Rangers manager Mark Warburton moves on from Alan Stubbs row
Friday 21 August 2015 22:01, UK
Rangers manager Mark Warburton was keen to move on from his verbal battle with Hibernian counterpart Alan Stubbs ahead of their Sky Live clash at Ibrox on Sunday.
Stubbs had angered Warburton earlier in the week by claiming the Gers boss had a "very easy" job rebuilding the club after they failed to secure promotion from the Scottish Championship last season.
The former Brentford boss responded by saying: "I would suggest any manager without the facts keeps his mouth shut," but he adopted a more conciliatory tone as he faced the media on Friday.
"My job is to always defend Rangers Football Club. If we think something inappropriate has been said then we'll say our piece," said Warburton.
"It's gone. We move on from there. I think I made my thoughts very clear.
"I never talk about any other club other than to be supportive or complimentary about the team.
"It's finished now. I know Alan very well and he knows me. It's water under the bridge. We've spoken before, it will be no problem."
As for the match itself, Warburton predicted it would be a tight affair, despite Rangers defeating Hibs 6-2 at Easter Road in the Petrofac Training Cup in the first game of the season.
"Both teams will look at that first game and learn from that," he added.
"It's all down to who plays better on the day. Right now we're in good shape and form. The players are hungry, focused and looking forward to it.
"We'll look at how they play and where we think they are vulnerable but it's about us."
Watch Rangers v Hibernian on Sunday. Coverage begins on Sky Sports 5 at midday.
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