What can THIS Rangers XI do until May?

Obviously this is preliminary, and naturally manager Graeme Murty is going to have his own ideas about his preferred XI, but with the influx of new players now steadily flowing through the Ibrox front door, we can certainly play around with some new selections and posit what we believe they can do.

The one thing becoming clear is Murty intends to try a 4-2-3-1 formation. Whether this will manifest itself as a 4-3-3 at times or a 4-5-1 at others time will tell, but the baseline spine is definitely the 4-2-3-1.

So, what XI would Ibrox Noise pick as our strongest, and what do we believe it can do for the remainder of the season?

Well the reality is, despite Uncle Walter’s obvious brilliance as a manager, those three key signings the old master made (Ehiogu, Thomson and Weir) in January 2007 proved vital to the start of 3IAR. Those signatures turned us into Simply the Best team in Scotland – which shows what top quality and wise acquisitions can do. Is it too optimistic to think the quality of player both signed up and on the horizon can now have a fantastic second half of the season and do exactly as Jason Cummings expects and push Celtic?

What do you guys think of this XI in aforementioned 4-2-3-1?

Foderingham; Tavernier, Martin, Wilson, John; Docherty, Goss; Murphy, Windass, Cummings; Morelos

It is simply impossible to fit all our best/available players in. McCrorie, Jack, O’Halloran, Bates, Wallace et al. And the likes of Kranjcar, Rossiter, and Candeias are around too.

The fact is this is Murty’s Rangers now. Do not expect any loyalty to Caixinha players or Warburton players. He will be picking his own team and Jack, McCrorie and Bates have absolutely no guarantee they will be selected.

But the depth is starting to look like something akin to a Rangers squad. We need dilemmas and headaches.

The only way to have a proper Rangers is having great players in the team, and great players on the bench.