As timing goes then choosing the week of a trip to Celtic Park to claim Rangers are years behind their rivals is hardly ideal.
Unless you're looking to upset the apple cart at Ibrox.
Former chairman Sandy Easdale hit the headlines on Thursday when he claimed Rangers and chairman Dave King “can’t finance the ambition” to stop Celtic marching to eight and nine in a row.
But is he right? Easdale spoke as he announced the purchase of 26 new buses for his Greenock-based firm McGill’s.
Sandy Easdale claims Rangers and Dave King don’t have the finances to catch Celtic
But how much do Rangers need to invest to return to a level playing field with Celtic?
Are they in any position to match the champions this weekend where nothing less than victory will do if they are to keep their slender title hopes alive?
How does Steven Gerrard set his team up to beat the Hoops?
These are the questions Scott McDermott and Fraser Wilson mull over in our latest Record Rangers Podcast .
They also ask whether Alfredo Morelos is the standout candidate for Scotland's player of the year.
Listen to what they have to say in the player below.
