{"id":92,"date":"2026-03-26T16:17:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/2026\/03\/26\/ally-mccoist-slapped-down-by-sam-allardyce-as-rangers-legend-told-shut-your-mouth-over-arsenal-take\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T16:17:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:17:13","slug":"ally-mccoist-slapped-down-by-sam-allardyce-as-rangers-legend-told-shut-your-mouth-over-arsenal-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/?p=92","title":{"rendered":"Ally McCoist slapped down by Sam Allardyce as Rangers legend told &#8216;shut your mouth&#8217; over Arsenal take"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_435ad3\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Gunners gaffer Mikel Arteta opted to stick with second choice keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque\" data-testid=\"byline-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline_author-badge-date-wrapper__Q7jj1\">\n<p><span class=\"\" data-testid=\"byline-publishedDate\">14:03, 26 Mar 2026<\/span><span class=\"ArticleTimestamp_updated-date__7qD4Q ArticleTimestamp_updated-date-with-published__iFKpF\" data-testid=\"byline-updatedDate\">Updated 14:05, 26 Mar 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36927804\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk\/article36927804.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_Screenshot-2026-03-26-at-134041.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk\/article36927804.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/0_Screenshot-2026-03-26-at-134041.png 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk\/article36927804.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_Screenshot-2026-03-26-at-134041.png 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk\/article36927804.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_Screenshot-2026-03-26-at-134041.png 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Former England, Newcastle and Everton boss Sam Allardyce\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Former England, Newcastle and Everton boss Sam Allardyce<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Rangers legend Ally McCoist was told to \u201cshut your mouth\u201d over criticism of Mikel Arteta not to pick his first choice Arsenal keeper for their Carabao Cup final defeat to Manchester City at Wembley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Arteta stuck with Cup keeper <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"\/>Kepa Arrizabalaga in the Carabao Cup final but he made a blunder to let in the opening goal against their rivals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Ibrox icon McCoist was among those who debated the decision of former Rangers midfielder and Gunners boss Arteta not to start with No. 1 David Raya in search of a first piece of silverware in six years<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">McCoist discussed the situation with Arsenal legend Ray Parlour, who reckoned Arteta was right to play Kepa, on talkSPORT radio earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">But ex England boss Allardyce said on the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HJXCeZfiyG8\" rel=\"nofollow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">No Tippy Tappy Football podcast<\/a>: \u201cDon\u2019t talk about that rubbish! It\u2019s not worth talking about. What about your end (City), putting your other goalie in? It\u2019s all c**p!<\/p>\n<div class=\"HtmlEmbed_container__x6svQ\">\n<figure data-testid=\"embed-placeholder\" class=\"EmbedPlaceholder_figure__NLMFl undefined false\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" viewbox=\"0 0 90 90\" fill=\"none\" data-testid=\"consent-placeholder-icon\"><g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_10846_5865)\"><circle opacity=\"0.16\" cx=\"45\" cy=\"45\" r=\"33.75\" fill=\"var(--color-sem-icon-neutral-default)\"\/><path d=\"M21.1351 21.1351C15.0276 27.2427 11.25 35.6802 11.25 45C11.25 63.6396 26.3604 78.75 45 78.75C54.3198 78.75 62.7573 74.9724 68.8649 68.8649M21.1351 21.1351C27.2427 15.0276 35.6802 11.25 45 11.25C63.6396 11.25 78.75 26.3604 78.75 45C78.75 54.3198 74.9724 62.7573 68.8649 68.8649M21.1351 21.1351L68.8649 68.8649\" stroke=\"var(--color-sem-icon-neutral-default)\" stroke-width=\"7.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/g><defs><clippath id=\"clip0_10846_5865\"><rect width=\"90\" height=\"90\" fill=\"white\"\/><\/clippath><\/defs><\/svg><figcaption>Content cannot be displayed without consent<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cJust because he made a mistake, they\u2019re all going on about it. I was listening to Ally McCoist. I thought better of Ally, who has been a manager at Rangers for all those years. He was saying, \u2018what are they doing playing the second goalkeeper,\u2019 and all that c\u2013p.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cShut your mouth, Ally and all you lot. He\u2019s done it all the way through and got them to the final. Yeah, he made a mistake, but who\u2019s to say that if you had put your number one goalie in, he wouldn\u2019t have made the mistake?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><em><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get more Daily Record exclusives by signing up for free to Google\u2019s preferred sources<\/strong><\/em>. <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><em>Click HERE.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><em>Tune in to Hotline Live every Sunday to Thursday and have your say on the biggest issues in Scottish football and listen to Record Sport&#8217;s newest podcast, <a aria-label=\"Game OnLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/GameOnListen\" rel=\"nofollow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Game On<\/a>every Friday for your sporting fix, all in bitesize chunks.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gunners gaffer Mikel Arteta opted to stick with second choice keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga 14:03, 26 Mar 2026Updated 14:05, 26 Mar 2026 Former England, Newcastle and Everton boss Sam Allardyce Rangers legend Ally McCoist was told to \u201cshut your mouth\u201d over criticism of Mikel Arteta not to pick his first choice Arsenal keeper for their Carabao [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/93"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}