Glenn Loovens has disputed Kenny Miller's assertion that Rangers'
superior "firepower" will see the Ibrox side retain their
Clydesdale Bank Premier League title.
The Govan club have a 10-point advantage over Celtic with a
superior goal difference of 20 ahead of their game against
Motherwell at Fir Park on Wednesday.
Former Hoops striker Miller is set to resume his 33-goal
partnership with Kris Boyd after both players returned from injury
following the goalless draw against St Mirren in the Active Nations
Scottish Cup tie on Saturday.
Parkhead boss Tony Mowbray has yet to identify his preferred
strikeforce after bringing in Robbie Keane, Morten Rasmussen and
Diomansy Kamara in the January transfer window to augment the
presence of Marc-Antoine Fortune and Georgios Samaras.
Miller claimed that the Light Blues' squad contained "enough
firepower to go and win this league," but ahead of the visit of
Hearts, Loovens, encouraged by the fact that all three new boys
scored in the 4-2 cup win against Dunfermline at East End Park, had
his say.
"I don't really agree with that," he said.
"We have some great strikers,
"If you have seen our recent games then you will have seen
the chances we have created.
"It's just for us to wait for that one game where it all
clicks and they will all go in.
"There are still 15 or 16 games so there are plenty of points
to play for.
"We have to play Rangers twice so we will see.
"But we need to make sure we get a run going and don't drop
any more points."
Rasmussen has already scored twice since his move from
Brondby and while Loovens would not compare the Denmark
international with Boyd, he believes Tony Mowbray has added the
last piece to his forward's jigsaw.
"I don't want to compare him with anyone," the former Cardiff
stopper said.
"All he needs is to score goals and so far he has done that.
"Rasmussen is a different type of player, he is a big strong
guy, who has a nose for goals.
"He is always in the penalty box where you need to be to
score goals.
"We don't score many scrappy goals but we scored one on
Sunday (at Dunfermline).
"He has a feeling for that and it is a quality that we have
lacked."
Mowbray is relaxed about the prospect of the 10-point gap
remaining by the time the Old Firm meet again at the end of
February.
"It's not a concern at all," he said.
"We could win every game up to then and the lead might not be
cut.
"We have just got to try and win our football matches.
"We can't affect what other teams do until we play them so at
this moment we have to look after ourselves and try to get the
points."
