Rangers ambitions unabated despite poor return

“We know we need to start moving up the table”

Defender Danny Wilson insists Rangers have not altered their ambitions for their season despite slipping into the bottom half of the Premiership. The Gers support expected their team to put up a challenge for Celtic’s crown as they made their long-awaited return to the top flight. But ahead of today’s match against Partick Thistle at Ibrox, the Light Blues are languishing in seventh place after managing just two wins from seven games. Brendan Rodgers’ rampant leaders are already seven points ahead with a game in hand but defender Wilson rejected suggestions Rangers might have to rein in their expectations for the rest of the campaign as they struggle to get to grips with life in Scotland’s top division. The former Liverpool and Hearts centre back said: “We won’t change our ambitions because of a couple of bad results or a slow start to the season because we need to be challenging near the top. “We’ll go into this game looking for three points and we know we need to start moving up the table because where we are is not where we want to be. “Had we won the game at Aberdeen we would have been second but as it happens we are down to seventh – but I wouldn’t read too much into that right now. “It’s still fairly tight from second downwards so we need to get ourselves back up and challenge.” Rangers manager Mark Warburton has confessed already this season he has found it difficult nailing down a consistent team. He was hopeful he had found a solution for a defence that leaked 11 goals in just seven league games this season, though, when Wilson and former QPR veteran Clint Hill combined to produce clean sheets against Ross County and Queen of the South. But there were worrying signs when Aberdeen were allowed to grab the opener in their 2-1 Pittodrie win last weekend with nothing more sophisticated than a long punt up the field from goalkeeper Joe Lewis which Jonny Hayes scored from.