'No sulking' for treble-chasing Rangers
Rangers manager Jo Potter insists her side are "not sulking" after their defeat to Hibs as they prepare for Sunday's Scottish Cup semi-final against Aberdeen. The Ibrox club slipped to second in the SWPL table after they were beaten 2-0 by title rivals Hibs at Meadowbank last weekend. But with the SWPL Cup already in the cabinet and a potential treble still on the table, Potter insists her side need to be fully focused on booking their place in next month's Scottish Cup final. "I'll be honest, it was a down couple of days, which I'd expect," she said. "I think they really felt the loss, which is not a bad thing from my perspective. But we really managed to dig into it and pick the bones of it. "We've spent quite a while looking at the game and looking at certain aspects of the game and what we didn't do so well."We tried to put it right this week and made a very clear point that there's a cut-off point. There's no sulking and feeling sorry for ourselves because we've got another big game to look ahead to for the weekend. "They've been great ever since after that first day back in. We've changed mindsets, we've looked positively at it and they've been really good in training."
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