Stuart McCall has endured a tricky start to spell as Rangers manager.
Rangers have limped to draws against Livingston and Alloa.
McCall joked that everybody would be dropped if his friends had their way.

Write an article based on these highlights.
Stuart McCall's nearest and dearest knew what his reaction would be in the event of Rangers calling. Drop everything. Now 10 days into the job and confronted by his third and most difficult match, a barrage of advice from those friends and family has landed. Drop everyone. Two dismal draws against relegation candidates Livingston and Alloa, stretching the winless run to five matches, has damned the playing provision at Ibrox now operating under their third manager of a sorry season that McCall was hired to rescue. He has not been short of suggestions aimed at helping him carry out that brief picked up from Kenny McDowall. ‘I’ve got family and a lot of friends who are Rangers supporters and, if it was up to them, they wouldn’t have a team out there because everyone would be dropped,’ said McCall. ‘If you speak to supporters, they are so frustrated and disappointed. Stuart McCall has encountered a tricky start to his spell as Rangers manager. ‘You speak to one fan who wouldn’t have him in, and another who wouldn’t have him in, and so on. Kenny tried all different permutations up front with our five strikers. It’s the same with the backline and the midfield. ‘People have said it to me: “I wouldn’t have him, him or him in the team”. But that would leave us with about two players and I can’t flood the team with youngsters. My job is to get the best formula — a winning formula. We’ve got time to do it and it’s what I’m striving to do.’ The emergency work on a squad ravaged by a confidence slump is required for many reasons and some can be traced back to the recruitment — on bumper contracts — of several top-flight players who have failed to live up to being Rangers players even at a lower level. But McCall believes that a more recent explanation for the disarray in his inheritance, which includes four unfit Newcastle loan men, is that their direct competitors for promotion — and today’s opponents Hibernian — were able to be clever in January. Rangers, meanwhile, were chaotic. Hibs have won their past seven games in all competitions since deadline day, reached the Scottish Cup semi-final and are now unbeaten in 15 matches — a streak of results that stuttering Rangers have at no stage looked capable of stringing together. McCall joked that if his family and friends had their way that everybody would be dropped. McCall noted: ‘The key thing for them was the January transfer window when they managed to keep their best young player, Scott Allan, while we had to sell Lewis Macleod, who was ours. On top of that, they were able to add five players. ‘I remember saying to Alan Stubbs at the time what a great piece of business it was to bring in Keith Watson from Dundee United because he’s a really solid Premiership player. Fraser Fyvie, Tomas Cerny, Franck Dja Djedje and Martin Boyle have really strengthened their squad. ‘While they were doing that, Rangers brought in five players from Newcastle and only one of them has been able to play a part. Alan had a clean sweep of his playing staff last summer. It took them time to gel but right now they have energy and confidence and they are hungry as well. So this will be a big challenge for us.’ McCall dug into the reserve reaches of the squad to promote the impressive 18-year-old Tom Walsh. A dozen years his elder, Dean Shiels completed a game for only the second time this season. As McCall seeks that winning formula, he has a frustrated and often frustrating figure offering to be an intriguing ingredient today on a return to Easter Road. ‘I spoke to Dean before we picked him for the Alloa game,’ said McCall. ‘I don’ t know why he’s only had four starts this season. Obviously, there are reasons and Dean will be a big part of that. But he did well the other night for a rare 90 minutes. ‘Everyone is in the same boat — when you get an opportunity, you have to grab it. You’ve got to show that you want to be out there, in training and games. New boss McCall takes charge of a Rangers training session. ‘I know there are players here who want to be in my team. It’s OK being willing and wanting to do it. But there’s a big difference between that and actually producing. ‘Next season, Rangers need young, hungry players. Of course, you need to balance it with experience. But I’d like to have energy and vibrance in the team next season.’ Darren McGregor, having met the appearance stipulations on his contract, will be back for another season. He can bid to be as energetic and vibrant as McCall wishes but it is defensive fortitude that the boyhood Hibernian supporter will be determined to bring today to a Rangers team that have lost their past three to the capital club. The 29-year-old has filled in at right-back — rather than his favoured centre-half slot — too often this season but refuses to blame that adjustment for personal form that he admits has fallen below standard. ‘I’ve been disappointed with how I’ve played,’ conceded McGregor. ‘I need to take accountability as a defender. Rangers have limped to unconvincing draws against Livingston and Alloa under McCall. ‘We’ve conceded too many goals. I’ve played the majority of our games, so I need to say that I could have done better in certain aspects. ‘Everyone knows that I’m not a natural right-back. But I’d rather play in that position than be in the stand. ‘To be fair to the previous manager and this manager, their hands have been forced a bit of the time because of injuries. ‘But I can’t keep going over old ground. The nine games coming up are the most important of the season. I’m looking at this period as a sort of mini-league in itself. ‘It will be time for reflection, finger-pointing and talking about where it went wrong in the summer. But we have to be positive and think that, as long as we get up, in years to come that will be forgotten about. ‘I want my first season at Rangers to be capped with promotion. I don’t want it to be a failure, which it currently is. ‘To come back next season as a Premiership player would be special. We all know what the fans expect and the prestige of playing for this club. We’ve fallen short of that this year but, if we can get up, it will put some light on an otherwise dark season.’
Stuart McCall har uthärdat en knepig början att stava som Rangers manager. Rangers har haltat för att dra mot Livingston och Alloa. McCall skojade om att alla skulle släppas om hans vänner fick som de ville. Skriv en artikel baserad på dessa höjdpunkter.
Stuart McCall has endured a tricky start to spell as Rangers manager. The Rangers have limped to pull against Livingston and Alloa. McCall was joking about everyone being released if his friends got their way. Write an article based on these highlights.
Stuart McCalls närmaste och käraste visste vad hans reaktion skulle bli om Rangers ringde. Släpp allt. Nu har tio dagar kommit in på jobbet och konfronterats med sin tredje och svåraste match, en spärreld av råd från dessa vänner och familj har landat. Släpp alla. Två nedslående dragningar mot nedflyttningskandidaterna Livingston och Alloa, som tänjer på den vinstlösa löpningen till fem matcher, har fördömt spelprovisionen på Ibrox som nu opererar under deras tredje manager av en sorglig säsong som McCall anlitades för att rädda. Han har inte saknat förslag som syftar till att hjälpa honom att genomföra den där kortleken som hämtats från Kenny McDowall. "Jag har familj och en hel del vänner som är Rangers supporters och, om det var upp till dem, de skulle inte ha ett lag där ute eftersom alla skulle släppas," sade McCall. – Om du talar med supportrar blir de så frustrerade och besvikna. Stuart McCall har stött på en knepig start på sin förtrollning som Rangers manager. — Du talar med en fan, som inte ville ha honom i, och en annan, som inte ville ha honom i, och så vidare. Kenny försökte alla olika permutationer på framsidan med våra fem anfallare. Det är samma sak med backlinjen och mittfältet. "Folk har sagt det till mig: "Jag skulle inte ha honom, han eller han i laget". Men det skulle lämna oss med ungefär två spelare och jag kan inte översvämma laget med ungdomar. Mitt jobb är att få den bästa formeln — en vinnande formel. Vi har tid att göra det och det är vad jag strävar efter att göra.’ Nödarbetet på en trupp som härjas av en förtroende svacka krävs av många skäl och vissa kan spåras tillbaka till rekryteringen - på stötfångare kontrakt - av flera topp-flight spelare som har misslyckats med att leva upp till att vara Rangers spelare även på en lägre nivå. Men McCall menar att en nyare förklaring till osämjan i hans arv, som innefattar fyra olämpliga Newcastlelånemän, är att deras direkta konkurrenter till befordran — och dagens motståndare Hibernian — kunde vara smarta i januari. Rangers, under tiden, var kaotiska. Hibs har vunnit sina senaste sju matcher i alla tävlingar sedan deadline dag, nått Scottish Cup semifinal och är nu oslagbar i 15 matcher — en strimma av resultat som stammande Rangers har i inget skede sett kapabel att snöra ihop. McCall skämtade om att om hans familj och vänner fick som de ville skulle alla släppas. McCall konstaterade: ”Det viktigaste för dem var januarifönstret när de lyckades behålla sin bästa unga spelare, Scott Allan, medan vi var tvungna att sälja Lewis Macleod, som var vår. Dessutom kunde de lägga till fem spelare. "Jag minns att jag sa till Alan Stubbs på den tiden vilken stor del av affärer det var att ta in Keith Watson från Dundee United eftersom han är en riktigt solid Premiership spelare. Fraser Fyvie, Tomas Cerny, Franck Dja Djedje och Martin Boyle har verkligen förstärkt sin trupp. "Medan de gjorde det, Rangers tog in fem spelare från Newcastle och bara en av dem har kunnat spela en roll. Alan hade en ren svepning av sin spelande personal förra sommaren. Det tog dem tid att gela men just nu har de energi och självförtroende och de är hungriga också. Så detta kommer att bli en stor utmaning för oss.’ McCall grävde i reservräckena i truppen för att främja den imponerande 18-åriga Tom Walsh. Ett dussin år hans ålderman, Dean Shiels avslutade en match för bara andra gången denna säsong. När McCall söker denna vinnande formel, har han en frustrerad och ofta frustrerande figur erbjudande att vara en spännande ingrediens idag på en återgång till påskvägen. — Jag talade med Dean innan vi valde honom till Alloa-matchen, sade McCall. "Jag vet inte varför han bara har haft fyra starter den här säsongen. Uppenbarligen finns det skäl och Dean kommer att vara en stor del av det. Men han gjorde bra ifrån sig härom kvällen i en sällsynt 90 minuter. — Var och en är i samma båt — när man får tillfälle, måste man ta tag i den. Du måste visa att du vill vara där ute, i träning och spel. Den nya chefen McCall tar hand om en Rangers-träning. "Jag vet att det finns spelare här som vill vara i mitt lag. Det är okej att vara villig och vill göra det. Men det är en stor skillnad mellan att och faktiskt producera. ”Nästa säsong behöver Rangers unga, hungriga spelare. Naturligtvis måste du balansera det med erfarenhet. Men jag skulle vilja ha energi och livskraft i laget nästa säsong. "Darren McGregor, efter att ha träffat utseendet bestämmelser på sitt kontrakt, kommer att vara tillbaka för en annan säsong. Han kan bjuda på att vara så energisk och livfull som McCall önskar men det är defensiv styrka som pojkskapet Hibernian supporter kommer att vara fast besluten att idag föra till ett Rangers-lag som har förlorat sina tidigare tre till huvudstadsklubben. Den 29-årige har fyllt i på högerback — snarare än hans favorit center-halva slot — alltför ofta denna säsong men vägrar att skylla på den justering för personlig form som han erkänner har sjunkit under standard. "Jag har varit besviken på hur jag har spelat," medgav McGregor. – Jag måste ta ansvar som försvarare. Rangers har haltat till föga övertygande dragningar mot Livingston och Alloa under McCall. – Vi har medgett för många mål. Jag har spelat majoriteten av våra spel, så jag måste säga att jag kunde ha gjort bättre i vissa aspekter. – Alla vet att jag inte är en naturlig högerback. Men jag skulle hellre spela i den positionen än att vara i montern. – För att vara rättvis mot den tidigare chefen och den här chefen har deras händer tvingats en bit av tiden på grund av skador. — Men jag kan inte fortsätta att gå över gammal mark. De nio matcher som kommer upp är säsongens viktigaste. Jag ser på den här perioden som en sorts mini-league i sig. – Det blir dags för eftertanke, fingerpekande och prat om var det gick fel på sommaren. Men vi måste vara positiva och tänka att så länge vi reser oss, kommer det att glömmas bort under de kommande åren. "Jag vill att min första säsong på Rangers ska vara övertäckt med befordran. Jag vill inte att det ska vara ett misslyckande, vilket det för närvarande är. ”Att komma tillbaka nästa säsong som Premiership-spelare skulle vara speciellt. Vi vet alla vad fansen förväntar sig och prestigen av att spela för denna klubb. Vi har inte kommit till det i år, men om vi kan komma upp, kommer det att sätta lite ljus på en annars mörk årstid.
Stuart McCall's closest and dearest knew what his reaction would be if the Rangers called. Let go of everything. Now ten days have entered work and been confronted with their third and hardest game, a barrage of advice from these friends and family has landed. Let go of everyone. Two disappointing draws against relegation candidates Livingston and Alloa, who stretch the winless run to five games, have condemned the game commission at Ibrox now operating under their third manager of a sad season hired by McCall to save. He has not lacked proposals aimed at helping him implement that deck of cards taken from Kenny McDowall. "I have family and a lot of friends who are Rangers supporters and, if it were up to them, they wouldn't have a team out there because everyone would be released," said McCall. “If you talk to supporters, they become so frustrated and disappointed. Stuart McCall has encountered a tricky start to his spell as Rangers manager. — You talk to a fan, who didn’t want him in, and another, who didn’t want him in, and so on. Kenny tried all the different permutations on the front with our five strikers. It's the same with the reverse line and the midfield. "People have said it to me: "I wouldn't have him, him or him on the team". But that would leave us with about two players and I can't flood the team with kids. My job is to get the best formula — a winning formula. We have time to do that and that’s what I’m striving to do.’ Emergency work on a squad ravaged by a trust slump is required for many reasons and some can be traced back to the recruitment – on bumper contracts – of several top-flight players who have failed to live up to being Rangers players even at a lower level. However, McCall believes that a newer explanation for the discord in his legacy, which includes four inappropriate Newcastle lenders, is that their direct competitors for promotion — and today’s opponent Hibernian — could be smart in January. Rangers, meanwhile, were chaotic. The Hibs have won their last seven games in all competitions since the deadline day, reached the Scottish Cup semi-final and are now unbeaten in 15 games — a streak of results that stuttering Rangers have at no stage seen capable of stringing together. McCall joked that if his family and friends got what they wanted, everyone would be released. McCall noted: “The most important thing for them was the January window when they managed to keep their best young player, Scott Allan, while we had to sell Lewis Macleod, who was ours. In addition, they were able to add five players. "I remember telling Alan Stubbs at the time what a big part of business it was to bring in Keith Watson from Dundee United because he is a really solid Premiership player. Fraser Fyvie, Tomas Cerny, Franck Dja Djedje and Martin Boyle have indeed reinforced their squad. “While they did, the Rangers brought in five players from Newcastle and only one of them has been able to play a role. Alan had a clean sweep of his gambling staff last summer. It took them time to gel but right now they have energy and confidence and they are hungry too. So this is going to be a big challenge for us.’ McCall dug into the reserve railings of the squad to promote the impressive 18-year-old Tom Walsh. A dozen years his alderman, Dean Shiels finished a game for just the second time this season. When McCall seeks this winning formula, he has a frustrated and often frustrating figure offer to be an exciting ingredient today on a return to the Easter Road. “I spoke to Dean before we chose him for the Alloa game,” McCall said. "I don't know why he's only had four starts this season. Obviously there are reasons and Dean will be a big part of it. But he did well the other night for a rare 90 minutes. — Everyone is in the same boat — when you get the opportunity, you have to grab it. You have to show that you want to be out there, in training and games. The new boss McCall takes care of a Rangers training. “I know there are players here who want to be on my team. It's okay to be willing and want to do it. But there is a big difference between producing and actually producing. “Next season, the Rangers need young, hungry players. Of course you have to balance it with experience. But I’d like energy and vitality on the team next season.” Darren McGregor, after hitting the appearance provisions of his contract, will be back for another season. He can offer to be as energetic and vibrant as McCall wishes but it is defensive strength that the boyhood of Hibernian supporters will be determined to bring today to a Rangers team that has lost their previous three to the capital club. The 29-year-old has filled in on right-back — rather than his favorite center-half slot — too often this season but refuses to blame the adjustment for personal form that he admits has dropped below standard. "I've been disappointed with how I've played," admitted McGregor. I have to take responsibility as a defender. The Rangers have limped to unconvincing draws against Livingston and Alloa under McCall. “We have conceded too many goals. I have played the majority of our games, so I must say that I could have done better in some aspects. Everyone knows I'm not a natural right-back. But I'd rather play in that position than be in the booth. “To be fair to the former boss and this boss, their hands have been forced a bit of time due to injuries. “But I can’t keep going over old land. The nine games coming up are the most important of the season. I look at this period as a kind of mini-league in itself. “It will be time for reflection, finger pointing and talk about where things went wrong in the summer. But we have to be positive and think that as long as we get up, it will be forgotten in the coming years. "I want my first season at the Rangers to be covered with promotion. I do not want it to be a failure, as it is at present. “To come back next season as a Premiership player would be special. We all know what fans expect and the prestige of playing for this club. We haven't come to that this year, but if we can get up, it'll put some light on an otherwise dark season.