Rangers 0 - Hearts 0

Walter Smith is about to be the busiest man in Scottish football between now and the end of the month.
And anyone at Ibrox yesterday will understand why.
Even if the Rangers manager miraculously signs every player he’s been linked with during the current transfer window, the Ibrox side will still be far from the finished article.
Smith summed up Rangers’ predicament perfectly when he said on his return he is only back at Ibrox because of their current situation.
A decent break of the ball here would have resulted in a deserved home victory. Yet that would only have papered over the cracks.
Years of bad buys since Smith left first time round nearly nine years ago have more than caught up on Rangers.
In the end, a barren pitch helped produce a barren game and the frustrated jeers of the crowd at time-up were not only aimed at the referee and the visitors.
Rangers had more than enough of this game to have worn Hearts down. Yet apart from skipper Barry Ferguson, they had no one capable of producing that little bit of magic required against a stubborn, defensively-minded Edinburgh team.

Deadlock

Man of the Match — Barry Ferguson covered every blade of grass and every bare patch at Ibrox trying to inspire his side without response.