Rangers fell to a fifth Scottish Premiership draw in seven games today, being held 1-1 away to newly promoted Falkirk.
The match leaves the Gers sitting 8th in the table with just one win from their first seven fixtures and has left head coach Russell Martin on the brink.
Rangers broke forward early after some rare good work from Spurs loanee Mikey Moore, working his way forward and getting a shot on Scott Bain’s goal, the ex-Celtic keeper made the save but the rebound was tucked away by Djeidi Gassama, but the goal would be chopped off by Steven MacLean on VAR for offside.
Aside from the offside non-goal, Falkirk started strongly and had some early opportunities to break the initial deadlock, with Kyrell Wilson dancing into the Gers penalty area before laying off centre-forward Ross MacIver, whose low effort was thankfully blocked by the legs of the once again impressive Jack Butland, one of few players in the squad who are meeting the demands of the jersey.
However, Rangers would slowly impose themselves deeper into the first half, and would eventually be rewarded, an excellent low driven cross by makeshift left back Derek Cornelius was met by Bojan Miovski at the back post, the North Macedonian showing his predatory poachers instincts to be in the right place to tap the ball home.
However, yet again after taking the lead, Rangers sat off and invited pressure, with Falkirk having chances via MacIver and his substitute Brian Graham before Henry Cartwright, on loan from Leicester City, seized on slack possession in midfield from Rangers Mohammed Diomande, drove forward and when allowed a sea of open space, unleashed a strike into the Rangers net, via a John Souttar deflection.
The Gers would huff and puff, but would create no clear-cut chances, in fact, the side did not take a single shot on goal following the hosts equaliser, a sad trademark of the Martin era at Ibrox where Rangers have struggled to create chances from day one.
In the end it was another draw, but this time it looks like it will be the end of the ex-Norwich captain’s time in the dugout, with his departure reportedly imminent.
He did, however, give his thoughts on the match at full time, he said: “"It's quite difficult to just give one, but I think my overriding feeling is just frustration.
“We spoke about battling and fighting, we had to do lots of that in the first 20 minutes, 25 minutes, and we did defend the box, threw bodies in the way, and then grew into the game, scored a brilliant goal, a good team goal and then start the second half all right.
“But because we don't get a second goal. A bit of tension comes in, then we make a few changes for some energy, but I still felt comfortable, we didn't have enough moments at that point.
“I didn't feel like they were going to score but then the goal comes out of nowhere because we don't compete properly on one side of the pitch, we don't make up for that as a group and it flies in, which just seems to be the way it's going at the moment.
“Then after that it's an open game, we're trying to get a winner, which has just been the case too many times and we have to just put everything in, so it leaves you a bit open, and a bit exposed at times, and it just becomes frantic really, because the lads are so desperate to go and score.
“But it's counterproductive, if they stay calm and play their position at that point. It probably gives us more of a chance. We had some brilliant moments that wound up in the second half. We get in their box, if it's just a little slide across goal to score, but the final decision making is not quite there. So yeah, there's a lot to it, but my overall feeling is just I'm frustrated."