GERS NEED SORT CODE

Quality deficit on show again as expensive squad men are held to account in Ibrox injury crisis

- BY ANDY NEWPORT

THIS week, Chancellor Rachel Reeves will spell out how she plans to fix the nation's broken economy.

But the question taxing the minds of the Rangers support is just how will Danny Rohl be able to nurse this mess of an Ibrox side through to January?

A squad that was already operating with a massive quality deficit has been hit by a string of serious injury blows over the international break.

John Souttar was as close as Rohl had to a dependable figure at the back but it looks like the stopper will be out of action until the end of next month after straining a muscle in the minutes ahead of Tuesday's Scotland thrill ride at Hampden.

Derek Cornelius has added some much needed experience too at the back but the Canada international is set to be out for even longer after suffering his own misfortune last week.

And in Mikey Moore, Gers were starting to see flashes of the talent that have seen the Spurs kid tipped as the next big thing down White Hart Lane.

But he's also looking at a month or maybe more on the sidelines after joining the Ibrox casualty list.

The news that £8million man Youssef Chermiti is crocked might actually come as a relief to the punters given the paucity of his positive contributions so far but for Rohl, these knocks are a cost-of-living crisis he could most certainly do without.

The three points banked against basement boys Livingston kept the German gaffer's Premiership four-match winning run going.