Why Rangers chief Patrick Stewart could be the next head fans are calling for, writes GARY KEOWN
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What does Patrick Stewart really expect this root-and-branch review of the football department at Rangers to throw up other than the fact you can’t possibly allow a manager to carry on when he’s 18 points behind Celtic in early January having managed to win just three away games in the league out of 11?.
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That the new CEO and the board he now represents seem willing to let this catastrophe of a season just play out, with consultants being brought in at extra expense, simply sums up where the Ibrox outfit are. What they are. How the standards, all that ‘best in class’ stuff they used to talk so often about, have gone completely.
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It is as clear as a bell that Philippe Clement’s time as head coach is up. It’s a root-and-branch review of the years of atrocious decision-making by those in the boardroom that’s required more than anything else. Plus a solid commitment given to not allowing those responsible back near the controls of the train set no matter how much money they have put in through time.
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Stewart took on a job-and-a-half when agreeing to have a go at unravelling the almighty mess that is Rangers FC, but he has done himself no favours at all by refusing to bow to the calls of supporters’ groups and ditch Clement. He said himself that he thinks the players are good enough, so where else can the blame lie for the side being complete also-rans than at the feet of the boss? Well, the boss and those above him in the pecking order who have just made bad call after bad call all the way back to failing to strengthen after Steven Gerrard had stopped Celtic making it 10-In-A-Row against all odds back in 2021.
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