James Tavernier has denied Rangers are going through a crisis and insists the club’s fans have nothing to worry about.
The skipper was barracked by supporters outside McDiarmid Park after Sunday’s 2-1 loss to St Johnstone which has left Gio van Bronckhorst’ s men seven points off the top. That result came after two dropped points at home to Livingston and a calamitous Champions League campaign.
But Tavernier said: “It’s definitely not a crisis. I have full belief in the team and what we know we can do. That’s what we have to apply on the pitch. There’s a lot of games to go. It would be criminal for us as a team to think it’s all over at this stage of the season. We’ve got to get better. We’ve got to get injuries back into the team after the break. And we know we’ve got the performances in us. So there’s nothing to be worried about but it’s down to us as a team to nail it down.
“We’ve obviously had a couple of results recently that you don’t want to see. It’s always a tight league and if you drop points it can always send signals especially to the fans that they might start thinking it’s a bit of a crisis.
“But as players we believe. We set out to win every single game and we’ve got to do that.
“We’ve just got to keep pushing ourselves and keep performing. And we need to finish off before the World Cup with two wins.”
That starts tonight with a visit from Hearts before a weekend trip to St Mirren. Tavernier added: “If you talk you need to deliver. You can talk as much as you want but at the end of the day it’s the action on the pitch that matters.
“Our actions need to be all together and the final details need to be better. We have to be finishing our chances and keeping the ball out of our net.
“Obviously a defeat hurts everyone. It hurts us as players, it hurts the fans, it hurts everyone involved.
“Emotions run high after getting beat. I know my own emotions were all over the place, especially after the game. You take it home and you’re quiet even when you see your family.
“But it’s about moving forward and trying to rectify what’s been done.”
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