When Kilmarnock gained on this fixture in October, Dodds was current in a media function, saying on Sportsound that day his former facet’s angle was “miles off it”.
That threatened to be the case once more on Wednesday. Heads had been down or shaking, shoulders had been slumped, and confidence was devoid.
Then, Vaclav Cerny struck to halve the deficit earlier than the break. Only a matter of minutes after Nsiala was hooked.
What adopted was “completely different class”, mentioned Ferguson.
It was actually a special Rangers.
Cyriel Dessers, who first hauled his facet degree after which shot them in entrance, revealed that Ferguson informed them at half-time that “we’re nonetheless on this”.
“We got here out and felt, ‘hey, we’ll get them right now’ after that purpose after half-time,” the striker informed Sky Sports activities.
An elated Ferguson could not cover his feelings when the ultimate whistle peeped after what turned out to be a reasonably comfy win.
Relieved, sure. However rational sufficient to grasp Rangers are removed from resurgent.
“You have to be resilient at Glasgow Rangers,” Ferguson mentioned. “There’s calls for and expectations to win each recreation and should you do not, you are available for criticism and you could deal with that criticism.
“There’s so much to work on and we’ll work on it, however one factor they confirmed tonight was character.”
For a good whereas, Rangers have lacked in that division. There are nonetheless many unanswered questions relating to Ferguson’s credentials, however he is a high-quality instance of displaying character.
