GERS DID DIRTY ON LIVINGSTON

Gers stuck in traffic as few players impress in nervy win over Lions

- GORDON PARKS AT IBROX

DANNY ROHL'S deployment of a traffic light system to rate the talent at his disposal was laid bare this week.

And a Rangers win was eventually delivered on an afternoon of amber warnings as a few too many fringe players continue to flash red.

The German gaffer can take his pick from a host of underperformers against a defiant Livingston side.

After making it four wins from four in the Premiership, Rohl admitted much of what he saw wasn't to his liking.

He said: "It was a hardworking victory but more than that, it was three points.

"The first 10 minutes we scored and then we felt, yeah, we are comfortable, we can carry on and it feels easy. Then we started to be a little bit not 100 per cent focused in the small details.

"Our pass quality was not fast enough then we slowed down. Then we started to be too far away in our counter-pressing.

"We were not aggressive enough and we also were up against an opponent who had a low block and we found difficulty breaking that down."

Hit by injuries, Rohl went with a new-look centre-back partnership of Nasser Djiga and Emmanuel Fernandez.

Both would have been in the amber category for Rohl before kickoff and neither looks likely to be getting the green light any time soon following their 90 minutes. But they weren't alone.

The hosts dominated the ball in the early stages but the first real burst of attacking intent came from Djeidi Gassama.

The winger accelerated down the left before his back-post cross was scrambled out for a Rangers corner.

That would lead to a ninthminute opener as James Tavernier's out-swinging corner was bulleted home by Fernandez.