Sheet hits the fan at Rangers as angry Bears spark game of guess the scapegoat – an Ibrox crisis blown open

The bedsheets were back as the Rangers support spelled out their frustrations at Rugby Park.

But Philippe Clement can forget about sleeping soundly any time soon after watching his dozy squad pass up the chance to put pressure on Premiership pacesetters Celtic and Aberdeen. Saturday’s enthralling four-goal thriller at Parkhead was a terrific advert for our game.

It should have had Gers wide awake to the chance of trimming the deficit at the top back to three points. Instead, they suffered a nightmare in Ayrshire as Marley Watkins’ 87th-minute winner left them six adrift of Brendan Rodgers and Jimmy Thelin’s unbeaten leaders. It wasn’t quite a snorefest, but it was yet another drab Gers performance that will feed into the mood of discontent around Ibrox a year into Clement’s tenure as boss.

The travelling fans produced the latest in a long line of furious banner displays as the teams emerged for the second half. The first flurry was a pop over the fact the club is still without a permanent chairman and CEO, ending with the blast “No clue, one scapegoat”. Exactly who that was referring to wasn’t clear but they were crystal with their next outburst: “The mismanagement of Rangers must stop and stop now.”

If they were hoping that stinging rebuke would spark a reaction they were sadly mistaken as Derek McInnes’ superb side deservedly ran off with the points and just a second league win this term. Gers arrived at Rugby Park to be met with blue skies as warnings that Storm Ashley would wreak havoc across the country proved to be a damp squib.

The so-called “weather bomb” was forecast to go off just as the teams kicked-off at noon. Meteorologists had been concerned a rapid drop in atmospheric pressure would bring lashing rain and