The Light Blues boss is staring down a lengthy run of games with an argument to be made that he must win all of them.
A section of the support are wavering on whether to back the boss fully and one more case of domestic dropped points will bring hefty heat, with a style and swagger now needed after getting embroiled in a slog against the Steelmen. They started theircampaign with a win against Real Betis but it was a case of back to the drawing board on Sunday.
Daizen Maeda is the Celtic star Rangers fear most as Chris Sutton compares bargain bucket Olympian to O'Neill's flying machine Last season after losing the first derby of the season, Giovanni van Bronckhorst had a 14-game run between that and the World Cup break thanks to a compact Champions League run. Two draws and a defeat later in the league and he was replaced by the Londoner currently in place.
Beale has 11 games to run on his gauntlet before the November international break, but how kind is the schedule to him over the next 48 days?First up and it's David Martindale's Lions, in what is arguably the biggest match in this phase of games. It won't be seen as the makings of a successful season overall if it's all they win, but Celtic are out of this competition, leaving Rangers with a clear run as favourites to win a trophy last lifted in 2011.
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