Rangers face a difficult trip to Easter Road to take on a Hibernian side who are much improved in recent weeks with a place in the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup up for grabs.
Gers boss Philippe Clement wants to win it all and will have his squad prepared with exactly the same mentality even though we are away from Ibrox.
The Rangers manager has issued a warning to Hibernian ahead of the evening kick-off with a return to Hampden on the line.
Rangers boss fires Hibernian Scottish Cup warning
Every game is treated with the same respect by Clement, as is every opponent.
A 4-0 and 3-0 win against the capital outfit under the big Belgian already suggests that he has Nick Montgomery’s number, however, remarks coming out of Hibs suggest that they have felt hard done to in these game when Rangers could have scored a lot more.
Speaking ahead of the short trip along the M8, Clement has clearly been paying attention to what they have been saying:
“We are going to see how people recover for the next two days and we are going to go hard to get into the semi-final because it is important.
“I have read that they (Hibs) were really unlucky in their last two games against us. So they have a lot of belief, clearly.
“So it is about us getting a good result there and qualifying.”
You can just hear what he will be saying in the dressing room.
He’ll want his players to prove a point, to go out and make another statement.
Prove that Hibs weren’t unlucky and that Rangers should have scored more goals.
Getting to Hampden should be enough motivation for his Rangers players but there is now an added incentive.
There won’t be room for much rotation but this is the type of situation that comes with playing for a club like ours.
Rangers need to make show that luck has nothing to do with it.
