Football Daily | A good start for Rangers before the wet and windy nights of Fitba set in

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!When the white smoke billowed from the Ibrox chimney in June and Russell Martin was revealed as the new manager of Rangers, vast swathes of the club’s fans could scarcely have been more unenthusiastic. Indeed, short of announcing that Pope Leo XV had left his new role at the Vatican and would be taking over after Barry Ferguson’s lengthy spell in caretaker charge, it is difficult to imagine any other appointment prompting more fury. “We’re not oblivious to the noise at all,” harrumphed the Rangers CEO, Patrick Stewart, upon being quizzed about fan reaction to his announcement. “But I think we are confident because we’ve embarked on such a thorough process to take us to this point where we’ve appointed Russell that we’re confident supporters will get behind him.”I was going to be stereotypically Smoggie about Granit Xhaka moving to Sunderland (yesterday’s Football Daily letters), a city so urbane and sophisticated that the National Glass Centre closed down a year or two back, but considering the problems Newcastle seem to be having attracting players to the region, I feel I should thank Mr Xhaka for moving to the north east. The region is beautiful, with a ruggedly handsome coastline and pretty villages that would make those more famous ones down south look like the back end of Reading. I hope, off the back of this signing, we see more players moving to God’s Own Former Mining Country. Sancho and Grealish to Middlesbrough next, please” – (Not that) Andrew Tate.I was interested to read Jim Hearson, regarding the blind trust set up by Evangelos Marinakis (yesterday’s letters). Is that the same blind trust that Granit Xhaka is displaying by being convinced to sign for Sunderland?” – Paul Taverner.As an exiled Exile, living far from Newport (and the UK), it was nice to see a rare mention of County in yesterday’s Football Daily (full email edition). Even nicer to see the picture of the second kit. While not remotely amusing, there is a very interesting story about why this kit looks like Athletic Club’s kit, and indeed why it’s flying off the shelves in (parts of) the Basque Country” – Dave Lloyd.This is an extract from our daily football email … Football Daily. To get the full version, just visit this page and follow the instructions. Continue reading...

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