Jackson warns Ibrox fans of Great Depression as they celebrate 100 days of Micky Beale

Keith Jackson fears that Micky Beale is simply holding together a house of cards after 100 days managing the Ibrox Tribute Act.

All seemed happy and glorious until Gary McAllister’s former assistant named his side to face Celtic in the final of the Viaplay Cup at Hampden.

After two months of hype Nicolas Raskin and Todd Cantwell sat on the bench watching John Lundstram and Glen Kamara getting the runaround by the Celtic midfield.

At a crucial moment Beale’s bottle crashed. He didn’t trust the two starters that he signed in January- Celtic lifted another trophy with angry bears unleashing a fearsome backlash.

Beale has been slaughtered on social media, banners appeared at Ibrox wanting Stewart Robertson and Ross Wilson removed from their jobs with the once cocky Beale now a snivelling wreck as he explains to angry bears that Celtic will dominate since they have a bigger budget.

Chairman Douglas Park never says a word in public, Dave King has an army of messengers ready to push his case with Beale having to front it all with six first team players about to walk away in the summer.

The Daily Record has been cheering on almost every fing that Beale has had to say but in a rare brush with reality Jackson admits that the garden is far from rosy with a trip to Celtic Park just a month away.

Discussing the task facing Beale the star man at the Record admits:

It does all feel like he is attempting to hold more than just a team together while he attends to the front of house as infighting rages on behind him. He’s having to keep a full-scale revolt from the door. Good luck with that if he dares to drop anything at Easter Road tonight.

It’s certainly a steep learning curve for a man with so little in the way of managerial experience to fall back on, having taken on this unruly behemoth on the back of just 22 games in charge at QPR.

And the elephant in the Ibrox bootroom comes in the shape of a Celtic side hitting historic heights of consistency. In this particular pressure pot, it doesn’t matter that Beale has taken 34 points from a possible 36 when Celtic remain nine clear at the top with a goal difference growing by the week.

That’s not just grossly unfair on the newcomer – it’s entirely unreasonable – but it’s also the awkward reality of the matter where this warped sense of rivalry and one upmanship is concerned.

Beale can’t afford to feel sorry for himself as he was aware of the rules of engagement when he first started jostling for position for the job at a time when the previous manager was being overwhelmed by the same relentless, suffocating demands.

But neither can he be blamed for the miscalculations of the men above him who continue to make the job of reeling in Ange Postecoglou – or just clinging on to his coat-tails – even more of a stretch than it already was.

Perhaps now his feet are more firmly under the desk after the first 100 days, Beale may even privately agree with the sentiment behind the latest banner. It does indeed feel like time for change.

But he can’t be expected to fix all that’s wrong off the pitch while attempting to keep pace with Celtic on it. They don’t call it a great depression for nothing.

By tea-time on Saturday Celtic could have taken a significant step towards winning another treble which isn’t the sort of news that Record readers want to contemplate less than a fortnight after being fed the line that The Other Mob were about to be put in their place.