The McInnes decision Loy 'could not believe'

Former Rangers striker Rory Loy was bemused by Derek McInnes' decision to not start with two up front in the season-opening 1-1 draw at Dundee United. Captain Lawrence Shankland was deployed behind lone striker Ryan Naderi, who made way for Youssef Chermiti in the second half. "The one thing I just could not quite believe is that he didn't start with two strikers," Loy told the BBC's Scottish Football Podcast . "I mean that has been his make-up, his identity, all these buzzwords you hear these days, his philosophy. Two wide men, two strikers. "It was successful at Kilmarnock, back to his Aberdeen days, his two wingers, two strikers. You look at his Hearts team, Claudio Braga and Shankland. "He comes into Rangers and I was thinking Shankland and Chermiti are a stick-on to start and he almost reverts to what previous managers did and tried to put square pegs in round holes. "I know they don't have out-and-out pace in the wider areas necessarily but even if you play Djeidi Gassama on one side and somebody who can tuck in and maybe make it a three in the middle of the pitch, on the other side Findlay Curtis is an option."