THE GERRARD EFFECT
It's the 25th April 2018, I've just started my shift at work and my boss, a Sunderland fan, says to me "Steven Gerrard eh?". "No chance. People are just linking him with the job because Dave King was at the Liverpool game. People forget Dave King likes Liverpool though. There's no way we go for someone untested!" I reply, perhaps a little too quickly. Fast forward to May 4th and it's confirmed Steven Gerrard will be the 18th Manager of Rangers F.C (I'm only including permanent managers here, not double counting Jock Wallace and Sir Walter, and including Stuart McCall & Graeme Murty as both will tell you their contract said Manager, not caretaker Manager). To say I'm not exactly sold on the appointment at first is an understatement. I was very aware of how great a player he was. How could you not be, the man was absolute world class, and if not for him Liverpool would never have attracted some of the stars like Fernando Torres and Luis ...