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Ibrox boss Gerrard said: “Daniel isn’t suspended or injured, it’s just a numbers game. "Daniel has been left out of this squad, but he won’t be the first, and he won’t be the last, big name to be left out.” Gerrard added: “As the weeks go by I’ll have to make big calls and leave out big players, who are good players, but we hope it’s going to be a 60-game season. “I’m not going to make a big thing of it. It’s just the way it is. We have big squads and big players, and competition for places. "It’s normal from week to week that there are changes, who is in and who is out. Daniel is a good player, he played a lot of games for me last year. “The same could happen again this year. I wouldn’t be surprised if he is involved in the competition in the next round if we were to progress. "Knowing the player, there is always going to be disappointment. “With any players, if they are not in the 11 or the 18, they are within their rights to feel disappointed. “But you also expect a level of professionalism where you get on with it, and you fight for the jersey and fight for your place. “You take it in the right way and take it as a challenge to win the shirt back. That’s what all the top players did that I played with and that’s what I tried to do.” Gerrard added: “We have seen the two games St Joseph’s qualified through. They will be well drilled. “We always lay it on the line it is about us. It is about ourselves and believing in our way if we are to get a result here. “We always show the opposition respect, and I think it is a big mistake if you look too far ahead. “You have always got to prepare correctly for what it is in front of you. “St Joseph’s have got good players, they are a good team and they are effective on this surface. “You’ll not find me or my players being complacent or under-estimating the challenge in front of us.” Reports claimed Mike Ashley, above, had made contact with Gerrard’s representatives in the hope of luring him to St James’ Park. But Gerrard insisted: “Fake news. Not that I am aware of.” https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/4461640/steven-gerrard-daniel-candeias-warning-rangers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1562621535

I expect to win the league

I still believe we are lucky to have SG, sometimes it's still weird saying Stevie Gerrard is our manager, although the way he is dismissed by all in Scotland you wouldn't think we have an ex player of his stature doing an excellent job in his first managerial position! only in Scotland eh!

Did Murphy not play the day before for the development squad!

Glad to hear young Ross is a loan deal only and has a future at Ibrox, not like the Scottish gutter press to tell lies is it?

RANGERS face off against St Joseph’s of Gibraltar in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League on Thursday 18th July (k/o 7.45pm) and match tickets are now available for general sale. https://rangers.co.uk/news/tickets/st-josephs-tickets-now-on-sale/