Ross wants to create a culture where Hibs can regularly beat the Old Firm

Jack Ross doesn’t just want a victory over Rangers tomorrow, he says he is attempting to create a culture at Hibernian where it becomes commonplace to get the better of the Old Firm sides.

“It has happened frequently over the years that teams will produce shock results but there are probably not that many teams that have been able to achieve consistent results in recent times.

“Fi r s t and f oremost i t ’s a b out c r e at i ng a c ul t ure where you win matches consistently full stop, so far we’re doing that and the next stage is to make sure that points total does not grind to a halt just because we’re playing against Rangers and Celtic. Having them back- to- back, that’s the thing we don’t want to happen. We want to make sure we’re taking points from that calibre of opposition.”

Last season was the first since 2012 where the Easter Road side failed to take points off Rangers and Ross wants a return to the regular scalpings of a few years ago. That was when Alan Stubbs and then Neil Lennon sent out teams with the ability and the psychology to defy the odds on a regular basis.

Having started the season in fine fettle, the Hibs manager sees no impediment to the capital side doing that again.

Neither does midfielder Alex Gogic, who has experience of bettering the Ibrox giants from his time at Hamilton.

In his time at New Douglas Park, Accies tackled Rangers on a dozen occasions, but a couple stand out.

“I just remember the t wo wins!” laughs the midfielder, whose presence on the Hibs t eam has been one of t he main contributing factors in the early- season success. “You have to be strong defensively. Sometimes you need a bit of luck and, I remember, [ the then Hamilton keeper] Luke Southwood had some amazing saves as well [ in the most recent of those wins, in March] Then you have to score and just stay strong and