The honeymoon is well and truly over for Graeme Murty.
His quiet revolution whipped up a frenzy of hope that turned into expectation before Celtic cruelly exposed the limitations of the Ibrox caretaker.
The manner of Celtic’s derby day success rubbed salt in the wounds especially coming just a week after dressing room celebrations over a Scottish Cup draw against Brendan Rodgers.
From Title Challenge to Potential 3rd, hero to zero in a week. pic.twitter.com/DoDAaHzUk1
— Arsène Parçelie (@Arsene_Parcelie) March 18, 2018
Murty had his progress/journey/development hat back on in the aftermath of that 3-2 defeat but a SEVENTH home defeat of the season has killed off his hopes of retaining the manager’s job.
That statistic and the survival myth have been matched up to give the current club at Ibrox the worst home record in 100 years.
The international break will provide a little deflection but also time for reflection which leaves Murty exposed.
Before they can make a decision on who will manage the club Sevco have a number of difficult deadlines to get through starting at the end of this month when Dave King has to produce £11m to keep the Court of Session at arms length.
Like Mark Warburton and Pedro Caixinha, Murty is drowning in the job, he may well be the last.
