Gray Urges Players To ‘Believe’

“The players need to believe they can get something” said Hibernian FC Head Coach David Gray as he looked ahead to this weekend’s William Hill Premiership game against Rangers.

Hibs have the opportunity on Sunday to end their six-year hoodoo at Ibrox, in what is Rangers’ first league game back at their home stadium.

Gray is more than aware of the atmosphere his players will face on Sunday, but has urged them to be brave with and without the ball.

“The big thing is the word ‘belief’. The players need to believe they can get something. If you don’t believe you can do that, then you’re already 1-0 down in my mind.

“The atmosphere will be great at Ibrox, but we need to deal with that. The players will be made aware of that, but they must see it as an opportunity to test themselves.”

Rangers have been in good form domestically of late, and marked their return to Ibrox with an emphatic win over Dundee. Our Head Coach gave his thoughts on how they’ve been performing this season.

“Rangers have been getting better all the time. They have a big game in Europe before they play us, but we will build from their last result at home.

“We need to look at ourselves and build on our performances. We need to take the positives from our last three games, and we’ve been getting better all the time, you could see that in the St Johnstone game.

“We need to build on that and take it into the Rangers game.”