Nicky Law insists new Rangers boss Mark Warburton will help him shine thanks to ditching the long-ball tactics of the past two seasons for his own brand of Total Football.

The Ibrox midfielder often felt like a spectator as the Light Blues resorted to Route One football in their failed attempt to rise from the old Third Division to the Ladbrokes Premiership.

However, he has bought into the revolution being worked by the ex-Brentford boss and believes the Gers will benefit from his demands for more of a passing game once they have had time to adapt it.

Speaking after his side had gone down 3-2 in a friendly to Tottenham’s development squad at the Spurs training ground on Friday, Law said of the new gaffer: "He’s been brilliant.

“Training has been excellent and it’s all geared towards what they’re wanting from us in the games. It’s been enjoyable, but it’s been difficult, as all pre-seasons are.

“We’ve had to do a lot of thinking, which sounds daft, but there’s always things he’s looking for from you and we’re getting used to his ideas.

"It’s new to what we’ve been used to, of course, it’s Total Football, but the lads are enjoying it even though we’re a long way away from where the manager wants us to be.

“It’s been enjoyable for me and most of the boys. We’ve got a lot of ball players and maybe in the last couple of years a lot of the games have probably passed us by and it hasn’t been great on the eye, we know that.

“Over the next few weeks we will see some new faces and they will be players that the manager has identified can come in and play the style that he demands, which will improve us I’m sure.”

Law played for an hour in the bounce game against Spurs, and said it was "good to get some of the rust off" after the summer break.

The Gers now have two weeks to prepare for their season-opener, the Challenge Cup showdown with Hibs at Easter Road, and Law pleaded with fans to be patient.

He said: “We’re hoping certainly that the fans are going to see a more expansive game and an exciting game, and with the way the manager wants us to play, there’s no doubt that it will be.

“But the key word will be patience, particularly with the fans. Hopefully they’ll see over the coming months that we are trying to do things the right way, but there’s going to be mistakes, as there was in the game on Friday. That’s going to happen and it will for the foreseeable future you’d imagine.

“It’s not going to be an overnight thing, it’s going to take time and we’ll need patience. Friday was the first game where we’ve tried to implement the manager’s ideas and what he wants from us, and of course it wasn’t perfect, but I could certainly see improvements and you could see little bits of what we’ve been doing in the game so that’s pleasing.

“It's high-risk football if you like, it’s all on the ground, but as the season goes on we’re certainly hoping that we’ll get stronger and stronger as the games come and go."