Barrie McKay says that he isn’t worried about Rangers losing their edge ahead of the Scottish Cup final, despite their poor form since the semi-final win over Celtic.

McKay, who has been on blistering form of late, has full trust in manager Mark Warburton’s three-week plan to make sure that the Rangers players peak again at just the right moment.

Having now started their extended break from competitive action, the attacker has moved to allay any fears that the Light Blues will be ring-rusty come the showpiece event on May 21st at Hampden.

“I don’t think that will happen because we’ve got a great bunch of boys,” he said. “We don’t think that we can just turn up and collect the trophy but I believe we have the ability to not only get the job done but to do it in a way that’ll be easy on the eye.

“You could say that we’ve had a rivalry with Hibs in the last couple of seasons because we’ve been going for promotion.

“They’ve done well against us – beating us twice at home while we’ve done the same to them. But, whoever we were up against at Hampden, we’d fancy ourselves to win it.

“We go into every game looking at what we can do rather than what the other team might be able to do. It’s always going to be all about us.

“None of us, including myself or the manager, wants to lose a game. It might be more so the manner in which we’ve dropped points in recent weeks and I admit the performances haven’t been there in the last few games.

“But even though we didn’t get the result we all wanted against St Mirren on the final day we at least got a bit closer to playing the way we’re capable of.

“You could probably say that it’s only natural that there should be a dip in form after the high of reaching the cup final but we certainly didn’t want it, it just happened.

“So every session we have between now and the final will be high intensity because we train at the same tempo as we play – we like to press high and dominate the football because, if you win the ball deep in your opponents’ half, you’ve got more chance of breaking them down.

“The players the gaffer has brought in and the ones who had been here before that are all top pros.

“I think that’s shown all season, the way we’ve been performing and the way we’ve all connected. There’s been a real unity among the squad.

“The gaffer trusts us to do the right thing and we need to show professionalism by not going out every night.

“So we’ll keep training and then we’ll have a friendly against Spurs and that should keep us in good shape for the final.

“We won’t be putting our feet up from now until May 21st and thinking that the Scottish Cup final will be an easy game. We know that Hibs are a good side and that they’ll make it tough for us.”

McKay’s wonder-strike against Celtic in the Scottish Cup semi-final was his personal highlight of an impressive season for the 21-year-old, with the goal being recognised by his fellow professionals as the best of the season at the PFA Scotland awards on Sunday night.

He said: “It’s great to have been voted the Goal of the Season, especially since it came in the Scottish Cup semi-final against Celtic.

“That makes up for losing out on the Rangers Goal of the Season to James Tavernier. Then again, when your right-back gets 15 goals you have to give him an award for something!

“Sadly, my goal at Hampden just missed out the cut-off point for the Rangers awards but to win this speaks volumes for the season that I’ve had.

“Hopefully, I can produce another one like that against Hibs in the final and get us the victory in that one, but if the boys play as well as we can then we should be alright.”

McKay is certain that Rangers’ prospects at Hampden will be boosted further by the return of their top scorer Martyn Waghorn.

“Waggy’s been a massive player for us this season,” he added. “Obviously, I’ve been speaking to him recently and he told me that he just needed a couple of games under his belt before the final.

“He’s done that and, as he showed against St Mirren, he’s made an impact. He’s a great pro and he’s looked after himself, which is why it didn’t look as though he’d been out for 11 weeks.

“I know just how hard he’s worked at his rehab in order to get back for the final. He probably could have played again before he did but the last thing we wanted was to rush him back.”