NICKY LAW was clearly absent the day they told professional footballers never to speak about off-field matters.

There is a school of thought that players exist in a bubble, obsessed only with their own doings and totally unaware of what is happening in the rest of the world. Law, thoughtful and articulate, exploded that myth with a scathing deconstruction of the last few months at Rangers, as well as offering his thoughts on the potential consequences of a change at boardroom level following today's general meeting.

"With everything that has gone on, particularly in the last four or five months, it has been mayhem," said the midfielder. "You see it yourselves - there's something new every day. You kind of have to try and get used to it and try to do the best you can, which we are doing.

"Most significantly for us has been the managerial side of it. We lost our manager [Ally McCoist] and now there is the situation with the manager [Kenny McDowall] at the minute where we don't know how long he'll be here for. That's affected us more rather than the upstairs situation because there's nothing we can do about that. Losing a manager is tough for everyone. And the manner that he went when we thought he'd still be here and then next thing he's gone and then Kenny came in. It's been strange and difficult at times."

Law is well aware that the consortium led by Dave King is on the brink of assuming power at Ibrox. He hopes it will be a move that will reunite the club with its supporters once again. "We're obviously hoping it's going to be a positive reaction for everyone at the club, not just for us," he added. "It will maybe bring the fans back onside too because there has been a clear divide between everyone at the club from the top to the fans to the team, it's been difficult.

"But hopefully if it's all sorted out before the weekend it will look a bit more positive and you'll certainly see the fans back and they can get behind us in what will be an important two or three months for the club. It's been doom and gloom for the past two or three months, and the way we've been playing and the results have certainly not helped things. But hopefully the positive reaction will make its way back through to the team."

Rangers face a fight to make it into the top division. With Hearts on the brink of being crowned champions, the Ibrox side will likely need to fight it out with Hibernian for the right to represent the Championship in the play-offs, then defeat a Premiership team over two legs. Law knows an additional season outside of the top tier is not what anyone at Rangers needs or wants.

"We know that the sooner the club's back in the top flight the better and the club's not just looking to get back there, but it's looking to get back into Europe and get to the top of the league as soon as it can. With the new regime coming in hopefully things will settle down and obviously we'll be looking to have a new manager soon too. Hopefully, things will pick up and we are still confident that we can win the play-offs."

Stuart McCall, Law's manager at Motherwell, has been pushed forward as a possible replacement for McDowall and Law was happy to endorse his candidacy. "For me personally, it would be great but he would be great for the club as well. He's a legend here and knows about the club and the expectations."