Smith admits Gers to blame
22 May 2008 - 08:16:28
Walter Smith admits Rangers will only have themselves to blame should they fail to win the Scottish Premier League title.
The Gers had appeared in control of their title destiny before a sudden loss of league form, culminating in last weekend's 1-1 draw with Motherwell, has handed the initiative back to rivals Celtic.
The two teams head into the final round of fixtures on Thursday night level on points, but Celtic have a superior goal difference.
"Having got this far we'd love to see it through," said Smith.
"In that sense it would be a huge disappointment of we didn't win the league.
"We had an advantage going into the last three games and we lost that. We can only blame ourselves if it doesn't happen.
"I've said to my players disappointment in football is the only thing that's guaranteed.
"We've got to handle that if it comes, but we're not looking at that stage yet.
"We have to go into the game (against Aberdeen) in a positive frame of mind."