There's no point sugar-coating it and nothing to be gained by pretending Rangers and Russell Martin have got the season off to a positive start.
And I’m perfectly sure no-one inside Ibrox would even attempt to suggest they’ve been happy with the first few weeks of the campaign.
It’s been difficult for the new manager and, at times, it’s looked a bit frenzied. But it’s also worth remembering it was always likely to be a turbulent, transitional period.
Not only has Russell been attempting to get his team to play a completely different style of football and lay down a new structure on the field but, in the background, he’s also been trying to overhaul an entire squad in one transfer window with a revolving door at Auchenhowie.
When you think about it, with all that’s been