Feeling the strain...

Another day passes and the pressure continues to mount on Paul Le Guen in the Ibrox hot-seat.

Frustrated supporters disgusted by recent events at Ibrox are split directly down the middle between those who have already lost faith entirely in the new manager, and those who wish to grant him the time they deem he needs to turn the shocking performances and results around.

His cause was not helped by further defiance in his latest interview whereby he stuck rigidly to his stubborn guns of revealing nothing behind any of his decisions and refusing to be drawn on how he felt with regards Letizi’s blunder.

His reply when questioned on it was his usual repertoire of ‘I don’t want to talk about that’, which is one of his stock answers when faced by a probing question he wishes to evade.

The fans are still incredibly raw after yesterday’s horrific result against ICT, and a real sense of disillusionment has enveloped the faithful. Even those who believe Le Guen deserves further tenure are nonetheless feeling the pinch the current state of affairs is causing.

It is a hard time to be a Rangers fan and with a massive game in midweek against the Italian side Livorno in the Uefa Cup, it is pretty fair to say Le Guen has crucial preparation to make; put simply he absolutely has to get his team spot on for the ensuing encounter. With players in varying levels of form, angry fans, and a press baying for blood, Le Guen’s managerial skills are being tested to a greater level of stress than he has perhaps ever previously experienced.

A good result on Thursday would possibly go a little way to appeasing the fans and extracting the vultures from his back, but yet another dismal outcome would further dampen spirits and force even more pressure under the beleaguered boss.

We’re all behind the team; Le Guen, get it right.