The SFA have no such controls for Scottish football which has resulted in the Lanarkshire and Glasgow Referee Associations supplying most of the officials involved in top level matches with other areas virtually written off.
Since Lawwell took charge of recruitment only Alistair Johnston has arrived to go straight into the Starting XI with the January transfer window critical to improve on the quality available to Rodgers.
Almost two years on Patterson has started just 19 EPL matches fror Everton with Sean Dyche his third manager since moving south.
The comparisons to 2012 are obvious with the Mainstream in complete denial about the disastrous state of finances at Ibrox. A google search of ‘Roger Mitchell, Rangers’ draws a blank, there hasn’t been a single story this year.
Listen, we have enough – what I would say – development players. I think it is clear. And I love that, it is what I have done all my life is work with those players.
Davis was pulled out of an Irish Pub in Rome where he was watching the Ryder Cup at the start of October to takeover from Micky Beale for two matches. Now, with two weeks between matches he has been removed by Clement.
It seems that no publisher was prepared to spend 10 minutes actually reading the accounts to see the Loss for the Year repeatedly stated at £4.144m.
Some basic arithmetic would suggest a deficit of £24.2m but after seven years out in the cold there is no chance of BBC Scotland putting at risk Kenny Macintyre getting a cosy interview with Philippe Clement
Tavpen and Penalty for Rangers have long been iconic on social media, that may need to be amended with two penalties per game becoming the norm. Or one and a spare with Tavernier not hitting the net as regularly as he once did from his favourite distance.
Kyogo appeared to be knocked out before he fell to the ground, sensing trouble Rubezic also lay down injured to get the sympathy vote from Collum. He had nothing to be concerned about on that count.