{"id":2492,"date":"2026-08-28T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=2492"},"modified":"2026-08-28T16:06:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T16:06:00","slug":"derek-mcinnes-rangers-manager-backing-himself-to-bring-success-after-european-failure-adds-to-difficult-start-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=2492","title":{"rendered":"Derek McInnes: Rangers manager backing himself to bring success after European failure adds to difficult start | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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“I am a good manager, I back myself.”<\/p>\n

Derek McInnes believes he can still bring success at Rangers despite mounting pressure after they failed to qualify for the Conference League.<\/p>\n

The Ibrox side lost their Conference League play-off to Jablonec on penalties on Thursday night, leaving them without European football for the first time since 2017.<\/p>\n

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Rangers are already five points behind in the Scottish Premiership title race after just two games, but McInnes is backing himself and the players to turn their season around.<\/p>\n

“I’m not the first Rangers manager to get off to a tough start, but we are determined to follow this job through and it’s the end that counts,” he told Sky Sports News.<\/p>\n

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“I still believe we’re going to be a success here, but we need to try and give a bit more encouragement to the supporters to buy into and get behind.<\/p>\n

“I’d like to think I know what I’m doing as a manager. I’m a good manager, I back myself.<\/p>\n

“At the minute, none of us are doing our job well enough and it’s up to us to try and share that responsibility to improve things.<\/p>\n

“I think the players need a wee bit of help and support at the minute, but equally we’ve all got to work that wee bit harder to find that.”<\/p>\n

Rangers return to domestic action on Sunday with a Premiership game away to Aberdeen, live on Sky Sports.<\/p>\n

“I just feel as though we’ve wasted an opportunity to qualify for the group stages,” the 55-year-old added.<\/p>\n

“But we can’t dwell on it now, it’s done. I know football, you’ve got to get ready to go again and obviously a huge game on Sunday for us.<\/p>\n

“We’ve not got the best record recently at Pittodrie, so we have to be ready for that one.<\/p>\n

“European football is so important for the club, not just from a financial aspect but just from a prestige point of view, so we’re all disappointed and gutted that we’re not competing longer in Europe.<\/p>\n

“But our full focus is on Aberdeen, the full focus will be on us this season domestically now and I do think we need to be a club that gets back to winning trophies domestically.<\/p>\n

“When I first came in, I said that and maybe just concentrating on us domestically now gives us a better chance of that.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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