KingKirk 25,461 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 MARK WARBURTON has taken his Rangers squad into cyberspace to help their push for the top flight. The Ibrox manager has always been a stickler for details and stats since his days as a city trader. Now he’s passing that on to his players by giving them each their own personal website to work on every last aspect of their game from their armchair, not just on the training ground. And he insists he expects them all to match his day-and-night desire to improve. As he prepared his squad for tomorrow night’s match-up with Morton, he said: “We do a LOT of analysis. “Every day. Right now while I’m talking, David Weir and Jim Stewart are upstairs going through aspects of play with our defenders and keepers. “We’ll talk about final third, what we can do to be better, teams will sit men behind the ball, how do we break them down, what works well. “People said we had a blip but that was us trying to find solutions to eight, nine, 10 men behind the ball – as well as the work on the grass, we did our analysis and the last four performances have been really pleasing. “But it doesn’t stop here. They all have their own personal website set up that they can go into, look at all of their performances, touches, future opponents, their strengths and weaknesses. “It’s all part of preparing for the next game so every player has access to that.” Asked whether it was mandatory and their swotting was monitored, Warburton said: “The standards you set are as a group – it’s not just for the players, it’s for the staff as well. “Normally, if we finish on a Saturday, we watch the game that evening then watch it again first thing on Sunday morning. “The analysis is prepared by Sunday lunchtime to deliver to the players so you expect the staff to do that as well. “The players have been first-class. They are embracing it, they are hungry and they want success. They know what the club has to do and they have bought into that. You can’t give them enough credit.” Rangers’ status as the highest scorers in the British leagues is testimony to their strategy, he believes – but he also insists they’ll always leave room for players to work off the cuff rather thanbe slaves to the stats. He said: “Of course there’s freedom. We’re not saying ‘You will do this when you get to this area of the park’. We’re saying ‘These are the problems we encounter’. “You can’t ask players to be robots but you can turn around and say when we played against them last time they tend to favour going up the right side or favour playing to the centre-half or kicking long to the wide full-back. “Our job is to counter it and then hurt them. We’ve always wanted to be positive though.” Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johanhentze 14,019 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I love this guy! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyson1872 2,923 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Fucking incredible Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKirk 25,461 Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 3 minutes ago, johanhentze said: I love this guy! cheers mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allgers 735 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Warburton means business, that comes across in everything he does. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cushynumber 25,178 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I was reading this on the sunday times and it sounded top notch. The only fly in the oitment is the fact that we are not the highest scorers in the british leagues - cellic have 63 we have 61. Our goal difference is better though... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 2,428 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 3 minutes ago, cushynumber said: I was reading this on the sunday times and it sounded top notch. The only fly in the oitment is the fact that we are not the highest scorers in the british leagues - cellic have 63 we have 61. Our goal difference is better though... That will change after the Morton game, we will be highest scorers too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlBear. 8,499 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Better have good security on those websites. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cushynumber 25,178 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 1 minute ago, Dazzler said: That will change after the Morton game, we will be highest scorers too. i dont doubt it. Just saying at time of press he was wrong. Actually he probably came up with the piece before the cellic game when we were leading Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
delamonty 992 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 MW -- A real pro. Clearly having an influence on all players and staff. Exactly what I expect from a Rangers manager How can we not succeed with MW at the helm -- even with limited funds? He will find players for next to nothing... mold them into our team.. bring out the best in them. Refreshing.! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 2,428 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 3 minutes ago, delamonty said: MW -- A real pro. Clearly having an influence on all players and staff. Exactly what I expect from a Rangers manager How can we not succeed with MW at the helm -- even with limited funds? He will find players for next to nothing... mold them into our team.. bring out the best in them. Refreshing.! I can imagine the reaction if McCoist had signed two players from Acrington Stanley! Last year I would have been really upset at how far we had fallen by signing them. However, MW has not done much wrong with his player recruitment and I cant wait to see them play. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macranger 296 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 What a difference a year makes. As long as DK gives financial support, we will be back to where we should be very soon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastEnclosureBear 2,894 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 You don't really think about the hard work that goes on behind the scenes. 110% effort from the management to the players, everyone seems to be singing from the same hymn sheet now, which is night and day from last season. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ritchieshearercaldow 22,011 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Can't fault him, but I want silverware and titles, time will tell. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanoli 4,623 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 A level above Scottish football. With the right backing, not necessarily big money players, we could find ourselves years ahead of them all by the end of the MW era. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlBear. 8,499 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 1 minute ago, Vanoli said: A level above Scottish football. With the right backing, not necessarily big money players, we could find ourselves years ahead of them all by the end of the MW era. End of the MW era? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchy 1,200 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 There is truly a transformation in Scottish football, so much so that I noticed for a while that other managers where repeating, or versions of, what he had to say about the game. They soon changed that though as it was obvious to everyone who brought back into fashion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimfanciesthedude 24,358 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 what a lot of pish all this stat talk when all he has to do is bare his arse at training and let the lads hit footballs at him Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcbear 10,913 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Fair play to the board on this appointment, it was a bit of a gamble on a rookie manager when they could have gone down the tried and tested traditional route. MW oozes professionalism from every pore, the amateur hour antics of McCoists tenure look even worse now when you see what can be rattled into place in jig time with a man who knows what its all about. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 1,150 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Absolutely magic ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smile 26,592 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 We have certainly moved on from hitting the gaffers Arse to earn yourself a game. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimfanciesthedude 24,358 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 16 minutes ago, pcbear said: Fair play to the board on this appointment, it was a bit of a gamble on a rookie manager when they could have gone down the tried and tested traditional route. MW oozes professionalism from every pore, the amateur hour antics of McCoists tenure look even worse now when you see what can be rattled into place in jig time with a man who knows what its all about. we can be thankful that mccoist never fluked promotion, or mccall for that matter Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunk and disorderly. 14,204 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 12 minutes ago, Smile said: We have certainly moved on from hitting the gaffers ares to earn yourself a game. You made a right "ares" of that shite joke. Is it so hard to give Warbuton credit instead of concentrating on past failures? Anyhow, I think the website is a good idea and should prove beneficial to the players. Will keep them off Twitter for a wee while too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
K.A.I 36,183 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Compare this to hitting McSalary's arse with footballs and the arms folded Mafia amazing Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH 270 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 He's an all round class act Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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