When James Tavernier is the solution you know you are in big trouble.
When your Staunch Revolution goes four matches without a win you are in big bother, crashing out of the Europa League.
Watching from the BBC studio Andy Halliday shared the pain of his colleagues Kenny Macintyre and Tom English.
Sportsound had all the fun and banter of a funeral parlour as they reflected on the Europa League exit to Jagiellonia.
Just when Celtic fans thought that things couldn’t get any better Halliday came out with the solution to all of his problems!
?? “The first thing Rangers should do is phone James Tavernier.”
Andy Halliday believes Derek McInnes should bring the club’s former captain back to Ibrox.#BBCFootball pic.twitter.com/VELLVW1TdZ
— BBC Sport Scotland (@BBCSportScot) August 13, 2026
While we are on it surely there must be a place on the coaching team for Halliday.
He understands everything about football and knows the same songs as McInnes. What’s not to like?
WHERE IS JAMES TAVERNIER?
Captain Disappointed hasn’t played since losing 3-1 to Celtic on May 10. Some might argue far longer.
Danny Rohl hooked him off soon after the iconic Daizen Maeda overhead kick.
Sportingly Celtic fans stood up and cheered Captain Disappointed off the pitch.
After that the dummies came out the pram.
Tavernier refused to sit on the bench in the cup final defeat against Hibs three days later.
He was presented with a blank tray listing his achievements, left the stadium and headed for home.
There has been no sign of Tavernier training with any club.
The EFL gets underway this weekend.
There hasn’t been a sniff of interest in the world’s highest scoring full-back.
The greediest player in the game. Someone that puts personal achievements ahead of everything else.
Someone who must take every penalty, corner, free-kick and throw in.
Tavernier will be 35 in October, perhaps securing a place in the UEFA Conference could tempt him into an emotional return to Ibrox.
Even if it means that Lawrence Shankland has to hand over his chief source of scoring goals.
Get him signed…would love to see Tavpen back, best defender of his generation and a superb captain…would love to see how his manages against our new forward line at 35….wouldn’t last p*****g time.