Steven Gerrard confessed he was feeling pain at the lowest ebb of his Rangers tenure, Walter Smith winced a little too.The Ibrox great could appreciate Gerrard’s torment at Tynecastle in the immediate aftermath of a game many felt might spell the end of a hitherto promising reign.Even with years of experience in the bank as a gaffer, Smith admits doubts and concerns can creep into the mind of the manager trying to regain a grip on the wheel.So imagine the agonies torturing Gerrard and the uphill task he stared at midway through only season two of the job he accepted at the outset of a new career.He stressed that questions of himself would feature in a pain-staking post-mortem of Scottish Cup defeat to Hearts.Many more deserved to be posed.
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