When Kilmarnock received on this fixture in October, Dodds was current in a media position, saying on Sportsound that day his former aspect’s attitude was “miles off it”.
That threatened to be the case once more on Wednesday. Heads had been down or shaking, shoulders had been slumped, and confidence was devoid.
Then, Vaclav Cerny struck to halve the deficit earlier than the break. Only a matter of minutes after Nsiala was hooked.
What adopted was “completely different class”, mentioned Ferguson.
It was actually a unique Rangers.
Cyriel Dessers, who first hauled his aspect degree after which shot them in entrance, revealed that Ferguson instructed them at half-time that “we’re nonetheless on this”.
“We got here out and felt, ‘hey, we’ll get them at present’ after that aim after half-time,” the striker instructed Sky Sports activities.
An elated Ferguson could not conceal his feelings when the ultimate whistle peeped after what turned out to be a reasonably comfy win.
Relieved, sure. However rational sufficient to grasp Rangers are removed from resurgent.
“You have to be resilient at Glasgow Rangers,” Ferguson mentioned. “There’s calls for and expectations to win each recreation and in the event you do not, you are available for criticism and you should deal with that criticism.
“There’s rather a lot to work on and we’ll work on it, however one factor they confirmed tonight was character.”
For a good whereas, Rangers have lacked in that division. There are nonetheless many unanswered questions relating to Ferguson’s credentials, however he is a positive instance of exhibiting character.
