Graeme Murty is bracing himself for the worst week ever in his managerial journey.
Leading up to Sunday’s Hampden hammering he looked a broken man after Dave King and a succession of Real Rangers Men had told him that he wasn’t upto the task of leading the club.
Murt’s put that background noise aside and set out his squad of losers to capitulate to Celtic in a manner that emptied the ‘Rangers End’ midway through the second half.
There wasn’t a single player in a blue shirt that got close to passmarks as once the notion that ‘the gap’ was closing proved to be the most wishful of wishful thinking.
The Ibrox caretaker has got five matches left to negotiate but trips to Celtic Park and Easter Road look ominous for the Ibrox fans who have finally lost all faith in their manager and his squad.
“I would apologise to them for the game,” Murts bleated to The Sun after the humiliation.
“I would ask for their patience and ask them to keep believing but we can’t keep asking it.
“We have to put a performance in worthy of their support. We didn’t do enough to make them want to stay in the stadium today.”
He added: “I wouldn’t have been happy.
“I completely understand his frustration but I was reacting to a situation in the game and I was looking at a different shape to the team.
“There was emotion, anger, disappointment – all the things you would expect after a game like that.
“It’s about putting all of them into positives to power you through to the end of the season.
“This is the worst I have ever felt in my career, without a doubt.
“It’s a lonely place standing on the sidelines when that’s going on. I don’t think words are enough to convey how I’m feeling right now.”
At least Murts doesn’t have Joey Barton to worry about as he talks his players through the post match video analysis.