MOMENTUM is difficult to build but easy to lose. Rangers know that only too well and Michael Beale is now banking on fortunes changing and power shifting as he dares to dream of an unlikely Premiership title triumph on his return to Ibrox.
Overturning the nine-point deficit to Celtic is not mission impossible. Beale and his players must believe that anything can be achieved, but there will surely be few supporters who have their glass anywhere near half full after a largely abject first half of the campaign.
The break this season is unique in terms of its timing and its reasons and it was one that came at just the right moment for Rangers for a change. Unlike in three of the previous four years, the hiatus was greeted with sighs of relief as everyone at Ibrox was given the chance to regroup and take stock of the situation.
