Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Dundee United was another crack in the wall for a club who are now all but out of the title race
Once upon a time, standards at Rangers were set as solidly as Ibrox’s famous red brick facade. Nowadays, performances levels are sinking quicker than a botch builders’ dodgy foundations.
The keeper insists he cottoned on to what was required from the first moment he walked through the doors and took a look round the Ibrox corridors steeped in history. Asked if the rest of his team-mates had grasped the same, the former England stopper didn’t sound utterly convincing as he said: “I hope so. I hope so.
There were few in a blue jersey doing it much justice on Saturday as Gers laboured through yet another awful first half. The only surprise was that it took United 36 minutes to decide they could have a proper go at the hosts, with Sam Dalby exploiting a huge hole in the Ibrox backline to head past Butland.
“With an extra runner in the box, not tagging on to him and giving away an easy goal. United came to make things difficult, to get something and hold on. From there, the game becomes what it becomes. As a result, you have to respond, you have to play with intensity that you should have started the game with.
“We've had discussions, unfortunately, already so far this season where we felt that we haven't done enough of that. In games that we've been beaten, in games that we've won, where we feel like we need to have done more. So, you can speak about it.
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