All eyes are on Rugby Park this evening as Barry Ferguson takes his first bow as Rangers interim manager.
The legendary former Rangers captain was named Philippe Clement's successor until the end of the season on Monday.
His task is fairly simple - improve Rangers' fortunes, and fast - with the Ibrox club trailing rivals Celtic by 16 points in the Scottish Premiership table.
Takeover talks and off-field matters continue to fill the back pages, however Ferguson's mind is firmly on the present, and most-importantly helping Rangers return to winning ways against Kilmarnock.
A 2-0 home loss to St Mirren last weekend proved the final straw for Clement, who was only given a fresh Rangers contract extension until the summer of 2028 back in August.
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Ferguson hopes the Rangers squad will have taken the recent criticism that's come their way on board and use it as fuels to have a positive end to the campaign.
Speaking to Sky Sports, the 47-year-old said: "It wasn't always rosy in the garden for me at Rangers. I went through some tough times as well, but it's an amazing place to play your football.
"It's a fantastic facility in terms of the training centre, an iconic stadium with the fans coming in numbers every time that they play at Ibrox.
"There's so much I could pass on. I've had some experiences but also some difficult times.
"At this stage, the team has gone through a bit of a sticky patch, there's no doubt about that, we're not going to sit here and lie. The last few results, certainly at Ibrox, have been well below par.
"I've been in these situations but it's about standing up to that, accepting criticism and making sure you put a performance on in the next game.
"It's great that there's always a game round the corner and that's what we've got against Kilmarnock."
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Ferguson was then probed on why Rangers' domestic season has proved so turbulent given the fact that they've reached the last-16 of the Europa League.
"It's just been a lack of consistency and not winning enough football games domestically," he admitted.
"The European performances have been at a high level, there's no doubt, but maybe not in some of the games domestically.
"The Queen's Park game in the Scottish Cup and also the game against St Mirren at the weekend, Rangers as a football club have to be winning those games and that's the pressure that I'm going to put on myself, my staff and my players.
"I think there's a lot of good players. I am delighted with their attitude. They show a good appetite, which is important for me, and a good work ethic which I'm going to try and bring, and my staff are going to try and bring.
"We know we're going to a tough place against Kilmarnock down at Rugby Park against a manager who I've got a lot of respect for.
"Kilmarnock are a good team, and we suffered the last time we went there so it needs to be different this time. We're going to give it our best shot, but what we need to do is be positive and make sure we come away with three points. It's got to be different this time.
"There's not going to be wholesale changes overnight, that takes a bit of time, but I also understand that you don't get much time here.
"I've only had one training session but I'm not going to use that as an excuse. I've prepared them in the right manner and then we'll go down to Kilmarnock looking to get the three points.
"You're going to see a team full of grit, determination, desire, and a team that's going to go and try and win the game of football. That's what you'll see from my team, you'll see a team that's fully committed to the cause."
