Pedro Reads The Riot Act

[ian1964 10,455]

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We had it before they did, and it's the real story.

 

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

[chilledbear 16]

Looks like Rangers knew about the article and Rangers Observer posted 'the truth'.

 

Thought it strange at the time, the Dorrans Miller hand over.

Edited September 27, 2017 by chilledbear

[JohnMc 2,488]

I'd be more alarmed if there wasn't unrest in the dressing room after our start to the season. That's not meant as a criticism of Pedro. The players, the coaches and the manager should all be angry after Saturday and several other of our performances and finger pointing, some home truths and frank exchanges can sometimes be the best way to sort these things out. I'm also think this is a deliberate leak, let the fans know everyone is unhappy about what's going on, it doesn't really reflect badly on PC.

 

I always thought Kenny Miller was our 'vice' captain, hence why he took the armband when he came on. In the grand scheme of things I don't think it really mattered who was the captain on Saturday, no one was acting like one.

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on his form alone this season Kenny Miller should be nowhere the first team let alone vice-captain or whatever it's called

[jhunter 0]

what a shambles

 

he's drowning, not waving.

[Waltersgotstyle 297]

what a shambles

 

he's drowning, not waving.

 

If our players showed even half his passion and desire we would be in a better place.

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The Rangers board must not allow another PLG scenario to develop

[pete 2,499]

The Rangers board must not allow another PLG scenario to develop

 

Funny how it is when you bring in players from a different culture that the problems seem to happen. Dutch Swedish Germans etc seem have virtually the same culture and seem to fit in far easier. There is also an individual element as well of course. This is just my opinion and not a statement of fact.

[boabie 230]

Funny how it is when you bring in players from a different culture that the problems seem to happen. Dutch Swedish Germans etc have virtually the same culture and seem to fit in far easier. There is also an individual element as well of course. This is just my opinion and not a statement of fact.

 

If the deluded tramp beggar liar, currently hiding from UDA/UVF hit squads is to be believed Pena is spending his time touring west end boozers having at least 10 drinks a night.

How he knows this despite having had to move abroad on "personal safety grounds " isn't explained in the slightest.

Edited September 27, 2017 by pete

[SteveC 150]

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.

 

 

That would the O'halloran who says he had to train extra on his own because Pedro wasn't working him hard enough, yes?

Edited September 27, 2017 by SteveC