RIJSSELL NEEDS PLAN B

Ex-Ibrox No.1 Bell says Gers boss must learn from Warburton flop

- ANDY NEWPORT

CAMMY BELL has warned new Rangers boss Russell Martin not to repeat the same mistakes that sank Mark Warburton at Ibrox.

The former Gers keeper believes the Englishman's stubborn refusal to ditch his beloved passing game ended up costing him.

But he believes Martin has realised he'll have to switch schemes if he's to avoid being branded another B-list boss.

While Warburton enjoyed success in his first campaign in Glasgow, it didn't last.

He famously claimed: "Plan B was to do Plan A better".

In the end, the Ibrox faithful were left struggling to mind their Ps and Qs as his team became bogged down in a aimless succession of passes, all the while Brendan Rodgers' Celtic Invincibles disappeared over the horizon.

Complaints aimed at Warbs were similar to the criticism Martin dealt with last term as his Southampton team's insistence on playing out from the defence backfired among the merciless Premier League.

It proved a chastening experience for the Scot, who lasted less than six months before being axed.

But Bell believes he'll have taken a valuable lesson from that experience as he now sets his targets on making Rangers Scotland's A-team once more.

He said: "Listen, that was a clear message from Warburton - 'do Plan A better'. We worked on it relentlessly and training every single day was geared towards the way he wanted us to play on a Saturday.