Pedro Reads The Riot Act

[chilledbear 16]

Pedro Caixinha has left his Rangers players in no doubt about his expectations for the rest of the season, after a full and frank debrief at the Rangers Training Centre following Saturday's Old Firm defeat.

 

Pedro gave Rangers fans a glimpse of his willingness for the fight during the game, when he confronted Scott Brown after the Celtic player elbowed Alfredo Morelos - the latest in a series of unpunished elbows by Brown on Rangers players in recent Old Firm fixtures. Now it is the Rangers squad who are feeling the brunt of his determination to improve the fortunes of our club.

 

 

Pedro stressed the need for the squad to work together in the coming months and put together a run of results to move Rangers into a better league position and progress in the League Cup. He has made it clear that he expects the British members of the squad and the new arrivals from Portugal, Mexico and Colombia to work together to address the inconsistency that has plagued the start of the season.

 

There was always going to be a period of adjustment with so many new players from both the domestic scene and abroad, but it is clear Caixinha feels that the process of bedding the squad in should now be complete and that there can be no more excuses in Rangers' quest for trophies.

 

 

The gaffer has told his foreign imports that they need to ensure that they have fully integrated themselves with the British core of the squad and has urged his domestic players to do whatever is necessary to complete that process. He wants the players all fighting together for the jersey and for the fans.

 

A source close to the dressing room has told the Rangers Observer that the message was well received by the squad and that they are more determined than ever to show both Pedro and the Rangers support that they have the quality, determination and fight to properly represent our club on the pitch.

 

Caixinha has talked before about the need for our players to win the battle on the pitch whilst also playing football. The fans and the manager will expect the squad to show the required qualities and bounce back from a disappointing Old Firm weekend with a win against Hamilton on Friday.

 

https://www.rangersobserver.com/news/2017/9/26/pedro-reads-the-riot-act-to-underperforming-players

[forlanssister 3,114]

If it's come to that then it doesn't bode well.

[chilledbear 16]

If it's come to that then it doesn't bode well.

 

Sounds like division in the dressing room.

[jhunter 0]

"now wur gonnae start fightin' furra fans'"

 

i think i'll take this crap with a huge bucket of salt after the weak-willed garbage of the weekend

[der Berliner 3,744]

If you stare long enough into the abyss, the abyss will stare back at you.

 

IMHO, a rallying call everyone wants to hear and see from the gaffer.

[aweebluesoandso 290]

I'm old fashioned, if a bully is hitting you, hit the c@nt back, i'm talking about that big daft lad Brown.

[cooponthewing 1,139]

I'm old fashioned, if a bully is hitting you, hit the c@nt back, i'm talking about that big daft lad Brown.

 

Jack and Dorrans bricked it from the Lego muncher. They should have taken turns in going straight through him.

[RANGERRAB 3,671]

The harsh reality is we don't yet have a squad capable of challenging the yahoos for the title. Once we do these things will sort themselves out.

[Uilleam 5,939]

For what it is worth, below is a c+p of an 'explosive' expose from the dug's arse who thinks he is the dug's bollocks, in today's edition of the Dhaily Rhabble, a journal produced

by, and for, the culturally deprived.

 

One might suggest, to follow its house, or, more accurately, sterrheid, style (using the word loosely):

 

Murphy-taker mixer makes Murray Park mountain from Murray Park molehill

 

The first, and really only, issue raised therein is that of a lack of effusion in the welcomes extended to new coaches and players by the UK players. Whether this seeming frostiness was extended to the new UK arrivals (Dorrans, Jack), or whether they became part of the unwelcoming group, is unclear.

I am unsure how serious this actually is, given that pro-sports' dressing rooms, indeed any changing rooms, are not places to seek sensitivity and empathy, and that incoming staff must know this, and that performance on the pitch will smooth over any difficulties.

There is a difference between reticence and hostility, and the article does not clarify which characteristic applies. I am inclined, therefore, to file this under "Clear the Air Session", although I suspect that such a meeting should have occurred a few weeks ago.

 

For the writer to suggest that players were stunned by the manager's anger after Saturday verges on the ridiculous: they knew they would get what for from him.

 

 

I have to add that, unfortunately, the Old School Law that what happens on tour, stays on tour, what happens in the changing room, stays in the changing room, has been broken. Again.

 

Of course the fact that Pedro Caixinha has a "full, frank, and wide ranging" discussion with players after defeat to fhilthfootballclub, has the feel of 'Dog bites man', rather than the converse, and thus is not news(worthy). I wonder, and would love to know, what else was discussed.

Here is the spin from the sellik funded tabloid.....

 

[B][/sPedro Caixinha’s furious rant at Rangers home-based stars for failing to make him feel welcome

The Portuguese manager was furious with Graham Dorrans for what he believed to be a lack of respect.

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BYKEITH JACKSON

06:00, 27 SEP 2017

 

Pedro Caixinha declared war on his own players as a furious Old Firm post-mortem descended into a Murray Park meltdown.

 

Record Sport can reveal the rattled Rangers boss called what became an explosive crisis meeting with his first-team squad on Monday - 48 hours after blowing his lid on the sidelines as Celtic cruised to a 2-0 win at Ibrox in the first derby of the season.

 

And Caixinha stunned his dressing room by launching a stinging attack on the home-based players who he blasted for failing to make him, his staff and his raft of foreign signings feel welcome at the club.

 

A furious Caixinha also rounded on fans’ favourite Graham Dorrans for handing the captain’s armband to sub Kenny Miller when the veteran striker replaced Carlos Pena during the second half of Saturday’s defeat.

Dorrans handed the armband over to Miller ...

 

... when Pena came off but the move was not sanctioned by Caixinha

It’s understood Caixinha angrily accused Dorrans of showing him a lack of respect by deciding to give up the captaincy without being instructed to do so by the boss.

 

Caixinha’s rant left many of his unsuspecting players gobsmacked and adds to what had already become an uneasy atmosphere between the manager and his team.

 

Rangers face a potentially arduous away trip to Hamilton on Friday night as Caixinha shows signs of cracking under the strain with his expensively-assembled side now sitting fifth in the top-flight table.

 

Some of his own players attempted to calm him down inside the tunnel at Ibrox on Saturday, moments after he had confronted Celtic captain Scott Brown in the technical area - accusing him of planting an elbow on Alfredo Morelos.

 

Disciplinarian Caixinha has taken a hard-line stance with his players since arriving at the club in March.

 

Record Sport revealed how a number of players - including Michael O’Halloran, Rob Kiernan and Harry Forrester - had been ordered to clock in for gruelling 6am training sessions and frozen out of the first-team group.

 

All three were then shipped out of the club during the summer as part of a huge overhaul with O’Halloran making a blistering return to form on loan to his former club St Johnstone.

Edited September 27, 2017 by Uilleam

[Gonzo79 15,294]

I wouldn't believe a word printed in the Record or the Sun.

 

Let's see how we perform on Friday night.