John Lundstram opens up on Rangers contract talks

There are lots of meetings. We have to have lots of meetings because there’s so many games. There are lots of meetings and lots of analysis on other teams but his message is clear, he just wants us to play with that grit and determination and he wants us to play forward a lot more as soon as we can. I think that’s probably been evident in a lot of our games.
We play forward and try and get the ball in the opposition’s box where it’s most dangerous. That’s probably the biggest thing but he’s been great and the lads are enjoying it.

Have you had a chat with the manager about where he sees you playing?

Not like an individual chat but more collectively what he wants from the lads. He does want a lot more forward play. He just wants everyone’s first thought to always be a forward pass which has been working well for us. It’s something I’ve been trying to really focus on.

Yeah, it’s not dissimilar to where I played under a lot of managers here and a lot of managers in my career. Anywhere in midfield’s fine.

How’s the squad feeling ahead of a huge week?

It’s a big week and it’s going to be a massive test. Tomorrow in a different way, a home game against Dundee so we have to get over the line and get three points and then we can move onto two massive games after that. First and foremost we’ve got to get past a big test tomorrow and that’s our sole focus at the minute then we can move on fr

I quite enjoyed it, to be honest. I thought we didn’t play our best game but I thought the grit and determination shone through. To go to Hearts, it’s not an easy place to go. We’ve been to Hearts before and played well and not got points. We’ve been to other grounds, went to Aberdeen away, dominated the game for 75 minutes completely and didn’t get the result we wanted. I enjoyed it in a different type of way. It wasn’t free-flowing football and we made wrong decisions at times but I loved the grit and togetherness we showed.

How important is that fight and togetherness with the games coming up?

I think so, yeah. I think every type of win like that just builds and builds that togetherness. It’s not a bad sign to win when you’re not playing great so long may that continue.

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