Steven Gerrard has a problem…

We’re all riding the crest of a beautiful wave right now at Ibrox. The fields are blue and everything, right now, really is going our way. Top of the league, 90 away from UEL last 32 and a January window in which we could be a few good signings away from a really productive start to the new year.

However, one thing has become apparent about this squad – its discipline is frankly awful.

How many times this season are ‘heroic Rangers getting results with 10 men’ or even 9?

There is a deep-rooted discipline issue that our manager really has to figure out – there are simply too many silly bookings, stupid red cards, and moments which cost the side dear.

Sure, the character has to come through and we hold on for a point, but this really isn’t the ideal way to go about our business.

Steven Gerrard wanted aggression – for his team not to be bullied. Well, they may have taken that too literally, for red cards aren’t ideal either.

Last season Ryan Jack saw red twice for idiotic moments. There were reversals, yes, but these moments keep happening – and it happened in Europe too, so let’s try not to completely buy into an SFA conspiracy here.

Scott Arfield’s moment of madness yesterday, followed Daniel Candeias, Alfredo Morelos and a host of other red cards we’ve suffered this season – and a tonne of bookings.

We are loving the consistency and results of the football right now, but not so much the consistency of the cards.

Whatever is going on to cause our players to see red mist really needs to get fixed. We cannot go through the season losing our best players through ‘aggression’.

Hopefully Gerrard can help to get these guys to focus their grit in the right way.