Inverness fear nobody now that Terry Butcher has boosted their confidence.

Inverness midfielder David Proctor is looking forward to Wednesday's gamer against the current SPL leaders and does not think he or his teammates have anything to worry about. The statistics suggest that they should as Rangers have scored eight without reply against Caley Thistle so far this season. However, there is a new mood of optimism enveloping Inverness these days as manager Terry Butcher has provided the team with confidence in their abilities. Saturday's 2-1 home defeat against Motherwell was a reminder that they still have to work hard to get off the bottom of the table but Butcher described the result as a "slap in the face" and he insisted they "have lost the battle, but not the war".

Midfielder Proctor believes the message has been taken on board and they are good enough to avoid a repeat of the 5-0 defeat they suffered at Ibrox in November. He said: "Given the way we have been playing, I don't think we ever feel as if we're going to lose by more than one goal. We are trying to be hard to beat, so that we can take the points needed to try and get off the bottom. It's all about getting focused for the Rangers game now. We'll be looking to put in a strong performance on Wednesday and that will set us up for the Falkirk Scottish Cup game next weekend."

Second bottom Falkirk's draw with Hibs at Easter Road on Saturday keeps the Highlanders within range and Proctor added: "The gap is now two points, but that's still just one win away from getting off the bottom of the league. It could have been worse, but we're still gutted to have lost.  We are disappointed because we felt this was a winnable game. I don't think there was much between the teams and it came down to us losing concentration a couple of times. It was probably the worst we have played since the new management team came in, but we were still looking to gain at least a point from this one."

Proctor, who scored in last week's 2-0 win against Hibs, felt that they needed more width to their game in order to break Motherwell down. He stressed: "We were trying to get balls into the box, but they were not coming from the proper areas. They were being hit from the middle of the park instead of getting the ball wide and crossing from there. When we did get our crosses in, they looked a bit vulnerable. The ball just didn't fall for us, yet when we made mistakes at the other end, Motherwell were clinical."

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