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displayed during them. The twice-capped Welsh international added: “The manager is going to show his feelings,” he said. “The meetings we have had have been about the games. We are just looking forward to Friday.

“In football, you’ve got to talk as a team and play as a team. It is always good to give a bit of something on the pitch, whether you’re telling them to do this or that they’ve done something wrong. That can only be good for the team, especially going forward this season.”

Hamilton will be without first-choice goalkeeper Gary Woods through injury and influential midfielder Darian Mackinnon due to suspension but central defender Alex Gogic believes that the hosts still have enough about them to take all three points. I’ve watched them [Rangers] on TV and we have also analysed them with the gaffer,” he said. “Like every team, they leave spaces which we can use to our advantage to hit them.

“Our pitch might also benefit us. I’m sure they will train on Astroturf but we are more used to it because we work on it every day. Every advantage helps.

“We need to look out for the whole team but Alfredo Morelos is probably their star. It’s about one v one and everyone trying to win their individual battles.”