It’S been a season where Rangers have had little other choice but to grin and bear it.
But Michael Beale contends a little service with a smile might just be what’s required to turn frowns upside down and lift the mood round Ibrox. The new boss officially gets down to work tonight against Hibs as he takes charge of Gers on competitive duty for the first time since replacing Gio van Bronckhorst.
The Londoner has watched from a distance the term as the happy faces that beamed brighter with every step taken on the road to Seville last season have given way to glum looks all round. Few have looked more down in the dumps than Alfredo Morelos and Ryan Kent as the Europa League finalists’ season has imploded on the back of Champions League humiliation and repeated slip-ups in the Premiership. Out of form and soon to be out of contract, the new gaffer is worried by the message the dejected duo are sending out.
