´That´s not a Rangers team´ – Ferguson rages after Hibernian defeat

Barry Ferguson was seething aft Rangers made past with a 5th consecutive location defeat, questioning his players’ cognition and informing their play could “peter out”.

Dylan Levitt and Martin Boyle scored arsenic Hibernian earned an awesome 2-0 triumph astatine Ibrox connected Saturday – ending their 11-game losing streak successful head-to-head league games astatine Rangers.

The decision leaves Rangers 13 points adrift of runaway Scottish Premiership leaders Celtic, who they bushed connected their travels earlier the planetary break.

Celtic volition present beryllium crowned champions for a 4th consecutive play if they triumph their adjacent 2 matches – distant astatine St Johnstone and astatine location to Kilmarnock.

Ferguson was astir displeased with his players’ cognition arsenic the worst location losing streak successful the club’s past stretched to 5 games.

“That’s not a Rangers team. Miles from being a Rangers team. This is your breadstuff and butter,” helium said astatine his post-match property conference.

“I’ve said it, I consciousness I’m repeating myself. European games, Celtic games are the easiest games to get up for. These are the games this radical of players conflict with, and it was evident today.

“You’re playing for Glasgow Rangers. If you can’t get up for games of football, past you shouldn’t beryllium playing football. Especially here, you travel into a spot similar this.

“Brilliant stadium and supporters, packed to the rafters getting down you, and we enactment a show connected similar that. As you tin astir apt spot oregon hear, I’m fuming.”

Rangers look Athletic Bilbao successful the archetypal limb of their Europa League quarter-final necktie connected Thursday, past question to Aberdeen earlier the 2nd limb successful the Basque Country.

Ferguson is readying large changes for the last weeks of the season. He said: “As a Rangers fan, coming to Ibrox, you privation to spot free-flowing, charismatic football.

“I don’t deliberation we tin bash that. So I request to spell distant and deliberation agelong and hard astir what mode we’re going to attack it with my staff.

“But I’ve got a existent bully thought what mode I’m going to bash present for the extremity of the season.”

The erstwhile midfielder is hopeless to guarantee his spell arsenic interim manager does not fizzle out, adding: “It’s astir pride.

“This is successful existent information of conscionable petering out. I cognize we’re successful the Europa League, but those are casual games to get up for.

“I volition marque changes; I’m not frightened to marque changes. I request a squad that’s consenting to enactment their bodies connected the line.”