When Motherwell were eliminated from Europe last month, manager Graham Alexander paid for the humiliation with his livelihood. Would Giovanni van Bronckhorst suffer a similar fate if Rangers nosedived out of the Champions League qualifiers on Tuesday night? Not a chance.
But it wouldn’t be a good look given the similarities between both sets of circumstances. Motherwell going out of the Conference League qualifiers at the hands of Sligo Rovers was seen as a low point for Scottish football. Whether it was the lowest point of all is academic. They were scraping the bottom of the barrel.
I can’t agree with the radio caller I heard describe Rangers ’ opponents Union Saint-Gilloise as a “glorified pub team”. But they shouldn’t be beating Rangers over two legs given the disparity in size between them. There’s no point in anyone hyperventilating because new signing Ridvan Yilmaz says he wants to win trophies at Ibrox then move to a bigger club.
