Source: Team_Talk
Weir hopes for positive response
Rangers captain David Weir has stressed the need for a positive response against Aberdeen this weekend following the 3-0 defeat to Hibernian.[LNB] The Scottish champions suffered their first SPL defeat at Ibrox in 20 months to a Hibs side who headed into the game joint-bottom.[LNB]Next up for Rangers is the visit of another team who have had their problems recently, with a 9-0 thrashing at Celtic and a midweek defeat to Inverness leaving a question mark over Dons boss Mark McGhee's future at the club.[LNB]Weir accepts Walter Smith's men must learn the lessons from their reverse against Hibs and return to winning ways this weekend.[LNB]He said: "We just need to win the game on Saturday, to be honest. That is the priority.[LNB]"It's got to be short term and looking to win the next game and putting on a decent performance.[LNB]"We weren't happy with a lot of things in this game and we learn a lesson. It's important we come out on Saturday and respond in the right way."[LNB]Smith admitted he had maybe asked too much of his small group of players in recent games but 40-year-old Weir claims fatigue was not a factor.[LNB]"If you look for an excuse, you will find one," he said.[LNB]"When you lose a game, you start to question yourself and you look for reasons for that defeat.[LNB]"I can only speak for myself and say I don't think tiredness was a problem. We just didn't play well enough, really.[LNB]"It was a very disappointing night. Losing 3-0 at home is always a big disappointment.[LNB]"If you look at the last couple of games, the results haven't been good enough.[LNB]"We got off with it to a certain degree against Inverness when they scored late after we were 1-0 up. In this game, we didn't get away with it.[LNB]"We lost a couple of goals quite early and I think you've got to give Hibs credit. They played well, they had a game plan and it worked for them.[LNB]"It's disappointing for us but you've got to give them a lot of credit."[LNB]The veteran defender also insisted the loss of both Maurice Edu and Sasa Papac to injury just before half-time did not have a major bearing on the result.[LNB]He said: "You never want to see anybody taken off the park and to have two lads taken off on stretchers is not very nice. But I don't think we can use that as excuse for the result either.[LNB]"We've just got to give Hibs credit and applaud the way they played."[LNB]Cetic's defeat at Hearts meant Rangers at least did not lose any ground in the title race, retaining their one-point lead over their rivals at the top of the SPL.[LNB]But Weir said: "It doesn't help us. We've got to look at ourselves and what we did wrong.[LNB]"We've got to learn from it and try to take the lessons from it. What happens in other places doesn't really affect us."
