Murty reveals he has not heard from King

Under-fire Rangers boss Graeme Murty says he has received plenty of backing since his Old Firm disaster but has heard nothing from chairman Dave King.

The former academy coach’s hopes of clinging on to his job beyond the summer appear all but over after last Sunday’s 4-0 drubbing by Celtic in the William Hill Scottish Cup semi-final.

He will remain in charge for Gers’ final five league games, starting with tomorrow’s clash with Hearts at Ibrox.

While he will have to face the music in front of the disgruntled Light Blues faithful, chairman King is still in South Africa and has yet to address the growing number of fans now questioning his leadership.

He has not picked up the phone to offer support to a man who has twice stepped in to act as caretaker boss during times of crisis.

Murty said: “If I can get through this week, I can get through just about anything.

“I’ve had lots of support. I’ve had the director of football, my entire staff and the board of directors making sure I’m OK and ready to go for this weekend.

“They’ve been fantastic in making sure I get what I need and I’m ready to go for Sunday.

“But no, I haven’t spoken to the chairman.”

The manager has not escaped the wrath of the Ibrox support, who have hit out at his team selection and tactics.

But the 43-year-old has vowed to learn from his mistakes.

“We didn’t do the club or ourselves justice on Sunday,” he said. “I think there was potential for the guys on the pitch to do better than they did.

“We didn’t turn up to the extent that we could. And we were punished accordingly. That hurts.

“But there’s very little we can do now, so we need to move forward to Sunday’s game. There are lots of different things about the performance on Sunday that wasn’t right.

“If I look back on it, there are things I’d do different.

“I feel I’m learning in the most public environment you could imagine. I’ll make mistakes very publicly but I’ll learn from them quickly and improve my own practices.

“As for Sunday, it wasn’t just one thing that went wrong. There were lots of things we needed to do better – myself and the players – to represent ourselves in a better manner, because we were guilty of letting a lot of people down,” he said.

Picture: SNS. Graeme Murty.