The Rangers Supporters Trust will discuss the suggestion from members when they mull over a protest against the club's fixture problems during their quadruple challenge.

The controversy comes after George Burley lost more than a full team of players before last month's 3-1 friendly defeat against the Czech Republic.

There were no Rangers players in Prague after Kevin Thomson, Steven Whittaker and Kris Boyd pulled out.

Burley's first game in charge, a friendly draw against Croatia, was also hit by call-offs but Smith feels the manager will get full support for Scotland's World Cup qualifiers, which kick off in Macedonia in September.

And he dismissed the proposed protest against the SFA as a case of mistaken identity after the Scottish Premier League refused to postpone Rangers' clash against Dundee United four days before their UEFA Cup final defeat by Zenit St Petersburg.

"I don't see what the national team has to do with any grievance they have got regarding the Scottish football authorities," Smith said.

"I can't think for a second that Rangers would take that on board.

"There was nothing we could really do, it was all down to fixtures. I don't see how we could have had any effect at all on the decision that was made."

Rangers Supporters Trust spokesman David Edgar said: "Suggestions from members of the trust already include withdrawing Rangers players from Scotland international duty, questioning Rangers' participation in cup competition if still in Europe, and refusing away ticket allocations from certain clubs - Dundee United, in particular.

"No decision has been made, but we will consider all suggestions at our next board meeting and deliver our recommendation to Rangers."

While Burley will not lose any sleep over the threat, he is likely to be concerned about the lack of preparation time with several key players.

Burley has just one more friendly, against Northern Ireland, before the double header against Macedonia and Iceland, but Smith is sure he will not be put off track.

"George is a very positive person and I don't think he sees any problem going forward," Smith added.

"Time will tell when the competitive games come around exactly what support George has got. But I think the support is there.

"We know for a fact that everything was genuine in the Croatia game in terms of the injuries.

"The last one at the end of the season was obviously a situation where there had been so many injuries in games.

"We just need to put the last couple of meetings behind us and I'm certain going forward we will have the support of all the clubs in terms of what the national team is trying to achieve."

Burley handed debuts in Prague to Motherwell strikers Ross McCormack and David Clarkson, who netted the only goal, and Hearts defender Christophe Berra.

And Smith was glad they did not have their introduction to international football in a more high-profile fixture.

"We were quite fortunate in a way, we actually turned down England on the basis that Celtic and Rangers were both going on tour," Smith said.

"They both indicated to us that their players would not be available so we knocked back a game against England at Wembley, then neither team went on tour.

"We took on the Czech Republic and because of the call-offs I'm quite pleased we didn't have the England game, because it would have been awkward to play England with an under-strength team."