I turned into a Rangers hermit after Queen’s Park humiliation but I’d still rather be nowhere else than at Ibrox

It was a week for battening down the hatches and barricading themselves away.

But Jack Butland insists he’d still rather be nowhere else than at Ibrox alongside his embattled Rangers team-mates. The under-fire Light Blues have been getting it from all angles in the days since their Scottish Cup shocker at home to Queen’s Park.

He might not have been on the pitch for that humiliating upset but Butland has felt it all the same. The big keeper admits he’s had to dodge just as many bullets as any of the men responsible for a result already being regarded as one of the worst in the club’s 153-year history.

Gers hit back from that astonishing defeat to gun down Hearts in Gorgie on Sunday but the flak continues to fly. Boss Philippe Clement may yet find himself caught in the cross fire as fans continue to slug it out over whether he is the right man to lead the club forward.

As for Butland, well he has never once thought about running for cover elsewhere.

The goalkeeper admits last week wasn’t easy for anyone at Ibrox. Venturing outside was a no-no, not when the enraged fans were out for blood.

But it’s precisely because results like last week’s Spiders shock matter so much to the fans that Butland is determined to stay and fight it out for Gers. Asked if it had been a tough week being out and about in Glasgow, the 31-year-old gave a wry grin as he said: “I wasn't out and about for a start. You learn to pick and choose your moments.

“But if you don't enjoy being part of something meaningful, then you don't like football and you don't like the level of this club. It's part and parcel of it. I've been at clubs where the intensity and demand is not quite the same to win every week.

"I can tell you that this is much more