Derek McInnes now faces 'biggest week' of his career at Rangers - Here's why

Derek McInnes will have been hoping for a much better start to life at Rangers.

Excitement was brought back down to life as the Bears opened their Scottish Premiership season with a 1-1 draw at Dundee United.

Disappointment in Europe followed, with a 2-1 defeat against Jagiellonia to kickstart Europa League qualification.

McInnes is already facing serious questions around his team selections and substitutions, as he tries to find a winning formula.

Now, all eyes are on Ibrox, as Rangers welcome Hibernian on Sunday looking for their first competitive win of the season.

And it may just be bigger than everybody thinks.

Derek McInnes under ultimate pressure already

The Scotsman was under no illusions about how difficult this would be, especially being his dream job.

Hugh Keevins believes that McInnes will need to start proving himself sooner rather than later.

Writing in the print edition of the Sunday Mail, the respected journalist shared why the pressure cooker will only get worse.

"There has never been, historically speaking, much demand for caution or perspective when it comes to Scottish football," Keevins started.

"And certainly not within the Old Firm's sphere of activity.

"It is, traditionally, never too early to go off the deep end - which means Derek McInnes will, starting today, face the biggest week of his managerial life.

"If (and I underline if) Celtic beat Kilmarnock prior to Rangers kicking off against Hibs at Ibrox, they would have a five-point lead over their deadliest rivals in the table."

Where has it gone wrong so far?

Rangers started yet another season under new management, despite plans being put in place for Danny Rohl.

That included signings being made for him, until McInnes took charge and those plans somewhat stayed the same.

Lawrence Shankland and Cammy Devlin have reunited with their old boss from Hearts, but finding a similar system that worked at Tynecastle is proving difficult.

Two different formations have been used already, a basic 4-4-2, and then a more advanced 4-3-3 while in Poland.

Neither worked to great success, but expect McInnes to revert to his two strikers against Hibernian.

Shankland will likely start after being benched last time out, so Ryan Naderi, Bojan Miovski and Youssef Chermiti will fight it out for the other spot.

Midfield has been an area of concern, so two more defensive-minded players who can keep the ball will likely step in for McInnes.

That could be Nicolas Raskin and new signing Vanja Dragojevic, who both impressed off the bench on Thursday.

A big concern is that McInnes still doesn't know his best team, and is working on the job to find that out.

Until that is sorted, there may be more pain to come at Ibrox.