Michael Stewart has claimed a "toxic" side of Rangers he thought had been left in the past has returned in the wake of penaltygate.The Ibrox club and Scottish FA have traded statements like boxers punches as the fallout from Alistair Johnston's non-handball decision last weekend.
Gers chiefs met with Hampden decision maker on Wednesday to hear the VAR audio, and made it known indirectly that they had requested Willie Collum be kept away from their games going forward.That was immediately booted out by the SFA, who rebuked the Rangers hierarchy and demanded they show more "responsibility" in regard to sharing information, and accused them of jeopardising Collums' safety.
BBC pundit Stewart reckons it's the wrong approach from Ibrox after they made things personal with the VAR official. And it's an approach he thought the Light Blues had ditched in recent years when playing politics with governing bodies.Speaking on Sportsound, he said: "It brings me back to when Rangers were up in arms with Neil Doncaster the SPFL over their handling of the Coronavirus when they cancelled the season.
To a certain extent, I had sympathy with some of the questions that were being asked. But as soon as they became so vitriolic towards Neil Doncaster, I thought it was too far.