Jack Butland shuts down Rangers sceptics who have 'habit of writing us off' as keeper counts the trophies on the wall

Defiant Jack Butland delivered a loaded message to the Rangers sceptics who have a 'habit of writing us off’.

The shotstopper was between the sticks at the weekend as title-chasing Gers were dealt a hammer blow in their pursuit of the title. Ross County came from behind to pick up a shock 3-2 win that handed the initiative over to Celtic at the top. Wednesday's twice-rearranged game with Dundee is now a must-win for Philippe Clement and his team who need three points to ensure they go into the post-split season hot on Celtic's heels.

A win would move Rangers to within a point of the summit and a defiant Butland insists it's a long way from over. And he says the trophies on the wall around Ibrox are all the proof of that he needs. He said: "People have had a habit of writing Rangers off for a long time. People wrote us off at the start of the season, they wrote us off before the manager came in, didn't give us much hope. Not by our words, by everyone else's words, everyone else is saying it's a title race and that's what it is. That's a credit to what the boys have done. What we need to remember is what we've done.

"It'd be easy after the game at the weekend to sit there and think everything has gone out the window, but it hasn't. It's a game we need to learn from, a performance we can't allow to happen again.

"There's nobody in the building who's concerned about that, we know it wasn't good enough and it's a reminder to everyone of the standards and requirements here. People have written us off before, not just this season, I'm sure many other seasons gone by there were other opportunities. But it's up to us, nobody else, and what we do between now and the end of the season.

"No matter where you are in Ibrox there's