Rangers vs Dundee United: Why?

Morning everyone, today's game arrives as a revelation to me. I had simply removed it from my mind, thinking that we only had one game left, one glorious game. That's not the case as we have to play Dundee United at Ibrox tonight.

What to think about a game that I'd genuinely forgotten? I'm not sure. The players should come into the game feeling confident off the back of their 4 goal salvo against Aberdeen. Maybe if they're lucky, they won't be hamstrung by Nedim Bajrami for the first half. Barry has shown an extreme allergic reaction to rotating the team so I'm not expecting any changes beyond that.

Speaking of Barry, his pre-match press conference really hit the heights we've come to expect from him. He admitted his time as interim hasn't gone as well as he would have wanted and hilariously just seemed to start listing the results of his first few games. He stopped at Fenerbahce away as 2 wins in 3 under him was our best run of form.

I understand he will get asked about his prospects of staying on at every interview and press conference. But I've got sick of hearing about how he knows what he will do if he gets the job. At least on this occasion he talked about the potential of someone else getting the permanent gig, probably something to do with recent links to a certain young Italian.

I'd rather get into the recent managerial links in a separate blog. But I'd be remiss not to mention the noise around Davide Ancelotti, son of Carlo, as the potential incoming manager at Rangers.

Davide Ancelotti at Real Madrid

This rumour started off very big, with a few large Real Madrid social accounts reporting it. Davide has been on his dad's coaching staff since 2011. He won't be staying at Real Madrid after his father's departure as Xabi Alonso will be bringing his own staff to the Bernabeu.

Ancelotti jnr has never had a role as head coach, but he's certainly been rumoured to take the reigns on previous occasions. It was widely reported that Kevin Thelwell tried to bring him back to Everton as the manager but he turned down that opportunity.

If he were to come to Rangers it would certainly be a coup in one sense, but also a massive risk. There's lots of examples of assistants struggling to make the step up to taking the reigns, Rene Meulensteen and Steve McLaren both come to mind. However in recent times we've seen Mikel Arteta step into his first managerial job at Arsenal and take them from 8th to fighting at the top of the table and a Champions League semi final in 5 years.

There's no doubt that an appointment of this nature would represent a risk, and would be a bold way for the new ownership to announce themselves. But Steven Gerrard was a risky appointment and that worked out okay in the end.

I'll have more on that story as we get it, but for now let's try not to fall asleep watching Rangers play Dundee United in a dead rubber in a half empty Ibrox. Have a good day everyone.