MICHAEL BEALE needs to have one eye on the dressing room and the other on the treatment room. Only then can he venture into the boardroom.
The Rangers boss is dealing with two very different squads right now and that predicament makes it almost impossible to properly plan for the short-term as he aims to deliver gradual change and sustained success at Ibrox.
The group that Beale works with on a daily basis is short on numbers and quality and a full and proper assessment of the squad may not be able to be completed until February. That is, of course, after the transfer window has come and gone and it leaves Rangers caught between a rock and a hard place in terms of their recruitment strategy.