00:00Rangers have a new manager, Danny Rose in the door.
00:03Manager at the last, I should say.
00:06Lewis, I guess, before we get into anything, is it a good appointment?
00:13I think it's another risky one, Martin, I do.
00:16I think given his lack of managerial experience, that might be a slight cause for concern.
00:22Obviously, a hugely highly rated coach, given he's held assistant manager roles
00:28at some top clubs, Southampton, Bayern Munich, the German national team,
00:33prior to going into his first managerial position at Sheffield Wednesday,
00:36where he did really well, given the scenario.
00:40The people we've had a chance to speak to, it sounds like he's going to bring
00:44an exciting brand of football to play a lot of high-press, counter-press football.
00:53Again, the question remains, though, will the current group of players
00:57be good enough to carry it out?
00:58They weren't under Russell Martin, who obviously tried a kind of radical approach
01:02that simply seemed destined to fail from the outset,
01:06given that they went after Steven Gerrard and Kevin Muscat,
01:10and were left with an egg on their face.
01:14He's almost under huge scrutiny from the outset.
01:18He knows the demands that he's going into a club of, you know,
01:23the expectation levels are through the roof.
01:26It's simply not good enough that they're not competing with Celtic at this moment in time.
01:30But first things first, you need to drag them away from the bottom half of the table
01:34and try and get them back into the mix at the top end.
01:38You've been doing this job for over 20 years.
01:41You've seen a lot of ownerships in Scottish football,
01:44from Vladimir Romanov at Arts to several at Rangers.
01:49What are your initial early thoughts on this current ownership
01:52and sort of leadership structure that's in place?
01:56Yeah, it's certainly, they haven't covered themselves in glory
01:59in the first few months, you have to be honest.
02:01And I think that's probably where the fans' anger has certainly magnified,
02:08because, or been magnified should I say it,
02:11because they expected a lot more from this group
02:14and the way the direction they take Rangers in
02:16and it hasn't materialised yet.
02:17And there haven't been particularly great signs
02:19that things behind the scenes are going to materialise
02:22and take them in the direction they want to go.
02:24So, yeah, they have a lot of making up to do, I think.
02:29Russell Martin, the Russell Martin appointment
02:30clearly set them back quite a bit.
02:33And I feel sorry for Danny Roller a little bit
02:34because it's not his fault that he's been in this situation.
02:37But, again, he has taken the job
02:39and he must have an idea of what he's signed up for.
02:41So, yeah, the owners have got to,
02:44this has to be a success for them,
02:46otherwise the Rangers fans are going to be
02:47turning against the owners,
02:49never mind some of the people in the club hierarchy.
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