Rangers list of injuries hits double figures as Michael Beale experiences post-Aberdeen karma almost one year on from when he replaced Giovanni van Bronckhorst.
Speaking after the devastating 3-1 defeat to the Dons – which is surely now set to cost the Englishman his job – Michael Beale bemoaned another two injuries to the Rangers squad.
Both Ridvan Yilmaz and Ryan Jack were hooked at half-time in the clash before Rangers imploded and slipped a near devastating seven points behind Old Firm rivals Celtic.
The injuries to Yilmaz and Jack come after the perennially crocked Kemar Roofe was sent for a scan on a groin problem following the win over Livingston in mid-week.
We’re awaiting the results on that one apparently, although no-one is banking on them being good news.
Having lost another three players in the space of four days, Rangers are now up to ten players out with injuries as Michael Beale counts the cost of this latest run of injury problems.
Steven Davis is a long-term absentee whilst injuries to midfield trio Todd Cantwell, Nicolas Raskin and Kieran Dowell have Rangers down to the bare bones in the middle of the park.
In the final third, Rabbi Matondo is out for close to two months and is joined by returning Welsh international teammate Tom Lawrence and Brazilian striker Danilo.
Rangers injuries feel like painful Michael Beale karma
The situation is compounding a disastrous spell at Rangers for Michael Beale who is out of ideas and – presumably – will soon be out of a job.
Rangers fans with good memories will notice there’s an ominously poetic symmetry to the defeat against Aberdeen, a match which might well seal Michael Beale’s fate.
Injuries were at the centre of stuttering form under Giovanni van Bronckhorst and as he teetered on the edge at Rangers, Michael Beale showed up at Ibrox to watch the Dutchman’s team in October last year.
It was a moment which is said to have “bemused” Gio given the immense speculation surrounding his future as Rangers manager at the time.
As things would transpire, Rangers would thrash Aberdeen 4-1 but with Dutchman Gio out of the door within weeks, and Michael Beale in, it was like the now Ibrox boss had broken one of the great unspoken rules of management.
You never dance on a fellow professional’s metaphorical grave in football; least of all when they’re yet to occupy it.
Around one year on, with Rangers in worse nick now than they were under Van Bronckhorst, Michael Beale is getting a taste of his own medicine as the fans turn and injuries mount.
