Keith Jackson destroys Michael Beale after ‘busted flush’ decisions at Rangers
Keith Jackon has slammed sacked Rangers manager Michael Beale after his decisions led to a “busted flush” in terms of his tactical decisions and those in the transfer market.
The Daily Record journalist laid into Beale, picking apart his poor spell at Ibrox and ultimately whittling his sacking down to the fact that, while he talks a good game, he struggles to back up his words.
He claims that the lack of any clear strategy or tactical vision under Beale was the main issue of his tenure and that his weakness as soon as the pressure mounted was a sign of his inexperience, comparing him to an apprentice painter and decorator.
Writing in his column for the Daily Record on 2 October, Jackson stated: “When he convinced Bennett to back him to the hilt in the transfer market during the summer, Beale must presumably have managed to make the chairman truly believe that he was a man with a meticulous, carefully considered plan.
“But, four months on, he certainly didn’t look like one. If anything, if such a manifesto ever existed then it was abandoned at the very first sign of trouble and this failure to stick to his guns left Beale looking like a rather feeble, entirely busted flush.
“There was absolutely no sign of clear strategy or even a hint that he knew where he’s going. Or what he was trying to achieve. Which is why a state of blind panic erupted all around him, among a support which was no longer willing to sit on its hands and hope for the best while their house was being trashed by an apprentice painter and decorator.”
A lack of clear direction
Ultimately it was the lack of any clear direction for the club under Beale’s rule that cost him his job. As Jackson says, his unwillingness to stick to his guns led to rushed changes at the first sign of pressure, and that alone should have shown how things would go.
While the former boss could always talk a good game, his words rarely backed up the claims he was making. This applied both in press conferences and as it now appears, in his discussions with the board.
If you could sit and see his side and point to any evidence that showed things would get better, there may have been less cause for concern. But, watching that Rangers team play, it would be a compliment to suggest anybody truly knew what they were doing.
It is now time for the club to move on, and find someone with a direction they want to take the club and a clear plan of how they want to do it. Preferably with some previous experience to show they can.
In other Rangers news, an issue has already emerged in the hunt for a new boss.