Lee Wallace says Rangers need to step up this season
Monday 31 July 2017 19:24, UK
Rangers captain Lee Wallace admits they need to improve on their efforts of last season, starting with an opening day win against Motherwell on Sunday (live on Sky Sports).
Pedro Caixinha's side have already been knocked out of Europe by Luxembourg's Progres Niederkorn and last term they finished fully 39 points behind champions Celtic.
But Wallace says Rangers need to aim high this season, despite their setback in Europe.
Speaking to Sky Sports News at the launch of the Ladbrokes Premiership campaign at Hampden on Monday, the left-back said: "I just think we have got to push on and we have got to make sure our mindset doesn't change at all.
"We suffered a lot last year, and we recognise the strength of Celtic, obviously.
"But we can't let that deviate from our mindsets as Rangers players.
"Every match we play, we are going to try and win. Every competition we enter, we are going to try and win.
"We need to do a whole lot better than we did last season and obviously that is starting on Sunday."
Rangers gave their fans some encouragement by recording wins over Watford and Sheffield Wednesday, and drawing with Marseille, in an impromptu pre-season campaign which was hastily arranged following their defeat in Luxembourg.
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And Wallace told reporters at the launch: "We suffered a humiliation in the European campaign but it was about how we responded to that and, more so in the last 10 days, there's definitely been a bit more positivity generated amongst the players, and a bit more belief.
"Of course, four or five days after, you are still hurting. But the demand at the club is you have to quickly get back on it, and that's back on the training pitch, and you have to forget about it.
"While it still hurts, you need to use it as a lesson."
