It was probably a cunning plan inside the heart of Ibrox, knowing that the On Message Loyal would be able to get message out far and wide.
Accept the latest Morelos suspension with a measure of dignity while ramming home the message to the paranoid that Selik get away with murder because the whole of Scottish football is run under fear from a soon to depart CEO.
By lunchtime on Tuesday the message was out there, with Kemar Roofe stepping in for bad boy Alfie the spotlight would be on Celtic with the usual suspects picking up and squealing about anything involving Scott Brown.
?? Steven Gerrard on “consistency”. pic.twitter.com/BmJNtDwdzU
— Rangers Football Club (@RangersFC) February 2, 2021
Twenty minutes into the home match against St Johnstone things took a wrong turn. Referee David Munro performed to instructions but thousands saw it online and quickly shared the footage of the attack on Murray Davidson.
Some token coverage would be needed of the incident in the post match media conference, step forward Gary McAllister to duck and deflect from the pesky issue of consistency.
‘I don’t think there’s any intent, but it turns out to be a little bit reckless’
The Sportscene sofa review Kemar Roofe’s challenge on Murray Davidson ?#BBCSportscene pic.twitter.com/4z1WMMqZqm
— BBC Sport Scotland (@BBCSportScot) February 4, 2021