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‘A proud club dragged into gutter’Image source,SNS/Getty ImagesPublished20 October 2025Two weeks after Russell Martin’s exit, it is no clearer who will replace him as Rangers head coach.Steven Gerrard was sounded out for the role butturned down the opportunityof a second stint in charge, citing concerns over the timing of the move.Former Sheffield Wednesday bossDanny Rohl withdrewfrom the process following talks, although is nowreportedly back in the running.Then on Sunday, a deal to appointShanghai Port manager Kevin Muscat collapsedbecause of the Australian’s desire to see out the league season in China.On the pitch, a 2-2 draw at home to Dundee United on Saturday failed to lift spirits of supporters angry at chief executive Patrick Stewart and sporting director Kevin Thelwell’s handling of the search for a new manager.We asked for their thoughts – and their views were predictably strident.Muscat deal to be Rangers boss offPublished19 OctoberWhat now for Rangers as head coach search resumes?Published20 October’Complete mockery of a once proud club’Callum:This is becoming the worst disgrace in the history of Scottish football. When are the powers that be at Ibrox going to realise that if it is Thelwell and Stewart that continue to be the stumbling block then they have to be removed immediately? Three potential managers have turned us down in a little more than a week. Shocking and embarrassing.Michael:Thelwell and Stewart want too much of an input into first-team affairs and this is what seems to be the breakdown. Both of them need to go. If Andrew Cavenagh and Paraag Marathe wanted Gerrard and Muscat then the deal should have happened – after all, they are the ‘bosses’.Isobel:The club knew Muscat’s situation at the outset, so why go ahead at all if they were so desperate to get someone in ASAP? It is utter incompetence and breathtaking arrogance to believe they could get him in earlier given he was on the cusp of a second title. The whole management group including the Americans have dragged a proud club into the gutter in this continuing omnishambles. It is absolutely disgraceful and I actually feel for the players in all this, left leaderless, rudderless and hung out to dry.Neil:It’s becoming clear that if the new manager wants control of recruitment then Thelwell is going to be the problem. Time for the owners to take control and show they are capable of running the club.Stuart:I’ve supported this club since my late dad took me to my first game back in the late 1970s, spent thousands travelling across the UK and Europe to watch them and this is quite ‘simply the worst’ I’ve ever seen from top to bottom. Poor boardroom choices, poor management and poor recruitment. Thelwell and Stewart have to go as they’re simply filling their pockets whilst making a complete mockery of what was once a proud club.Sonny:Sack the board. The Americans have somehow managed to turn the club into a bigger shambles than the previous administration, which I thought …
Published: 2025-10-20T08:27:10
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