Pressure mounts on McLeish

McLeish is under mounting pressure after a miserable run of results.

But John Macmillan, general secretary of the Rangers Supporters Association said: "Alex has a bit to run yet.

"It will depend on what happens in the Champions League section. It would be foolish to change manager in such an important period."

Rangers were beaten by Celtic in a one-sided CIS Insurance Cup quarter-final on Wednesday.

The champions have won just two out of their last 11 matches and are already 12 points behind their city rivals in the Premier League table.

McLeish is odds on to leave Ibrox by the end of the month, according to bookmakers Ladbrokes.

They make him 8-11 to either walk out or be sacked by the end of November and 4-9 to be out by Christmas, with the price that he sees out the season 4-1.

It shows how quickly things can change if you lose in football Tommy Burns Scotland assistant manager

"I'm not a betting man but it does looks like Alex will go in the end," added Macmillan.

"You've got to hope that he can turn it around but it's a mammoth task.

"The players are performing abysmally at the moment.

"They have no confidence, no imagination, no awareness, no shape and are running about like a team of individuals.

"There is a despondency among the fans and they have every right to be despondent.

"It is Alex's team now but although he must take responsibility the players have to look at themselves.

"Rangers have no divine right to win games but the fans have a right to expect players to give their all.

"I don't want to single out individuals but we all know which players are not giving 100%."

Meanwhile, Scotland assistant Tommy Burns leapt to the defence of McLeish and hit out at the critics.

"It's been a difficult time for him in the last two or three months but he's a strong guy and has handled it unbelievably well," said Burns.

"It shows how quickly things can change if you lose in football. Just a while ago he was doing fantastically well in winning the league championship.

"He's a real Rangers man and has won more trophies than anybody else in the last four years.

"It's (the criticism) typical of the blame culture we have but you have to live with it and the way he's handled it is a triumph for dignity in management."