St Mirren take on Rangers this weekend as they try to make a start on climbing the league.

Bottom of the SPL is not the place for St Mirren according to manager Gus MacPherson. Despite the poor position he insists confidence is still high and is confident they will soon be climbing up the table. Rangers are Sunday's opposition and MacPherson knows a win would be a huge boost to everybody at Love Street. He said: "The confidence is there and the training has been of an excellent standard, the tempo has been good. But we need to keep showing that confidence when we play in a game. Position doesn't matter just now, it's getting points on the board which enables the players to play with confidence. Even though we've not picked up the points we feel we deserve, the confidence is still there. Sometimes frustration can lead to a lack of confidence but we've not seen that. The way they have tried to play has been pleasing, they have been brave and try to pass the ball even away from home. But we need the same again. Hopefully we'll soon get the results."

There are chances for some fringe players to make a name for themselves on Sunday as MacPherson has a number of key players missing through suspension and injury. He said: "You have to be close to your best, if not at your very best, to get something against Rangers. It's unfortunate that we've been hit in the one area in defence through injury but if they don't make it, it just becomes an opportunity for guys that have been frustrated and are desperate to play. Any player that you lose, it's going to be a worry. When you've been playing on the left side what you feel are your strongest players, if you lose one of them it's going to weaken the team in that area. But there are others who can step in. It's up to those ones who haven't been playing to go and show what they're capable of doing."

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