SO, the Rangers Tribute Act is not about to stroll, unbeaten through the Scottish Championship season 2015-16. That league will not be won by Christmas after all. Cue celebrations in the East End of Glasgow, where children who have yet to make their first offer to: "Watch your motor Mister", believe: "Rangers" died in 2012, and their elders are the Greatest Fans In The World.
It never ceases to amaze me, the obsession some of the GFITW have with this "new club" which has yet to play in the Premier League. You can almost smell the fear of what this new club might become.
Ra Peepul will, of course, put Sunday's defeat at Easter Road down to being one of these occasional stumbles, which every team makes. However, I don't think Mark Warburton will be unconcerned about the result.
St Johnstone, and now Hibs, have demonstrated, while the RTA look good going forward, when a team has a go at them, their rearguard is not exactly Iron Curtain standard. One hopes some other Championship teams have taken note and are maybe prepared to back themselves more.
Yes, the RTA will remain as favourites for promotion, but, Sunday has shown, if the rest believe, it need not be the stroll it is expected to be.
Meanwhile, in the top division - the title is now, surely, Celtic's to lose. If they cannot kick-on from their current position to tie the title up before the end-of-season split, then, yes, Ronnie Deila has to go.
But, they have more-urgent matters to attend to, such as a must-not-lose European game on Thursday night.
Elsewhere, big Mixu got his first win, but, the Tannadice transition might take more than that one win. Oh! and in the world of real fitba, Talbot went to Tranent and won 2-0 in the Scottish Cup, panic over.
I mentioned, in my last post, the death of Ayr United legend Peter Price. I was at Ayr Rugby Club's Millbrae ground on Saturday, for Ayr v Hawick and, during the game, I was chatting to my late wife's old boss.
Now retired, he was Managing Partner of maybe the most-prestigious legal firm in Ayr. This chap, has absolutely no interest in football. he was a rugby "Blue" at university, is a member of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club and the Royal Yacht Squadron.
Football, to him, is a game for the oiks, but, he did admit: "Even I have heard of Peter Price; went to see him play once, exciting player".
When your name is recognised by such a pillar of the Deep Establishment, you must have been a good player.
I SEE Jenni Beattie will be swapping Manchester for Melbourne shortly, where she will link-up with Kim Little, who has also been loaned to the Melbourne Ladies team during the North American off-season.
Funny how, we have girls in our Scotland Women's A squad who are in-demand from big teams across the globe, yet our top men's so-called stars are either over-hyped Celtic players, or fringe guys with middling English clubs.
What does that say about the attitude to player development of our men's and women's football in Scotland?
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