Barry Ferguson refuses to buy Rangers suspicion that players have checked out

I'll have the proud honour of representing Rangers this afternoon by carrying the Scottish Cup out onto the pitch at Hampden shortly before kick-off.

And most importantly of all, we won it. But what a game to be involved in. We went behind twice to goals from John Hartson and Bobo Balde but we showed the desire and the hunger to fight back and then to win it in the dying seconds through Peter Lovenkrands. It had thundered on for 90 odd minutes. Celtic were on top for five minutes, then we would knock them back onto their heels for a while. And back and forth it went.

It was like someone had written the perfect ending to the perfect script. And that’s what I want these Rangers players to experience for themselves. The suspicion seems to be that too many of them have already checked out. That they know there’s a clearout coming in the summer and that they’ve already got one eye on what comes next.

If you don’t feel like that then why did you bother playing football in the first place? What happens next, when the transfer window opens, makes no difference. All that matters on a day like this is to leave that place with your head held high and with another piece of silverware to put in the cabinet.

Then, after a while, there’s almost always a point when it hits a natural lull. And that’s when you get the chance to fill your lungs again, clear your head and really get a grip on the game. Only then can you start to try to find a bit of space and put your foot on the ball.

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