The fact that Rangers don’t have a permanent manager in place had no bearing on their shock home defeat to Hamilton Accies, according to midfielder Ryan Jack.

Interim boss Graeme Murty steered the Ibrox ship serenely through fixtures against Hearts and Partick Thistle after taking charge for a second time, but the light blues came upon an iceberg in the shape of Martin Canning’s side on Saturday.

Jack isn’t abandoning hope, but he says that the Rangers players must take on the responsibility for the abject defeat at the weekend and resolve to put it right, no matter who is in the dugout.

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“It’s nothing to do with not having a manager, it’s to do with us on the pitch, the players, Jack said. “It’s totally our responsibility.

“We’ve had a chance on Saturday to go and beat Hamilton at home and put on another good performance, and I think in the first half we did that. We didn’t get the goal, fair enough, that happens, it’s football.

“I think when we lose the goal though there are ways to react and ways to respond, and I think we got a bit nervy and didn’t really trust each other on the pitch, and that’s what happens when that sneaks into your game.”

Jack also refuted suggestions that a chance to clock up their third win on the spin for the first time this campaign was a mental hurdle that the Rangers players couldn’t get over, insisting the thought hadn’t even entered his mind.

“No, not at all, not from me anyway,” he said. “That’s for people on the outside to speak about and have their say.

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“The whole week in training, it was probably the best week of training that we’ve had this season in terms of intensity and having that spring in our step.

“The boys were in good spirits, and it just shows that when you take your eye off the ball, teams can hurt us.”

Jack admits that it has been difficult for him to come into Rangers at a time when there is so much turmoil behind the scenes and in the manager’s office, but he is determined not to allow it to affect his performances on the field.

And he says that it is important for the players to present a united front when they travel to take on Dundee on Friday night.

“Yeah [it’s been hard], but it’s part of football and it’s part of my career,” he said.

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“Everything in my career I’m just going to try and take in my stride and take it as a learning curve.

“There’s no doubt that times have been tough, but as teammates we’re all there for each other, and Graeme is in there and he’s right behind the boys, and we’re right behind him.

“It’s important that next week in training we stick with each other, we get that spring back in our step, and we come out fighting at Dundee.

“That is our next game, we can’t look any further. It would be stupid of us to look any further than going up to Dundee and showing a reaction.

“We need a good response and we want to go and get a good result for the fans.”