Michael Beale signings issued Rangers warning by Alex McLeish as misfiring strikers told to 'bare their teeth'
dailyrecord.co.ukAlex McLeish has urged Rangers' misfiring strikers to "bare their teeth" as he urged manager Michael Beale’s new signings to get physical.The Light Blues host Spanish side Real Betis at Ibrox on Thursday night in matchday one of the Europa League group stage.
And they will be looking to leave a better account of themselves dining in Europe's second tier competition after setting an unwanted record of exiting the Champions League without a point last time out.
McLeish, who was in the Rangers hotseat between 2001 and 2007, knows all about the fine margins of these big games and the need for the forward line to be clinical.
New recruit Danilo has three goals so far while Cyriel Dessers has netted two, but none in the league, with the pair yet to convince the Govan faithful along with £3.5million buy Sam Lammers.The former Scotland boss acknowledges that patience will be needed but issued some advice on what they could do to hurt teams more effectively as he laid bare their failures to take advantage of Celtic's 'rookie' defence during a recent Old Firm clash. "We’ve still to see these new guys bare their teeth," McLeish told the Scottish Sun. "The Celtic game was disappointing as they had a couple of rookies in defence, and the Rangers centre-forwards never laid a glove on them. “I don’t mean that in a bad way, but they should have been running them ragged.
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