ALLY McCOIST last night admitted Rangers will go on trial under the law of the jungle at Dunfermline today.

The High Noon kick-off time in Fife will put the Light Blues in the firing line after their Scottish Cup defeat from Dundee United last weekend.

And McCoist is now having to try to keep his players' minds focused on football while the club is dealing with headlines concerning a government probe into Craig Whyte's takeover at Ibrox.

The Pars represent a sizeable banana skin for a team, and manager, who don't need to draw any more negative attention to themselves.

Jim McIntyre's side are bottom of the league and haven't won at home since the season started.

But McCoist owned up to the prospect of danger lurking in the jungle undergrowth. He said: "There's nothing worse than an animal fighting for its survival.

"I went to Dunfermline's match against Kilmarnock on Tuesday night and two things were obvious.

"Killie might have been the better team but Dunfermline had two glorious chances to score apart from the equalising goal they got.

"Now it has to be about what we do as a team, how we approach matches and how we take the game to the opposition. I still feel we have enough good players to win games."