It's looking like a long road back for Gio van Bronckhorst now even if he gets the results he needs in the next week.
Defeat to St Johnstone left them trailing Celtic by seven points and after the worst Champions League group stage campaign in history, it makes for some grim reading for the Dutchman. He isn't entirely to blame of course and Ally McCoist, ever the optimist, was keen to shift some of the blame on the gaffer by filleting the much maligned recruitment from Ross Wilson and Co, amid the quest to adequately replace Calvin Bassey and Joe Aribo.
But it's not enough to get him off the hook as far as other pundits are concerned. Kris Boyd, Graeme Souness and Record Sport columnist Barry Ferguson were among the names holding Van Bronckhorst to account for the Ibrox side's dreadful recent form that has left them all but certainly needing a succession of wins over their Glasgow rivals after the break to keep their title hopes alive.
