Veteran striker promises a better Gers this season MOTHERWELL V RANGERS

Kenny Miller says he is not prepared to predict where Rangers will end up this season – but is forecasting a step up in performance.

The 54-time Scottish champions made their return to the top flight last summer, with the excited Ibrox support declaring they were “going for 55”.

But it turned out to be a nightmare year for the Light Blues as they limped home in third place, 39 points behind rampant champions Celtic.

Now on the eve of their opening clash of the new Ladbrokes Premiership campaign against Motherwell tomorrow, Miller is taking a more circumspect view.

The 37-year-old said: “I am not going to make predictions because you could end up with egg on your face. We are looking to be competitive and to do that we needed better players.

“I won’t predict where we could finish, we want to put up a bigger challenge and obviously when you set out at the start of the season you want to finish as high as you possibly can – and that is first position.

“I am not going to say we are going to win the league but what I want us to be is far more competitive over the course of the season to be more successful.

“It will be a competitive league, whether that be for the title or for second, third or fourth spot. It is a season to look forward to.”

Asked if there was a danger the Light Blues could trail as far behind in the wake of Brendan Rodgers’ Hoops as they did last season, the former Scotland striker replied: “I would hope not but I’m not going to make crazy predictions.

“But we’re definitely confident that will be a lot closer this season.”