Notion of Rangers uprising occurred after James Tavernier gripe that told me scatter gun is out - Hugh Keevins

It has reached the stage where it will be an embarrassment for St Mirren if they lose to Rangers.

The Ibrox team bus is on the least attractive journey on the Scottish football map. Not the one that leads from Govan to Paisley, its the route that takes the players from bad to worse. Rangers lost at home to Aberdeen last weekend and emptied the stadium of disillusioned supporters. On Thursday in the Europa League, they went down to the third best team in Limassol and had the Pedro Caixinha moment in Luxembourg that, I said here last week, was a threat not to be ignored.

This afternoon Rangers are facing one of only two teams – Celtic being the other one – to be still undefeated in the Premiership this season. The interim management team of Steve Davis and Alex Rae have been turned into human sacrifices for the occasion. And if yet more ground is lost to Celtic in the title race they will not escape the fury of fans on the verge of revolution. The notion of uprising occurred to me when one caller to the radio said Ibrox captain James Tavernier should “Get back in his Lamborghini” and drive home to England. I have no idea if that is Tavernier’s vehicle of choice, but I am told it is. When results are bad and supporters become resentful about what players earn, while referencing their material possessions, it is a reliable barometer of unrest.

When they pick on a captain with a phenomenal record of goals scored and assists, it’s clear the scatter gun has been brought down from the wall. There was a photograph on the back page of this newspaper last Sunday that offered a graphic illustration of how bad things have become. It was full-time after the Dons defeat and Tavernier was walking off while being roundly abused by