Alex McLeish, Paul Le Guen, and Walter Smith; A Decade of Despair

Written by TMWWBK (rangersmedia.co.uk)

Thursday, 01 January 2009 15:02

Alex, you came in and I was skeptical. After the semifinal win though, I totally came round to you and actually thought you could be a match for O'Neill. When you got your own control however, you let us down, and not just with your signings. Many may remember you for your titles, but I remember you for the way you split the support after the Inter Milan game. "This is for the Alex McLeish fans," as the quote, I believe. You split the support, Eck, and you never took the flack for your signings in the face. Cheers for Helicopter Sunday, but No. 51 should have been done and dusted before that. You took us to third place. End of story. Paul. Paul, Paul, Paul. You were my idol for a few months. I thought you would have changed the face of Rangers, I knew how you transformed Rennes and Lyon and that had me excited to the point where I actually attended your parading. On and off the park, I'm one of your biggest defenders, but till this day, even I can't argue with some of your dissenters. The lightweight centre half from IFK? Hemdani to "shore up" the aforementioned? Sebo? Letizi? Ponroy? Stanger? God, even I could see that you ballsed up your job there. Still, you didn't have the chairman or the dressing room behind you. In the end though, you didn't have the heart for Rangers, and that's nearly as bad as not having the ability. Walter though, you've hurt me the most. When you came in, I thought the club was in a safe pair of hands, but clearly it wasn't the case. The pursuit of Hartley? The signing of Miller (and I don't have a lot against Miller, but strikers like him come ten a penny in Europe) and the general laziness in the transfer market? Don't even get me started on your prehistoric tactical skills. Out with those practicalities, you've also totally pandered to the media. Smith, one word—Kaunas. Your "comeback" has been poor to shocking and I for one wont see your UEFA Cup run as a success. You were trusted with a £30M transformation job to give us dominance for the next 5-10 years and you've failed in that job. Murray is no angel, in fact, he's still a cancer. Just don't let the poor job that those three have done blind your judgement of him. I remember a Blue Order banner a while back that said "WE DESERVE BETTER." Never has that phrase been so apt.