COMMENT By Danny Wright

Rangers have been on the hunt for a successor to Pedro Caixinha for almost four weeks now and shown little signs in making any kind of progress.

A number of names have been linked with the Ibrox vacancy but the latest name on the fans' lips is that of Tony Pulis after he was sacked by West Brom on Monday morning.

Pulis, 59, had spent almost three years in the Hawthorns dug-out having arrived in January 2015 with the Baggies just one point above the relegation zone.

However the Welshman has now been shown the exit door with the club in the exact same position as it was back then - one point above the bottom three.

Pulis' sacking has prompted Rangers fans to take to Twitter to urge the club to appoint the ex-Stoke and West Brom boss.

However any thoughts of him being the one to help the Light Blues out of their rut are thoroughly misguided and here, Football Insider looks at three reasons why chairman Dave King should avoid the new fan favourite at all costs.

Click 'next' below to see the first reason why the Gers should avoid the Welshman

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Attendances will dwindle

West Brom aren't the biggest supported team in the Premier League, nor do they boast one of the biggest stadiums. But the proud Baggies fanbase was completely split in half as the team's form began to suffer.

With Pulis being infamous for his 'ancient' style of football, fans stopped turning up at the Hawthorns, simply by being bored to death.

The biggest issue with Pulis' reign at West Brom is how little they actually tried to win games.

You can excuse that for when Albion have to play the likes of Chelsea, Manchester City and Tottenham, but when a team is set up to sit back and show respect to the Huddersfields and Burnleys of the league, that's inexcusable.

Imagine if Pulis went to Rangers and set up his team to grind out a result against Hamilton or Kilmarnock. No one would turn up, and the Gers need the money from gate revenue.

Click 'next' below to see the second reason why the Welshman should be avoided

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Excuses, excuses, excuses

Pulis' press conferences became somewhat of a game of bingo for West Brom fans due to the constant repetitiveness of them.

The ex-Stoke boss would never take responsibility for anything, it was always a refereeing decision, it was always injuries, it was always the case of coming up against a 'better side'.

Rangers need someone who can come in and make everything about Rangers.

Way too often, Pulis makes everything about the opposition, but as Caixinha found out the hard way, the focus has to be on the Ibrox club and the philosophy has to be that Rangers are the better team.

There are no second prizes in Glasgow, just winners and stone-cold losers.

Click 'next' below to see the biggest reason why King should avoid him at all costs

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Rangers aren't in a relegation battle

West Brom haven't been in a relegation battle for a couple of years but Pulis has dragged them into one.

That is where he is in his comfort zone and that is where his next job should be.

Rangers are way too ambitious to go for a manager whose sole selling point is the fact that he's never been relegated. Who would want a manager whose only achievement is something he's never done?

The Light Blues need to close up the gap to Celtic sooner rather than later and Pulis just simply hasn't got the capability to do it.

As soon as West Brom found themselves sixth in the league last season, it was soon seventh, then eighth and then all the way down to 10th and just a stones throw away from the relegation dog-fight after at one stage looking like they had an outside shot at qualifying for Europe.

The Gers must now move quick with Pulis being sacked, but they absolutely must not take a glimpse at the Welshman.

In other Rangers news, a Premier League club has joined the Light Blues in pursuing one of their top targets.

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