Former Rangers striker Steven Thompson agreed with McInnes that there isn’t any must panic.
“It is not the outcome Rangers needed, however it’s a level away from residence at a tough venue,” he stated on BBC Radio Scotland. “Different groups will come right here and discover it very tough.
“At this level within the season, there isn’t any knee-jerk [reaction] or something right here.
“It is not what McInnes desires, but it surely’s the primary sport of the season. There can be time to evaluate as soon as he will get the gamers he desires and as soon as he will get extra work completed on the coaching floor.
“He can have realized lots from his gamers tonight.”
On an evening the place Pandur, centre-back Ben Godfrey and former Hearts duo Cammy Devlin and Lawrence Shankland all made their debuts from the beginning, it was a glimpse into what this new-look Rangers facet may seem like underneath McInnes.
Summer time signings Dan Neil and Ross McCrorie additionally got here on as substitutes and McInnes made it clear there can be additional additions within the weeks to come back.
Nonetheless, former Rangers man Andy Halliday noticed what he believes to have been flaws in McInnes’ tactical set-up.
“Regardless of what number of defenders you play with, the primary elementary is being compact, and I believed Rangers have been the furthest factor from compact,” he stated on Sportsound.
“All the perfect people, apart from Thelo Aasgaard, have been Dundee United gamers.
“Rangers are a piece in progress, I believe they’re going to nonetheless make additions to attempt to enhance, but it surely actually wasn’t the beginning they have been searching for.”
