RANGERS sacked the manager when they last dropped points to the Bairns.
Seven days ago, they axed the chief executive and sporting director.
They can only dream it could be that easy to get rid of some of these players.
Russell Martin carried the can as he was sneaked out of the Falkirk Stadium in October.
With Martin gone, the focus then turned to Patrick Stewart and Kevin Thelwell.
But the thread running through Rangers‘ miserable start to the season remains those ON the pitch.
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Too often they’ve stuttered and stumbled, under-achieved and shed points.
Danny Rohl might have thought he’d stemmed the tide with four straight league wins.
But there was never going to be enough quality – or, crucially, enough desire – among this mob for that to be the case.
They rarely tested Scott Bain and were jeered off at the end.
Falkirk‘s last Ibrox win was in 1994 when Richard Cadette hit a double after Brian Laudrup opened the scoring.
To be fair, they didn’t really look like improving on that record.
But they were mightily comfortable as they took another deserved point off rattled Rangers.
Bairns keeper Bain was alert to punch clear a free-kick from James Tavernier then hold a low shot from Connor Barron inside five minutes.
Liam Henderson conceded a needless corner with a mishit pass back from the halfway line but soared highest to repel Tavernier’s delivery.
At the other end, Calvin Miller had a sight of goal after 13 minutes but Nasser Djiga blocked it away to safety.
John McGlynn’s Bairns started just two points behind Gers and certainly didn’t look overawed.
Some of his stars were still in League One 19 months ago but they were intent on making their presence felt.
Thelo Aasgaard fired over after 14 minutes but Falkirk – unchanged from the 3-0 win at Tannadice – looked composed.
Rohl had shuffled his front four after the Europa League draw with Braga on Thursday night.
Bojan Miovski, Oliver Antman, Nedim Bajrami and Aasgaard all came in.
It was a first league start for Albanian ace Bajrami in more than six months.
Danilo, Mo Diomande and Djeidi Gassama dropped to the bench with the injured Youssef Chermiti missing out.
Antman had a glimpse of goal after 20 minutes but headed wide of the near post from Max Aarons‘ deep cross.
The first grumbles were tumbling down from the stands with Gers’ front six often wanting too much time or one touch too many on the ball.
Those jeers increased as Antman spurned a chance to cross into the box, preferring a cutback to Tavernier which was woefully misplaced and allowed Falkirk to break.
The Finnish winger has yet to rediscover the form of a dazzling debut against Viktoria Plzen back in August and looks another costly failure by the axed Kevin Thelwell’s recruitment department.
Falkirk had an escape after 37 minutes when Miovski caught Henderson on the ball in the box.
The Gers striker hit the deck as he was eased off the ball but ref Steven McLean decided the contact didn’t merit a spot-kick.
Falkirk then burst to the other end with Miller crowded out after Tavernier’s mistake had gifted the ball to Ethan Williams.
Dylan Tait was booked for chopping down Bajrami, who had won possession from Keelan Adams and was scampering into Bairns territory.
If anything, the challenge seemed to spark Bajrami into life and he curled a right-foot beyond Bain’s post before the break.
Bairns fans cried for a penalty when Djiga and Williams collided as they chased Miller’s ball over the top.
But ref McLean waved play on and the first half ended with Barron reversing a 20-yard shot just beyond Bain’s far post.
Jack Butland had been quiet in the first half but burst out of his box to clear at Miller’s feet after 52 minutes.
Jayden Meghoma and Gassama were sent on for Aarons and Antman after 57 minutes as Rohl sought to inject some much-needed impetus.
Gassama screwed a shot wide from 20 yards with his first touch after the Bairns had cleared Tavernier’s free-kick.
Alfredo Agyeman and ex-Gers favourite Scott Arfield were soon sent on for Miller and 38-year-old Brian Graham.
Arfield’s arrival earned a bigger cheer from the Gers faithful than anything their current players had done.
Agyeman almost embarrassed Butland in a mad scramble in the Gers box but somehow the Light Blues got away with it.
Butland then stuck out his left foot to divert Agyeman’s low drive wide for a corner after a quickly-taken free-kick.
This was Falkirk’s best spell and their small pocket of fans sniffed an opening goal.
But incredibly Gers then carved out their best chance when Tavernier and Nico Raskin broke clear to free Gassama.
He cut inside and fired in a shot which keeper Bain did well to push to safety.
Gers’ next change was Danilo for Aasgaard as they desperately chased a breakthrough and a fifth straight league win.
But Butland again plunged to his right to deny Williams as Falkirk showed they were very much in the game.
Diomande and Findlay Curtis replaced Barron and Bajrami after 76 minutes in Rohl’s final throw of the dice.
Gers just couldn’t step up the tempo, though, as the contest limped into the final ten minutes.
There were five more added on at the end, with Miovski having to head off his own line as the Bairns again threatened.
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