‘That’s why Steven Thomson got the leading role’ ‘The truth hurts Michael’ ‘wee club in Govan can’t handle it’ Stewart goes against the grain of his BBC paymasters

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While Kenny Macintyre and the other cheerleaders speculate over who they will be drooling over next, Michael Stewart applied some unwelcome reality to the search for Micky Beale’s successor.

As if inheriting a squad rammed with misfits wasn’t daunting enough the more that the Ibrox fans are denied success the more they expect.

After reaching the top flight in 2016 no-one told The Bears to prepare for five Celtic trebles, in the previous 60 years the hoops had managed just three trebles but Callum McGregor’s medal collection comfortably exceeds everything that the Ibrox dressing room can muster.

Stewart remains part of BBC Scotland’s football coverage, marginalised after speaking out of turn a few years ago but in among nodding dogs like Neil McCann, Steven Thompson and Kenny Miller he is the only pundit capable of original thought.

When the howling of the Ibrox support forced Giovanni van Bronckhorst out of a job six months after reaching a European Final a red flag was raised among coaches across the continent.

There are very special conditions involved in the manager’s job at Ibrox that are best left to gobby rookies from the second tier of the English game

With 13 days before their next match there is an expectation on John Bennett and James Bisgrove to present a new saviour that meets the demands of the Ibrox support.

One by one the apparently credible candidates are slipping out the picture leaving the Ibrox decision makers to trust in Steve Davis and Alex Rae or try to find a way of presenting Derek McInnes when they know the backlash that they will face.

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