Kenny Miller: Rangers boardroom must remain calm and give Giovanni van Bronckhorst time
Kenny Miller has urged for calm heads in the Rangers boardroom and feels that Giovanni van Bronckhorst needs to be given time to succeed at Ibrox.
The Gers qualifying for the Champions League now seems a distant memory after two harrowing 4-0 defeats to Celtic and Ajax over the past week.
However, Miller feels that the Rangers boss must be given the sort of time that his predecessor Steven Gerrard was allowed during his time in Glasgow.
Talking to the Daily Record [11 September], Miller said: “The Rangers board have to be calm now. The biggest positive about the whole Gerrard reign at Ibrox was stability and continuity
“They stuck with him, despite the fact he didn’t win anything for two years. That patience and faith they showed in him led to 55.”
He added: “Gio has come in and in his first year won a Scottish Cup and reached a European final, so he deserves time. Of course, there has to be a drastic improvement in current performances.
“But as long as the board believe that he’s the right man for the job, he needs time and stability. He needs the chance to get a bigger tune out of these players.”
Time is required
Chopping and changing managers constantly is not a long-term solution for any football club and can often lead to discontent and poor results in the long run.
Sticking by a manager and supporting his long-term vision is the best way for long-term success and Rangers’ board must keep that in mind should results continue to be disappointing.
The transfer window has only just slammed shut so relieving a manager of his duties doesn’t feel like the most sensible decision to make.
Van Bronckhorst is still integrating a lot of his new arrivals into first-team proceedings and they must be given time to adapt to life in Scotland.
Joe Aribo and Calvin Bassey both took time to get used to playing in a Rangers shirt before eventually going on to be the club’s two key men last year.
Time is everything in football and these players and van Bronckhorst have to be given the chance to put right this poor week of results.
The extended break could well be a good thing for the Dutchman, with there now being more time to assess what has gone wrong for Rangers in the early weeks of the 2021/22 season.
In other Rangers news, the BBC never seem to learn their lessons as they persist with their embarrassing anti-Rangers agenda.