Despite falling further behind Celtic in the race for the championship and hearing jeers from Ibrox supporters, under-fire Michael Beale vowed to continue managing Rangers.
Because Aberdeen defeated his team 3-1 at home, the Englishman is still hanging to his position. After losing three of their first seven league games, Gers are currently seven points behind their Old Firm opponents at the top of the Premiership table. Additionally, Beale must somehow inspire his team before they play St Mirren the following Sunday and a Europa League match in Cyprus on Thursday.
Beale is aware that the Ibrox management, who hired him in November, will decide his fate. But he’s adamant that he’ll battle to turn things around, even though the majority of Ibrox fans have already decided on his future. And he thinks that being jeered off at halftime with the Dons leading 1-0 was harsh on his players. It was a dreadful day, and the outcome was terrible, he added. If we can turn it around will be evident in the upcoming games.
“After a result like that against an opponent in Aberdeen, I don’t want to sit around and hype things up. I couldn’t have predicted the outcome going into the game. We certainly didn’t deserve that result after the first half.
“However, what we now have is inadequate. Am I certain I’ll have enough time to fix it? That’s not my decision; that’s yours. All I can do is keep working as hard as I can.
“I thought our tactical preparation was sufficient. But it’s a truly poor result, and I can sense the fans’ anguish and hopelessness. Because both the staff and the players share that interior.
“Listen, the issue has become much more intense than I anticipated. At halftime, I believed it was unfair to boo the players off.
“We lost a set-play, but we had played well enough to lead by two or three goals. I can understand the supporters’ annoyance because they always watch this team. One or two players could occasionally aid themselves, but sometimes the supporters could help the players more.
having yesterday’s dramatic victory against Motherwell, they currently trail Brendan Rodgers’ team by seven points having already losing to them at Ibrox. Amazingly, Beale was asked if it was still possible to win the championship in October. He also believes that there is yet hope. Other teams have faced a similar situation in the past and emerged victorious, he claimed.
“However, we need to do better than we have been. Our biggest domestic match since Celtic was played today, and we fell short.
“However, we had enough opportunities to win the game in the first half. We actually got off to a great start. We produced three or four significant chances.
You do not take them, and then we defend a set play as badly as we did to enter the halftime score at 1-0. We did not deserve anything because we changed lineups, started the second half, and again gave the ball away from a set play.
“Everyone and the team’s confidence are lowered when you do not take risks. I anticipate us taking those chances. But due to a corner when their player scores uncontested from three yards out, we were down a goal at the half. That is insufficient.
There is not much good news at the moment, but that is the reality of the situation.
Beale’s summer hiring will have been a major factor if he did lose his position. Only Jack Butland has performed at a high level out of the nine new players he brought to the team.
One of his high-profile purchases, striker Cyriel Dessers, who cost £4 million, turned in another subpar performance yesterday and was eventually booed off the field by the home crowd. “Cyriel is not currently enjoying the best phase of his career,” Beale added.
“He twice led Eredivisie scoring and led Conference League scoring for Feyenoord. But he is having trouble in this place. Although it is fair to state that he is now below the level he would like to be, I am confident that with time he will demonstrate his talent.
“The staff and the entire squad are responsible. I do not wish to discuss certain players. This season, we have been like Jekyll and Hyde.
“The issue in our club is that, while we frequently prevail, our conversion rate is not high enough when it comes to crucial occasions. Anxiety results, both on the field and in the stands.
We should not give up three goals at home in a game like this, by any means.
