Danny Rohl has spoken to the media after the 3-0 win over Kilmarnock at Rugby Park. Here is every word of his press conference.
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Did you bring the best of the performances against Falkirk and Dundee United today?
Yeah, great result, 3-0. We had less chances today but we were clinical. A clean sheet is always helpful. I think it's also important how we defend at the moment, the set-play, much, much better. I think that helps that’s got us here now. I'm happy with the result. To win away 3-0, it's always helpful and after the last three draws then you want to win and today we did.
How big is it for Bojan Miovski to get two goals?
For me, it’s a little bit of a result from the last seven days. We had a conversation with each other and then he made step-by-step, huge step forward. Against Dundee United, he had some good chances. He's more playable at the moment, not just staying on the last line, it helps in building up as well. Yeah, I'm happy when a striker scores two goals, it's fantastic. Then Mikey comes on, you see the quality in those 20 minutes. But all in all, a good team performance, great direction, put effort in and if you bring everything then you can win games in this league.
The conversation you had with Bojan, was it about his confidence, was it about tactics, strategy?
In general, we spoke about what I demand from him. He told also what he is thinking at the moment. And then I think, especially after the Falkirk game, we spoke about spaces, what I want to see from the centre-forward and big spaces. He has to come and you feel he has a little bit more freedom now, more playable and that helps us a lot. In the end, if you work hard then you can also score and you deserved to score.
How much encouragement do you take from having the options you had today?
Yeah, a strong bench. I think the first thing was today to start with three midfielders. To have three strong midfielders for the second ball, they can cover a lot because for me it was clear at the beginning of the game you have to suffer, especially with this long ball, second ball, and they did well, the three guys. And then it was good to have different options on the bench. Yeah, Nedim told me then very early in the game that he has problems. I gave Findlay the opportunity to get some minutes. In the end it was tactical because we changed to a back three. Because I saw a lot of channel balls then it was important to have a plus one in the last line. And we have to use the bench, I said that many times, impact players, they have to be ready if I ask them. And if you can bring them really, impact players on the bench, then you can bring the game home or you decide the game.”
How is Bajrami?
No, he felt something but it was perfect timing to come out. I think that helps a lot, I think he's an experienced one, then he understands when it starts to cramp to go out, and I think hopefully it's nothing serious.
You said in the build-up, Danny, that it's not impossible for Rangers to catch the teams above them in the league. Do you feel as though that was a performance that demonstrated what this team can do?
In some phases of the game, I think it was around 55 and 65 minutes that I felt really the domination from us against the ball, a very strong ball position. But today I will not make this mistake to speak too much about what we can do, it's about step-by-step, next three points. On Wednesday maybe the ball was a little bit under, now we will not over-rate this result, we have to deliver, we did today and we have to continue this way.
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