If under-fire Gio van Bronckhorst is going to last the distance at Rangers then things have to change after the World Cup break. And fast.
Record Sport understands that the Dutchman, who was hanging by a thread after their draw with St Mirren, has been given a reprieve for now. With the Rangers board sympathetic to the situation and confident he can return to Auchenhowie and get things going again, he's set to get the chance to prove he's no sitting duck.
That confidence might well be rooted in the fact he has come back from more desperate situations before. His first season at Feyenoord didn't go all to plan; by February, he was on the brink after nine games without a win between December and February, a run that culminated with Van Bronckhorst being booed as he left the park against Roda JC and looking like a defeated man. The sack looked an inevitability but the turnaround that followed was incredible. Given the chance to put things right, they went undefeated for the rest of the Eredivisie campaign, won the cup, and then famously pipped Ajax to the title 12 months later - for their first league triumph in 18 years at that.
