Rangers achieved plenty under the stewardship of Mark Warburton – and he has opened up on his time at Ibrox more than five years since leaving.
The Gers swooped to make Warburton their new manager back in 2015 after he had left his position with Brentford.
Warburton guided Rangers to promotion in his first season in charge, taking them back to the top flight of Scottish football.
The biggest success for Warburton was beating Celtic in the Scottish Cup semi-finals, dumping the Bhoys out on penalties despite being a league below them.
Warburton brought in experienced players like Niko Kranjcar, Joey Barton and Philippe Senderos but it proved to be a disappointing season.
Expecting Rangers to immediate challenge Celtic just because they beat them in the cup was foolish, but Warburton lost the support of Rangers fans.
With an acrimonious exit in February 2017, Warburton headed back to England with Nottingham Forest. His Rangers replacement was Pedro Caixinha.
Sometimes the grass isn’t always greener.
Still, Warburton’s time at Rangers ended in disappointing fashion and he has now opened up on the expectation levels from fans.
Rangers expect the best and when they aren’t seeing it, they make their feelings known.
Even a draw is considered to be a disaster in many cases for Rangers, and Warburton absolutely found that out during his time at Ibrox.
Warburton has spoken to The Coaches’ Voice about his time at Rangers and shared an insight from his assistant David Weir.
Weir, a former Rangers defender and club hero, was valuable in terms of telling Warburton about Gers fans.
Warburton admitted that Weir offered him just six words when fans react badly to a result – ‘they expect you to beat Barcelona’.
That may be pushing it, but Rangers fans expect wins. Warburton didn’t quite land enough of them in his final season at Ibrox and ended up moving on, with QPR his current job.
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