Trooblue

I thought the night couldn't get worse, but Derek McInnes is in the studio.

I wasn't really expecting anything different from the bunch of losers I've been watching for far too long, but they have plumbed new depths tonight.

Desserts!

Or a wayward shot hits Desserts to send the keeper the wrong way ...

Goldson has built a career at centre back around the skills of ducking behind strikers rather than jumping for headers, and failing to cut off cross balls. An absolute fraud.

This, plus the failure to gut that defence.

New manager will only be successful if he clears out the old guard and the duff signings and starts again.

Plus, we are meant to believe that he's a decent coach ...

Zero leadership on the park. Been like this for far too long.

He's done.

Regardless of tonight's performance, I think there's already enough evidence.

Doing what he has done for years.

Social media and the 24 hour news cycle definitely accentuates the discontent, and keeps it going between games. However, by November 1969, when White was sacked, there was growing anger at the home games due to a poor start to the domestic season, following on from a heavy defeat to celtic in the previous season's Scottish Cup Final, plus the lack of a league title since 1964 and a cup since 1966. The anger finally exploded towards the end of the Gornik game though. Until yesterday, I hadn't really experienced that level of anger at a game since the Gornik game.

I posted elsewhere about being at Ibrox as a boy on the night in 1969 when we lost 3-1 to Gornik Zabre (6-2 on aggregate). The main stand (wooden floor!) rumbled with stamping feet and the chant 'White must go' went up. Davie White was sacked soon afterwards, and Waddell was appointed. Discontent with White had been building up for a while, and the Gornik game was the final straw.

Last time I experienced that atmosphere at Ibrox was as a 10-year old in 1969, the night Gornik beat us 3-1 and the fans were changing 'White must go'. Davie White was gone by the end of the week.

Board meeting will be required, of course. Alastair Johnston, who has been at the scene of every crime at the club over the past twenty years or so, will have to be summoned from his visit to the Ryder Cup, or his endless golf games in the States, to participate via a screen. The fact that this freeloader is still involved in key decisions sums up a lot that is wrong with the club. Hot-shot 'international businessman' whose 'extensive contacts' and 'experience' have delivered nothing to Rangers. The epitome of the empty blazer.

Apart from the mediocre summer signings for midfield and attack, Beale made a huge mistake by failing to deal with the slow, ageing and leaky defence.

I was against the idea of a caretaker manager for the rest of the season, but seeing the lack of obvious alternatives it might not be a bad idea to bring in an experienced guy who could stabilise things and advise the club on wider issues (including appointment of a DoF). Don't have a clue who this experienced guy might be though.

Should have been allowed to leave at the end of his last contract.

If they can keep it to 1-0 with 10 mins to go they know our defence will go into headless chicken mode.

He needs a break from hitting the first man with corners and free kicks ...

All this, plus a complete failure to fix the slow, ageing, and leaky defence.

All this, plus a complete failure to fix the slow, ageing, and leaky defence.

I don't know - you could be right about that. It would make sense, as something has obviously changed for the worse.

There's been something not right about the defensive coaching, especially for set-pieces, for a very long time. Beyond that, although it's an unpopular opinion, I would say that any team building its defence around Goldson is likely to have problems at set-pieces.