Yes I've seen the comments. I'm more disappointed in the way some of our fans are responding than I could possibly be in the appointment itself. Some of the concerns are absolutely valid. In fact all concerns are valid. What isn't is the abuse, attacks and attempts from some to try to drag others down to their level of disappointment, rather than supporting the club.
Most of them will only be going on what Rangers have said tho. I just spoke to my mate who is a die hard rangers fans and he said as long as hes nowhere need transfer decisions he will do well. Said it all went wrong there as he was telling players they arent in his plans and he struggled delivering that message, thats more of what speakman does with us. His transfers in the summer were shocking but again thats not in his remit with us The more i think about it i think this could be a really clever appointment
My biggest issue is the lack of playing style this season at Rangers - seen this for myself at Ibrox and it was just nothing. Thats why the Rangers fans dont speak well of him, in the main However, his 71% win record is the 2nd best in their history, so he did a lot right also. He was also in charge of recruitment this summer predominantly so defo a different job to Head Coach with us You dont get employed as a coach on the grass at Chelsea, Liverpool, Rangers and Villa unless you know your tactics and set ups etc Time to get behind the new man, until he gives us enough reasons not to.
I’ll agree that I got angry that this frustratingly unambitious appointment was being considered. Living in Scotland I saw how poor Rangers were doing under him, and his appearances in front of camera were not inspiring either. I would agree that in general the overall response has been a bit embarrassing, but being verbally abused, or undermined for having a different opinion on a forum is also bang out of order. My thoughts were there must be better than Beale out there. I still think this is uninspiring, but if he turns out that he’s successful, no one will be more pleased than me. Bart
Interesting that Dodds is moving up to Assistant Head Coach - Possibly with a view to him replacing Beale at some point moving forwards? I'm neither here or there on the appointment but willing to give him time to get this right - if he gets a striker scoring regularly then he will already have done better than TM. Some of the negativity is shocking mind - it seems SAFC fans are never happy unless they are whinging about something or other. We're in a good position to kick on now into the second half of the season.
Yep. Just got to let him get on with it. Certainly he could do with toning down the waffle, but he's paid to improve the team and players, so if he does that then he can't be talking too much ****e to them. But he's a coach not an entertainer. There are some right gobshites out there who talk a good job and keep getting jobs because of it
Last point, when Beale got appointed, our Director of football left shortly afterwards so Beale was heading up everything, including scouting. Might work out better at Sunderland as I’m reading your football dept is still in place. Keep Beale coaching and improving players and leave recruitment etc up to your Tech director. Cantwell, Scott Arfield and a few others said Beale was the best coach they worked with so it’s not all bad. The guy is a proper football man.
A 10-month tenure in Scotland followed for Beale, who guided Rangers to the 2023 Scottish League Cup final and departed Ibrox Stadium with the highest top-flight win percentage (77.42%) in the Club’s history.
Social media is a cesspit, nailed on most of the keyboard warriors on there never actually go to a match.
