A write-off. A disaster. A humiliation. A farce. A b*stard of a season. All phrases I’ve heard used to describe Rangers 2024/25 campaign, with most of them uttered before Halloween yet still accurate.
Not many players stay at a club for 10 years these days and few players divide opinion amongst the Rangers support and embody the modern era quite like the James Tavernier.
Rangers Football Club has seen its fair share of highs and lows in recent years.
With just ten days until Rangers kick off their competitive season at Tynecastle next weekend, it's fair to say it's been less than a positive summer for our supporters with two main lowlights dominating the discussion in recent weeks.
Under the right conditions, under extremes of pressure and heat, the atoms of humble carbon are re-ordered into the sparkling, solidity of a coveted mineral. These conditions only occur at a few select locations on Earth. They also occur when playing for Rangers. Needless to say, instead of forming into diamonds, huge quantities of raw material remain as graphite or are folded into oceans of molten rock and are forgotten. Interestingly enough, diamonds can also be formed by asteroids strikes, similar to that which wiped out the dinosaurs.