Rangers deserved kick up the backside from manager Walter Smith, says Kenny Miller

By Ben Rumsby 549PM GMT sixteen March 2010

On the turn Rangers striker Kenny Miller looks forward to Sunday"s last Photo PA

Striker Miller reliable that Smith had since his side a genuine sauce down after examination them exhaust a 3-1 lead to lift 3-3 in Sunday"s Active Nation Scottish Cup quarter-final opposite Dundee United.

The Rangers physical education instructor additionally publicly pounded his players following the compare at Ibrox, accusing them of "complacency" among speak that they might be set to finish a made at home treble.

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Miller pronounced of Smith"s diatribe "Maybe we need it. We"ve had it may be dual or 3 times this deteriorate everybody"s had a diminutive flog up the backside to get the concentration behind on the pursuit at hand.

"Sunday was an additional box of that. Being 3-1 up at home, the diversion should unequivocally have been seen out and been put to bed.

"The last thing we need is an additional game, an additional tie carrying to be rescheduled.

"It"s may be a timely sign that nothing"s been won nonetheless and we unequivocally need to work difficult to benefit any success this year."

Smith customarily places partner physical education instructor Ally McCoist in assign for crater games but could not hold his tongue after Sunday"s display.

Miller, 30, certified that the Rangers physical education instructor did not lift any punches in his assessment.

"It"s probably satisfactory to say, aye," Miller said.

"All the goals we lost were flattering bad from the point of view, the initial one and last one especially.

"Obviously, we"re unhappy and the physical education instructor let us know how he felt about it."

And Miller had his own notice for any team-mates who unsuccessful to get the summary at the week end Rangers have not won anything yet.

"The league"s far from over," he said.

"We"re in a crater last on Sunday and it"s going to be an additional difficult game, and we"ve got a probable 3 games left in the Scottish Cup.

"So we"ve not won anything yet. We"re going to have to may be not fool around flattering stuff, but we know we"re going to have to dig low and furnish results.

"On Sunday, we did do that for may be 65-70 mins of the diversion and afterwards I don"t know if we usually took the feet off the gas or took the mind off the pursuit at palm and thought we were by to the subsequent round. Obviously, we got stung."

Sunday sees Rangers face St Mirren for the sixth time this deteriorate and the fifth in less than dual months.

"It"s the sixth diversion in the World Series this week!" Miller joked.

"We know what they"re about; we"ve had a lot of games opposite them in the last integrate of months.

"Every game"s been close and hard-fought. We"ve been advantageous sufficient that we"ve come out on tip in all of them.

"We know it won"t be any opposite on Sunday; it"s a crater final, there"s a little precious metal there to be won for both teams, so it"s going to be a unequivocally difficult diversion for us."

Rangers have lost usually one of their last eighteen meetings with Gus MacPherson"s men and Miller believes his side are righteously "strong favourites" to win.

And notwithstanding Smith carrying strike out at three-way speak at the weekend, Miller could not assistance but report Sunday"s compare as the initial leg of a probable purify sweep.

"We"ve set out to win all we can," he said.

"Sunday (against United), it"s a slight slip-up but it"s not cost us anything as yet.

"So it"s one we can get afar with, but patently Sunday"s a crater final.

"We"re right up for it, we"re focused on removing the initial piece of this three-way that"s been talked about, but we know there"s a prolonged approach to go."