24 Oct 2025 12:24:27
Thestigno1 has written an article entitled, When Will The Systemic Rot At Glasgow Rangers End?
24 Oct 2025 13:15:55
Good post stig, hard to disagree.
24 Oct 2025 13:26:36
Well done my friend good article! You have touched on a few things well there,
I'd like to add if I may that regarding transfer strategy i think it was Josh Barry from the Rangers review that explains very well the difference between us and Celtic over the last few years although you could argue that they have had issues recently with still managing to do well domestically.
Lastly there is issues with Tav which I have touched on here a few times, I believe he was told to find a club close season and more than likely retained his place because his replacement is let's be honest not good enough.
Also morale issues caused by this within the group of the manner of it all.
He isn't blameless in all this but certainly not the only one.
24 Oct 2025 13:31:23
I actually think we were on the right track with our recruitment under Koppen. We were identifying young players who were performing well at their level. We brought in 17 M or so in the summer from these type of players.
The use of English market by Thewell was ignorant and incompetent. It's the most expensive market in the world and a tried and failed strategy we have done before. Add to this the number of loan players and we are not even building for the future. With such pathetic recruitment the decision to bring his son in that capacity is mind blowingly arrogant.
His position is untenable and he needs to go immediately. He is responsible for our on field display, much more than even Martin for me.
I am actually at a stage were I don't like a single player in the team, not one, which is a shocking place to be when we spent big on the summer.
24 Oct 2025 13:32:01
Stig, you've nailed so many of the frustrations that the whole fanbase is feeling right now, but I think it's important we also look at what's underneath it all — because, like you, I don't think this is just about Thelwell, Stewart or Cavanagh. It's deeper than that.
Yes, recruitment has been a disaster for years, and yes, Thelwell and Co. look totally out of their depth when it comes to understanding the size, pressure, and expectation that comes with Rangers. You're absolutely right — at Everton, finishing mid-table keeps people in jobs; at Rangers, it gets you run out the door. The psychology of this club is unique, and too many of the people running it simply don't get that - YET.
But here's where I slightly differ. I don't think this is purely about players not being "Rangers class" — I think it's about leadership. We've had too many people in positions of power who treat Rangers like a case study instead of a football club with a heartbeat. You can't spreadsheet your way to success at Ibrox (although Hearts seem to be doing just that ?? for now). You need vision, standards, authority, and above all — football men who understand what wearing that badge means.
You're spot on about Gerrard. He was the only one in recent times who truly imposed an identity — standards, discipline, togetherness. Players ran through walls for him because they feared letting him down. That's what leadership looks like. Since then, we've had a revolving door of managers, while the board has stood by preaching "process. "
And that's where your Tav point hits home too. It's not that he's suddenly a bad player — it's that he's a symbol of a culture that's lost its edge and certainly its mentality. Nobody above him is setting the tone - hopefully that changes now with Danny Rohl. Every great Rangers side was built on accountability from top to bottom. Right now, that chain of accountability is broken.
I'll be honest, I was sceptical about Danny Rohl at first. He's young, untested at this level, and it felt like another "project" appointment when we needed authority. But the more I've listened to him, the more I think that — if he's properly supported internally and externally — we might just get this right. The structure has to back him, not suffocate him. He needs room to breathe, not the chaos that's swallowed every manager before him.
You ask if it can change — I think it has to. Because if it doesn't, the fans will force it to. The protests, the noise, the sheer weight of frustration across the support are proof that the soul of the club is still alive. The hierarchy might be lost, but the fans aren't. And as long as that remains true, there's always a way back.
Like you, I miss the Ibrox roar. But maybe that roar comes back the moment someone — players, manager, and board members — finally stand up unuted, remembers what Rangers means, and has the courage to demand better. Until then, we keep shouting. Because silence would mean we've given up — and that's one thing Rangers fans will never do.
Here's hoping it comes together by 2nd November ?.
24 Oct 2025 13:40:12
Stig, it will change once we get rid of Thelwell and his pals and get a whole new squad of players, so no time soon at all!
Last night was a new low for me, they couldn't even muster up the new manager bounce that most teams do when a new man comes in.
I thoroughly beleive that last year we would have taken 6/ 7 points from those first 3 games, we have regressed at an alarming rate. I honestly have the fear for the rest of our season, we've had every excuse getting put up for these so called football players, unfit, shackled because of manager, style of play, confidence etc etc, but they just aren't good enough it's blatantly obvious to me anyway. Our recruitment has been nothing but absolutely shambolic, from 11.5m spent on 2 players that we'll never get a penny back for in chermiti / Fernandes to a whole back line of loans we spent millions on, Rothwell, Antman, Aasgaard, Miovski even gassama, couple of good goals but his crossing is non existent for a winger lbh.
I honestly don't know where we go from here. On the way back home last night on the plane, it dawned on me how poor we are and that horrible feeling of knowing we need another rebuild, it feels like we have that feeling every year, they have totally underestimated our club. ?
Asa well done to you and your team, you guys deserved it. Big shout out to the people of Bergen very welcoming, plenty of nice conversations around football. There fans were at it from the first whistle to the last, love support like that. One thing that wasn't pleasant was the prices, why is everything so pricey asa? Beautiful city, brilliant people ?.
24 Oct 2025 14:50:46
Bb it willl take time to change when Thelwell leaves.