MisterC 12,263 Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 6 minutes ago, To Be A Ranger said: An old cliché about doing the talking on the pitch springs to mind. Its all fine and dandy hearing about how strong, angry, fit and hungry the players are becoming but until they put together a long run of winning games it doesnt mean much. Exactly! 3 minutes ago, Drunk and disorderly. said: I'd rather our players and manager were thinking positive and trying to improve every training day for the next match. We need our team to be confident for the fight ahead. Players thrive on confidence. We are rid of guys who were just here for the big salary. We have a team who train hard and want to achive things. Surely better than last seasons team who would tools and hide when the going got tough. I think that this seasons team actually is showing a bit of spine and long may that continue but let's hope results start to follow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddiqi_drinker 14,635 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Interviews now appear to be obligatory. Media will ALWAYS twist what is said. If Pedro talks up the players and squad the media jump on him for being 0ver-confident if he says something negative they will have headlines saying the manager thinks his players are shite. lose/lose situation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterC 12,263 Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 Just now, siddiqi_drinker said: Interviews now appear to be obligatory. Media will ALWAYS twist what is said. If Pedro talks up the players and squad the media jump on him for being 0ver-confident if he says something negative they will have headlines saying the manager thinks his players are shite. lose/lose situation. Then you just keep a poker face and give as little away as possible. You certainly don't go giving quotes that will fire up our opponents even more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme_4 34,376 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Sometimes I feel like Pedro can't say anything right. Press and other managers are snide pricks to him, don't think we need stuff like this too. And how criticising a young talented guy like Rossiter who's had bad luck with injuries for saying he feels the fittest he's been just seems pathetic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunk and disorderly. 14,390 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 3 minutes ago, MisterC said: Exactly! I think that this seasons team actually is showing a bit of spine and long may that continue but let's hope results start to follow. I think Pedro has brought in some good players and knows how to inspire them into training hard and giving their all in matches. The concern most of us have is wether he is tactically astute, because if it turns out he isn't his good signings and motivational techniques will count for nothing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUEDIGNITY 33,638 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 1 hour ago, MisterC said: So yesterday it was Pedro saying he felt we were stronger than ever and now today Rossitter is saying he is fitter than ever. What's it going to be tomorrow? Miller saying he missed a shot in training but it's the best miss ever? All this talking ourselves up is all and well and good if it can be backed up by performances and results on the park, but let's face it,that hasn't been happening. I am fed up with all the shite interviews saying how great it is in training etc, it's what happens on the park that counts. All throughout his tenure, Caixinhia has spouted so much shite in interviews talking about other clubs and coming out with soundbites aimed to ingratiate himself with the fans and a whole host of other shite. I'm bloody sick of it and I just wish he would get on with things and not feel the need to ramble on when a microphone is put on front of him. All too often we find him making a rod for our backs with his comments that then come back to bite us in the ass. It's happened time and time again and if results were going well, it's fine but not when results have on the whole been poor. I think he is a dud anyway and his stupid quotes etc just grind my gears even further. Get on with the job,get some wins together and then you can start bragging and painting a nice rosy picture about how wonderful it all is... Good post from the head and the heart MisterC! ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddiqi_drinker 14,635 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 8 minutes ago, MisterC said: Then you just keep a poker face and give as little away as possible. You certainly don't go giving quotes that will fire up our opponents even more. reminds me of the story of the pope arriving in Amsterdam, where the press asked if he'd visit any Amsterdam brothels. Pope replied, are there brothels in Amsterdam. newspaper headline next day, Pope's first question, are there brothels in Amsterdam. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanzmeanzheinz 4,312 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 1 hour ago, MisterC said: So yesterday it was Pedro saying he felt we were stronger than ever and now today Rossitter is saying he is fitter than ever. What's it going to be tomorrow? Miller saying he missed a shot in training but it's the best miss ever? All this talking ourselves up is all and well and good if it can be backed up by performances and results on the park, but let's face it,that hasn't been happening. I am fed up with all the shite interviews saying how great it is in training etc, it's what happens on the park that counts. All throughout his tenure, Caixinhia has spouted so much shite in interviews talking about other clubs and coming out with soundbites aimed to ingratiate himself with the fans and a whole host of other shite. I'm bloody sick of it and I just wish he would get on with things and not feel the need to ramble on when a microphone is put on front of him. All too often we find him making a rod for our backs with his comments that then come back to bite us in the ass. It's happened time and time again and if results were going well, it's fine but not when results have on the whole been poor. I think he is a dud anyway and his stupid quotes etc just grind my gears even further. Get on with the job,get some wins together and then you can start bragging and painting a nice rosy picture about how wonderful it all is... I'd sooner hear Kenny Miller say he doesn't have a neighbour! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
With Heart and Hand 8,949 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 I hate it too. Pedro thinks he's being fly with the press but he's just making himself look like a complete fanny As I said in another thread he shout shut his daft Portuguese gub in the press and focus more on what's on the park. Pedro seems to swagger about a bit for someone who's achieved fuck all and is working uphill. As the OP says he's making the rod for his own back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterC 12,263 Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 10 minutes ago, Drunk and disorderly. said: I think Pedro has brought in some good players and knows how to inspire them into training hard and giving their all in matches. The concern most of us have is wether he is tactically astute, because if it turns out he isn't his good signings and motivational techniques will count for nothing. It's hard to see what the tactics are at times, it changes so often in games. Tactics are one thing but you also need a strategy 10 minutes ago, BLUEDIGNITY said: Good post from the head and the heart MisterC! ?? Cheers mate, better out than in! The Balvenie I had earlier, was very inspirational 9 minutes ago, siddiqi_drinker said: reminds me of the story of the pope arriving in Amsterdam, where the press asked if he'd visit any Amsterdam brothels. Pope replied, are there brothels in Amsterdam. newspaper headline next day, Pope's first question, are there brothels in Amsterdam. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangersScotty9 255 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 1 hour ago, MisterC said: So yesterday it was Pedro saying he felt we were stronger than ever and now today Rossitter is saying he is fitter than ever. What's it going to be tomorrow? Miller saying he missed a shot in training but it's the best miss ever? All this talking ourselves up is all and well and good if it can be backed up by performances and results on the park, but let's face it,that hasn't been happening. I am fed up with all the shite interviews saying how great it is in training etc, it's what happens on the park that counts. All throughout his tenure, Caixinhia has spouted so much shite in interviews talking about other clubs and coming out with soundbites aimed to ingratiate himself with the fans and a whole host of other shite. I'm bloody sick of it and I just wish he would get on with things and not feel the need to ramble on when a microphone is put on front of him. All too often we find him making a rod for our backs with his comments that then come back to bite us in the ass. It's happened time and time again and if results were going well, it's fine but not when results have on the whole been poor. I think he is a dud anyway and his stupid quotes etc just grind my gears even further. Get on with the job,get some wins together and then you can start bragging and painting a nice rosy picture about how wonderful it all is... Rangers have only played 2 league games this season. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
standup 829 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Why dont they turn it round . Ask the journalist a question. Your newspapers sales are plummeting do you feel any responsibility. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDak 792 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 One thing I will say for the OP is that at least he can make an appropriately titled thread. See folk who would've put in shitey titles like "Are we...?" or "Making rods" Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Avenger 22,567 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 1 hour ago, MisterC said: Don't mind him speaking but it's what he says that's the problem. Coming out with some of the soundbites etc that he does just shows of him being even more out of depth than he is already. Pish. And I won't have anything said against Mr King either! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluepeter9 5,167 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 1 hour ago, MisterC said: Don't mind him speaking but it's what he says that's the problem. Coming out with some of the soundbites etc that he does just shows of him being even more out of depth than he is already. He gets asked the same questions week after week - how do you expect him to be original every time? He's saying what he thinks - we are training hard - working hard - and repeat? What more is there ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluepeter9 5,167 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 1 hour ago, plumbGER said: What's the difference between critisised and criticised though? That's what i'm trying to figure. Just my dyslexia kicking in! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnberry18 3,204 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 1 hour ago, MisterC said: Then you just keep a poker face and give as little away as possible. You certainly don't go giving quotes that will fire up our opponents even more. How long would that last though? Does a team go a full 90 minutes thinking about what was said by someone in the opposition? If we are better than another team, what difference would that make anyway? If we lost or drew this match I don't see what an interview a few days before would have to do with it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumbGER 24,518 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 8 minutes ago, Bluepeter9 said: Just my dyslexia kicking in! Spastics R us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenerife Bear 1,748 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Usually when someone or something use such positive propaganda it is hiding something far different behind closed doors. Which i suspect is the case here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellshill_Bear 1,105 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 2 hours ago, MisterC said: So yesterday it was Pedro saying he felt we were stronger than ever and now today Rossitter is saying he is fitter than ever. What's it going to be tomorrow? Miller saying he missed a shot in training but it's the best miss ever? All this talking ourselves up is all and well and good if it can be backed up by performances and results on the park, but let's face it,that hasn't been happening. I am fed up with all the shite interviews saying how great it is in training etc, it's what happens on the park that counts. All throughout his tenure, Caixinhia has spouted so much shite in interviews talking about other clubs and coming out with soundbites aimed to ingratiate himself with the fans and a whole host of other shite. I'm bloody sick of it and I just wish he would get on with things and not feel the need to ramble on when a microphone is put on front of him. All too often we find him making a rod for our backs with his comments that then come back to bite us in the ass. It's happened time and time again and if results were going well, it's fine but not when results have on the whole been poor. I think he is a dud anyway and his stupid quotes etc just grind my gears even further. Get on with the job,get some wins together and then you can start bragging and painting a nice rosy picture about how wonderful it all is... I think what he actually means is after such a shit loss the players have responded well and are working hard to ensure they put it right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellshill_Bear 1,105 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 3 minutes ago, Tenerife Bear said: Usually when someone or something use such positive propaganda it is hiding something far different behind closed doors. Which i suspect is the case here. Paranoia mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue72 1,098 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Really dislike his press conferences he looks so unsure and talks pish Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenerife Bear 1,748 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 2 minutes ago, Bellshill_Bear said: Paranoia mate Watch us. It's not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cushynumber 25,178 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Rossiter saying he is fitter than ever oh the laugh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smile 26,600 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 2 hours ago, MisterC said: So yesterday it was Pedro saying he felt we were stronger than ever and now today Rossitter is saying he is fitter than ever. What's it going to be tomorrow? Miller saying he missed a shot in training but it's the best miss ever? All this talking ourselves up is all and well and good if it can be backed up by performances and results on the park, but let's face it,that hasn't been happening. I am fed up with all the shite interviews saying how great it is in training etc, it's what happens on the park that counts. All throughout his tenure, Caixinhia has spouted so much shite in interviews talking about other clubs and coming out with soundbites aimed to ingratiate himself with the fans and a whole host of other shite. I'm bloody sick of it and I just wish he would get on with things and not feel the need to ramble on when a microphone is put on front of him. All too often we find him making a rod for our backs with his comments that then come back to bite us in the ass. It's happened time and time again and if results were going well, it's fine but not when results have on the whole been poor. I think he is a dud anyway and his stupid quotes etc just grind my gears even further. Get on with the job,get some wins together and then you can start bragging and painting a nice rosy picture about how wonderful it all is... It's been a while since we actually did our Talking on the Pitch, I get sick of the Bulshit, to be honest as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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