Rangers owner Andrew Cavenagh addressed the media prior to Danny Rohl being introduced as manager at Ibrox today.
Here's every word he said.
Thank you for your continued interest in this great football club. We look forward to introducing you today to Danny Rohl. When we became a part of this club this summer, we talked about two things, winning and winning sustainably. And four months later, it has obviously not gone as we envisioned.
We did not expect it to be easy, but we also didn't expect to be where we are today. Part of that was the decision we made over the summer to appoint Russell as the head coach. It did not go as planned. Russell is a good guy. He worked tirelessly.
He wanted desperately to win and I wish him well, but it didn't work. If something doesn't work, I think there are three things that you need to do. You need to acknowledge it.
You need to own it, which I believe that we have done. You need to rectify it, and today is a big part of that. And with that, we are happy to have Danny here as our head coach.
I think Danny will be incredibly successful here at Rangers, and I think that for three reasons. The first is that we were incredibly impressed by his ability to take tactics and actually make them happen on the pitch. I think a lot of people talk about tactics, but you have to actually deliver them on the field, and we are very confident that Danny can do that.
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The second thing is man management. I think Danny will bring out the best of every one of our players, and that we will soon see the best version of each of them. And the third is that, well, this organisation.
I think he gets it and has the ability to create a bond with our supporters, which is so important. He knows that winning is the only option. Winning has to happen right away, and he knows he has to create that bond with our supporters.
He is confident, he is technical, and I think he will probably hide it from you a little bit over the next 24 hours, but he also has a little bit of an edge, and I think that will serve him well. We remain incredibly optimistic about this football club. We still have everything in front of us to play for this year.
I think we have yet to see the best of our squad, and I look forward to seeing what Danny can bring out of them. When we joined this organisation, this club became a part of this family. We said that one of the things that drew us to it were the supporters, and that has not changed at all.
We know that they have been disappointed. We recognise that. Everybody at the club is going to work tirelessly to get us back to what everyone so desperately wants, which is winning football matches.
So with that, Danny, welcome to Rangers Football Club.
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