FORMER Rangers defender Criag Moore has criticised his old club's transfer policy this summer, arguing that Steven Gerrard has padded out his team with 'squad fillers' rather than recruiting players ready for the starting XI.
The likes of John Lundstram, Fashiona Sakala and Nnamdi Ofoborh were snapped up early on from Sheffield United, Oostende and Bournemouth respectively, while midfielder Juninho Bacuna was also brought in from Huddersfield.
Bacuna and Ofoborh are yet to make their debuts for the Premiership champions while both Lundstram and Sakala have struggled to nail down a regular spot in the starting line-up.
The Glasgow club top the league standings at this early stage of the campaign and are competing in the group stages of the Europa League, yet there remains a sense that Gerrard's side are still to truly get going this term.
Moore reckons that his old team's transfer policy is somewhat to blame as Rangers look to click into gear - making the case that one or two high-profile additions may have been a more prudent approach to take during the summer transfer window.
"I just feel that the way Rangers plan - and Steven Gerrard touched on it at the start of the season - that he may need to change things because teams know exactly what they are going to do," Moore told the Go Radio Football Show.
"For me their attacking players don't attack anywhere near enough.
"They could be higher and wider, and stretch back fours, and the full-backs can potentially go underneath that forward run from inside.
"When you make that positive run from inside it drags another defender inside. Then all of a sudden, whether it's [Alfredo] Morelos, [Kemar] Roofe or Sakala they are one vs one.
"Rangers were direct last season with that long ball, and you seen that last night [against Livingston] when [Scott] Wright gets in. You need to be able to mix it up more than Rangers are at the moment.
"It's the Liverpool way, but no disrespect to Rangers, but they can't afford the same players.
"When you are champions, you need to be able to strengthen. I have been in that position where you have won a league title and then all of a sudden an unbelievable signing walks through the door.
"Rangers haven't done that.
"In my opinion they have gone for squad fillers."
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