Steven Gerrard has just one chance left to prove he's a manager

There and back again, a Steven Gerrard tale?

After going on a footballing adventure, south of the border and then across to Saudi Arabia, Gerrard may soon get the chance to return to the scene of his first senior managerial post.

And the fact Rangers are firmly a club in crisis could actually ease Gerrard back into the role. Seriously. Because the club are eighth, yes eighth , in the Sottish Premiership table after seven games – meaning it can hardly get much worse.

“It can!”, in your best Mick McCarthy accent, is a suitable riposte there, but Gerrard’s potential reappointment would undeniably signal an immediate mood boost given Russell Martin’s tenure ended on Sunday with a police escort back home from Falkirk.

Although it is home no longer for Martin, whose 123-day reign produced