The immediate Rangers realisation Jack Butland needs Philippe Clement's new boys to grasp quicker

Once upon a time, standards at Rangers were set as solidly as Ibrox’s famous red brick facade. Nowadays, performances levels are sinking quicker than a botch builders’ dodgy foundations.

Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Dundee United was another crack in the wall for a club who have already seen their title aspirations reach the point of collapse. The roof hasn’t quite caved in on boss Philippe Clement yet but there’s a growing section of the support who would happily bundle the Belgian out the tradesman’s entrance having watched his Rangers renovation fail inside the space of four grim months.

The sight of thousands of seats sitting empty as the second half got underway against Jim Goodwin’s team only underlined the sense of malaise around Ibrox right now. The need to rush home after an almost hour-long delay to kick-off caused by the Tangerines’ late arrival might have had something to do with that.

But it was hard to shake the notion that swathes of supporters decided braving Storm Bert was a more appealing prospect than sitting through another 45 minutes of dismal action. Jack Butland knows if Gers are to rebuild trust with the punters, they need every single player in the dressing room to get on board with the unique job spec at the club.

The keeper insists he cottoned on to what was required from the first moment he walked through the doors and took a look round the Ibrox corridors steeped in history. Asked if the rest of his team-mates had grasped the same, the former England stopper didn’t sound utterly convincing as he said: “I hope so. I hope so.

“It's something that we try to reinforce all the time. If the building and the training ground aren’t reminders of the success, then I don't know what can be.

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