Rangers pander to masses with Barry Ferguson return as board go from embarrassment to total humiliation – Hotline

The Rangers SOS has been answered by club legends – but Barry Ferguson and his team’s arrival at Ibrox has set the Hotline ablaze.

The Record Sport columnist has been joined by Neil McCann, Billy Dodds and Allan McGregor following Philippe Clement's exit and Gers and Celtic fans reckon it could either be a masterstroke or a complete disaster. Willie Mercer, Dumfries, said: “They all knew and embraced the demands of playing for Rangers and understood the honour it was to represent the club at any level or in any capacity, and who demanded of everyone around them, the same drive and commitment for success.

"As Rangers supporters we have seen an erosion of standards on and off the park, and feel that having people of the ilk of those mentioned within the club structure will raise the standards to the heights demanded and expected.”

Dougie Lawrence emailed: “Team talk in the away dressing room at Kilmarnock on Wednesday? Will the anticipated, hoped for, vast improvement from Rangers, happen after players hear Barry warning about wearing the blue shirt, what playing for Rangers means, what he used to feel like when he pulled on the shirt? We'll see.”

But Philip Borland, via email, said: “What a terrible decision putting ex-players in to manage the team for the rest of season.

"Not one of them has a clue about management. This is just the board trying to keep fans happy and some of them are falling for it already. Nothing is going to change at Rangers until they get rid of the first team but the trouble is, no one would want to buy any of our players.”

Frank Jackson emailed: “One has to despair at the shambles that is Rangers FC. They rightly got rid of the manager but this board embarrassed themselves further by making