Barry Ferguson has written off the seven summer recruits at Ibrox in his typical style.
When the going gets tough it is time to roll up the sleeves, stand shoulder to shoulder with your mates, the lads that you’d want alongside you in the trenches.
There is no room for Fancy Dan’s alongside Fergie, trusty old colleagues like Greegsy and Davo can be relied on to earn a heroic 3-0 defeat rather than a 4-0 trouncing.
Who actually signed the Magnificent Seven but with a daunting programme of 13 matches between October 1 and November 12 it is the old timers that can be relied on to avoid further humiliations.
Returning to a favoured old theme, Ferguson tells Daily Record readers:
I defy anyone who watched these last three games to tell me that what went on at Ibrox on Wednesday night was not night and day compared to the spineless displays against Celtic and Ajax.
And it tells me that Gio has learned some painful lessons in terms of his summer recruitment. By naming a starting XI without a single new signing it sent out quite a stark message.
When his back was right up against a wall he relied on the old guard – the guys he would want in the trenches beside him. And that’s very telling where the recruitment is concerned. It’s not been close to good enough.
Who should carry the can for that? Only Gio and director of football Ross Wilson know who gets the final say when it comes to identifying new players. But what Wednesday night reconfirmed is that Allan McGregor and Steve Davis are still two of the most influential, talented and important players at the club. And these guys were my team mates 13 years ago!
Ferguson has been out of football management since being mutually consented by Alloa Athletic in February.
I see Jeremy Vyle is now having his say on the banner from the other night and trying to put the Celtic support down and the club for this.
Imagine that BULLY of all people having a go at anyone when he was responsible for the death and suicide of a guest on his own show,using BULLY boy tactics into the guy to take his own death.
What a ROASTER!
Really? What a cheek, that man is a big pile faeces given life.
did Barry the tax cheat watch their match the bigots started fast then run out of puff after 15 mins they dont have much pace in that team they tried to bully the Italians but they where to good for them they had plenty more gears to go up but kept in low gear all thru the 90 mins of play.
“Night and Day”? Hmmm. Oh aye, I get it now. Instead of losing three in the first half, as in the first two games, they lost them in the second half ( with no reply)! And I wouldn’t want anybody to be beside me in the trenches – because I wouldn’t want to be there in the first place! And Barra ne’er forgets his teammates – of thirteen years ago! And even though the world has moved on considerably in that time, they are still plying their trade at Ipox. They might even stay there long enough to be old enough to retire on the State Pension. Let’s hope so!
The auld guard is back at ipox,the changing rooms will smell of stale phish
McGrigor and Davis could apply for joint membership of an Over-Eighties Club and share it between them!