There would probably be a gag in there somewhere if it wasn’t just so serious.
After all, Giovanni van Bronckhorst has been operating with a false No.9 in his squad ever since Amad Diallo took Jermain Defoe’s old shirt.
But, that irony aside, it’s hard to find much humour in the situation confronting the Dutchman and his horribly depleted squad as Rangers attempt to muster enough for another miraculous Europa League Thursday.