Michael Beale was NEVER the real Rangers deal and the radio silence from Steven Gerrard speaks for itself

Michael Beale was never the real deal as Rangers manager.

The Bromley boy could talk the talk but couldn’t walk the walk. The fact the Rangers board saw him as the natural successor to Giovanni van Bronckhorst was alarming. He had a short spell at Queens Park Rangers but what had he done to justify being Rangers manager? He started well at QPR but then went into freefall.

Yes, he might have coached in the academies at Liverpool and Chelsea and been a key component of Steven Gerrard’s backroom team but did that warrant the Rangers job? He was a very lucky man, yet, if you listen to Beale you would think he was up there with Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho. His results and performances certainly didn’t stand up to his claims. Also, when Ross Wilson departed he told everyone he didn’t need a sporting director. He could do the recruitment himself.

He did ... and look what happened. Beale assembled a hotch potch of players with no real structure or style. How many neat and tidy No.10s does one team need?

Will Cyriel Dessers become the regular goal getter that Rangers crave? The only real success has been Jack Butland but how long will he stick around now?

Beale built a squad that looked incapable of challenging Celtic for the title. Yes, he beat them last season but it was a dead rubber. When it really mattered, Beale was bossed by Ange Postecoglou and then Brendan Rodgers.

Beale has always been quick to talk himself and his abilities up. He thought he was bigger and better than he actually is. The fact Gerrard or Gary McAllister have hardly spoken about Beale since he took the Rangers job speaks for himself. People can read between the lines. The Englishman is very much a marmite figure. Love him or hate him and that