won the league Celtic lost it. I mean that's just laughable.
29 Apr 2025 10:00:23
So he had the beating of Celtic but we still only won 1 out of 9?
Jesus wept. Standards have fallen.
29 Apr 2025 10:01:42
Sws was already explained why he didn't get the full backing. Refused to sell morelos when the big offer came in, then got papped out CL by Malmo.
29 Apr 2025 10:05:57
Correct my star ?.
29 Apr 2025 10:37:07
Tricky one Storm, If we had given more money, we may of won more leagues and competed in the CL and therfore not been in the mees we are in hower there is a risk this would not of payed off. What we do know is we are in a mess and SG left Rangers 4 years ago, we've backed the worng horse. I think Stewart Robertson shoulders most of the blame for our failures.
29 Apr 2025 13:13:01
Storm that's very contradictive, as you've been banging on about how there was no chance we would have won the year after 55 because Celtic went on a great run, your words! Now your agreeing with fork that nobody could know ?.