Clint Hill could be the new Davie Weir for this Rangers side. What Rangers need at the back as they return to the top-flight is a bit of experience - just think of the impact that a 40-year-old Davie Weir had playing there and what he brought to the side. There are two young boys at the back just now for Rangers and they would certainly benefit from an old head like Clint Hill in there beside them.

Mark Warburton will have done his homework, it’s not as if he’s just plucked Hill's name out of the air because he’s a free transfer. He obviously knows the boy well and will have spoken to Harry Redknapp about him.

He’s still a very fit man. Now, don’t get me wrong, I don’t see him being a long-term solution, but if Rangers get a year out of him then they’ll be doing well.

If it happens, I wouldn’t have a problem with that at all, and if he can handle everything down south in the English Premier League and the Championship - which is a very physical league - then he should be able to handle it up here no problem.

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He’s a big lump of a lad, he’s got no fitness problems now, and if the manager is thinking about him for a coaching role as well then why not?

I’ve said all along that it’s all well and good to have a group of exciting young players, but you need that old head in amongst that, someone who is a shouter and a communicator.

If you are one of the main centre-backs then you’re seeing everything that is in front of you, so with him being in there as a good talker and Joey Barton in front of him, then the backline should be solid.

There were several times last year when Rangers were caught out by a simple ball into the box. What is needed in there is somebody that is a no-nonsense defender who can clear his lines, and Clint Hill fits that bill.

If he wasn’t getting a coaching role then some eyebrows might be raised, but if Rangers can get a year or two out of him as a player as well as the younger players benefitting from him passing on his experience and know-how, then I wouldn’t have a problem with him coming into Mark Warburton’s squad at all.

Davie Weir was a role model, and someone who showed that it doesn’t matter how old you are, class is permanent. It isn’t all about how well you play either, you’ve got to be able to handle everything that goes along with playing for Rangers, especially in the goldfish bowl of Glasgow.

Somebody of his experience who has been there, seen it and done it with Queens Park Rangers will have a better chance of adapting to life here than an untested youngster.

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Davie Weir proved to everybody that it doesn’t matter what age you are, if you come in and can still perform then you can make a great contribution. He ended up in the Hall of Fame such was the way he played, captained the club and got players around him playing.

His experience brought on a lot of centre-backs at that time at Rangers, so if Clint Hill can have even half of the impact that Davie did then Rangers will be onto a winner.

People at other clubs might laugh and say ‘oh, they’re signing a 37-year-old now’, but it’s what he can still do on the park that will count. They can all laugh before then as they did when Davie Weir signed, but he turned out to be an absolute gem and there is no reason why Clint Hill can’t be either.

When you look around the Premiership there aren’t too many central defenders with a lot of pace, and Davie Weir certainly didn’t, but if you can read the game and use your experience that way then it doesn’t matter.

Pace is brilliant to have and it helps, but with the way that Rangers play they probably won’t be pushing teams high up at the halfway line. They always want to play the ball from the goalkeeper to feet, so the back four always has to be quite deep anyway.

Pace would be wonderful, but experience is more important in my opinion. You don’t need pace when the ball is slung in to the back post. Then it’s your ability to head the ball clear that counts, and that’s where Rangers have let themselves down on numerous occasions over the last few years.

He can head the ball, he has a wealth of experience and he's a good communicator. I think he would be a great asset.