Mark Warburton demands more consistency from 'sloppy' Rangers
Sunday 6 November 2016 18:41, UK
Rangers boss Mark Warburton admits his side need to find a better level of consistency after watching them miss the chance to reclaim second place in the Scottish Premiership.
The Ibrox side were held to a 1-1 draw at Ross County on Sunday, meaning they have now dropped points seven times in 12 games.
Clint Hill headed them in front after just seven minutes before Kenny Miller and Joe Garner wasted chances to extend their lead.
Those misses came back to haunt them when County captain Andrew Davies levelled with a free header midway through the opening period.
Warburton said: "We were looking for the three points - it's two points dropped and that's no disrespect to County.
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"We weren't playing as well as we wanted to play but we had chances in the first half. You can't give up opportunities like that.
"If we get a consistent high level of performance then the results will come. You are where you are. We dropped two points by being sloppy and not clinical enough.
"It wasn't a good level of performance in terms of moving the ball quickly and decision-making. The second half was much like the first.
"Last week was very good but we want to make sure our average is much better than that. I thought we did enough to be out of sight by half-time."
Ross County remain rooted to the bottom of the table but boss Jim McInally took heart from the willingness of his players to fight for the draw.
He said: "I think we deserved that point. We put so much into the game today. We asked the players to be brave and play on the front foot and they did.
"We were really frustrated to concede from the first corner but when you've been on a run like we have, some teams can crumble.
"We certainly didn't. We worked our way back into the game, scored a really good goal and had other real good opportunities where we could have made more of them had we taken a wee bit more care.
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"We will certainly climb the table with the endeavour and quality we showed today. We have let ourselves down over the last five games. After seven games we were in the top six but the last five haven't been good enough.
"But we're three points away from sixth place, so let's put it in perspective. It's a crazy league but it just shows the small margins are crucial."
