Rangers stars will be sweating over their futures if they don't pull their weight...

[SteveC 150]

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/barry-ferguson-rangers-stars-sweating-5950836

 

Rangers stars will be sweating over their futures if they don't pull their weight for new boss.

 

THE message from Mark Warburton has been delivered loud and clear.

 

He has spelt it out to everyone at Rangers – it’s time to either get the sleeves rolled up and prepare to work or hit the road.

 

It’s simple really, either you’re ready to work or you’re out the door and it’s a message that will be music to the ears of the long-suffering Bears .

 

Let’s be honest, it’s an incredible statement for a manager to have to issue a rallying call to his workforce when they’re employed in an environment such as Murray Park.

 

I’m not going to kid anyone on, it’s a five-star complex so what player wouldn’t want to go in there and work?

 

Maybe the atmosphere hasn’t been great but there is a wind of change blowing through it and it’s no bad thing.

 

I’m not about to question the work ethic of the previous Ibrox regimes as this is about the positive progression of the club.

 

But, like all Rangers fans, I think it’s great to hear Warburton say he won’t be suffering fools gladly and it was a stark warning to anyone who thinks they’ll get away with swinging the lead.

 

If you’re not willing to put the hard work in, you won’t be there. It’s one of the golden rules in football that you can never allow your standards to drop.

 

I may be a young manager but that’s the message I stress to my Clyde players all the time.

 

As soon as you drop standards you’re in trouble. I know from my playing days that players take advantage of a management team that takes its eye off the ball. It’s the nature of footballers that you need to be at them 24/7 and on top of them all the time.

 

They need to be told what’s expected of them during every training session.

 

That message needs to be continually relayed to them and I know from my career and being among players that some will take advantage of situations when nobody is watching.

 

The habit of making sure I had a good work ethic as a player was first drummed into me by my dad and my brother Derek.

 

Then I went into Rangers as a 15-year-old to train full-time and it was John Brown and John McGregor who drummed it into me.

 

Believe me, I was left in little doubt about the standards that needed to be maintained. It was also preached that you train the way you play and that was always the case in my career.

 

No professional footballer worth his salt has ever gone into training and taken it easy.

 

It’s not rocket science, if you dip below those standards then your game will suffer and that’s the message that the Rangers manager has put out. If you’re not prepared to come in and work then you’re no good for him and you’re no good for Rangers.

 

You can tolerate a lot as a manager but a lack of effort isn’t one of them and Mark appears to have an inner steel that was evident during his successful spell at Brentford.

 

He’s slowly but surely finding his way into the job and his presence alone has invigorated the support who are starting to buy into his strategy to bring some success back to the club.

 

I’ve been impressed with what he’s had to say. He’s been talking sense and I like the way he’s come across.

 

He’s handled himself perfectly so far. There have been no big statements of intent, just humility and that’s the type of manager he’ll be for Rangers.

 

He prefers to go about his business quietly and that’s the best way.

 

There will be no shouting from the rooftops, he’s just not that type, but he knows what he’s doing.

 

It’s been a refreshing change to get back to talking about football at Rangers. Let’s hope that becomes the norm. At last we have the chance to talk about positivity for the season ahead with hopefully a raft of new faces arriving into the squad.

 

 

We’ve seen Danny Wilson come in, a player I watched come through when we were together at Rangers.

 

It was clear he had a bright future. His Liverpool move may not have worked out but he came to Blackpool on loan from Liverpool when I was there.

 

His career went on the backburner for a spell but he’s emerged from his time with Hearts as a more complete player.

 

My Clyde players returned to training on Tuesday, I didn’t know what to expect. Thankfully, they have kept themselves in good condition and that pleases me.

 

I don’t know what nick the Rangers players will have kept themselves in but they’ll soon have Warburton on their case if they are not up to scratch.

 

And, from what I’ve heard, I wouldn’t want to be in their shoes.

 

 

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Not that Barry writes these things anyway but it does bring more than a thought of his own attitude under PLG to mind, not that most of the comments are wrong per se.

 

It also seems a tad self contradictory:

 

"It’s an incredible statement for a manager to have to issue a rallying call to his workforce"

 

" It’s the nature of footballers that you need to be at them 24/7 and on top of them all the time."

Edited June 26, 2015 by SteveC

[colinstein 294]

fine words but it's all PR pish

 

I can understand publicity to sell ST's

 

Let's see what's on the park

the rest is just piffle

[pete 2,511]

suddenly everyone knows Warburton from A-z. Personally I wouldn't even sell Ferguson a season ticket to get in to Ibrox.

[craig 5,199]

suddenly everyone knows Warburton from A-z. Personally I wouldn't even sell Ferguson a season ticket to get in to Ibrox.

 

Nice, so deny the Club money......

[chilledbear 16]

suddenly everyone knows Warburton from A-z. Personally I wouldn't even sell Ferguson a season ticket to get in to Ibrox.

 

Always enjoyed watching Ferguson, especially against timmy.

[colinstein 294]

it's just so refreshing to be talking football again

I think we are in safer hands chaps

[Gribz 1,111]

Just the same as the way Ferguson was sweating when he refused to pull weight under PLG??? And Kris Boyd didn't break sweat (probably never did) running up to the fans with 6 fingers (Fergusons number) the week after.

 

They need to be told what’s expected of them during every training session

 

I cant quite believe BF even said that.

 

Ferguson was a good player first stint but then had the attitude that was all wrong about Rangers in his second time.

Edited June 27, 2015 by Gribz