Bring Back Gerrard- update on the Ibrox Managerial Cycle

The classic Ibrox Managerial Cycle chart has been revived- with a difference.

Alas James Tavernier will soon join Conner Goldson on the side-lines but the basic template remains in place.

As Danny Rohl moves closer to Micky Beale and Phil Clement territory there is a crucial new addition.

Steven Gerrard.

With every passing failure the aura around the former Aston Villa boss grows.

A fifth title-less season is about to end. The only remaining question is whether they finish second or third.

Gerrard has been out of football management since January 2025, there has barely been a sniff of interest in him.

TNT has provided him with a Champions League platform, it is unlikely that his telly performances will have CEO’s chasing up looking for his phone number.

Gerrard was discussed last summer before Russell Martin was appointed.

In the autumn he held talks with Andrew Cavenagh in London about replacing Martin.

IBROX THE REPEATED CYCLE OF FAILURE

When he backed off the tax issues excuse was trotted out. It hasn’t stopped him from jetting around for TNT Sport.

Despondent bears are now creating their own speculation.

Rohl is history, his exit is now only a matter of timing.

Cavenagh didn’t look thrilled by what he witnessed at Tynecastle on Monday night. The comparisons in the dug-out wasn’t impressive.

Most bears would take Derek McInnes as manager. They seem to have forgotten the claims that he soiled himself in the winter of 2017 to stay on at Aberdeen.

McInnes is one of their own. He could bring True Blue Lawrence Shankland to Ibrox and also Craig Halkett.

Meanwhile Rohl limps on.

Tomorrow morning he faces the media that had him on the verge of a title success just two weeks ago.

If Rohl’s side loses to Celtic on Sunday his return to Germany for family reasons will only be accelerated.