Ian: We will be spot on for Gers
they be wide open from the off? I don’t know and we have to prepare for everything.”
Baraclough insists, though, that there is no way he will send his players out to protect their lead at all costs.
“We will still be a threat,” he said. “It won’t just be a case of sitting back and parking the proverbial bus in front of the goal.
“Although the onus isn’t on us to go and score goals, I don’t think you would be as much as a threat if we just sat back, camped in and tried to ride it out. If we can get a goal, it would settle everything down.”
Baraclough is also aware that relegation from such a strong position might also bring his position at Motherwell into question.
“Who knows in football?,” he said. “Every conversation we have had have been about plans for the long-term, but we all know that things could change at any moment.
“However, I do get the feeling that the owner, Mr Hutchison, is a man of his word and wants to see things through.”
Central defender Louis Laing, meanwhile, is hoping to spark another weekend of celebration after seeing his hometown team, Newcastle United, avoid relegation in the last round of fixtures in the Barclays Premier League.
“It was another great escape for them this season. I hope we can do the same and stay in the league on the final day,” he said. “We are all expecting an assault from Rangers. They’ve got no other choice.
“Does it play into our hands if they attack us? I think it does. That showed the other night at Ibrox.
“We counter-attacked really well and a similar thing might happen on Sunday.
“The plan is to try to grab the first goal and limit Rangers’ opportunities.”