It might be all new to Giovanni van Bronckhorst but Rangers have been struck down by this condition before.
If they’re not careful this latest variant of second-half-of-the-season syndrome could quickly develop into something more nasty than the new manager could possibly have expected when he first arrived to give the champions a much needed shot in the arm.
Having dropped points at Pittodrie in their first game back after the shutdown, Van Bronckhorst saw his players give serious consideration to tossing away another two before sub Scott Arfield pulled a stunning winning goal out of the bag to lift them out of their own mediocrity.
