Allan McGregor has never been a man to pay much attention to the world outside the Rangers dressing room.
Even if it’s just a few yards away on the touchline.
The Ibrox keeper famously keeps his own thoughts under wraps so he was never going to voice an opinion on someone else’s take.
Connor Goldson ’s admission after Sunday’s Premier Sports Cup semi-final slump against Hibs about some of the Light Blues losing their hunger sparked outrage among a section of the support.
It’s not a claim that’s likely to ever be levelled at McGregor, mind you, but he certainly wasn’t going to get involved in a slanging match with his vice captain on the eve of Thursday’s crucial Europa League clash with Sparta Prague.
When the comments were put to him, the 39-year-old did the opposite of what he usually does on the pitch.
He dived right out of the way.
McGregor said: “I never saw it. As you probably well know, I don’t read newspapers or listen to things so I haven’t heard what he’s said. This is about Thursday’s game. That didn’t happen. It’s nothing to do with Thursday.”
Whether or not that’s a feeling shared behind closed doors will only be known by the men involved.
Either way, McGregor won’t want to dwell on a miserable afternoon at Hampden.
Goldson’s been slaughtered for his comments but Gers fans will fear he had a point.
The team have lacked something at times this season. It might be a spark, it might be the hunger. They look like a side who used up so much energy climbing the mountain last season, they’ve decided to catch their breath and side around admiring the view.
In fairness, for all the mood has become darker around Govan, with some iffy displays and Steven Gerrard jumping ship, the scene doesn’t exactly look bleak.
Rangers are four points clear at the top of the table and a two-goal victory tonight would guarantee European football beyond Christmas and tee up another Europa League knockout stages jaunt.
There’s also a new manager with Gio van Bronckhorst now the main man – and he’s looking to get off to a flier.
The Dutchman has the backing of the whole support, who worshipped him as a player and have been impressed with the start he’s made to his managerial career, ending Feyenoord’s 18-year wait for the title before his short Covid-hit spell in China.
The new gaffer will bring his own ideas but he’ll need some of the trusted lieutenants to help him out in the short term.
It’s incredible to think McGregor was just coming through the system when van Bronckhorst was a player at Ibrox. The game has gone full circle and now the keeper is a key component at the club as he approaches 40.
Van Bronckhorst won’t need to pull the shot-stopper to one side and ask him to play a leading role in the new regime.
He does that anyway. McGregor is never a man for big answers. Or any answers.
And it’s the same when he was asked about his role in the next phase. It’ll be business as usual.
McGregor said: “I don’t think it changes. I’m still the same person so I just need to keep on doing what I’m doing.
“Outwith playing games and around training I don’t think anything changes really.”
