Is 56 gone? Post Mortem of Old Firm loss

With yet another bad Old Firm Rangers are 6 points behind, and it’s safe to say it’s Celtic’s title to lose now.

Which is far from impossible because they’ve hardly been completely consistent themselves this season.

But it’s clear from the last two matchups that Celtic are at present a far superior domestic animal to Rangers, even if the European versions are the other way around.

Our previous manager build this squad for Europe, and Gio has been able to take that further, but it’s evident that we’re unable to fight on more than one serious front.

Make no mistake, we’re a genuine contender for the UEL, we’re in the quarters and that wasn’t a fluke.

But all season, under SG or Gio, we’ve been unable to consistently replicate that level on terra firma and the form which took us up to March last year on the home front has been AWOL since then.

It’s been simply too inconsistent in the league since we won the title, and while Gio is a more flexible thinker than Steven Gerrard was, he lacks the charisma which made, during 55 at least, the players run through walls for him.

He also, this year, lacks a lot of Alfredo Morelos. The hitman makes a colossal difference to the way Rangers play, and it’s hurt not having him the last two Old Firms. Rangers have been unable to even find a decent deputy and that’s an issue.

Is 56 now gone?

It’s an uphill task. There’s one Old Firm left and Celtic are quite capable of losing and drawing to give us a one point lead if we can beat them during the split.

But it’s miles out of our hands now and our optimism isn’t as keen as it was.

Gio has a big task now to find a way back into 56.

Because there’s a growing swell asking for his head, even if they gave SG two years of slack.

Over to you Giovanni.