The campaign to reinvent David Martindale is being stepped up by his media messengers.
Two years ago BBC Scotland led the way as the SFA decided that a former drug dealer and money launderer was a fit and proper person to manage Livingston.
Wee Davie gave it chapter and verse to anyone that would listen, he really was a great wee guy that had made a few bad decisions that he was truly sorry about, a man out to repay society if not the Edinburgh flat that was the subject of a proceeds of crime investigation.
Now there is a job vacancy at Ibrox the wee man from Livingston is a prime contender, no one currently working in Scottish football has stronger true blue credentials.
At every opportunity Martindale puts himself forward, there won’t be a better opportunity than now to climb the marble staircase and get his portrait hung alongside legends like Warburton, Caixinha and Murty.
The Livi boss is on first name terms with many of the Ibrox first team squad, he appears on fan podcasts and pure talks their kind of language.
With Kenny Miller/Barry Ferguson/Kevin Thomson/Neil McCann as assistant a dream team could be put in place by the weekend that would have the full backing of every passionate bear.
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Davie martindale he loves the rangers
— Dougie (@dougiec72) November 21, 2022
Beale V Martindale next week, winner gets the Rangers job ? https://t.co/PCOfE9PF3D
— Russell ??????? (@PatersGonnaPate) November 21, 2022
Rangers are happy to announce the appointment of David Martindale on a 3 year contract
— R_Smithy2000 (@R_Smithy2000) November 21, 2022
David Martindale is the same price as Marcelo bielsa for the rangers job. Football heritage
— Wilkie (@benwilkie9) November 21, 2022
Martindale on his way to rangers training ground after hearing gio got sacked pic.twitter.com/CdWcpId7bl
— Blair MacKay (@BlairMacKay17) November 21, 2022
@SkyBet @RequestABet Price for David Martindale to be next Rangers manager with Kenny Miller as his assistant?
— Nathan (@nath1888) November 21, 2022
As much as I respect David Martindale as a coach, any Rangers official or fan who thinks his appointment as Rangers manager wouldn’t result in the tabloids digging deep in to his past for successive front page splashes is living in cloud cuckoo land.
— UF1872 (@HC1872) November 14, 2022
If Gio is indeed to leave today, who replaces him? Dyche? Martindale? Beale? #RangersFC
— ??????? ???? (@RangersBear55) November 21, 2022
Someone who cares about The Rangers, Martindale, Robinson with McCoist as assistant
— Duncan squires (@Duncansquires54) November 14, 2022