Rangers might have been 'easier' to play against under Giovanni Van Bronckhorst claims David Martindale due to his style of play.
The Dutch boss was sacked last month as Rangers moved quickly to replace him with former coach Michael Beale, who has enjoyed the World Cup break as a chance to reacquaint himself with the Ibrox surroundings ahead of a tough title challenge. Martindale, on the other hand, struck the former Light Blues with a damaging 1-1 draw in October that set the tone for a changing of the guard.
And the Livingston boss believes his side found their approach to facing Rangers 'easier' under Van Bronckhorst, but the Lions gaffer is relishing a showdown with Beale.
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He said on Open Goal: "Gio, you look at what he done, he took them to a European cup final. But, you look at his style of play (compared with) when it was Steven and Mick, and I found it easier to play against Gio. I mean that in the nicest possible way.
"Kent had a lot more freedom under Mick and Steven, and he was difficult. Whereas Gio was probably more the Dutch model with out and out wingers. I'm not sure Rangers had out and out wingers that could play that system.
"Whereas under Steven and Mick, they were playing with inverted wingers, they had (Ianis) Hagi coming in and Kent coming in. Kent could on the right, he could be through the middle. He was a lot more effective. When the ball is played out there (to the wing) we can go an engage with our full back."
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