Fife: Competition Will Help Us

COMPETITION within the squad will help make Rangers better individually and collectively, according to goalkeeper Jenna Fife.

The Scotland international says she is loving training as they prepare for the start of the SWPL season on Sunday.

With full-time goalkeeping coach Nicola Hardie and fellow stopper to work alongside, Jenna is relishing the competitive environment.

Speaking to RangersTV she said: “Nic has been great, I am really really enjoying working with her, she is different from anyone I have worked with before and having the goalkeeper union of Megan as well it has been great working with them both and I am loving training.

“Megan and I are of similar ability and I think that is good because we push each other every day. We both want to play and I think it is only going to improve both of us.

The former Hibs goalkeeper, who has lifted the SWPL Cup and Scottish Women’s Cup numerous times in her career, is hoping her experience can help push the squad this season.

She continued: “I think we have got a very experienced squad, we have got a good mix between younger players and very experienced players so I think everyone plays their part.

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“Certainly for me I hope I can bring my experience in playing in this league and playing internationally to this squad and hopefully strengthen the squad.

“We have got a really good group of girls here, there have been a few new additions since we have come back which has been great and they fit in really well. I think we have got potential to do good things this season.

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“We feel really ready, I think we have had a good pre-season, we have had some good, competitive friendlies which has been really good to get game time under our belts and we are ready to go and play Hearts in the opening game.

“We know this squad has got so much potential and it is getting stronger and stronger with every signing we are making.

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“We want to be successful and we can have as much potential as we want but we know that we have to go and prove that come the start of the season and the whole way through the season and hopefully we can do that.”

Looking ahead to Sunday’s league opener, Jenna is expecting a tough game from Hearts.

She added: “I can't wait for the league to start, it was really good to even play friendlies because I don't think we had had a game since March so to come back and have friendlies in September was really good but we can't wait to get into competitive action and get the league started.

“We expect more of the same. They are organised and they are going to be hard to break down but we need to go in and start the season as strong as we can.”