RANGERS fans are fuming this weekend, and it’s not hard to see why. After Derek McInnes arrived at Ibrox this summer with sky-high expectations — a boyhood Gers man, fresh off guiding Hearts to the brink of a first title in decades — the start to life back at his boyhood club has been anything but the fairytale supporters dreamed of. A winless run in his opening competitive fixtures, capped by a shaky Europa League qualifying exit, has been enough to send parts of the Ibrox faithful into meltdown mode on social media.
The hashtags have been flying, and so has the frustration. Whispers of a “title lead squandered before it even began” are doing the rounds, with fans pointing to a toothless attack that’s struggled since injury robbed the side of one of its key forwards. For a club that backed McInnes with real financial muscle in the summer, patience is already wearing thin — and in Scottish football, patience has a habit of running out fast.
Adding fuel to the fire are the ever-present rumblings around Sir Alex Ferguson. The Manchester United legend has never hidden his soft spot for Rangers, the club he grew up idolising in Govan, and reports of informal chats between Ferguson and the Ibrox hierarchy have some fans dreaming — or fearing — that a boardroom shake-up could be brewing behind the scenes.
Is it premature to call for McInnes’ head just weeks into the job? Almost certainly. Managers have weathered rockier starts and gone on to deliver silverware. But this is Rangers, where scrutiny is instant and mercy is rare. One thing is certain: the pressure at Ibrox is mounting fast, and McInnes will need results — and quickly — to silence the doubters before the noise becomes impossible to ignore.
Worth noting: talk of a board-driven coaching change is fan speculation at this stage, not a confirmed development.