THE positives outweighed the negatives for Rangers but there were questions and answers for Mark Warburton.

The three points earned against Dundee last weekend were significant for the Light Blues and more than welcome after an opening day draw at home to Hamilton.

Yet the overall performance, and the return of a familiar failing, gave supporters a cause for concern. The visit of Motherwell this afternoon is a chance to address both issues.

Goals from Harry Forrester and Kenny Miller had the Gers in control at Dens Park as Warburton’s side dominated the game and looked like cruising to victory.

A Mark O’Hara header and a nervy second half later, Rangers got the outcome they wanted. But it wasn’t as comfortable as it could, or should, have been.

The concession of soft goals from set-pieces is a problem that has plagued Warburton’s side for some time. It didn’t, like it has on so many occasions, prove costly on Saturday.

But defender Danny Wilson knows it is an issue that must be addressed if the Gers are to avoid another scare in the top flight.

He said: “We have worked on it but it’s just one of those things. It’s easy to just switch off and a free header, sometimes they go in sometimes they go sailing over the bar.

“On Saturday we were punished for it but there were other ones that came in that we did deal with.

“It’s something we are trying to work on but it comes down to on the Saturday where you have to do it as well and we’re doing our best and hopefully we don’t concede too many more in the future.

“I thought for the first 15 minutes we were quite sloppy, quite poor at times and I include myself in that.

“But we seemed to get it together for a 25 minute to half hour period and we looked really good.

“But the goal just before half-time does change the game, gives them a bit of impetus coming back out with them being at home.

“But we managed to weather it, got a good result and we take that onto this weekend.”

Rangers may have got the win that they deserved but it was to prove a frustrating afternoon for boss Warburton.

The Light Blues should have been out of sight in the first half but a couple of missed chances and that O’Hara header just before the break made for a tense second half.

After being held by Hamilton on the opening day of the campaign, Rangers knew they could ill-afford another slip-up against Paul Hartley’s side.

And Wilson was pleased the Gers proved they could dig deep to see out the game as they moved top of the Premiership standings.

“We had passages in the game, when Kenny went through on goal, and if we’d gone 3-0 up then the game would maybe have been a lot more comfortable for us,” he said.

“But obviously losing the goal just before half time, which was a disappointing goal to lose, maybe it helped us learn a little bit more about ourselves.

“We got criticised for not really controlling the game but they never had a great deal of chances or anything really clear cut.

“So in that respect we were quite happy, quite comfortable with it, know where we can do better but maybe it can stand us in good stead going forward as we were able to go to a tough place and get a good result.”

With their first league win on the board, Rangers will now go in search of another this afternoon when they welcome Motherwell to Ibrox.

A trip to Rugby Park next week is the final league encounter before the first Old Firm clash of the campaign at Parkhead on Saturday, September 10.

And Wilson knows Rangers have to build some momentum ahead of derby day as they look to follow up their Betfred Cup win over the Steelmen.

He said: “Everyone is well aware of it as it’s only a couple of weeks before the first game but we don’t want to get to that game having not taken maximum points.

“It would be silly for us to take our eye off the ball just now. So it is important for us but they are going to be two tough games.

“Motherwell aren’t going to turn up and just roll over, we’re going to have to roll up our sleeves and put on a performance better than we did last weekend.

“But we’re hopeful we can do that, we want to keep getting better and better as the weeks go on and hopefully on Saturday we can put on a good performance and take the three points.

“The first period of that game, it was only our second game and it did look that way, it looked like we were still in pre-season mode for the first 15 to 20 minutes and we can’t afford to be like that on Saturday.

“Motherwell did have chances and if we do that on Saturday then they could punish us and we could find ourselves a couple of goals behind.

“So we want to start well and we want to continue the game and finish well and hopefully put three points on the board and move on to Kilmarnock.”