Connor Barron reveals Rangers summit to dissect Champions League failure as he prepares to face fan protests

Connor Barron will block out the noise from any Rangers fan protests on Saturday and insists the players are hurting just as badly after their Champions League exit.

And he revealed that a dressing room summit took place between the players on Thursday morning to thrash out how they move on from that bitter European blow. The displaced punters made their feelings clear after a 2-0 defeat to Dynamo Kyiv at Hampden on Tuesday night, denying them a £40million Playoff shot at the newly revamped league stage against RB Salzburg.

Much of the fury was directed at ropey Italian ref Marco Guida, but not all of it as the necessary relocation to Mount Florida due to delays to Ibrox building works is already showing signs of having an affect on form. It’s back to the national stadium on Saturday to face St Johnstone in the first defence of the Premier Sports Cup Philippe Clement picked up last year. A number of fans are fed up already and are prepared to show it before kick-off against Craig Levein’s men.

“I think we could see that at the end of the game,” said Barron. “It hurt us all in the dressing room. The boys knew how much this meant, not only us as players, but to the fans and the club as well. For a lot of boys that have been here before, in that sort of situation as well. Everyone was picking each other up after the game.

"Football is a quick-moving sport and you've got to move on quickly with the game or else you're stuck thinking on things and you get caught down on it and can't go on performing the pitch as quickly as you need to.

"It's about us getting down to the training pitch now. We've had a meeting on Thursday morning to go over things and we'll move forward."

As for any protests, that’s not something Barron can