Graeme Souness's return to Ibrox can aid Rangers - but it won't be enough to catch Celtic.
New Rangers signing Trevor Francis, right, is welcome to Ibrox by manager Graeme Souness, centre, and chairman David Holmes, leftTHE internet, social media in particular, can be pretty poisonous at times. But there are also occasions when the worldwide web can lift your spirits no end. Every now and again, it can be downright comedy gold.fans, a group not exactly renowned for their levity, cause you to laugh out loud once in a blue moon.
One misty-eyed fan commented: “If only we had a chairman with the ambition to go out and sign the England captain and England goalkeeper now!” Ambition? Seriously? Ambition had absolutely nothing to do with it. Football is a completely different sport in the modern era. Holmes and Souness benefitted from the ban on English clubs in Europe that was imposed by UEFA following the Heysel Disaster as well as the fact that both the transfer fees and the salaries being paid by their counterparts down south at the time were not, as is very much the case now, significantly greater.
“It’s a terrific move,” he said. “You have to have people within the football club who understand the DNA of the football club. Supporters also feel comfortable with people who they know. That is very important. Graeme is an intelligent football man.” His presence should ensure the current board members are spared the sort of abuse they suffered during the 2022/23 season. Banners of then chief executive Stewart Robertson and former sporting director Ross Wilson were unfurled in the stands as they bombed in Europe and failed to lift a trophy in Scotland. Both men departed not long afterwards.
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