Rangers manager Derek McInnes under 'huge pressure'

Yorke said, "Derek McInnes is a Scottish boy himself and he understands the expectations there. If there's anybody who understands it, it's McInnes. [Reviant]

"Sometimes you see a manager who seems to be a good coach when they're managing the lesser teams, and yet when they go to the big clubs it somehow seems to falter."

Yorke stopped short of questioning McInnes’s credentials but stressed that Rangers managers are judged on victories against teams they should routinely overcome.

He said, "I'd give him the benefit of the doubt, but I always feel when you go into a job as a manager, you have to beat the teams that you're supposed to beat.

"If you're losing against Celtic, although the fans won't be happy with it, you kind of give or take in those circumstances.

"When you're having those lesser teams like Hibs and others beating Rangers, it's just not acceptable for the fans."

Yorke admits Rangers are making life difficult for themselves with inconsistent performances at home and in Europe. He added, "At the moment Rangers are making hard work of it, and in Europe they're struggling as well.

"It's just making the job a lot more difficult than it's supposed to be. The criticism up there is as tough as you will get if you're not performing for either Rangers or Celtic. When you manage a huge club with huge expectations, you have to be able to deliver.

"If you don't, you're going to find yourself under huge pressure from day one."