JOSH WINDASS hopes he can continue to please manager Pedro Caixinha by improving his game at both ends of the park this term.
The Englishman has made ten appearances for Rangers so far this season as he has held down a spot on the left side of the midfield four.
He has been partnered on the flank by Lee Wallace, Lee Hodson and Declan John at various stages of the campaign as all three have featured at left-back for the Light Blues.
It is John that he is likely to be playing in front of once again when the Gers face St Johnstone on Premiership duty on Friday night.
“I played up front at Accrington quite a lot and the gaffer here drills into me most days about defending and my defensive work and shouts at me quite a lot to get back defending,” Windass told RangersTV.
“The things I have had to work on are defensively, my attacking play speaks for itself so it’s not really that I need to work on, it is more helping the full-backs and getting closer to the midfield. The gaffer is on me day in and day out to improve that.
“If I keep playing the way I am then the goals will come, I am creating chances and doing well going forward so hopefully I can keep that going. I am really enjoying playing down the left with Declan at the minute.
“Waldo is a brilliant player but playing with Dec is different, he dribbles with the ball quite a lot and sometimes takes me out the game so I have to fill in which I don’t like doing too much!
“As you saw against Hamilton he can dribble past players and score so he is good to play with. He helps me as well, he usually just lets me go off and try and do my thing then backs me up.
“If he goes forward then I have a duty to fill in but if I can’t then luckily Graham Dorrans or Ryan Jack will help me out and always seem to cover me.”
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