Class of 92 must heed ruthless lessons for title reunion

Missed chances mean points total no match for Ange's juggernaut

- ANDY NEWPORT

IT ain't broke yet it still needs fixing.

How else do you sum up a season that saw Rangers climb to a final points tally they'd only previously scaled past on a handful of occasions and yet still come up short? Michael Beale doesn't entirely buy the narrative that this is an Ibrox squad not fit for purpose.

But the Gers gaffer accepts big changes are required, nonetheless, if his side are to go to the next level and replace Ange Postecoglou's relentless Celtic winning machine at the summit of Scottish football.

And he's right on both fronts.

The 92 points Gers collected this term would have been more than enough to crown them champions in all but the most exceptional of campaigns.

In fact, it's a figure they've only bettered four times since our game moved into the three points-for-a-win era in 1994.

On each occasion, it was good enough to win the league.

It would also have been good enough to beat nine of Celtic's 17 title-winning sides over the same period.

But the reality is that against an outstanding Parkhead team, it's still very much second best.

They've finished seven points adrift and even then, the Hoops' have allowed their margin of victory to be shaved back having downed tools since they secured the championship.