Northernpilgrim Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 Only 3 games in March and another game where we got FM'd conceding further ground to a rampant Celtic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 April wasn't great either, but we are at least through to the Cup Final, with a chance to land my first Rangers trophy and second place is almost certainly ours Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 Although, following the Celtic debacle, the board have given me an ultimatum. 10 points from 5 games or I'll be sacked. As you can see from April's results, I won the first of those. The remaining games, and May's round-up, will hopefully be posted tonight after I'm back from work, but it might be tomorrow. There isn't much suspense in this thread, but you'll have to wait and see how this one plays out. I have not yet decided what will happen if I lose my job at Rangers, but it is my intention that the save will carry on in some form, and obviously I hope that I'm successful with the points target, although we do face Celtic in that run. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Looks a familar scenario in the Scottish Premiership. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 Well, I survived the 5 game ultimatum, but the results to end the season were not exactly sparkling, as we came up short in a final yet again ending the season miles adrift of champions Celtic, but finishing second yet again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 2 minutes ago, Nobby_McDonald said: Looks a familar scenario in the Scottish Premiership. Absolutely. FM seems to think that Celtic will have the league title to themselves for a long time to come. Celtic are just too good for everybody, they are so dominant it's frightening. But on the positive side, Sevilla went on to claim the Europa League, and the first leg defeat we inflicted was their only European defeat of the entire season. Much work lies ahead to turn this around, and I'm getting a report after every match saying it's my last as Rangers boss. I'm hoping for a major revamp over the summer, and hopefully a tycoon takeover to allow me to have a proper crack at Celtic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 I decided to try a new formation in preseason and results were pretty encouraging Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 The formation change isn't a random decision. Celtic played 4-1-3-2 all last season and cantered to the title. I'm hoping that it will have a similar effect on us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 We've had an incredibly busy start to the season, but sadly the results have been less than incredible and that's reflected in a disappointing League Table Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 We didn't have a massive summer off the pitch, but I did get a few players in only two of them were players not already here on loan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 The draw for the Europa League doesn't look too bad, on paper at least Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 September wasn't great, though it finished with an important win in the Europa League and after back-to-back away league defeats, is the title race already over, with a game at home to Celtic next up? If the league is disappointing, we still have something to fight for in Europe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Celtic look super tough to stop Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 October wasn't good at all, even though it started with a win over Celtic leaving us way off the pace in the League but still in the running in Europe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 35 minutes ago, deltablue said: Celtic look super tough to stop Tell me about it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 November was our first unbeaten month for a while but it wasn't enough to repair the damage to our league position although we've qualified for the Europa League knockout stages again, with a game to spare. Avoid defeat in Gelsenkirchen and we top the group, lose and we're runners up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 December was also an unbeaten month, but the dropped points were a source of frustration, slightly balanced out by a come from behind, 89th minute winner against Celtic which leaves us in the top 4, but some way off surprise leaders Hibs. Secretly hoping for a Hibs title win and Brendan Rogers getting sacked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 January was also unbeaten, but we threw away 2 points conceding a late equaliser to Aberdeen leaving the table like this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 We added two players to the squad in the January window. Wesseltoft for £1.1m from Molde and Grant Hanley for £2.5m from Nice Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 I tried to get rid of a couple of players, but only ended up loaning youngster John Walker to Falkirk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Celtic taking a stronghold on the season again. Have any non league clubs made it up into the league? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 4 minutes ago, Nobby_McDonald said: Celtic taking a stronghold on the season again. Have any non league clubs made it up into the league? Brora and Cove Rangers are both in League 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 How are they doing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 1 minute ago, Nobby_McDonald said: How are they doing? Brora have had three seasons before this one, finished 3rd, 3rd and 8th, and are currently 9th. Cove Rangers have had 2 seasons before this one, finishing 8th and 7th, and are currently 8th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 February wasn't a great month, although we despatched Napoli in Europe though we remain outside the top two that is surely the minimum required, especially as we've had early exits from both cups Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 Just one youth player signed from this year's intake Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 16, 2018 Author Share Posted March 16, 2018 Defeat on aggregate to Everton in Europe, but we won the home leg, and had a perfect league record in March too but we remain third, a point outside the top two Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 16, 2018 Author Share Posted March 16, 2018 The Everton game proved costly in terms of injury though, as we lost Carroll and Herrera, both out for 5-6 months. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 16, 2018 Author Share Posted March 16, 2018 Two wins to take us into the split leaving us in second place with 5 games left Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timetxu Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Celtic dropped 7 points in the last 5 games so... Remuntada! Remuntada! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 The results after the split went well... to start with. So much so, that going into the Aberdeen game, the title was in our own hands. Three wins and it would have been ours. It didn't play out like that so Celtic win again. Losing two of our three main strikers to long term injuries after the transfer window closed was a bitter blow, and we couldn't match Celtic, who won the league after recovering from a wobble of their own Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Each season is beginning to tell a familiar tale. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 Due to the injury crisis and having only two fit strikers, I decided to change formation at the start of preseason, and for the first time I'm using 4-2-3-1 and results have been brilliant, despite a busy preseason with some tough games Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 We have also made a trio of new signings Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidBeckham Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Ben Woodburn \o/ he will score loads for you. Quality signing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 2 hours ago, DavidBeckham said: Ben Woodburn \o/ he will score loads for you. Quality signing I'm hoping so, but we can't afford to sign him permanently. Rangers are still financially screwed, need a takeover to topple Celtic! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 The season didn't start well and the league table looks awful which led to a board meeting at which I was offered the chance to resign or be fired. I quit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 Given this turn of events, and the fact that my failure at Rangers, the second biggest club in Scotland, means I'm unlikely to get a chance at beating Ferguson's Aberdeen trophy haul, I'm going to continue the save, but the objective now is to simply overhaul Alex Ferguson in the World Hall of Fame. Therefore I'm going to take whatever job I can to get a chance to get back to a top flight team in any country and look to start winning stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 I was out of work until October, until I was offered this and the league table on my arrival shows that Championship survival is my first objective Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 I didn't get a win in either of my games in October which hasn't made our plight any easier Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 However, all that changed in November we're out of the relegation zone, and I'm not ruling out a top ten finish, though I think the top 6 might be just out of reach Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 December was another unbeaten month, which was particularly pleasing as we faced 4 away games in a row, winning two and drawing two and we're looking a lot healthier in the league, though I'm sticking to the line that the top half is our target this season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 I think you've taken a detour off your Sir Alex trail. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 January wasn't a fantatic month, but started and ended with a win. We had a man red carded against Birmingham after 75 minutes, whilst winning 1-0, and couldn't hold on, conceding on 80 which is gutting because, if we'd held out, we'd be in the top 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 15 hours ago, Nobby_McDonald said: I think you've taken a detour off your Sir Alex trail. I'm not really sure what the point of your comment is. I was forced to resign from Rangers (ultimatum from board to resign or be sacked, I chose the less destructive option). My purpose at Aston Villa is simply to do well enough to get a chance at a bigger club, move up the pecking order, and win trophies. As I said, it's now about knocking SAF off the top of the HoF, not about winning specific trophies. Hopefully as a result it'll be a long term, enjoyable save. If you're not enjoying following it, don't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 February's results were decent but not spectacular and we end the month in the playoff places that now have to be the target for the season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 Three players will be offered deals from this year's youth intake Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 March was also an up and down month but we remain inside the top 6, just Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 A reasonably good April sees us secure a playoff spot before the last game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 We finished the season with a win claiming 5th place, and a playoff semi final with Middlesbrough Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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