Mark Warburton admits his summer recruits are still coming to terms with life in Glasgow as they look to get up to speed this term.

The Englishman added eleven players to his squad for Rangers’ return to the Premiership but has seen his side struggle in the opening weeks of the season.

Defeat to Aberdeen last weekend left the Gers seventh in the top flight standings and seven points adrift of Old Firm rivals Celtic.

And Warburton reckons it will take time for his players to adjust to the scrutiny they are under at Ibrox.

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He said: “What they're dealing with, in a very polite way, is you guys.

“Clint Hill with his vast experience and where he’s played at, Niko vastly experienced internationally as well, they are staggered by the amount of focus on Rangers and Celtic.

“But that’s Glasgow. It takes some getting used to.

“It’s a goldfish bowl and it takes some getting used to. Every goal is scrutinised, every miss is scrutinised.

“I had a guest in from Fleet Street earlier in the week. I won’t say who but he was a decent guy, a big guy who came up and was staggered that there was 20 odd pages on the Aberdeen game.

“He couldn't get his head round it and he is a senior sports writer. But it is Glasgow.

“It’s Rangers. It’s the stature of the club. It’s the size of the club.

“People come from clubs down south and it’s hard to realise the size and the scale of Rangers until you get here and you do the media and you read the papers every day.

“Then you understand the scrutiny. Until they get here, it’s hard.

“You guys have lived it all your lives but if you come from outside, it’s different. When Tottenham play Arsenal, there will be a bit in the Evening Standard and a little bit in the Daily Mail and then it’s on to the next thing because there are so many other teams in London and England.

“But here, the scrutiny and the focus is more on the team. And whatever you say, it does take time to adjust to it. That’s the honest truth.”

Rangers have won just two of their seven league outings this term and the pressure is on Warburton’s side ahead of the visit of Partick Thistle this weekend.

But the Ibrox boss hopes supporters see the progress that is being made as they look to turn their performances into points as soon as possible.

Warburton said: “You say people keep throwing it back at you. Certain people do. Certain people do it throw it back at you.

“Other people look at it and realise there are 30-odd games to go here, they see significant improvement over the last three games – two of which are league games.

“So we are frustrated not to have five more points, that’s what we’ve said to each other as a group of players and staff.

“But we’ve got to recognise that we are cementing certain key principles. Are we creating chances, are players comfortable, are the rotations and patterns working?

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“In the last two or three games, they definitely are. We’re far happier with our movement in those games than in the previous three games.

“But there are 31 games to go, a lot of points to play for. We feel comfortable, as a group, that we’re making the right sort of progress.

“You can sit there and say you are X number of points off the bottom or X number of points off second.

“The point is we’re seven games into the season. If we put a couple of wins together we jump up the league – or vice versa.

“We very much hope to improve and see that on the pitch, see the patterns starting to take place and we get the results we want.

“We need to put the ball in the back of the net. Possession is nothing without goals.”