Time to rAlly!

I understand everyone must be angry and frustrated at the Maribor result, as I am I. But the over reaction towards the players and the management team over the last 24 hours has been nothing short of disgusting. I'm not trying to hide from last night or deny it wasn't a disasterous result, but at these times especially so early in Ally's reign I feel we should be supporting him and the team through it so we can kick on in the SPL. Let's face it, football in Scotland is on a downward spiral and has been for years, but through this time Rangers FC has carried this countries co-effcient practically on our own. So for the media to call us failures and our result embarrassing is a disgrace when you think how bad it could have been without the efforts of our team the last 3 or 4 seasons. Kaunas aside obviously.

Last night we had 23 attempts on goal and 17 on target, Jelavic and Lafferty could have had a hat-trick each. How can anyone blame Ally McCoist for the defeat with stats like that? The players have to take the blame, because of the chances we didn't take. The last three SPL games we have looked comfortable and conceded no goals in three away matches, all of which are usually three very difficult places to get results, but Ally has strolled them. To judge his managerial start on the European results I think is unfair. The league and 4 in a row is the one we all want at  the end of the day, and if we continue our current domestic form I have no doubt in my mind we can achieve this. It's time for us Bears to get behind our manager and help him lead us to title glory, leave the criticising and in house fighting to the dark side.

Looking on to our next game on Sunday, Rangers must not fall victim to the dreaded European hangover and hold on to our lead at the summit of the league. It will be a tough game as it always is when Aberdeen stroll into town, as no matter what form they are in we all know this is one of there four cup final's a season. Although with Steven Naismith back and Aleandjro Bedoya likley to make his debut, I can't see past a Gers win. One thing that has concerned me and will do on Sunday, is the lack of confidence we seem to have playing at Ibrox. Three draws so far isn't the type of form we're used to seeing there, but again I have every confidence the team will find the net soon and the floodgates will open.

I'll finish up with the point behind my title if I haven't already made it clear throughout, it's time the fans started getting behind the team rather than writing us off four league games in. I know last night was hard to swallow but like every good Rangers team have done, we'll stand up dust ourselves down and move on to the next opponent! As of Sunday our aim is to bring title number 55 home, and it's also time we helped Ally through what has been a difficult couple of days and start supporting the best team in the World!

We Are The People.

First Blog

As this is my first blog and I'm just learning the ropes I hope you all go easy on me. I feel after the events of the past week my first post should be about new signings from USA and the stir caused by Mr Carlos Bocanegra. Now not Carlos or Rangers themselves caused this, but a certain club across the other side of the city and there constant hate of everything Rangers did. Nk Maribor picked up on rumours from the dark side that maybe Bocanegra hadn't been properly registered for the 1st leg tie in Slovenia and put in an official complaint to UEFA. Today however, Uefa have said that Rangers have no case to answer and that everything was done according to the rules.


Now Celtic fans, can I ask you what is your motive against Rangers? You are concentrating on everything we do and shout about how p*sh we are. When your own club have won 2 domestic trophies in 2 years and coming of the back of an embarrasing home defeat to St Johnstone, shouldn't you be looking and worrying about matters a little more close to home? This week fans of Celtic have written to UEFA to complain about the same matter involving Bocanegra when they have a tough tie in Switzerland to get through, but again all there focus and effort seems to be towards The Rangers. In some ways you pity them, and it is quite sad. Their own Messiah Neil Lennon is even having a go at them for there abuse at players and says he's sick of it. Anyway my point in this here, is to say to the Celtic fans, you deal with your own house before knocking on the doors of others and come back when you have won or achieved something worth shouting about.


On to Rangers' newest signing Alejandro Bedoya now. When I heard we signed Bocanegra I knew we were getting an established defender as I had seen him play a lot at Fulham. With Bedoya I know very little, I have see some good reviews from American press but never actually seen the lad play. He said this week if he could emulate half of what Claudio Reyna achieved he would be happy. Maybe the fans would to, and I hope he is a hit for us. Now that both players have sealed visa's we might see them on Sunday at Ibrox against Aberdeen, although I would predict Carlos will feature on Thursday against Maribor. That game might come to soon for Bedoya as I don't know how much training he's done, although with Naisy suspended and a depleted squad already he might make the Bench.


Last but not least our other signing from down under Matt McKay is not being so lucky with the required documents and might have to wait another week to make his Rangers debut. Matt is another player I had seen literally nothing of until Australia played Wales a few weeks back. On that game it looked like Mckay was a decent box to box midfielder with a good eye for a pass and hopefully adds an attacking edge to The Rangers and we rid ourselves of this defensive approach we have played the last few years.


To finish of my first post, I'm going to write a bit about Mr Craig Whyte. Over the last few months more and more were beginning to doubt if we had the cash at all, after the Goodwillie saga. What people weren't taking on board I don't think was what Ally and Whyte said at the start, Rangers will not be held ransom over any player and we have our price. Unfortunalety Stephen Thompson at Dundee United tried exactly that. And at the end of the day led us on a wild goose chase as he was never going to sell Goodie to us. In the end he moved to Blackburn Rovers and we moved on. Since then we have got all our first team regulars tied down to contracts and made some tidy additions in between. So in my opinion, opinion after a disappointing defeat to Malmo yes, we've only gone from strength to strength and heres looking forward to Ally making it 4 in a row.