Steven Naismith makes Rangers 'rode their luck' claim as Hearts boss bullish over Scottish Cup KO
dailyrecord.co.ukSteven Naismith reckons Rangers and Philippe Clement were lucky to dodge a couple of heavy blows earlier in the campaign. But with the Ibrox side reeling in their title fight the Hearts boss is convinced his players are now ready to deliver his old club a knockout in Sunday’s Scottish Cup semi final.
Hearts have floored every other top flight side in the last nine months including home and away wins over Celtic. However, four cracks at Rangers have resulted in four defeats including painful thrashings at Ibrox and the League Cup semi final at Hampden.
That stat is likely to still gnaw at Tynecastle chief executive Andrew McKinlay who almost exactly a year ago lamented his club’s failure to “lay a glove on Rangers”.
Naismith can smell blood though. He reckons Philippe Clement’s side are swaying on the back of defeat to Ross County and Wednesday’s draw in Dundee.
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