Goalkeeper Jack Butland insists Rangers still have a "brilliant opportunity" to lift the Scottish Premiership title despite recent setbacks and trailing leaders Hearts by six points with nine matches remaining.
Losing their Scottish Cup quarter-final to Celtic on penalties last weekend means Danny Rohl's side's only chance of silverware this term is the league title.
Butland insists the Ibrox side are well placed to mount a real challenge between now and the end of the season.
"The biggest thing to do is to focus on what we have done, where we've come from," he explained.
"We've been in written off so many times this year. We were nowhere near it and we've got ourselves back in a fight with a real chance still.
"The easiest thing to do in this scenario within the last couple of weeks is that you focus on the negatives, which is what everyone loves to do the most.
"That's the most important thing for us as a squad, to realise what we've done to this point, but to take that and make sure that we carry it into the last nine games of the season."
"I don't think there's anyone that would look back at this group in September, October last year and think that it was capable.
"You get to this end of the season and one draw is like a complete damning opinion of everybody that we're not good enough anymore. That's just the nature of playing at this football club and what's expected of you.
"We've been in a lot worse position than we are right now. We're in a great position with the opportunity within a couple of weekends."
Celtic sit one point clear of Rangers in second place and could open up a four point gap if they defeat Motherwell at home on Saturday afternoon.
Hearts could also move nine points clear of the Ibrox side when they travel to Kilmarnock that evening, with Rangers facing St Mirren away on Sunday.
"The focus has got to be fully on that [St Mirren], not on what happens around us," Butland said.
"Two sides above us are going to play before. Whatever happens, happens. The only thing that matters is what we do on Sunday.
"I know people will make a lot about the results over the last couple of weeks, but we've gone into those games with an awful amount of belief.
"I know a lot has been made about the result [against Celtic] but I don't think that's a team that's struggling for belief or a team that's struggling for confidence.
"We have a brilliant opportunity and people need to remember that and a real belief that we can do it."
Butland insisted he doesn't fear for player safety after the ugly scenes at Ibrox last weekend when supporters spilled onto the pitch but
"What I think we're really trying to focus on is just safety of everyone involved," he said.
"I'm not concerned but it's not something that you can just ignore. That's not player safety, it's everybody.
"When you go to the football, you should be safe. It's not what we want to be involved in, but it's all about safety really and making sure that that sort of thing doesn't happen again."
