Overreaction must stop after Rangers’ bad night

It’s the morning after the night before, and we have to admit the reaction from a hell of a lot of Rangers fans has been OTT, unfair, revisionist, and unkind. Let’s be clear, the first half last night was a literal disgrace, and all the damage was done there, but the second half WAS a notable improvement, even if it was too little too late.

But the comments since full time and still continuing from many this morning see Gio been pillared, compared with appalling managers of the past, and generally being blamed for everything.

He got last night wrong, yes, and we were a bit disappointed he failed to take any responsibility for that, but he’s still learning. But the number of people who have exalted ‘one league season wonder’ Steven Gerrard into being the greatest manager Rangers have ever had suggesting he would never have allowed his Rangers side to play that badly despite the fact that, well, he did, many times, is a gross insult to Gio, and to Walter Smith, who seems, right now, not to be the benchmark of Rangers’ class with the honour going to a treacherous Scouser instead.

We’re actually more gutted by fan reaction than by the performance – at least the second half was a big improvement, even if the guillotine had come down in the first half – but as bad as that first 45 was, the lack of support from so many fans after full time and continuing this morning is infinitely worse than the result.

Gio getting it in the neck, players being slaughtered as garbage and instantly binned – we aren’t going to turn last night from a trainwreck into a stunning display, but the players were nowhere near as abysmal as fans want to say they were, fans who seem oblivious to that superior second half and have only measured on the first 45.

Over the 90, our player ratings last night were fair, but many supporters only acknowledge the first 45 where the match was, admittedly lost.

As for Gio, yeah he ballsed up that first half and made the rookie error of blaming the players solely and not taking anything on his own shoulders. We love him, and we support him, but we will always be fair and honest, unlike the reaction of many fans the past 12+ hours.

So maybe it’s time to get a grip, as you readers always instruct us to – a bad night, a lesson learned, and hopefully grown from.

Rangers are a much better team than we showed last night, Gio a better manager than he showed.

We lick our wounds and we beat Hearts. Simple as that.