Barry Ferguson ‘excited’ with Rangers training video clips under Michael Beale
Barry Ferguson is “excited” after watching some video clips as Rangers players resumed training under new manager Michael Beale.
The 42-year-old, who became the 18th manager at Ibrox, is expected to bring an “aggressive, high-intensity approach” to the game, and early signs indicate that the football being played will be a lot different from what it was under Giovanni van Bronckhorst.
Beale was the assistant manager at the club under Steven Gerrard, and he believes in free-flowing attacking-minded football where full-backs were given more freedom to influence the game.
“Michael Beale has spent the last couple of days saying all the right things,” wrote Ferguson for The Daily Record.
“And I have to admit, it’s making me excited to see what his plans for Rangers look like in the flesh.
“I’ve seen clips from the first few days of training and it certainly all seems geared towards an aggressive, high intensity approach.
“The full backs are going to be bombing forward, there’s going to be loads of interchanging in midfield and bodies in the box. And that’s what Rangers fans want to see. I expect it to be similar to the style of play under Steven Gerrard which was so enjoyable to watch.”
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Despite his lack of experience in management, Beale is widely respected as someone who has got a lot of knowledge about the game.
Beale loves to play an attacking brand of football, and fans will definitely enjoy high-intensity football.
It is important for any side to play with a certain identity, but what is important here is to win games as well.
Rangers are nine points behind Celtic at the moment, and Beale’s first job will be to arrest the gradual decline.
Under the Dutchman, the team appeared to have lost their confidence, and the players looked mentally jaded. That needs to change.
The Bears should look to win their next four matches before the end of the year to get the feel-good factor back at the club.
With one or two new signings in January, and key players coming back, the Bears can give it a real push in the second half of the season.
James Tavernier is likely to benefit heavily under Beale. The same can be said about Borna Barisic and Ridvan Yilmaz as well.
In other Rangers news, Michael Stewart slammed Beale for an “unsavoury” incident at Ibrox.