6 Rangers problems Michael Beale must sort to appease growing unrest amid angry fans and big game misfires

The noise is growing louder and louder with Michael Beale in need of some peace at Rangers.

A 1-0 defeat to Celtic has heaped pressure on the Ibrox boss after an inconsistent start to the Premiership season that also brought a defeat to Kilmarnock, and a 5-1 humbling in Champions League playoff action against PSV. They return after the international break with an away clash at St Johnstone – who held Celtic to a goalless draw at Parkhead last month – before a tough Europa League group stage opener versus Real Betis.

Results and points on the board as well as strong performances are a necessity for Beale if he is to silence some of the noise surrounding his Rangers future. But he'll have known over this fortnight hiatus there was much work to be done on improving some glaring problems, and we take a look at six he may have been paying particular attention to.

It's been a running theme of Rangers' matches so far this. Against Kilmarnock on the opening day they didn't really get going, but a 4-0 win over Livingston provided some flashes of what they could do. Then rolling into European action, they stormed into the lead against Servette before letting their Swiss hosts back into the game.

A full 90-minute performance has not been displayed by Rangers yet and perhaps that was to be expected given the volume of recruits that were brought in. But that settling-in period trope will only hold so long before it no longer washes, and it may have already arrived.

Out of the nine competitive matches so far this term, eight different Rangers forward lines have been put out. Only the front three pairing of Sam Lammers, Cyriel Dessers and Danilo have had back-to-back matches as Beale tinkers in an area he has performed major