SEASON’S WISH LIST STILL DRIVES BARRY

January 5, 2008 - Daily Hun Newsdesk

THIS time last year, Barry Ferguson was at war with his manager, dropped from the team, stripped of the captaincy and left wondering if he had a future at Rangers.

What a difference 12 months make. Once more the golden boy of Ibrox following the spectacular collapse of the Paul Le Guen era, Ferguson insists he still has plenty more in his locker to offer current boss Walter Smith.

“I was trying not to think about that stuff!”, smiled the 29-year-old midfielder when asked about those events of a year ago.

I’m happy to be back playing and being captain of Rangers again. That’s all that matters.“My own form is okay, it could always be better. The gaffer has said a couple of times that, as a team, we can improve and we all know that. You never stop trying to improve.”

Ferguson will celebrate his 30th birthday this year and is more determined than ever to finally bring to an end Rangers’ two- year trophy drought.

“I went two seasons without winning anything and that’s a long time,” he said.

“I’m hungry for success and all the guys in the dressing room are hungry. They all want to win a trophy.

“This time last year, we were something like 18 points behind Celtic, so we have improved even though we haven’t achieved anything as yet. There is still a long way to go.”

Ferguson admits he has much to look forward too with the title race, the Scottish Cup and a CIS Cup semi-final against Hearts at the end of the month.

But he sighed: “Looking back, the two big disappointments were not making it to Euro 2008 and not getting through in the Champions League.

“To get so close and miss out is tough, but those kind of setbacks make you want success even more.”

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