The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Murty looks to build on Gers’ winning run
Graeme Murty insists Rangers will not get carried away after stringing four wins together for the first time in 12 months.
Gers never managed to secure more than two straight victories under previous boss Pedro Caixinha.
But caretaker manager Murty has now masterminded home and away triumphs against Aberdeen as well as wins over Ross County and Hibernian.
However, the interim boss knows that streak pales in comparison with some of the feats previously managed by the Light Blues.
“Winning four games is a good start, it’s a nice step,” said Murty. “But it’s no more than that.
“Four games in this club’s history isn’t a great deal. What we have to do is reach the right levels of performance and we’ll pick up points from that. But we haven’t achieved anything yet.”
The Ibrox side gave another display of their new-found resilience on Wednesday night as they survived a Hibs onslaught to grab a 2-1 win in Leith.
Murty’s decision to throw on defender David Bates and switch to five at the back late on has drawn comparisons with the methods used by former Gers boss Walter Smith.
While the current occupier of the Rangers hot-seat denied taking direct inspiration from Smith for his Easter Road tinkering, he did confess he had recently picked the former Scotland boss’ brains.
“I’ve spoken to Walter,” said Murty. “He was actually in the academy office the other day as his grandsons are here.
“We sat and had chat but to be perfectly honest, listening to the maestro talk an hour isn’t long enough. It’s always a privilege to listen to someone like that, so I’d be naive not to go in to that with as open a mind as possible.”