RANGERS have the necessary experience to cope with the huge clash with SPFL Championship leaders Hearts through at Tynecastle on Saturday.

And their dropped points against part-time Alloa at Ibrox at the weekend will not derail their bid to land the second-tier title and promotion.

That was the forecast from Gers midfielder Nicky Law today as he looked ahead with eager anticipation to the meeting with the Jambos in the capital.

Law and his Light Blues team-mates were devastated to slump to a 1-1 draw with the Wasps and slip further behind the league pace-setters.

They had hoped to pull to within a point of Robbie Neilson's men with a comfortable win, but instead found themselves falling six points adrift.

But Law remains confident Ally McCoist's side can bounce back from the embarrassing result and get their push for a place in the Premiership back on track.

He thinks that in Ian Black, Kris Boyd, Kenny Miller, Lee McCulloch and Lee Wallace his team has the know-how needed to prevail in the televised match. He said: "Having Kenny back in the side after his injury has been good for us. He has a lot of experience and his movement up front is excellent.

"He is very vocal and likes to talk to the players around him.

"We have a lot of players in the side like him who have played in big games in the past and will know how to cope with the match against Hearts.

"We have had some good runs this season and have followed them up with poor performances and dodgy results.

"Hearts have been fantastic this season. To go through the league undefeated is impressive.

"It's not even been close in most of their games they have played. They have scored four or five goals most weeks."

But he added: "Remember, they are still just six points ahead. We have to keep concentrating on our own game.

"If we do that then I am sure we will be alright. But we can't throw any more points away.

"There is certainly nobody in the squad of players or the staff who is panicking after one result.

"We know that there's a long way to go and a lot of football still to be played.

"It is down to us to win the games that we have and get back on a winning run like the one we went on after the Hibs result. But we are confident we can do that.

"We always knew that there would be ups and downs when we came up into the Championship because there are good teams in this division. But we are still confident in ourselves.

"We had been playing well and getting some good results. I am sure we can rediscover that form and get the result that everyone at the club and the fans want."

The Rangers team that drew with Alloa was booed off the park by those fans who stayed inside Ibrox until the final whistle on Saturday.

Law, who last season bemoaned the stick that Gers players get from their own fans, could understand their feelings after a dire display.

He was disgusted with how the League One champions had played and said it fell way below the high standards they set for themselves.

He said: "The fans do put pressure on the players to perform and you have to learn how to handle that.

"But we also put pressure on ourselves. We know when we haven't been good enough.

"The best way to respond to the result we had at the weekend is to go out and play well on the park in the next game and get a far better result and that is what we intend to do."