Steven Davis says that he has always wanted to manage a football team, but not at this point in his nascent coaching career.
The Rangers midfielder from Northern Ireland was appointed as the team’s temporary manager yesterday night as the organization searches for Michael Beale’s long-term replacement.
Two months into the season, the team had already fallen seven points behind Celtic due to Beale’s poor management of the team.
When the Englishman’s resignation was confirmed, Davis was named as acting boss. Alex Rae, Stevie Smith, Brian Gilmour, and Colin Stewart will be his assistants. Prior to the international break, Rangers had two fixtures against Aris Limassol and St Mirren.
Davis acknowledges that the chance to run the club he played for as a child came as a surprise and earlier than he’d anticipated, but he knew he couldn’t pass it up. Regardless of how long he fills the position, the 38-year-old is committed to producing the outcomes the organization requires.
Davis happily exclaimed, “I feel really honored. “The call surprised me; I definitely wasn’t expecting it. I simply want to make an effort to earn back the club’s confidence by doing my job well.
“Obviously, this is not the situation we would prefer to be in, and we are frustrated with where we are right now. However, I’m eager for the challenge.
It has truly been wild. Late last night, I received a phone message informing me that Michael and his crew were departing. After some discussion, they asked me to join Alex, Steven, and Brian in leading the team.
“I’m thrilled to get the chance. The forthcoming challenge excites me. I have faith in the people in our organization. We are in a predicament since things haven’t gone as we had hoped. But I’m confident that if I and the fans work together to push each other in the same direction, we’ll continue and achieve our goals.
“To be really honest, management is something I have thought about for the future. I didn’t anticipate being given this chance because it
“As you might guess, my phone has been exploding, so I haven’t really had a chance to look at it too much. It’s been a bit of a whirlwind; I didn’t have time to sit back and think about anything because I had to be to the practice field right away this morning in order to start working on the game’s preparation. Although it has been full speed ahead, I am confident I will have the chance.
“Everyone is aware of how much the club means to me, and my strategy will remain the same as it has for me as a player over the course of many years at the club. I’ll do my best, and perhaps that will be sufficient.
When Davis was a player at Rangers and Southampton, he was coached by great coaches including Walter Smith, Steven Gerrard, Mauricio Pochettino, and Ronald Koeman.
The midfielder acknowledges that there is a certain way he prefers to see football played. But in the end, it’s obviously the outcomes that matter. In the interim, Davis is essentially trying to offer that.
“Ultimately, you have to be your own person, but of course, I worked with some incredible managers,” he continued on Rangers TV. It was a wonderful honor, Walter, to play for this club under him for such a long time and to have the relationship I enjoyed with him.
“At Southampton, I had the privilege of playing for great coaches like Pochettino and Ronald Koeman. I also have a very tight contact with Michael O’Neill internationally.
“Over the years, I’ve had the good fortune to play for a number of really excellent managers and learn a lot from them as well. I’ll try to put some of the things they probably showed me into practice, but for the time being, it’s a short-term strategy.
“I just want to make an effort to get the results back to where we want them to be. Me and the rest of the staff will work together to complete it.
“I believe I play football in a particular way that I enjoy, but in the end, you have to produce results. At a team like Rangers, that comes first and foremost, and that’s what’s expected.
“I simply want to try and restore some pride in the way we play and attempt to restore the boys’ confidence. I believe this gang is pretty strong. Every day I observe the level of effort they put forth.
“I have been around it and involved with most of it long enough,
