MARK WARBURTON reckons some of the comments about his Rangers blueprint recently have been ‘nonsense’ as his tactical approach has come in for criticism.

A series of below par performances have seen supporters and observers question the way Rangers have been set up in the last few weeks.

Warburton has largely stuck to a 4-3-3 formation since arriving at Ibrox and his seeming reluctance to switch systems has brought questions from some quarters.

The pressure mounted on Warburton and his players in the aftermath of the Premiership loss to Hearts last week as Rangers crashed to a 2-0 defeat at Tynecastle.

The Gers showed an instant response as they got back to winning ways against Aberdeen at the weekend and moved back up to second spot in the table.

And boss Warburton was pleased with the way his side carried out the game plan as goals from Kenny Miller and Lee Hodson clinched a deserved win.

“I read so much nonsense about rigid formations and they don’t recognise the movement within a formation,” he told rangers.co.uk.

“Whether it is 4-2-3-1 or 4-1-4-1 or a 4-3-3 it is all about movements and patterns, whether you play a two and a one or a one and two in midfield or whether you narrow up as a frontline.

“There is a lot of ignorance in certain quarters but the fact of the matter is, we showed an ability to adapt on Saturday.

“We can move positions around and we want the players to dominate the football still, we want to move the football, we want to control the ball if we possibly can.

“Although we didn’t do that for long periods on Saturday when we did do it we looked very good, an example of that is Lee Wallace’s movement for his chance and the ball from Barrie McKay to Martyn Waghorn and Barrie’s movement to supply Lee Hodson. They were good glimpses of quality.

“Can we be more consistent than that? That is our aim obviously but I know we can adapt, that is for sure.”