Old Firm fizzling out will add to Ferguson frustration

After Sunday's 1-1 draw with Celtic, that's seven home games without a win for Rangers, with five of them under Barry Ferguson.

It will annoy him. You've seen from every interview, he's been very honest and you've been able to feel his passion for the club and the job.

But, ultimately, results haven't been good enough. That hasn't changed since he replaced Philippe Clement.

If a takeover happens and the new owners say 'we're going to be spending big, big money here' then the job becomes much more attractive to a top-level manager.

If they're looking at the current set-up at the moment, I don't think there's been enough change.

The European games have been good, the Old Firm games have been good, but the same issues have been there throughout the season and that's probably an area that goes against the current management team.

Seventeen points clear at the top of the league with 103 goals scored, Celtic have completely dominated again.

It's a massive achievement. 100% it is. Because of Celtic's success over the last decade or so, there is an expectation there.

It's viewed falsely because the competition hasn't been as tight as expected.

When you look at when Brendan Rodgers last won a treble (2017-18) compared to this time, it's tougher now - given the quality of opposition.

Rodgers has talked about the odd dip in performances. When you've been that far ahead and you've not got the competition, it does become hard to motivate yourself at times.

But Celtic have got a cup final coming up and the chance of another treble, which the players should be switched on for.

As for the last derby of the season, Rangers had the best of the first half, while Celtic were on top after the break. For the last 15 minutes, it did feel like a dead rubber and both teams were probably happy just let the game ride out.

With a midfield diamond and two strikers slightly wider, Rangers did a good job of stopping Celtic, who are so smart at manipulating the ball and playing through you to create chances.

The full-backs were really aggressive and made contact with Celtic's wide players early on.

It forced Celtic to play in areas that suited Rangers and allowed Rangers to hit on the counter-attack, where they carried a big threat.

At half time, Rodgers made a couple of small tweaks in how Celtic built up, how they got that rotation in their team.

They had players running in behind, rather than getting the ball to feet all the time. Reo Hatate dropped a bit deeper, which caused problems for Rangers trying to mark him out of possession.

Former Rangers striker Steven Naismith was speaking to Andrew Petrie for BBC Sport Scotland.