Dalglish Hits Out At 'Joke' Ashley!

Last updated : 10 February 2015 By Footy Mad - Editor

Ashley's boardroom battles, more short-term loans than Wonga and a caretaker 
boss who looks like he’d rather be strapped into an iron maiden than the Rangers hotseat.

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It has been grim reading – and that was before Kenny McDowall revealed the men in suits upstairs are dictating who gets chucked a starting jersey on matchdays.

The pitiful League Cup defeat to Celtic was bad enough but rolling over to Raith Rovers at the weekend put the tin hat on another God-awful week in Govan.

Caretaker McDowall revealed last week that he’d been told he has to play his Newcastle loan legion when they are fit. Chief executive Derek Llambias later denied it but Dalglish insists there can be no meddling from above if Rangers are to have any hope of salvaging their season by clawing their way out of 
the Championship.

Kenny Dalglish: “When they start picking teams, I would have the right to go and start picking directors.

“I was never ever asked to select or sign someone that I didn’t want to sign 
or select when I was a manager.

“And equally I would hope I never asked someone to do something that their expertise was in, and not mine. That would have been out of order.

“But the Newcastle lads have come in and said that’s not the case. Or they don’t know that’s the case. I don’t know what’s happening but the sooner it gets resolved the easier it will be.

“The position I was in as a manager isn’t relevant to Kenny’s situation. Kenny’s on his 12-month notice period.

“Maybe in the minds of the directors I was on my 12-month notice period but they never actually told me. So it’s different circumstances but I think the manager has to be allowed to manage.

“And if the people who own or run the club start interfering and selecting 
teams, does that allow Kenny the right to interfere in how well the club is being run?

“Each one to their own, I would have thought. It’s best to leave Kenny to his work on the pitch. The only way you can get a game is if you’re good enough.”

It’s a shocking state of affairs at Ibrox but Dalglish just hopes next month’s general meeting in London can start a healing process.