Rangers 0-2 Hibernian: 5 out of 5

There's been a lot of low points at Ibrox since our return to the top flight. Mostly teams winning their first games there in about 100 years, Aberdeen in 16/17, Hamilton in 17/18 and now we've managed to add 4 names to that list with St Mirren, Motherwell, Hibernian and Queens Park. Who can forget losing 5-1 to Celtic in 16/17 too.

When results like that happen, it feels like something has invaded our personal space. We've managed to retain some resilience at Ibrox, generally speaking, even at our worst. These home defeats feel like something has stripped away that final curtain, to reveal the Wizard of Oz in his facade.

I'm not sure what 5 in a row signifies. I don't think I could extend the Wizard of Oz metaphor that far. Truthfully it feels like it's gone fully beyond the shock factor that a home loss can produce. It's become the norm to lose at Ibrox. That's the biggest shock of all, we aren't surprised by a result and performance like yesterdays.

I'll try go back to how I felt pre-match. I was pleasantly surprised by Cerny's appearance in the starting eleven. I wasn't sure how I felt about the 433, but part of me was happy that the management team clearly had a game plan for these opponents. There was the concern that changing our game plan so suddenly might lead to a lack of cohesion. Especially given we will no doubt return to the 3 at the back against Athletic Club on Thursday.

I've mentioned in both of our home league losses that a narrow front 3 can really unpick a back 4. So I was hoping that was the shape we'd see on the pitch.

In the early exchanges it looked like we wanted to exploit the Hibs high line. There were 3 long balls with varying levels of success. We didn't field a particularly pacey front 3, and a strategy like this would rely heavily on Vaclav Cerny's tender hamstrings holding up and Dessers doing a lot of selfless running.

I wasn't massively disappointed with the start, there seemed to be a game plan, even though I didn't know how effective it would be. What would have probably helped with the effectiveness of the game plan would have been to avoid conceding to the first Hibs attack of the game.

However that proved to be beyond us, a Hibs corner was headed out by Souttar. Dylan Levitt shot from distance and Butland let it go straight through him.

I feel like I've said enough about Butland at this point. He's not good enough to be a league winning goalkeeper. He doesn't have a baseline of performance, he veers from very good to very bad. And more often than not these days, it's very bad. His experience as a keeper has largely been about facing large volumes of shots, given the calibre of his previous clubs. It's not really a surprise that he doesn't have the concentration required to succeed at a big club.

For me it's getting to the stage where I'd start Liam Kelly. Simply because Butland is chucking the ball into his own net on a weekly basis, and he's also restricting our build up play by looking like a keeper whose just been informed of the back pass rule in 1992 whenever he has the ball at his feet. Kelly is a mediocre shot stopper but during his run in the team we looked far more secure in possession when under pressure.

More to the point if there was a defender making as many mistakes as Butland is currently. He'd already have been dropped, the goalkeeper should be no different. No one is untouchable.

Although there were the smatterings of a game plan on the ball. Off the ball we were an embarrassment, there wasn't much of a pressing structure and Hibs played through our frontline with ease.

Our best chance came from winning the ball, but it was due to an error from Levitt as he dawdled on the ball before being tackled by Dessers. Igamane picked up the ball and played our number 9 through on goal. Under pressure from Bushiri he blazed over. That was the story of the Nigerians game. I can't catalogue all his misses here but he was in peak frustrating Dessers mode. Yet somehow remained on the pitch throughout.

By half time we'd started to create some chances sporadically. We'd definitely lost a bit of our structure going forward, and Hibs overall looked comfortable while still carrying a threat on the break.

In the second half we looked even more ineffective. There wasn't a change to the approach either on or off the ball. It really felt like Clement had never left, watching players try and solve a tactical puzzle without any of the tools to do so.

Eventually Barry looked to the bench and introduced Bajrami for Cerny who presumably couldn't handle 90 minutes given his recent injury. I was pleasantly surprised to see us change to a 4312 with Bajrami behind Dessers and Igamane. The Albanians movement caused some issues for Hibs. He even hit the bar after being played through on goal.

I'd started to get invested again when the backline switched off, a through ball found Martin Boyle. I had no confidence in Butland making a save, and surprise surprise it was 2-0 to the visitors. Despite initially being flagged offside the goal was given after a lengthy VAR check.

That flattened us. I can understand why the management made a change. But what I find utterly bemusing is the insistence in bringing on forwards for midfielders and just hoping things would change. We did this in the Motherwell game too. Ended the game with loads of strikers on the pitch, not creating any chances because we'd removed the creative players.

There's been some genuinely promising tactical moments from Barry and Co. But at home all of that seems to get thrown out the window. We're at the stage where winning a game at home is a psychological barrier to overcome.

You could have told me that the managers post match interview was actually just a recording of one of the previous home losses and I'd believe you.

We heard again that the players aren't good enough, they don't understand what it means to play for Rangers. Dessers and Butland aside, I find it hard to blame individuals for yesterday's result. I'd actually like to see the manager take responsibility for the lack of tactical thinking on show, and the way he sent the team out with no pressing structure and no idea about how to win the ball back.

The fact is, we were all critical of the interim appointments. With legitimate concerns. What's clear is that the big results and performances are the surprises, not the losses and tactical ineptitude.