Kenny aims to carry on scoring

21 August 2009 18:41
The striker helped himself to a double in last week's Scottish Premier League opener against Falkirk to ensure the Scottish champions began their defence of the title with three points.[LNB]He fully intends to hit the target again when Rangers travel to Tynecastle to face Hearts on Sunday.[LNB]But, with a crucial World Cup double-header against Macedonia and Holland at Hampden looming next month, Miller is also aiming to hit the heights for the national team.[LNB]He said: "We've got two huge games which are going to decide if we make the play-offs or not.[LNB]"For me, I want to stay in the Rangers team because if I'm in the Rangers team and scoring goals, it's always nice to go into an international on a bit of good form and on a hot streak.[LNB]"I've got a couple of games before then and if I can stay in the team and maintain that form I'll be over the moon."[LNB]A crushing 4-0 defeat in Norway earlier this month has left Scotland's hopes of qualifying through the play-offs hanging in the balance.[LNB]But Miller insists it is possible for George Burley's men to lift the doom and gloom which has descended upon the nation in the wake of the defeat in Oslo.[LNB]"Of course it is," he said.[LNB]"We have been here before, in fact we have probably been in a worse position before five or six years ago.[LNB]"We had a big lift under Walter Smith when he came in and Alex McLeish maintained that and took us to the brink of the Euros from a very, very tough group.[LNB]"From the highs of that, it has been a disappointing campaign so far.[LNB]"We wanted to have the second spot tied up and, to be fair, we probably could have if we had got that result last Wednesday and possibly a better result in Macedonia.[LNB]"But we've got to use the next two games to put it right and give it or best shot and hopefully that will be enough."[LNB][LNB]

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