RM Monitor And Standards Officer 111,283 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 RANGERS will not ask for their Championship clash with Raith Rovers next weekend to be postponed due to international call-ups.Boss Mark Warburton admitted at the weekend he could look to re-arrange the Ibrox clash if he was going to be without a host of key players due to the latest round of international fixtures.But the match on Saturday, 5 September will proceed as normal and Warburton said: We are playing the game, it will go ahead as planned.If we lost a lot of players due to international call-ups, we would look to do the right thing.The only focus for us is being the best we can be each and every time. If we lost five, six, seven players then we would have to look at the situation.That is not the case so we are comfortable and our focus will go onto that game as soon as we finish against Queen of the South and move forward from there.A more pressing concern than the Raith fixture to Warburton is the trip to Airdrie tomorrow night as he looks for his seventh consecutive win as boss.The Light Blues head to New Broomfield with a clean bill of health after Lee Wallace recovered from the knock he picked up against Hibernian on Sunday.And Warburton is determined to add another win to his tally as he bid for a place in the League Cup third round.He said: We have got scout reports and some footage so we will do our homework as best we can.I dont know everything about them but we will look at the reports and discuss it with the team. We have had them watched and we will prepare the best we can.Like any game, it is about us and if we apply ourselves and do what we do well we will be ok.If we are sloppy, if we are loose, if we are below par, as we were on Sunday, we will have a problem. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozblue 4,332 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 The thing I like with Warburton is that he thinks ahead to ensure that everything is considered for the betterment of the squad not only for the next game but for the preparations needed to plan for the one after it.He gets the players to solely focus on the game at hand while he and DW plan ahead. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Soprano 13,964 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 The thing I like with Warburton is that he thinks ahead to ensure that everything is considered for the betterment of the squad not only for the next game but for the preparations needed to plan for the one after it.He gets the players to solely focus on the game at hand while he and DW plan ahead.You could argue this was also McCoist's reasoning for rearranging games that fell on international weekend. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueshoff 12,382 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 The thing I like with Warburton is that he thinks ahead to ensure that everything is considered for the betterment of the squad not only for the next game but for the preparations needed to plan for the one after it.He gets the players to solely focus on the game at hand while he and DW plan ahead.It's almost like a real manager Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozblue 4,332 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 You could argue this was also McCoist's reasoning for rearranging games that fell on international weekend.That is indeed correct to a certain extent Mr S, depending on how many players were going to be away on International duty and who we were playing against. I have no problem with a manager be it Mark Warburton or Ally McCoist wanting to field his strongest possible team if he feels it is in the best interests of Rangers to do so. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Soprano 13,964 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 That is indeed correct to a certain extent Mr S, depending on how many players were going to be away on International duty and who we were playing against. I have no problem with a manager be it Mark Warburton or Ally McCoist wanting to field his strongest possible team if he feels it is in the best interests of Rangers to do so.Spot on mate, it wasn't a dig at you btw. I was and still am one of McCoist's biggest critics Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozblue 4,332 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 It's almost like a real managerOh Warburton is a real manager alright! I used to think I was meticulous in my planning ahead but Warburton leaves me for dead. He has impressed me highly in his whole attitude since coming to us.The big challenge will be when he has a 'blip' in his preparations and how he handles it, but for the moment he is doing everything right Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozblue 4,332 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Spot on mate, it wasn't a dig at you btw. I was and still am one of McCoist's biggest critics I know you weren't having a dig at me,mate! and in my opinion the obvious difference between the McCoist situation and the Warburton situation is that Ally knew the strength (or otherwise) of the team we were having to play and he had a team full of premier league/International players that had been together for a long time, whereas Warburton has had no personal experience of the strength of Raith Rovers and he has a team still to gel, so I can understand him not wanting a slip up so early in his tenure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_r_sole 366 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Good stuff, let's keep the momentum going, the games can't come quick enough at the moment! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammy cox 664 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 If there are any " blips " as someone put it I don't think it will be down to a lack of preparation on the players or managements side and I also don't think it would be down to a lack of trying or fitness.If anything it will be of our own making whether it be a bit of slack defending or not taking our chances at the other end.For now im sure most would agree things are definitely heading in the right direction. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSM 20,892 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 One thing to bear in mind are the financial implications for making decisions like this. A Saturday 3pm kick-off will always ensure the biggest crowd, as opposed to a rearranged fixture on a mid-week night. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allcinaye 336 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Have we got anyone on international duty? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Enclosure Row N 2,877 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 McCoist was a big riddy last year when substitutes got international call ups and he postponed games. One was at pretty short notice and really annoyed fans who had made travel bookings in advance. This at a time when we had 54 registered professional players! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammer93 15,252 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Delighted with this, Sat 3pm ko fuck me am I dreaming. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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