Every game is a big game, every fixture is a must-win fixture. Yet some are naturally and obviously more significant – both emotionally and…
Every game is a big game, every fixture is a must-win. Yet some are naturally and obviously more significant – both emotionally and practically – than others at a club where success is rightly demanded as well as expected.
– the return on the investment. For all the talk of refreshes and rebuilds, Rangers have taken as more steps back than strides forward so far this season.Sunday was an afternoon where Rangers looked disjointed, like a team of individuals rather than a coherent side.
Two of the targets in the first stage of the term have been missed. Premiership wins over Livingston and Ross County and a League Cup victory at home to Morton are the thinnest of silver linings, and losing to PSV Eindhoven and Celtic have seen the dark clouds gather over Beale’s head. Beale can be forgiven for not winning the Premiership title last term given the situation that he inherited when he replaced Giovanni van Bronckhorst. But no excuses can be offered for failing to land one of the cups that were on offer as Rangers were futile in their attempts to stop Celtic easing to all three trophies.
It is why results like the one on the opening day of the campaign are greeted with such anger and disbelief. That is the kind of outcome that cost Rangers during Beale’s first stint at Ibrox and he will know that his side have to be all-but point perfect before the next derby on December 30.Park could be described as an anomaly on Beale’s record.
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