Former Rangers manager Mark Warburton once spoke about there always being one good guy and one bad guy when it came to reporting football in Scotland.
Philippe Clement has already discovered in less than a year in the Ibrox hotseat, going from zero to hero and back again.
The club is no different with whatever side of the Old Firm sitting in second place being the one that is targeted for abuse.
Ally McCoist quote still rings true for Rangers
For Rangers fans, it has been more than a decade, but for one or two seasons, where they have had to face their team getting a daily kicking from the press with every day seeing a new pot shot.
Celtic sign an £11m midfielder – Rangers get criticised for cutting the wage bill.
Celtic post their annual accounts – Rangers get written off.
Celtic win in the Champions League – Rangers record sponsorship deal gets laughed at.
In 2012, Ally McCoist was front and centre for Rangers darkest days.
With the club in administration, the Gers legend reminded those that were taking pot shots to make the most of it, whilst they could:
“There are probably one or two people out there enjoying it, maybe one or two people having a wee fly kick.
“I would suggest to them to give a right good kick just now because we will not be where we are for long.
“Let’s just say, while we are down there, we are having a look up and we are seeing what we are seeing.”
Philippe Clement must get Rangers fans back on side
This is what is frustrating fans now.
The club is in a better place financially to the extent that the wage bill savings added to new kit and sponsorship deals should make it self-sufficient.
Ibrox is being upgraded rather than repaired with the ultimate hope that it is a 365 days a year money maker, rather than a church visited on days of worship.
The current problems aren’t quite as dire, however, they are all self inflictated which is a huge source of frustration.
No permanent chairman, CEO, sporting director or academy director.
The backbone of the club.
Is it any wonder fans aren’t happy and those who revel in Rangers misfortune are loving every minute?
On of Philippe Clement’s biggest aims when he arrived in Glasgow was to get the fans and players singing off the same song sheet.
With no Ibrox, an early defeat to Celtic and failure in the Champions League, there has been a disconnect.
At Tannadice, there was a glimmer of hope.
A sign that fans haven’t quite given up just yet and had Clement optimistic for the future:
“It needs time to gel the team together to let them understand what they need to do together, which moments to create these connections and timings in the runs plus the work with and without the ball,” said Clement on bedding in new players.
“The most positive point was it felt like a home game. Our fans were amazing again today and you felt the synergy between the fans and team. We are looking forward to going to Ibrox again to feel this 10 times more.”
With a new, younger, more dynamic team to get behind, Rangers fans can buy into the ideals of a manager who has been here before.
What he needs though, is for those above him to do their jobs and stop the club from being a laughing stock.
Only then will Rangers be better equipped to return to the top of Scottish football and remind everyone of what McCoist famously said.
