Speaking recently on the Rangers Review morning briefing, Joshua Barrie opined that Michael Beale can use his considerable strength as a communicator to negate his lack of experience as a top team manager, to an extent.

It was put forward that in comparison to Giovanni van Bronckhorst's more direct, typically Dutch way of speaking, the Englishman is more practical and able to get his messages to resonate better within the confines of the Rangers dressing room.

Beale's communications and man-management will certainly be put to the test in the coming weeks and months under the intense Glasgow microscope.

His first comments as Rangers manager will likely be carefully chosen given the pressure-cooker environment that he is embracing but that is part of the attraction, fuelling his desire to return for the top job at Ibrox.

There will almost certainly be questions to be fielded regarding the words he conveyed to the QPR supporters after turning down the overtures of Wolves and rightly so. In hindsight, there will be an element of regret at how things have panned out as well as the optics of the 'loyalty' remarks to be followed by this move to Scotland. It also represents a learning curve for the fledgling boss.

Beale believes in himself, an essential quality for taking on the massive weight of managing Rangers Football Club. Not only will he be a leader of a squad but he will also be a figurehead in a prominent position of Scottish public life, a symbol of an institution as well as its most regular spokesman.

The talking is only getting started.

Here are some very prominent and relevant quotes from Michael Beale from the recent past.

“No one turns down Glasgow Rangers…..The club has just played in the Europa League final. I think they will be looking at much bigger fish than Mick Beale.”

Speaking to a Scottish press pack back in June this year after he was confirmed as QPR manager, the fondness for Rangers and Scotland was never far from the surface. His prediction turned out to be rather inaccurate, but very much to his own benefit. The enduring pull and allure of Ibrox was too strong.

“There is the motivator, the leader type, the manager type, the tactician, the technical coach. We had a really well-balanced management team.

“Steven was extremely smart in the way he put his management team together, it’s probably a lesson for other ex-professionals going into the job that need to round themselves off. Steven was very, very smart in that.”

Beale tipped his hat in reference to Steven Gerrard and the set-up he established in his own time at Ibrox. To Gerrard’s credit, all of his trusted associates (Gary McAllister, Beale, Tom Culshaw, Jordan Milsom, Scott Mason) brought something to the table in a way that appeared to work. It will be interesting to see the makeup of Beale’s own team at Rangers but he will have to reflect a bit of all those qualities in himself.

"Integrity and loyalty are big things for me, and if they are the values you live by you have to be strong. I have been all-in here and I have asked other people to be all-in so I can't be the first person to run away from the ship."

Yes, this is definitely awkward. The comments after he turned down the Wolves job are already being turned back on him and will linger for a while. He was genuine in his intentions, just as he had previously spoken of his desire to return to Rangers one day. It is not Beale’s fault that the day came much earlier than anticipated and you need to take chances when they come along, especially when there’s no guarantee it will come again.

“I’m still disappointed we didn’t win more. I mean we went the whole season unbeaten and I remember the day we won it, going around angry. I think back now and think: ‘just have a beer Mick, enjoy it.’ But I was angry we hadn’t won more. Fifty-six games and to lose three - and only two of them in open play, including European games - to come up with one trophy was difficult to take."

Hunger. He will need even more of this now. An insatiable appetite for silverware is a welcome attribute to have at Ibrox, the more of it the merrier. As Beale will understand, his contribution to 55 was great but that is gone. It is all about what happens next.

“Do I think we could have taken it forward? I definitely think we would have won the league. When we left, we were still four points in front. There is no way they (Celtic) would have come past us.”

Beale's assumption regarding last season is interesting. When he and Gerrard departed they did leave Rangers in a strong position in the league and it would've been interesting, had they remained if the club would've retained the league title. It's a comment that will give supporters encouragement he can improve the team's current predicament and instil a greater belief that they can topple Celtic once more.

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“I want us to be a front foot and high-intensity team, in and out of possession. I want Loftus Road to be a real cauldron for us – I’ve been to games here and I know just how much the fans can impact the team on the pitch….

“The players played in an attractive style last season and now I’m looking to add my stamp to that, so that we can kick on even further.”

These were some of the opening words from Michael Beale, as reported by QPR’s official website on his unveiling back in June. It is refreshing to read what can be expected over the coming weeks and months with this Rangers side desperately needing inspiration.

“That is the way of Glasgow. I loved it because I love the intensity and the pressure. Pressure is a privilege in this game. If you are not under pressure then you are at the wrong level.

“I will always love that pressure we had to win well as a narrow win was never celebrated. I will always have that standard inside me. I have been around clubs where the expectation is to do well.”

Beale was known to be appreciative and motivated by the intense football environment in Glasgow, just as he was happy with family life on the outskirts of the city. He will need to relish all of this and more now that he is the main man, setting to chart his own path and story at Ibrox.

“It makes sense to block the middle of the pitch because your goal is in the middle, it makes sense to keep the play in front and outside of you and then to press from in to out.”

A reminder of the philosophy that underpins the thinking of this coach. Think of Porto away with the discipline and control that defined Rangers' shape on the pitch. Elements of this will be returning as well as ‘owning the pitch’ and many of the other positive aspects from the Gerrard era under Beale’s influence.

The new man knows what works well as well as what does not, there it is important that he builds on his previous Rangers experiences, in addition to more recent times at Aston Villa and QPR to evolve himself as a coach and leader and most importantly to achieve success through progress on the pitch for Rangers.

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