Fans of Glasgow Rangers made their feelings clear at Ibrox today.
Graeme Murty has told BBC Sport he hopes that unhappy Rangers fans saw the players’ “passion and intensity” today as the Gers beat Hearts 2-1 at Ibrox.
Murty’s side bounced back from the demoralising 4-0 demolition by Celtic in the Scottish Cup semi-final last week by edging out the Jambos in Glasgow.
It has been a turbulent week for Rangers after Lee Wallace and Kenny Miller were both slapped with suspensions by the club for their tirades at the 43-year-old manager following last Sunday’s result.
Fans of the Ibrox club unfurled a number of banners this afternoon in protest of the club, with one reading ‘Nowhere to hide, incompetent on and off the pitch. We deserve better’.
And Murty admitted to BBC Sport afterwards that he had no problem with the sentiment.
He said: “The fans are fully within their rights to do what they see fit. I’d never go against their wishes.
“If we wanted something from them [the supporters] we needed to put on a performance and I thought there were times when we were on the brink of clicking into a high gear.
“I hope the fans saw some passion and intensity and a bit of quality.”
Consequence of today’s win, Rangers moved back into second place in the Scottish Premiership, level on points with third-placed Aberdeen but 10 adrift of Celtic at the summit
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