Russell Martin: Confident Rangers can still win Scottish Premiership title

“The togetherness, the willingness to run for each other, the willingness to take the ball with 10 men, all of that will stand us in good stead,” he added.

The head coach stressed that many of his new players were “very young” but were gradually understanding what it means to play for a club like Rangers.

Martin said much had been made about his chat with chairman Andrew Cavanagh and chief executive Patrick Stewart after the latest defeat.

“The media love making out that every one is a big conversation about ‘is he going, is he staying’?” he said.

“But, generally, we just chat about what we can improve, about the performance, about the next game. It is always the same.

“We have a good, honest conversation. It was nothing out of the ordinary.”

Martin believes a football manager’s “job is under threat wherever you work, all the time”, but insists he does not listen to the “outside noise” despite calls by many fans for him to be sacked.

Martin, whose side visit Livingston on Sunday, added: “We want to be at the top of the table by the end of the season. If you leave it too much longer, you’ll start running out of games. So we have time.

“So we have time to build and win and claw our way back. We have to be really hungry and start to make up the points difference and it has to start on Sunday.”