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Green fingers McCoist claims that finishing third wouldn’t be a surprise!

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The dumbing down of expectations at Ibrox has been notched up a degree or two with Ally McCoist warning that second place is unlikely for Mark Warburton;s also rans.

During the summer the message was #goingfor55 as Mark Warburton strengthened his squad to build on their emphatic Scottish Cup win over Celtic at Hampden.

John Brown told the bears that Celtic had appointed Brendan Rodgers because ‘Rangers are coming’.

Twelve games into the new season the limitations of Warbo and his squad has been cruelly exposed with just five wins to their name.

Draws home and away with Ross County sum up where Sevco stand today with two points between the highly paid Ibrox stars, second placed Aberdeen, St Johnstone and Hearts.

Would anyone be shocked if Aberdeen finished second?” McCoist asked while opening a golf course alongside Dave Murray and Walter Smith.

I think there is too much made of budgets. When 11 line up against 11 you don’t think about budgets. You just think about your job.

I get it that if you’ve got a bigger budget you should be able to get a higher calibre of player. Of course I understand that but Aberdeen have been solidly Scotland’s second best team for the last two seasons and I don’t think that’s going to change because they’ve got a good solid base and a good manager.

The team knows what it’s about. Hearts have done exceptionally well. They went into administration and benefited from going down and rebuilding and coming back up.

I always felt that these clubs would certainly be in or around Rangers unless Rangers spent a lot of money – and that Aberdeen would be potentially be better. So it would not be surprising if Aberdeen finished second.

I don’t think [it is second or bust]. I think some people might think that. I think second would be a good achievement actually but I don’t think it’s second or bust. I certainly don’t think anyone should be losing their job if they finish in the top four.

My own opinion at the start of the season was I would like to have thought Rangers could compete with Hearts and Aberdeen and possibly be slightly better than St Johnstone.”

In the company accounts Dave King stressed the expectations that come with having a budget significantly higher than all but one club in the SPFL.

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