Murty delight as development squad claim Fleetwood win
into games. But it is about that buzzword – momentum – and keeping it going.”
Davis is not the only midfielder to have made an immediate impression this season and the likes of Ryan Jack and Joe Aribo have been just as important to Gerrard’s side.
In many ways, Gerrard and his right-hand man are spoiled for choice in the middle of the park.
McAllister said: “We have added Aribo to it and he has the ability to maybe go and play a line higher. That’s something we might look at.
“We have added Andy King as well and young Doc (Greg Docherty) has really benefited from going down to Shrewsbury. He got over 35 games there and was their player of the year. It’s nice and healthy in there.
“The younger midfield players definitely benefit from working beside Steven. He doesn’t just skip through training. What you see at the weekend is what we see here at the training centre every day.”
“We don’t flog people in training. With the amount of games we play, it is short and sharp.
“And Steven is always one who is particularly lively.” GRAEME MURTY was pleased with a positive showing from a mixed Rangers outfit as they beat Fleetwood Town yesterday.
The Light Blues’ Development Squad were 2-0 winners over their Under-23 counterparts as James Maxwell and Jordan Houston found the target.
The likes of Graham Dorrans, Eros Grezda and Jame Murphy turned out for the Gers at Poolfoot Farm.
Murty told RangersTV: He said: “It was a very, very good test. People dropped in from the first team to give them minutes and our young people to go and test themselves against older opponents again and I thought they handled the test really well.
“We have blended some youth and experience really, really well and we have come out with a good performance and a good result.
“It is an adaptation because you don’t get time to work together because as I said they are not really a team but what we do have is players who can take on information they understand one another really well. “We have technically excellent players so they can deal with the ball regardless of pressure and we have got players that are turning into relentless athletes. “They are not there yet. I keep on saying we have got some very, very young ones but they are learning what it means to be tired and go again, to lose focus for a moment but to get themselves back on board and I thought they did that better than I have seen them do it.”