Source: Team_Talk
McCoist reveals Bougherra blow
The defender failed to complete training on Friday but was expected to return for Sunday's Active Nation Scottish Cup quarter-final after sitting out the last couple of matches with a hamstring problem.However, he failed to make the squad for the clash at Ibrox - which ended in a 3-3 draw - and McCoist confirmed he faces a longer spell out of action than previously anticipated, meaning he will miss next week's Co-operative Insurance Cup final against St Mirren."He has a small tear on his hamstring and he will be out for a minimum of three weeks," said the Rangers number two."He is one of our top players, one of the top players in the country, so it's a disappointment that he's not able to play for us."But every other team goes through injuries and suspensions and we are no different so we just have to get on with it."Danny Wilson looks set to deputise in Bougherra's absence yet again at Hampden next Sunday and McCoist has no concerns about throwing the 18-year-old into the cup final.He said: "We've not discussed teams or anything like that but Danny's performances would indicate he is ready to play in any game."He has played in big games for us, cup games, Champions League. He has performed well so that won't be a problem."Danny Wilson has been a fantastic find for us. He has maybe played a little more this season than maybe a lot of people would have thought and he has been doing very well."Rangers' hopes of taking another step closer to the Scottish Cup final suffered a setback when they were pegged back by United despite fighting back from a goal down to take a 3-1 lead.Andis Shala fired the visitors ahead before Kris Boyd netted twice from the penalty spot and Nacho Novo added to the scoreline for the holders.But a Steven Whittaker own-goal threw United a lifeline, before Mihael Kovacevic levelled late on to force the tie to a replay at Tannadice on March 24.McCoist insisted: "It's not all doom and gloom - far from it. We are still in the competition and we are the holders."We've got a great record in this cup and the good news is that we are still in it, albeit we face a really tough replay."United boss Peter Houston said: "I was disappointed to lose what I thought were two soft penalties. I haven't seen them again and I might be wrong."But I thought the goalkeeper got his foot to the ball for the first one and, for the second one, I thought there could have been a foul on Danny Swanson as we are attacking Rangers, he felt his heels clipped and the ball dropped to Kevin Thomson and the rest is history."Sean Dillon and Kris Boyd come together, Kris goes down and it's a penalty."United were thrashed 7-1 the last time they visited Ibrox but Houston - who had recently taken over from Craig Levein at the time - insists he never feared a repeat of that rout today.He said: "When we went down 3-1, a lot of people would have been asking if we had the character to come back from that or would we fold like we did the last time we were here."But, under no circumstances did I feel we were going to fold. I mentioned pre-match in the hotel to remember how bad that situation felt in the dressing room afterwards."I just feel there is a determination to win, they are winners and that's why we are in a decent position."