Steven Gerrard and Rangers: a needless punt for such a dysfunctional club | Ewan Murray


The notion that players would be queuing up to play for a Rangers team on Gerrard’s watch is hilariously overplayed

Perhaps Rangers and Steven Gerrard are operating on the basis of shared risk being a minimised one. There is precious little by way of alternative reasoning for this management alliance being recognised as mutually beneficial.

At a time when Rangers desperately need experience, they are in danger of being blinded by a big name and the kind of desperate urge to reannounce themselves as a grand club that is undermined by a string of core details relating to behaviour and performance. Joey Barton was once part of a similar, short-lived, Rangers initiative.

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