They are taking such an emotional battering, and seem so short of people capable of making life bearable, that anyone who steps up to the plate is embraced as enthusiastically as the second coming.
Lee McCulloch may have felt a little embarrassed by the fuss made over his performance against the poorest team in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League at the weekend. Daniel Cousin did not play at all but could still bask in some adulation over what he may contribute in his second spell at Rangers. There is a longing for characters who might lift the mood around Ibrox.
