Aberdeen boss Stephen Robinson is urging his side to “be brave” and have “no fear” when they travel to Ibrox tomorrow evening.
The former St Mirren manager took charge of a 1-1 draw at home to Falkirk last week in his first game since joining the Dons.
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The north east club are currently ninth in the Premiership table, six points above St Mirren and Kilmarnock below them and 15 points clear of Livingston on the bottom.
And up next in their mission to avoid being dragged into a relegation scrap, Aberdeen travel to title-chasing Rangers on Saturday evening.
The Northern Irishman knows what it takes to overcome the Glasgow giants though – he was at the helm in February last year when St Mirren were 2-0 winners in Govan.
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“I’ve gone to Ibrox and won games,” Robinson said.
“I don’t ever go into a game with any kind of fear. None of my teams ever go with any kind of fear. I think you only go with fear if you’re not organised.
“We know Rangers are a good side with good players. We know we have to be at the top of our game, of course we do. We can lose the game on one moment of brilliance, that happens. But we’ll go with the belief we can get a result.
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“We’ve had a week now to work on things. There were good aspects of the game last week, especially out of possession.
“We looked more organised, we looked harder to break down, and we’ll need that.
“When you go to Ibrox, you have to defend very, very well as a team and as units. We’ve continued to work on that. There’s lots of things to keep doing, of course, but we want to be more positive on the ball.
“I believe they’ve got more of an understanding of what I want now after the last three or four training sessions.
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“When you go to Ibrox and Celtic Park, you have to defend really well, that’s a given, but you also have to be good on the ball.
“You have to be brave, you have to buy your passes and play in areas that are going to hurt the opposition.
“We’ve worked on that this week, so I’m looking for progression.”
