Pained Ryan Jack has backed his Rangers teammates to stick together and come through a difficult period.
While the Ibrox men have maintained their form in the Europa League by beating Braga, they have been dumped out of the Scottish Cup by Hearts and seen their league campaign collapse.
The former Aberdeen captain has explained that a gritty approach to their troubles, with an emphasis on hard work and unity will see his team recover form.
Jack quickly earned the trust and admiration of Steven Gerrard , playing 46 games last season.
The fact that Gerrard chose the midfielder to sit next to him on Friday while answering questions about his team's form on the back of two damaging defeats by struggling Hearts and Hamilton was another indication of how highly the boss rates him.
Jack missed the midweek defeat by Accies after going off injured in a defeat to Hearts for the second time this year and is certain to return for Sunday's clash in Dingwall as Gerrard looks for an upturn in form after dropping 13 points in 2020 and crashing out of the William Hill Scottish Cup.
When asked if this was the hardest period of his Ibrox career, Jack said: "I don't know to be honest. There's been a few hard periods.
"But it's how you react and how you work on the training pitch day to day. As a group of players we have to stick together with the staff. I am sure they will back us.
"Obviously we are hurting. We are disappointed with the last two results but it's time for us to knuckle down and work hard and answer up.
"First and foremost we need to work hard on the training pitch and everyone needs to buy into what we are doing and hopefully we can get a performance we are proud of and move on from there."
Jack will use the same approach to getting out of a sticky period that he has utilised throughout his career.
"Hard work and just believe in what you are doing every day," he said.
"Just work hard and I am sure things will change."
