During his tenure as Rangers manager between 2001-2006, Alex McLeish guided the club to a lot of major honours, actually winning as many trophies as the much-heralded Martin O'Neill did at Celtic. That's an achievement which deserves praise, because O'Neill crafted strong teams, but McLeish simply had his number over the piece during head-to-head-collisions. Sadly, the man's signing policy didn't really reflect that. Rangers were going through a strange period under his stewardship, the riches afforded to his predecessor, Dick Advocaat were definitely not handed to McLeish. Instead of having millions to spend on lavish talent who could sew up the Scottish League title, Alex had to make do and mend with a hodge-podge of free transfers and bargain basement signings. Amongst those was Egil ˜stenstad, a man who really should have covered himself in more glory during his stay at the club. Only managing 11 appearances and 2 goals (both in cup competition), the big Norwegian may have been a free transfer from Blackburn Rovers, but he still commanded a Premier League wage, making him a colossal waste of time, money and effort.
Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.
