An unfortunate choice of opening words by you given that no Rangers team had of course ever lost to Ross County until two weeks ago.
You are of course conveniently choosing to overlook that these were two crucial games - but against inferior opposition - at a critical point of the season. Nowithstanding the missed opportunity in the OF we had got ourselves in the position still to go into the split two points ahead.
Each of these games was all about mental fortitude, holding our nerve and showing that we had the psychological strength and commitment to see each through to victory.
And we fucked it, again, against the backdrop of 3 trophies in 8 seasons.
It's simply nonsense to suggest that it's lack of quality - rather than mentality - which is the issue.
Oh, and Barry Ferguson's history of lifting trophies for Rangers means he has to justify his strength of character to no one.
So you're trying to tell me that Rangers teams of the past didn't lose games like that? Of course they did.
Walter Smiths title winning Rangers lost 1-0 to ICT at Ibrox in the run in in 2009. It looked a fatal loss. It wasn't. Earlier that season we had drawn 3 games in a row.
The year before, we collapsed on the home straight and lost the title.
Our treble winning team of 2003 drew in Dundee after the split with Barry missing two penalties. It almost cost us the title. It didn't.
In 2005, we lost at home to Dundee United in the run in before losing a must win old firm to fall 5 points behind with 4 games left. It looked fatal. It wasn't.
I'm not conveniently overlooking anything. You e basically just decided these were crucial games and are ignoring any examples of when we've dealt with this so called pressure.
Does the fact we beat with St Mirren last Sunday in another crucial game show we've got strong mentality? No it doesn't. Like the Ross County and Dundee games, they are just games of football that we win 70% of the time. As do Celtic.
It's very simple just to throw around ideas of "mentality' every time you lose but ignore other times we won or ignore times winning teams also lost such games.
Tavernier also has a history of lifting trophies for Rangers. It may not be as much as we'd like but he has got over the line. So why is it mentality when we lose but ignoring the times we didn't.
It's like talking to a cult on here at times who ignore everything good Tavernier and club have done in his time at the club just so people can moan about him. Yes he has failings. Yes he's slowing down. Yes it maybe time for a fresh start. But the way people downplay anything good that the club have done is bordering on obsessive.
Oh and both Tavernier and Ferguson have lifted one title each as Rangers captain.