RICHARD GOUGH has questioned why James Tavernier did not take on interview duties after Rangers’ shock Premier Sports Cup defeat to Hibs.
It comes after Connor Goldson was put in front of the cameras after the full-time whistle and he claimed that he feels Rangers have “lost a bit of hunger”.
He also suggested that he felt the game was over at half-time when his team were 3-1 down.
Gough believes Tavernier should have taken on the interview as part of his role as Ibrox captain.
He told BBC Sportsound: “Sometimes the truth has to be told and I’ve seen the interview from Connor Goldson.
“But before I talk about that interview I would want to know why James Tavernier wasn’t out as club captain.
“I can remember being wheeled out most of the time when we lost a game. Walter would say ‘Can you do the press Goughie?’
“I was never wheeled out once when we won games – only when we lost! That was my first thinking, that the captain normally comes out and faces the press when you’re under the cosh.”
Commenting on the Goldson interview, Gough continued: “As a Rangers fan I’d be very disappointed in hearing him say they’ve lost their hunger.
“Most of the players have won one trophy out of nine so how can they lose their hunger? That, for me, is a big one.
“And another one was the game being over at half time when they were 3-1 down.
“I had eight hours in the company of Alex Ferguson and I picked up a lot of things in that time as we celebrated Walter Smith’s life.
“He said when you play for big clubs – whether it be Rangers, Celtic, Barcelona, Real Madrid – there’s traditions and an expectation that come with playing for those clubs.
“When you come to Rangers as a player there’s an expectation at that club that you don’t lose games and that goes with you throughout your life.
“So when a Rangers player comes out and says the game’s down at half time when you’re 3-1 down it’s not right.
“Our club is built on an ethos of no surrender. And we don’t surrender. We’re not going to surrender games at half time when 3-1 down.
“If I was an experienced player in that dressing room like Allan McGregor or Steven Davis then I’d be having a word with that young man who has maybe played at Shrewsbury and Brighton and saying ’the game is never over’.”
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