Rangers midfielder Jason Holt believes there are several comparisons between this season's Ladbrokes Championship leaders and last year's title winners.

But Holt is surely enjoying himself more this campaign having already started more league games for Mark Warburton's side than he did with Hearts last term.

Holt has already matched the two goals he netted for last season's runaway Championship winners, although he hit five more on loan at Sheffield United in the second half of the season.

The 22-year-old has started all six league games ahead of Rangers' trip to Dumbarton on Saturday and he is thriving in his key role in Warburton's team, having been a peripheral figure in his final season at Tynecastle.

Speaking of his new manager, Holt said: "It's just really positive, he lets you express yourself. It would be the same for every player.

"Playing in this team is really enjoyable - loads of touches of the ball, the passing, the chance to go forward and maybe grab a few goals. All the boys have thoroughly enjoyed it so far."

Rangers have won all 10 competitive games so far, scoring 38 goals in the process, and such are their early standards that a 3-0 home win over Livingston last weekend was followed by a dressing room inquest into their below-par performance.

And Holt has recognised a number of similarities between his current team and last season's runway leaders.

Holt said: "There are comparisons. The main thing is the togetherness in the dressing room. It's a real tight unit, as it was last season at Hearts, and the boys get on well. There is a great atmosphere around the training field and that really helps.

"Hard work on training ground is really paying off and everyone is really buying into the manager's ideas from day one.

"The work on the training pitch really sets the tone for the weekend. We need to keep the standards high.

"We won 3-0 last weekend but I think we let our standards drop slightly. We need to get those high standards back this weekend."