not good enough, a wake up call. last season's glory won't be enough to get through this season, looks like there's a lot of work needed to get properly into shape
having seen the change in Lafferty playing for Northern Ireland over the last few years, I knew it'd be different this time round at Ibrox.
whatever he did, Michael O'Neill got Lafferty to focus on being as good as he can possibly be - when I watch him now it seems that he understands that playing for his country and now Rangers is the pinnacle of his career and deserves his very best. That's about as much as we can hope for from any player.
It's only a matter of time before the lack of genuine competition brings the media around to backing the underdog and questioning celtic - they have to have something to write about.
With no clear prospect of celtic facing a serious challenge on the field, bored journos will start getting picky about how they behave. Maybe this is a beginning of that process.
Some of these guys probably wish they played for them. The whole set up is crap. How can you play for Rangers and not understand what this game means. The way this is going the OF is becoming just another game for the players when to borrow from Bill Shankly it should be played as if the outcome is more important than life and death.