I can understand Rangers fans being annoyed at the way Gerrard left them, but even if you are the manager of Rangers or Celtic the lure of even an average Premier League like side for financial and other reasons is very strong. It's the same reason why Brendan Rogers left Celtic for Leicester. Unless Rangers or Celtic get the chance to play in England which is very unlikely, I don't see the situation changing any time soon.
Rodgers had won the treble treble at Celtic, nothing more he could really achieve.
Gerrard had won a single league title and had a responsibility to at least see out the season, jumping ship like that was really bad.
I am not a Rangers fan at all but blatantly treating one of the great British clubs as a stepping stone for his personal ambitions was really bad form.
Gerrard's responsibility is to himself and his family. Outside of the top 6 (who aren't changing their manager anytime soon) and possibly Newcastle, Villa with the money their owners are prepared to spend is probably the best premier league job he could hope to get at this moment in time, so why would he turn that down? Yes it's messed Rangers up but if he'd turned it down, then he might not have got a similar job offer for a while.
Yes Rangers was a stepping stone, but that's not really a surprise is it? Villa is also a stepping stone too, as you'd imagine that unless he bombs dramatically he'll be the next Liverpool manager.
Sorry, but that’s not right at all.
When you are the manager of a club, especially a huge club like Rangers, you have responsibilities well beyond yourself and your family.
Firstly, let’s be clear, Gerrard didn’t have to move to Villa to support his family, the bloke is a multi millionaire.
When you are manager, you have a responsibility to do the right thing by your players - most of whom he signed - and your staff at the club, jumping ship on them just a few weeks into the season is really bad.
Villa have money, sure, but they are nowhere near the top six and are not going to get past City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs, Arsenal or United any time soon.
He should have stayed with Rangers until the end of the season and then left, always plenty of jobs available in the PL outside the top six.
Rangers gave him his chance and he rewarded them by walking out, sorry but that is out of order.
I can understand Rangers fans being annoyed at the way Gerrard left them, but even if you are the manager of Rangers or Celtic the lure of even an average Premier League like side for financial and other reasons is very strong. It's the same reason why Brendan Rogers left Celtic for Leicester. Unless Rangers or Celtic get the chance to play in England which is very unlikely, I don't see the situation changing any time soon.
Rodgers had won the treble treble at Celtic, nothing more he could really achieve.
Gerrard had won a single league title and had a responsibility to at least see out the season, jumping ship like that was really bad.
I am not a Rangers fan at all but blatantly treating one of the great British clubs as a stepping stone for his personal ambitions was really bad form.
Gerrard's responsibility is to himself and his family. Outside of the top 6 (who aren't changing their manager anytime soon) and possibly Newcastle, Villa with the money their owners are prepared to spend is probably the best premier league job he could hope to get at this moment in time, so why would he turn that down? Yes it's messed Rangers up but if he'd turned it down, then he might not have got a similar job offer for a while.
Yes Rangers was a stepping stone, but that's not really a surprise is it? Villa is also a stepping stone too, as you'd imagine that unless he bombs dramatically he'll be the next Liverpool manager.
Sorry, but that’s not right at all.
When you are the manager of a club, especially a huge club like Rangers, you have responsibilities well beyond yourself and your family.
Firstly, let’s be clear, Gerrard didn’t have to move to Villa to support his family, the bloke is a multi millionaire.
When you are manager, you have a responsibility to do the right thing by your players - most of whom he signed - and your staff at the club, jumping ship on them just a few weeks into the season is really bad.
Villa have money, sure, but they are nowhere near the top six and are not going to get past City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs, Arsenal or United any time soon.
He should have stayed with Rangers until the end of the season and then left, always plenty of jobs available in the PL outside the top six.
Rangers gave him his chance and he rewarded them by walking out, sorry but that is out of order.
He'd have been mad to turn Villa down. Villa were realistically the best ranked teams to come in for him. No one from Arsenal upwards would go with him.
Also, his stock was probably at his highest when he got offered the role. Seems unlikely he'd repeat what he did last season
And while he obviously isn't short of money. He's on insane wages at Villa for a manager of his experience
I can understand Rangers fans being annoyed at the way Gerrard left them, but even if you are the manager of Rangers or Celtic the lure of even an average Premier League like side for financial and other reasons is very strong. It's the same reason why Brendan Rogers left Celtic for Leicester. Unless Rangers or Celtic get the chance to play in England which is very unlikely, I don't see the situation changing any time soon.
Rodgers had won the treble treble at Celtic, nothing more he could really achieve.
Gerrard had won a single league title and had a responsibility to at least see out the season, jumping ship like that was really bad.
I am not a Rangers fan at all but blatantly treating one of the great British clubs as a stepping stone for his personal ambitions was really bad form.
Gerrard's responsibility is to himself and his family. Outside of the top 6 (who aren't changing their manager anytime soon) and possibly Newcastle, Villa with the money their owners are prepared to spend is probably the best premier league job he could hope to get at this moment in time, so why would he turn that down? Yes it's messed Rangers up but if he'd turned it down, then he might not have got a similar job offer for a while.
Yes Rangers was a stepping stone, but that's not really a surprise is it? Villa is also a stepping stone too, as you'd imagine that unless he bombs dramatically he'll be the next Liverpool manager.
Sorry, but that’s not right at all.
When you are the manager of a club, especially a huge club like Rangers, you have responsibilities well beyond yourself and your family.
Firstly, let’s be clear, Gerrard didn’t have to move to Villa to support his family, the bloke is a multi millionaire.
When you are manager, you have a responsibility to do the right thing by your players - most of whom he signed - and your staff at the club, jumping ship on them just a few weeks into the season is really bad.
Villa have money, sure, but they are nowhere near the top six and are not going to get past City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs, Arsenal or United any time soon.
He should have stayed with Rangers until the end of the season and then left, always plenty of jobs available in the PL outside the top six.
Rangers gave him his chance and he rewarded them by walking out, sorry but that is out of order.
We know he has enough money, but moving to Villa is the next step in his career. In any walk of life, you look to further your career and do the best for yourself.
As for doing the right thing by his players, what do you think would have happened if Villa had wanted to sign any of the Rangers players in January? They'd have quite likely been gone, so i don't see why the manager is any different.
You say he should've left at the end of this season as there would be plenty of jobs available. Name me a club apart from Man U looking to change their manager this summer?
And he didn't reward Rangers by walking out, he rewarded them by winning their first league title in a decade, going the season unbeaten with 102 points and stopping Celtic's 10 in a row.
I can understand Rangers fans being annoyed at the way Gerrard left them, but even if you are the manager of Rangers or Celtic the lure of even an average Premier League like side for financial and other reasons is very strong. It's the same reason why Brendan Rogers left Celtic for Leicester. Unless Rangers or Celtic get the chance to play in England which is very unlikely, I don't see the situation changing any time soon.
Rodgers had won the treble treble at Celtic, nothing more he could really achieve.
Gerrard had won a single league title and had a responsibility to at least see out the season, jumping ship like that was really bad.
I am not a Rangers fan at all but blatantly treating one of the great British clubs as a stepping stone for his personal ambitions was really bad form.
Gerrard's responsibility is to himself and his family. Outside of the top 6 (who aren't changing their manager anytime soon) and possibly Newcastle, Villa with the money their owners are prepared to spend is probably the best premier league job he could hope to get at this moment in time, so why would he turn that down? Yes it's messed Rangers up but if he'd turned it down, then he might not have got a similar job offer for a while.
Yes Rangers was a stepping stone, but that's not really a surprise is it? Villa is also a stepping stone too, as you'd imagine that unless he bombs dramatically he'll be the next Liverpool manager.
Sorry, but that’s not right at all.
When you are the manager of a club, especially a huge club like Rangers, you have responsibilities well beyond yourself and your family.
Firstly, let’s be clear, Gerrard didn’t have to move to Villa to support his family, the bloke is a multi millionaire.
When you are manager, you have a responsibility to do the right thing by your players - most of whom he signed - and your staff at the club, jumping ship on them just a few weeks into the season is really bad.
Villa have money, sure, but they are nowhere near the top six and are not going to get past City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs, Arsenal or United any time soon.
He should have stayed with Rangers until the end of the season and then left, always plenty of jobs available in the PL outside the top six.
Rangers gave him his chance and he rewarded them by walking out, sorry but that is out of order.
You only seem to think he’s out of order because Rangers are a big club.
Is it ok to fuck over a club just because they’re not as big a club as Rangers? What would you suggest is the cut off point? A club like, say, Brighton? Charlton? Dundee United? Ross County? Barnet? Is there a ‘critical mass’? If you’re making the wider point that managers shouldn’t use clubs as stepping stones, then ok, it’s a valid position. If you’re saying he shouldn’t have bailed mid-season, then also ok, I can see that point, but the size of the club is irrelevant in both of these cases.
Being more offended about it because you think the club in question deserves more respect purely because they’re a ‘big club’ is ludicrous to me. Why should Gerrard sacrifice his own ambitions just because Rangers have more supporters than Brechin City? Its long been recognised that footballers and managers have to be a bit ruthless to make it big in football. We, as fans of a medium size club, reluctantly have to accept that. If ‘big’ clubs like Rangers are off limits to this, it just contributes to the growing gap between the haves and the have nots. Like you, I have no affinity with Rangers (or Celtic), but all things considered, I view Gerrard’s decision not to stay with them as simply a career move when a better option came along. It will have hurt the Rangers fans and staff, sure. But no more than it would’ve hurt any other club. Shit happens. If ‘big’ clubs can’t handle that, maybe they don’t deserve to be ‘big clubs’.
Rangers & Celtic might be big clubs in terms of support but in financial terms they are miles behind even mid table Premier League clubs. Given a chance to manage in the PL Gerrard was always likely to take up the option.
Well done rangers first chance of winning their first cup trophy for a decade...weren't the others done before that illegally. God help the city when their in town.
Well done rangers first chance of winning their first cup trophy for a decade...weren't the others done before that illegally. God help the city when their in town.
And yet they're still Scotland's most successful club despite Celtic having a free run at every trophy for the best part of a decade.
Well done rangers first chance of winning their first cup trophy for a decade...weren't the others done before that illegally. God help the city when their in town.
And yet they're still Scotland's most successful club despite Celtic having a free run at every trophy for the best part of a decade.
Well done rangers first chance of winning their first cup trophy for a decade...weren't the others done before that illegally. God help the city when their in town.
And yet they're still Scotland's most successful club despite Celtic having a free run at every trophy for the best part of a decade.
How many points does European champions count for....something the cheaters will never achieve....Lisbon lions just sticks in your throat.
Well done rangers first chance of winning their first cup trophy for a decade...weren't the others done before that illegally. God help the city when their in town.
And yet they're still Scotland's most successful club despite Celtic having a free run at every trophy for the best part of a decade.
How many points does European champions count for....something the cheaters will never achieve....Lisbon lions just sticks in your throat.
I can assure you it doesn't because 1) i'm a Charlton fan and 2) it happened god knows how many years before i was even born.
Well done rangers first chance of winning their first cup trophy for a decade...weren't the others done before that illegally. God help the city when their in town.
And yet they're still Scotland's most successful club despite Celtic having a free run at every trophy for the best part of a decade.
How many points does European champions count for....something the cheaters will never achieve....Lisbon lions just sticks in your throat.
I can assure you it doesn't because 1) i'm a Charlton fan and 2) it happened god knows how many years before i was even born.
Well done rangers first chance of winning their first cup trophy for a decade...weren't the others done before that illegally. God help the city when their in town.
And yet they're still Scotland's most successful club despite Celtic having a free run at every trophy for the best part of a decade.
How many points does European champions count for....something the cheaters will never achieve....Lisbon lions just sticks in your throat.
I can assure you it doesn't because 1) i'm a Charlton fan and 2) it happened god knows how many years before i was even born.
I can understand Rangers fans being annoyed at the way Gerrard left them, but even if you are the manager of Rangers or Celtic the lure of even an average Premier League like side for financial and other reasons is very strong. It's the same reason why Brendan Rogers left Celtic for Leicester. Unless Rangers or Celtic get the chance to play in England which is very unlikely, I don't see the situation changing any time soon.
Rodgers had won the treble treble at Celtic, nothing more he could really achieve.
Gerrard had won a single league title and had a responsibility to at least see out the season, jumping ship like that was really bad.
I am not a Rangers fan at all but blatantly treating one of the great British clubs as a stepping stone for his personal ambitions was really bad form.
Gerrard's responsibility is to himself and his family. Outside of the top 6 (who aren't changing their manager anytime soon) and possibly Newcastle, Villa with the money their owners are prepared to spend is probably the best premier league job he could hope to get at this moment in time, so why would he turn that down? Yes it's messed Rangers up but if he'd turned it down, then he might not have got a similar job offer for a while.
Yes Rangers was a stepping stone, but that's not really a surprise is it? Villa is also a stepping stone too, as you'd imagine that unless he bombs dramatically he'll be the next Liverpool manager.
Sorry, but that’s not right at all.
When you are the manager of a club, especially a huge club like Rangers, you have responsibilities well beyond yourself and your family.
Firstly, let’s be clear, Gerrard didn’t have to move to Villa to support his family, the bloke is a multi millionaire.
When you are manager, you have a responsibility to do the right thing by your players - most of whom he signed - and your staff at the club, jumping ship on them just a few weeks into the season is really bad.
Villa have money, sure, but they are nowhere near the top six and are not going to get past City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs, Arsenal or United any time soon.
He should have stayed with Rangers until the end of the season and then left, always plenty of jobs available in the PL outside the top six.
Rangers gave him his chance and he rewarded them by walking out, sorry but that is out of order.
We know he has enough money, but moving to Villa is the next step in his career. In any walk of life, you look to further your career and do the best for yourself.
As for doing the right thing by his players, what do you think would have happened if Villa had wanted to sign any of the Rangers players in January? They'd have quite likely been gone, so i don't see why the manager is any different.
You say he should've left at the end of this season as there would be plenty of jobs available. Name me a club apart from Man U looking to change their manager this summer?
And he didn't reward Rangers by walking out, he rewarded them by winning their first league title in a decade, going the season unbeaten with 102 points and stopping Celtic's 10 in a row.
Rangers and Celtic can be argued and their wealth etc, but my money says if you stuck them in the Championship next season they would be play offs at best.
Moving from Rangers to Villa is a massive jump. Football in Scotland is two bob.
Well done rangers first chance of winning their first cup trophy for a decade...weren't the others done before that illegally. God help the city when their in town.
And yet they're still Scotland's most successful club despite Celtic having a free run at every trophy for the best part of a decade.
How many points does European champions count for....something the cheaters will never achieve....Lisbon lions just sticks in your throat.
I can assure you it doesn't because 1) i'm a Charlton fan and 2) it happened god knows how many years before i was even born.
So why comment then
Don't you support Cowdenbeath?
I do but what's that got to do with it. Been to as many of their games this year as you have Charlton's.
I can understand Rangers fans being annoyed at the way Gerrard left them, but even if you are the manager of Rangers or Celtic the lure of even an average Premier League like side for financial and other reasons is very strong. It's the same reason why Brendan Rogers left Celtic for Leicester. Unless Rangers or Celtic get the chance to play in England which is very unlikely, I don't see the situation changing any time soon.
Rodgers had won the treble treble at Celtic, nothing more he could really achieve.
Gerrard had won a single league title and had a responsibility to at least see out the season, jumping ship like that was really bad.
I am not a Rangers fan at all but blatantly treating one of the great British clubs as a stepping stone for his personal ambitions was really bad form.
Gerrard's responsibility is to himself and his family. Outside of the top 6 (who aren't changing their manager anytime soon) and possibly Newcastle, Villa with the money their owners are prepared to spend is probably the best premier league job he could hope to get at this moment in time, so why would he turn that down? Yes it's messed Rangers up but if he'd turned it down, then he might not have got a similar job offer for a while.
Yes Rangers was a stepping stone, but that's not really a surprise is it? Villa is also a stepping stone too, as you'd imagine that unless he bombs dramatically he'll be the next Liverpool manager.
Sorry, but that’s not right at all.
When you are the manager of a club, especially a huge club like Rangers, you have responsibilities well beyond yourself and your family.
Firstly, let’s be clear, Gerrard didn’t have to move to Villa to support his family, the bloke is a multi millionaire.
When you are manager, you have a responsibility to do the right thing by your players - most of whom he signed - and your staff at the club, jumping ship on them just a few weeks into the season is really bad.
Villa have money, sure, but they are nowhere near the top six and are not going to get past City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs, Arsenal or United any time soon.
He should have stayed with Rangers until the end of the season and then left, always plenty of jobs available in the PL outside the top six.
Rangers gave him his chance and he rewarded them by walking out, sorry but that is out of order.
We know he has enough money, but moving to Villa is the next step in his career. In any walk of life, you look to further your career and do the best for yourself.
As for doing the right thing by his players, what do you think would have happened if Villa had wanted to sign any of the Rangers players in January? They'd have quite likely been gone, so i don't see why the manager is any different.
You say he should've left at the end of this season as there would be plenty of jobs available. Name me a club apart from Man U looking to change their manager this summer?
And he didn't reward Rangers by walking out, he rewarded them by winning their first league title in a decade, going the season unbeaten with 102 points and stopping Celtic's 10 in a row.
Rangers and Celtic can be argued and their wealth etc, but my money says if you stuck them in the Championship next season they would be play offs at best.
Moving from Rangers to Villa is a massive jump. Football in Scotland is two bob.
Which championship club would have reached europa league semis this year ?
Because towns and cities in Scotland want to have football teams they can support. You can easily suggest what’s the point of Charlton Athletic using your argument.
I think 90% of Charlton fans would want Hearts to win the Final regardless of which Old Firm team reached the Final.
Personally I support any team against either of them. In the head to heads I do normally support Celtic, not for religious reasons but for footballing ones.
Last year I was pleased that Celtic didn't get to ten in a row,so supported Rangers in those matches.
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When you are the manager of a club, especially a huge club like Rangers, you have responsibilities well beyond yourself and your family.
Firstly, let’s be clear, Gerrard didn’t have to move to Villa to support his family, the bloke is a multi millionaire.
When you are manager, you have a responsibility to do the right thing by your players - most of whom he signed - and your staff at the club, jumping ship on them just a few weeks into the season is really bad.
Villa have money, sure, but they are nowhere near the top six and are not going to get past City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs, Arsenal or United any time soon.
He should have stayed with Rangers until the end of the season and then left, always plenty of jobs available in the PL outside the top six.
Rangers gave him his chance and he rewarded them by walking out, sorry but that is out of order.
Also, his stock was probably at his highest when he got offered the role. Seems unlikely he'd repeat what he did last season
And while he obviously isn't short of money. He's on insane wages at Villa for a manager of his experience
As for doing the right thing by his players, what do you think would have happened if Villa had wanted to sign any of the Rangers players in January? They'd have quite likely been gone, so i don't see why the manager is any different.
You say he should've left at the end of this season as there would be plenty of jobs available. Name me a club apart from Man U looking to change their manager this summer?
And he didn't reward Rangers by walking out, he rewarded them by winning their first league title in a decade, going the season unbeaten with 102 points and stopping Celtic's 10 in a row.
Is it ok to fuck over a club just because they’re not as big a club as Rangers?
What would you suggest is the cut off point? A club like, say, Brighton? Charlton? Dundee United? Ross County? Barnet? Is there a ‘critical mass’?
If you’re making the wider point that managers shouldn’t use clubs as stepping stones, then ok, it’s a valid position. If you’re saying he shouldn’t have bailed mid-season, then also ok, I can see that point, but the size of the club is irrelevant in both of these cases.
Its long been recognised that footballers and managers have to be a bit ruthless to make it big in football. We, as fans of a medium size club, reluctantly have to accept that. If ‘big’ clubs like Rangers are off limits to this, it just contributes to the growing gap between the haves and the have nots.
Like you, I have no affinity with Rangers (or Celtic), but all things considered, I view Gerrard’s decision not to stay with them as simply a career move when a better option came along. It will have hurt the Rangers fans and staff, sure. But no more than it would’ve hurt any other club. Shit happens. If ‘big’ clubs can’t handle that, maybe they don’t deserve to be ‘big clubs’.
All big club supporters bleat, it’s the entitlement, no better is it illustrated than in Janet kranky land with its two horse race
Rangers into the Scottish cup final for the first time since 2016.
Incredible effort from Rangers playing their second 120 minutes in less than 70 hours, to beat a Celtic side who'd had 8 days rest.
Bizarrely considering they were fresh, Celtic were the side who ran out of steam the longer the game went on, very poor from about 70 minutes onwards.
Guaranteed a League and Cup double now.
Personally I support any team against either of them. In the head to heads I do normally support Celtic, not for religious reasons but for footballing ones.
Last year I was pleased that Celtic didn't get to ten in a row,so supported Rangers in those matches.