Falling further

[Danny 9]

After the fair praise the side received for a fighting and passionate victory over Aberdeen, they were strongly berated for an abject display in Inverness in which three points were conceded along with all the good work previously carried out.

It stood to reason, then, that the subsequent home game against St Mirren was a real test of the Ibrox men; the pressure was on to prove the good run hadn’t been some kind of brief fluke, and that a corner truly had been turned with the ICT result a blip.

Witness then the worst display at Ibrox this season, and a serious contender for worst display in the modern age against a Buddies’ side languishing second from bottom in the league.

This was a performance which plummeted new depths of tragedy, and left a feeling of pitiful despair among the fans. Not even the normally magnificent Ferguson could lift himself or his side to even one level higher enough to conceive a decent display and result over the Paisley minnows.

What was provided at Ibrox was beyond abject, and when Brittain scored on 14 minutes it was a clear sign that the shambles in the Highlands wasn’t going to be corrected today. Boyd did fire in a headed equaliser, but it only papered over the cracks of a match in which Rangers scaled further heights of ineptitude.

The catastrophe of the afternoon’s desperate showing was highlighted by none other than the abysmal Papac. During one sequence, he managed to make around four hideous blunders sequentially, and put his side in serious jeopardy thanks to his embarrassing incompetence. By no means should blame be attached to any one player, but the fact that such shocking poverty of quality was not isolated to an auxiliary left back was enough to ring the alarm bells at epic proportions.

The final result was 1-1, and in many ways, it was a point won rather than two dropped.

The boos at full time summed up the state of play among the fans – it was a shuddering crescendo of disapproval, and represented the rank grief shared among the supporters over the current plight of their proud club.

Once again a flicker of hope has been blown out by a return to the worst this side has to offer, and one wonders truly if Rangers will ever be a great club again.

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