YOU don’t get many teams that have a dressing room inquest in the aftermath of a 3-0 home win and it is not something that happened back in my day.

That is what the Rangers players did following the game against Livingston last weekend, though, and it shows just how high the squad and Mark Warburton have set their standards this season.

It says a lot that they won their tenth game in a row, scored three goals, stayed five points clear at the top of the table and still weren’t happy. It is good to see.

Mark has said from the beginning that he wants to entertain the fans and send them home happy and if that is not the case then they have not done their job.

First and foremost, of course, you have to win games and Rangers did that fairly comfortably thanks to goals from Lee Wallace, Martyn Waghorn and Nicky Law.

Livi were like a lot of teams Rangers will face this season, they sat in, defended in numbers and made it really hard for Rangers to break through and create chances.

We didn’t play that well, but still deserved to win the game. Normally after a poor performance, the players will come in after a game and the manager will sit them down and say ‘why did we not play well today?’ Last week, they did that themselves.

Everything Mark has said since pre-season is in their heads and they were obviously disappointed at how they played. So they sat down themselves and tried to find the reasons.

They would have went through the movement, the passing, the intensity, and I think it is a breath of fresh air for the squad to do that. They could easily have said ‘we won 3-0, great, let’s go home’.

They are thinking more about the game, though, and they are thinking about the fans. The reason there are big crowds at Ibrox is due to the style of play. When the team fall below the levels they have set, they might feel a bit guilty.

I am sure the manager would have been delighted to see his players sit down and have a chat after a 3-0 win.

It is changed days at Rangers and nothing like that would have happened in my day.

The only time we had a discussion like that was when we were going through a bad spell, and we did it a couple of times.

Big Jock would go through the team and say ‘right, you tell me what went wrong’ and everybody would have their say. We weren’t allowed to argue about it. We all stood up and said our piece and it was amazing what came out of it. It was your team-mates, guys you sat beside every day, and all of a sudden they were having a dig at you.

But when you weren’t playing well and weren’t getting results, everything had to be out in the open. We did it a few times with Jock and the players got it all off their chest.

We were better for it and everyone knew what everyone around them was looking for.

What the Rangers players did last week was at the opposite end of the scale.

They won the game comfortably but they know they can be better and they are looking to raise the standards as high as possible.

I am sure training this week will have been really good and everyone will have been looking to impress ahead of the game against Dumbarton on Saturday. The training has to be at a high level because if you slack off, you will be slack come kick-off.

The mindset that the manager has got into the players right now is very good and I expect we will see a much sharper performance this weekend.

The big danger for Rangers right now is complacency. The fans are expecting wins of 3-0, 4-0, 5-0 every week but that is never going to be the case.

There are a lot of hard games to come for Rangers this season and the players, and the fans, can’t afford to take anything for granted. It has been a great start, but it is only a start.

The fans are now expecting to be entertained and see some great stuff, but they know as well as any set of supporters that that doesn’t happen every week.

The expectation level has got so high, especially after the last few years, and you can’t blame the fans. It is great that they are enjoying their football again.

The players know they can’t afford to slacken. The crowd have seen what the team can do.

The main thing is that we keep winning games and win the league. The players know they need to keep going the way they are and their concentration has to be 100 per cent in every game – starting again with the game at Dumbarton tomorrow.

It's great to have the Champions League back on our screens

THE Champions League returned this week and I have tried to watch most of the games as possible.

BT Sport’s coverage of the opening group stage matches, showing the likes of Manchester United and Manchester City, was great.

You could sit and switch between all the games, and there were a lot of good ones, or watch the goals as they went in from around the grounds.

It is really good to have the tournament back. The competition does his have its detractors and people will point out that you can probably name who will be in the latter stages already.

But you can say the same about most domestic leagues in the world, it is fairly obvious at the start of the season who will challenge for the title and who will be fighting relegation.

While the group sections aren’t always that entertaining, it is really exciting when you get into the knock-out rounds. That is when it livens up and the best teams are going head-to-head every week.

The matches right now are not as important for the bigger clubs, they are just doing enough to make sure they get through, and get top spot in the group if they can.

You do get really good group-stage games, but I know a lot of people aren’t that fussed about the early matches in the opening weeks of the competition.

Players must learn from McMillan drug rap

JORDAN McMILLAN was this week hit with a two-year ban for having cocaine in his system following a test in the aftermath of Partick Thistle’s game with Celtic last December.

The rules for this type of thing have to be there in black and white and you know exactly what the punishment is, whether it is one year, two years or a life ban.

Everyone will have an opinion on this case and we can only go on what the UKAD Tribunal said and what Jordan himself, and Thistle, have said in the last couple of days.

It is not a performance-enhancing drug, but the rules are there for a good reason and they are there to deter players, or athletes in any sport.

When your career is on the line, you have to be so careful, because the onus is on you.

There are drugs tests done on players across the country on a regular basis and they should know that, sooner or later, they will get caught if they are doing something, or have done something, they shouldn’t.

Jordan has been hit with a two-year ban and anyone else who is doing it will hopefully take that as a warning and seriously consider their actions now.

Players should not be anywhere near drugs. If they get caught, they know they face a lengthy ban, and anyone caught again after that should be banned for life.

Your question for Derek Johnstone

MARTYN WAGHORN has scored nine goals in 10 games for Rangers and Derek Law from Glasgow asked DJ how many goals he thought the striker would get this term?

Martyn is Gers top scorer so far this season but I’m not sure he is a natural striker. He has done very well for himself but when I look at him, I think he could be better behind the striker.

He has got a good touch and he can beat players. I don’t think there is any doubt he will get 20 goals. With the form he is in, and the chances Rangers are creating, he is well on course for that. If he stays clear of injury, he should get into the mid-20s no problem.

If you have a question for Derek, just email him at dj@eveningtimes.co.uk and we’ll print the answer alongside the question.