A year ago, Russell Martin tore strips off his Rangers team after an opening day draw at Motherwell.
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Two managers and plenty of disappointment later, it was the same result but a different tone at Dundee United as the Derek McInnes era started in underwhelming fashion.
The former Aberdeen, Kilmarnock and Hearts boss stressed the need for time and for further additions as he guides the Ibrox outfit through a summer of transition.
“It’s one game,” he told Sky Sports following a 1-1 draw on Friday. “I’m not really interested in what’s happened previously, but from my point of view, we are going to get better as we go along.”
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Having gone behind to Lachlan Rose’s first-half effort, Rangers improved after the break and equalised through Thelo Aasgaard, but failed to capitalise and were fortunate not to concede late on when Jesse Randall dinked a tame effort straight at debutant goalkeeper Ivor Pandur.
“It’s disappointing – we’ve dropped a couple of points, but we weren’t good enough to get all three,” McInnes added.
“We’ve got to have more trust in what we’re doing, keep our shoulder to the wheel and do simple things better.”
Analysis
Former Rangers striker Steven Thompson agreed with McInnes that there is no need to panic.
“It’s not the result Rangers wanted, but it is a point away from home at a difficult venue,” he said on BBC Radio Scotland. “Other teams will come here and find it very difficult.
“At this point in the season, there’s no knee-jerk [reaction] or anything here.
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