SIGNS OF TROUBLE FOR LETHARGIC CHAMPIONS
THREE competitive games, three lacklustre displays.
Either Rangers prefer empty stadiums or they haven’t put anywhere near as much effort into readying their squad as they have into milking their punters on the back of ‘55’.
Almost every day brings fresh emails from Ibrox on peculiar items to spend silly money on. Yesterday was home and away kits for babies and an ‘anthem jacket’ — whatever that is — at £95 a pop.
Shame Steven Gerrard can’t get a tune out of his team. You can’t fault Rangers for their ‘Invincible’ league campaign last term, but brushed over was the fact they didn’t turn up for their Europa League last 16 home game with Slavia Prague and crumbled against St Johnstone in the cup.
Seems even Rangers supporters are slowly accepting this side does still carry questions now that the euphoria is wearing off. They remain title favourites, given Celtic’s troubles, but being a good Rangers side is about doubles, trebles and Europe too.
Foul up against Malmo again and fans might be more inclined to ask what they really are getting for all that cash spent on shares, bitcoins, ‘travelwear’, champions walls and a paid-for (naturally!) scheme called MyGers that appears to split them into tiers — and influence who gets away tickets — based on some rather puzzling criteria.
Certainly, more of the same lethargy and Tuesday could get interesting.