Bell Of A Chance

Last updated : 26 October 2010 By Ed_ScottishFitba
Cameron Bell 1Cameron Bell has the benefit of training alongside Allan McGregor and Kenny Miller when with the Scotland squad which he hope will help him help Kilmarnock become the first team to beat Rangers this season. Bell was in the squad for the EURO2012 qualifiers against the Czech Republic and Spain which allowed him to see how they both perform close up. The  Kilmarnock goalkeeper also got a useful insight into in-form Miller's finishing technique ahead of tomorrow's Co-operative Insurance Cup quarter-final between Killie and Rangers at Rugby Park. And Bell is now determined to stop Miller adding to his 14 goals this season as Rangers bid to make it the same number of games unbeaten in all competitions this season. He said: "It gives me a wee edge. I've done shooting practice with him so I know what sort of finisher he is. He's obviously a good one, the hardest thing to do in football is score. It gives me a wee edge but our defence need to be tight. We can't afford to give him a free shot because of the form he is in at the moment. But hopefully tomorrow I can keep him out."

Bell was an unexpected addition to the Scotland squad due to an injury to Cardiff's David Marshall and fitness concerns over Craig Gordon and Matt Gilks. Bell said: "It was brilliant. The experience I got from training with Allan and Craig was massive for me at this stage of my career. To see how they prepare for games is massive and hopefully I can take some of that experience into my own game and make me a better goalkeeper. I worked closely with those two for a couple of weeks. There's not a massive difference in preparation but things like the positions they take up in certain situations made me think 'that's maybe a better thing to do'. They are small things but they can make a massive difference, and they obviously do as they are two of the top goalkeepers in Britain at the moment."

Despite Rangers air of invincibility, Bell and his team-mates are optimistic of causing an upset. Killie acquitted themselves well during a 2-1 defeat at Ibrox on the opening day of the season and have since added forward players Alexei Eremenko, Rui Miguel and Harry Forrester to their squad. Bell said: "We go into the game confident. It was always be a hard game against Rangers but we played so well at Ibrox and we feel we have kept that up since. We've been unlucky over the last few weeks. We need to cut out bad mistakes. We know a bad mistake will cost us, we have to make sure that doesn't happen because Rangers and Kenny Miller especially are on form at the moment. If you switch off for one minute, it can cost you the whole game."
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