The knives are out for new Rangers boss Pedro Caixinha already and everyone is having their say.
Rangers manager Pedro Caixinha gestures to the players
Rangers will end the season in third place in the Scottish Premiership but could finish nearly 40 points behind their bitter rivals and champions Celtic.
Supporters had hoped to see Gers provide the Hoops with a genuine challenge after their long-awaited return to the top flight.
But that hasn’t materialised and a change of manager, with Pedro Caixinha replacing Mark Warburton, has not inspired a change of tide either.
Caixinha has faced criticism over his tactics from some quarters but most supporters accept the squad simply isn’t good enough to compete with Celtic, a problem they hope will be addressed this summer.
But according to former Rangers boss Alex McLeish and Celtic man talkSPORT host Alan Brazil there are ‘major doubts’ over Caixinha’s ability to take the club forward.
“I have my doubts about the new manager (Caixinha) I promise you,” Brazil said on his Sports Breakfast show.
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“I really have my doubts about him now, especially after the semi-final (defeat to Celtic), you’d have thought back at Ibrox he’d have learnt his lesson, but no he fell into the trap and left Celtic to bomb down the flanks and they destroyed Rangers at Ibrox.”
McLeish, who managed the club to two Scottish Premier League titles, two Scottish Cups and three Scottish League Cups during his five year tenure, was more considered but also conceded he has his doubts.
“Listen there’s no two ways about it that current Rangers side has nowhere near the quality of Celtic so it’s probably right that Celtic should be above them but not in the manner we’ve seen recently,” McLeish said.
Former Rangers boss Alex McLeish
“But then again he’s getting to know Rangers football club, he’s getting to know the players, he’s going to have to make changes in the summer and get players he feels he can trust and players he feels can make a difference.
“But yes there’s got to be major doubts (over the manager).
“You have to have a certain gravitas to be a manager of that club, they are in an elite bunch of clubs in the world which have to win every single week.”
Rangers owner Dave King has also come under fire and has revealed he will give Caixinha a war chest to rebuild Rangers this summer, as reported by the likes of The Sun.
But the Ibrox chairman has warned the new Light Blues manager he will not tolerate attractive football at the expense of winning.
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