The Walter Smith Rangers mantra that Michael Beale will see tested to the max after restoring belief - Kenny Miller

It’s something the great man, Walter Smith, used to say a lot. When you’re at Rangers, you’re only ever a draw away from being questioned.

That’s why you only survive at Ibrox with the right mentality. And Michael Beale’s players will have that tested to the max again after seeing off Real Betis on Thursday night. After a heavy defeat to PSV and an Old Firm loss to Celtic, his players had two weeks to stew. They’d have thought about the defeats and analysed them until their heads hurt.

To their credit, they returned with a league victory over St Johnstone – like any Rangers team should. To then face a huge Europa League game at Ibrox is never easy. But what a result that was against the Spaniards. Of all the games between now and the next break, that fixture was the one I feared could heap pressure on them. But they dealt with it. And it should give Michael’s team a bit of their belief back.

It should remind them they’re not as bad as everyone was making out. It’s a step in the right direction and I can see progression. That result should tell the players that if they reach their top level domestically – no-one can live with them. Now they have to back up the Betis victory by winning the next four domestic games.

That’s why you’re at the club. You need to be competing on four fronts, at home and in Europe. Now? Motherwell on Sunday is the biggest game of the season. Simply because it’s the next one. When you win that, you move on to facing Livingston in the quarter-finals of the League Cup – a competition that holders Celtic are no longer in.

That’s how you have to approach it. It’s like Walter would say. Right now, Rangers are only one draw away from falling too far back. And then all the good work on Thursday night is