Steven Gerrard
Scottish Manager of the year

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3 matches to get into Europa League Group stages ✔️

Lincoln Red Imps 🇬🇮 ✔️
Willem II 🇳🇱 ✔️
Galatasaraay 🇹🇷 ✔️

Brings in £10-£20 million of revenue to the club ✔️

Drags Scotland’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 co efficient up massively ✔️
6 Europa League Group Stage Matches

Benfica 🇵🇹 ✔️
Lech Poznan 🇵🇱 ✔️
Standard Liege 🇧🇪 ✔️

Unbeaten ✔️
Qualification to last 32 ✔️

Generates £10 million of prize money from success ✔️

Drags Scotland’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 co efficient up after NINE unbeaten European matches ✔️
Wins against

Motherwell at Fir Park ✔️
Kilmarnock at Rugby Park ✔️
Ross County at Dingwall ✔️
Dundee Utd at Tannadice ✔️

Every away game above won 3 days or less off the back of a Thursday night Europa League Group Stage Match ✔️
Opening day league victory a team Pittodrie against 🐑 1-0 ✔️

Winning New Year Old Firm game 1-0 ✔️

1 week later another victory at Pittodrie away to the 🐑 2-1 ✔️

After January 2019 and 2020 Rangers and Gerrard were accused of bottling it

6 points from 6 2021 ✔️
January 2021

Celtic at Ibrox ✔️
🐑 at Pittodrie ✔️
Motherwell at Fir Park ✔️
Hibs at Easter Road ✔️

10 points from 12 in a month where Rangers would “bottle it”
Unbeaten ✔️
Europa League Last 32

Royal Antwerp 🇧🇪 beaten 9-5 on agg by Rangers ✔️

Rangers qualify for last 16 of a Major European competition whilst still remaining undefeated in Europe and the SPFL ✔️

Rangers travel to The Tony Macaroni Stadium and collect 3 points a week later✔️
Rangers win 3 from 4 OF matches in the biggest season for both clubs for 25 years ✔️
No pressure eh 🤔

A squad of 25 players with only Allan McGregor and Steven Davis having “won anything” and serial bottlers win the league on the 7th March ✔️

League won before the split ✔️
Remains unbeaten in 2 OF league Games after league has been won, one game away at CP 3 days after a last 16 Europa League match ✔️

Concede 1 goal in 5 matches against a club that had just “won” the previous 12 domestic trophies✔️
Opening 7 SPL matches, 7 clean sheets ✔️

24 clean sheets from 36 league matches ✔️

13 goals conceded in 36 league matches ✔️
13 Europa League Games
7 wins
5 draws
1 defeat

36 Scottish Premiership Games
30 wins
6 draws
0 defeats

5 Domestic Cup matches
3 wins
1 defeat in injury time
1 defeat on penalties

54 matches
51 games unbeaten
To summarise

Steven Gerrard - Rangers 2020/21

Wins Scottish League for first time in a decade ✔️

Last 16 of Europe ✔️

Champions League opportunity for Rangers first time in a decade✔️

Generates £25/£30 million from Europa League success ✔️

Unbeaten in 51 of 54 matches ✔️
In this season of all seasons

When he was called a bottler, with a serial loser for a captain, with a squad containing 2 players that had ever won a league etc etc

To win a league in March, unbeaten, 23 points ahead against proven winners

There can be no argument.
Steven Gerrard - Simply The Best

🏆 Manager Of the Year

Have you ever seen Gerrard win the league 🤔

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