It's new to Gio van Bronckhorst but Rangers know about second-half-of-the-season syndrome - Keith Jackson's big match verdict
dailyrecord.co.ukIt might be all new to Giovanni van Bronckhorst but Rangers have been struck down by this condition before. If they’re not careful this latest variant of second-half-of-the-season syndrome could quickly develop into something more nasty than the new manager could possibly have expected when he first arrived to give the champions a much needed shot in the arm.
Having dropped points at Pittodrie in their first game back after the shutdown, Van Bronckhorst saw his players give serious consideration to tossing away another two before sub Scott Arfield pulled a stunning winning goal out of the bag to lift them out of their own mediocrity.
With one delicious flick of his right boot, Arfield succeeded in knocking a hole in Livingston’s heavily manned defences and Van Bronckhorst must now hope, with Celtic Park on the horizon, that the side effects of this sluggish return to action do not linger too much longer.
His starting XI added weight to the notion the manager is still feeling his way around this squad at a critical moment in the campaign.
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