Rangers pressure increased on Michael Beale internally at Ibrox amid ‘nuclear fallout’
Michael Beale is facing increased pressure at Rangers following a “nuclear fallout” after the defeat to Kilmarnock, according to Gary Keown.
On pages 92 and 93 of the Scottish Daily Mail’s print edition on 13 August, the journalist said CEO James Bisgrove turned up the heat on the Gers boss when he stated after the defeat to Killie that the board have “really backed the manager” with their investment this summer.
The Rangers chief made it clear the club want to be competing in the Champions League and Keown suggested those comments became public in the “midst of the nuclear fallout” from the “atrocious season-opening defeat at Kilmarnock”.
Unenviable position
While being the boss of Rangers is an honour due to the size and stature of the club, it is a rather unenviable position to hold at times and right now is one of those occasions.
There is so much pressure to achieve instant success because of what has gone before, but Rome wasn’t built in a day and things do take time to get everything in place.
Although the opening-day defeat and performance at Kilmarnock was completely unacceptable, the last thing Beale needs is the CEO to come out and talk about how much money he’s been given.
The Gers boss knows the job comes with pressure and that you need to win almost every week, but sometimes maybe a bit of public support from upstairs can go further than turning up the heat.
Since the defeat to Killie, the club have recorded back-to-back wins and comfortably swept aside Livingston on Saturday (12 August) as some of the new signings got on the scoresheet, so it’s maybe time for the CEO to just take a step back and give Beale a bit of time to get things moving in the right direction.
In other Rangers news, the Gers boss has responded to reports linking a player with a move away from the club.