Up in the Air Uncertainty Surrounds the Ibrox Club's Qualifi Cation Into the Champions League, Writes Stewart Fisher

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WEEK may be a long time in politics, but it can also seem like an eternity where football is concerned. Rangers fans should be glad of the fact. Back in the summer of 2005, it took the passage of just seven days for Celtic to morph from the shambolic outfit beaten 5-0 by Artmedia Bratislava to a side capable of recording a 4-0 victory against the same opponents, and this time it is their Glasgow rivals who must hope a week of extra practice and match sharpness sees them achieve a similarly rapid transformation. The carousel at Kaunas airport would be as good a place as any for the Ibrox club to lose the mental and physical baggage of their marathon 2007/08 campaign that they appeared to be laden down with during their goalless draw in their Champions League qualifier last Wednesday night.

Last season's run to the Uefa Cup final was great while it lasted, but essentially all Rangers have to show for it at the moment are a job lot of runners-up medals, a catalogue of injuries and some decidedly tired legs.

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Up in the Air Uncertainty Surrounds the Ibrox Club's Qualifi Cation Into the Champions League, Writes Stewart Fisher

Already, Barry Ferguson and Carlos Cuellar, two of the most overworked in last season's 67-game campaign, have succumbed to injury and - although Cuellar has a slight chance of returning for Tuesday's second leg - there was certainly little effervescence in the...

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