The mangled media interviews of Alex Rae (The Brains Behind Davis)

After repeated failures in management it seemed that Alex Rae had settled for the easy life as a pundit on the Scottish media circuit.

Regular gigs with Radio Scotland, Sky Sports, Radio Clyde, TalkSPORT and BT Sport are virtually assured even if at times it appears that English isn’t your first language.

Stringing together the stable football cliches has always been a problem for the former St Mirren and Dundee boss, he knows what he is trying to say but just can’t get the words out.

It seems that Rae might have the UEFA qualifications required for the Europa League which has earned him his dream job at Ibrox.

Micky Beale’s sacking was no surprise but the Caretaker Team of Steve Davis and Rae seems like an awkward combination, almost as if a few other options decided that they didn’t want to have their reputations trashed by association with Cyriel Dessers.

Davis has never managed a team at any level, even Steven Gerrard had been in charge of the Liverpool u-18 side before moving to Ibrox.

Rae has had two spectacularly unsuccessful spells managing Dundee and St Mirren in the second tier of Scottish football.

How Beale’s summer signings take to the new management team is anyone’s guess, what they make of Rae’s old school coaching would make for a great Netflix series.

ARIS Limassol will be fancying their chances on Thursday, closer to home Stephen Robinson of St Mirren has the chance to gain a significant scalp on Sunday- and remind the Ibrox board who is just along the M8 and ready to step in.