STEVEN GERRARD will obviously be looking to bring in his own backroom team at Rangers, but I wonder if he might consider keeping Jimmy Nicholl around the place.

Nicholl has been back for a few months now as part of the coaching team and it has been a turbulent time, so it is difficult to judge what impact he has been having, but he stepped up to the plate when asked to take over the reins when Graeme Murty left and he has done reasonably well in that time.

But what Jimmy has that could be of real value over and above his vast experience with Rangers and Northern Ireland, is that he understands completely what the club is all about and what it stands for. Jimmy is steeped in the morals and the ethics of Rangers, and what it takes to be a Ranger.

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Most managers will look to have the people they know and trust around them when they come into a new club, but having that connection to a person who is so entrenched in what Rangers are all about could be a real help for Steven in my book as he finds his feet in Glasgow and gets to know his new surroundings.