Rangers defender Joe Worrall has made a couple of off field mistakes.
Rangers defender Joe Worrall has found it tough to win over fans at Ibrox since signing on loan.
Early in the season he got fans’ backs up by insisting his loyalty was to parent side Nottingham Forest.
The comments were fair enough from a Forest perspective, but they failed to endear him to the fiercely loyal support.
Worrall’s spell in the team saw summer signing Nikola Katic forced out, to the resentment of Rangers fans.
A basic error against Kilmarnock in January was another black mark against him.
So it was unfortunate that when Worrall tried his hardest to win over the support, it backfired on him further.
Worrall was captured on camera at the Rangers season awards bash, with an expletive rant towards Celtic.
Rangers boss Steven Gerrard took a dim view, telling the Scottish Sun: “I’ve made it clear I was unhappy about it and about the conduct.
“Hopefully situations like that won’t happen again. If they do, players will be severely punished for it.”
Sadly for Worrall this will help define a topsy turvy Rangers spell.
Slammed for not caring enough, and then punished for trying to show his passion for the club.
He is running out of time to turn it around. A matchwinning performance in the Old Firm derby may be his only hope.
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