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The list of purveyors of tabloid bullshit pushing a defence for Kenny Miller got longer this morning (won't post a link for obvious reasons).

Jackson has joined Hannah and Waddel on the the twin flanks of those well known bastions of objective truth, The Sun and The Daily Record in headline defence pleas.

The pattern of the reporting in complicated matters concerning both KM and PC, that included several pieces in April, came to a head last week and now continues and always see the story from one agenda driven angle. 

What you nearly always find is that if one side is consistently being favoured then the info the hack is getting is from the camp of those who is being favoured. The 'Miller camp' doesn't mean that it was Miller directly doing the leaking, someone could have done so on his behalf. At the end of last season I'm sure there were various sources (players) that were all too ready to give Jackson the dirt. Most of them have probably been moved on.

I've seen it before with Jackson in the 'spiv robbing bastard years'. In that case he was doing the 'good guys' a favour and he did so because that's where info was coming. He didn't do it for Rangers, he did it for personal ambition and the newspaper did it for commercial reasons.

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Bottomline,....... Jackson@Co want Pedro out and are being primed to help apply as much pressure as possible.

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37 minutes ago, backup said:

Jackson did it cause murray was in thrall to his courageous reporting while priming him.

Stifling a yawn from two and a half years ago, I note your thread on the DR artcle on KM wrt a professional performance etc.

The slant only confirms the consistent DR line throughout this...Miller Good / Caixinha Bad. 

The thing about this is that whilst Kenny has in the past been good and Pedro has got a lot to prove,....the Record and other media outlets are far from objective and it's a one-sided agenda driven diet of so called news we are offered.

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And talking of cruelties, he need only look across the Clyde to see how the game has chosen to turn on a player who, throughout a long, illustrious career, has been nothing but one of its most model professionals.

Kenny Miller spent yesterday afternoon playing in a bounce game for kids at Brentford. At the age of 37.

While Strachan was naming that Scotland squad at lunchtime on Monday, Miller was walking into a crisis meeting at Murray Park which would turn his world on its head.


Miller must have suspected something bad was brewing from the moment Pedro Caixinha told him to stay at home with his feet up on the night Rangers were playing for a place in the League Cup semi final at Firhill.

On these very pages last Monday morning this column suggested that the relationship between the club’s talisman and its manager was in danger of breaking down in a throwback to the stand off between Paul le Guen and Barry Ferguson which preceded the Frenchman’s demise.

By Thursday, Miller had been banished to the youth department.

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By Friday night TV pundits were tossing around words like ‘rat’ live on BT Sport while discussing his predicament, language which is completely unfounded.

To make matters even more sinister, Miller was also accused of leaking information directly to this newspaper on a website which has very obvious and well established links with the malfunctioning Rangers PR machine.

The same website, for that matter, which leaked news of Caixinha’s Murray Park meltdown in the first place - while presenting it as a stroke of managerial genius in a painfully transparent, Pravda-esque attempt at controlling the narrative.


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The entire episode is an absolute mess and, shamefully, it’s Miller who has been made to pay the ultimate price for this rank amateurism. Years and years of dedication to his sport in the name of squeezing every last ounce of ability out of his body now tarnished by a manager who is out of his depth in charge of Rangers and a whispering campaign which has been maliciously designed to maximise reputational damage.

You can almost hear them saying ‘Aye well, the Record would say that, wouldn’t they? He’s their leak after all!’

So let’s get this absolutely and categorically clear for all of those Rangers observers out there. Kenny Miller was not the source of the information around which we wrote the story of Caixinha declaring war on his own players. Nor, for that matter, was it Miller who told us of Caixinha’s subsequent decision to drop him from the squad which travelled to Hamilton on Friday night.

To suggest otherwise is not only a wilful fabrication but also potentially libelous should Miller’s lawyers decide to act. But for this to be published on a website which sits so snugly under the wing of the club’s outsourced PR department? That’s a scandalous state of affairs and one which points to some very serious issues behind the scenes of this never ending Ibrox soap opera.

Miller is neither a rat nor a snitch. He is a victim of an inexperienced, egotistical manager who is struggling to command the respect of his dressing room and who thinks, by taking out the talisman, he will bring the rest of them into line. And of a Machiavellian attempt at character assassination.


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He’ll have to ride this one out now because Caixinha doesn’t appear to be a man of compromise. There is unlikely to be sufficient space inside the same dressing room for both men from here on in so it looks likely that one of them will soon have to make way.

Over three separate terms at Rangers Miller has spent seven years, played 211 times and scored 89 goals. He’s won three top flight titles, one in the championship, and lifted both the Scottish and the League Cups.

If he is forced out before time is called on Caixinha then he will leave behind the sort of legacy about which the manager can only dream.

In the brutal world of football, one man’s adversity is another man’s opportunity. Accordingly Caixinha must now grasp this chance to save himself from the chop, Likewise, Carlos Pena must step into Miller’s shoes and prove that he’s not just another one of the manager’s mistakes.
 

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10 minutes ago, backup said:

And talking of cruelties, he need only look across the Clyde to see how the game has chosen to turn on a player who, throughout a long, illustrious career, has been nothing but one of its most model professionals.

Kenny Miller spent yesterday afternoon playing in a bounce game for kids at Brentford. At the age of 37...........
 

Kenny has in the main been a decent professional throughout most of his career but he doesn't seem to have carried that or any form into this season.

Miller doesn't deserve a first team start based on performance and a football club has a hierarchy where the manager makes the decisions and GOOD PROFESSIONALS get on with it. They don't pet their lips, sulk and talk to journalists, directly or indirectly.

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1. "He is a victim of an inexperienced, egotistical manager who is struggling to command the respect of his dressing room"

I thought just that when the 3rd goal went in on Friday. Disgusting celebrations.

 

2. "and who thinks, by taking out the talisman, he will bring the rest of them into line"

Miller is rightly condemned by almost every Rangers supporter for his on field performances all season. He is no Talisman.  And see point 1 above re others needing brought into line.

 

3  "And of a Machiavellian attempt at character assassination"

Love it when that line is rolled out when there's a conflict of personalities. It's dramatic piffle.

 

An article by a fool hoping the gullible are being particularly stupid.

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2 minutes ago, Sportingintegritymyarse said:

1. "He is a victim of an inexperienced, egotistical manager who is struggling to command the respect of his dressing room"

I thought just that when the 3rd goal went in on Friday. Disgusting celebrations.

 

2. "and who thinks, by taking out the talisman, he will bring the rest of them into line"

Miller is rightly condemned by almost every Rangers supporter for his on field performances all season. He is no Talisman.  And see point 1 above re others needing brought into line.

 

3  "And of a Machiavellian attempt at character assassination"

Love it when that line is rolled out when there's a conflict of personalities. It's dramatic piffle.

 

An article by a fool hoping the gullible are being particularly stupid.

Well they don't have to look any further than in here. We do have the knack of doing our hater's job for them.

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16 minutes ago, backup said:

And talking of cruelties, he need only look across the Clyde to see how the game has chosen to turn on a player who, throughout a long, illustrious career, has been nothing but one of its most model professionals.

Kenny Miller spent yesterday afternoon playing in a bounce game for kids at Brentford. At the age of 37.

While Strachan was naming that Scotland squad at lunchtime on Monday, Miller was walking into a crisis meeting at Murray Park which would turn his world on its head.


Miller must have suspected something bad was brewing from the moment Pedro Caixinha told him to stay at home with his feet up on the night Rangers were playing for a place in the League Cup semi final at Firhill.

On these very pages last Monday morning this column suggested that the relationship between the club’s talisman and its manager was in danger of breaking down in a throwback to the stand off between Paul le Guen and Barry Ferguson which preceded the Frenchman’s demise.

By Thursday, Miller had been banished to the youth department.

Video Loading
Watch Chris Sutton call out the Rangers leaker as 'a rat'
By Friday night TV pundits were tossing around words like ‘rat’ live on BT Sport while discussing his predicament, language which is completely unfounded.

To make matters even more sinister, Miller was also accused of leaking information directly to this newspaper on a website which has very obvious and well established links with the malfunctioning Rangers PR machine.

The same website, for that matter, which leaked news of Caixinha’s Murray Park meltdown in the first place - while presenting it as a stroke of managerial genius in a painfully transparent, Pravda-esque attempt at controlling the narrative.


(Image: SNS Group)
The entire episode is an absolute mess and, shamefully, it’s Miller who has been made to pay the ultimate price for this rank amateurism. Years and years of dedication to his sport in the name of squeezing every last ounce of ability out of his body now tarnished by a manager who is out of his depth in charge of Rangers and a whispering campaign which has been maliciously designed to maximise reputational damage.

You can almost hear them saying ‘Aye well, the Record would say that, wouldn’t they? He’s their leak after all!’

So let’s get this absolutely and categorically clear for all of those Rangers observers out there. Kenny Miller was not the source of the information around which we wrote the story of Caixinha declaring war on his own players. Nor, for that matter, was it Miller who told us of Caixinha’s subsequent decision to drop him from the squad which travelled to Hamilton on Friday night.

To suggest otherwise is not only a wilful fabrication but also potentially libelous should Miller’s lawyers decide to act. But for this to be published on a website which sits so snugly under the wing of the club’s outsourced PR department? That’s a scandalous state of affairs and one which points to some very serious issues behind the scenes of this never ending Ibrox soap opera.

Miller is neither a rat nor a snitch. He is a victim of an inexperienced, egotistical manager who is struggling to command the respect of his dressing room and who thinks, by taking out the talisman, he will bring the rest of them into line. And of a Machiavellian attempt at character assassination.


(Image: SNS Group)
He’ll have to ride this one out now because Caixinha doesn’t appear to be a man of compromise. There is unlikely to be sufficient space inside the same dressing room for both men from here on in so it looks likely that one of them will soon have to make way.

Over three separate terms at Rangers Miller has spent seven years, played 211 times and scored 89 goals. He’s won three top flight titles, one in the championship, and lifted both the Scottish and the League Cups.

If he is forced out before time is called on Caixinha then he will leave behind the sort of legacy about which the manager can only dream.

In the brutal world of football, one man’s adversity is another man’s opportunity. Accordingly Caixinha must now grasp this chance to save himself from the chop, Likewise, Carlos Pena must step into Miller’s shoes and prove that he’s not just another one of the manager’s mistakes.
 

What an absolute load of blithering pish. Did he write it specially for the gullible in here?

"If he is forced out......then he will leave the sort of legacy about which the manager can only dream".

:rofl:

 

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Bloody hell , that article goes a bit far :huh:

Is this some war between Jackson and Traynor ?

I can't remember Pedro saying Kenny is the rat or at any point slagging him off .

The truth is plain to see , Kenny's form has dipped and he's maybe not on board with the manager - as a result he's been dropped .

What a surprise ...:whistle:

Any positives to report from Friday's match Keith .......????

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This whole episode is a classic case of a massive mountain been made out of a molehill.

Kenny has been absolutely horrific to watch this season, his touch (not that it was ever great) has totally left him and even though he is reasonably fit his speed has left him, this dropping back into midfield and receiving the ball is totally pointless when everything breaks down at him and he blames everyone else.

His worth to the team has ran it's course, his goal return has been dreadful and the chances he has missed this season has seen other players ridiculed.

All this fuss made over dropping a totally worthless inept player does seem like mischief making to unsettle the club and raise doubts with us fans (as if we don't have enough reasons to doubt Pedro).

Keep him out the team who just won 4-1 away from home and see if the team can get any sort of form together and the decision to drop him will be fully vindicated.

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9 minutes ago, Land Rover said:

Bloody hell , that article goes a bit far :huh:

Is this some war between Jackson and Traynor ?

I can't remember Pedro saying Kenny is the rat or at any point slagging him off .

The truth is plain to see , Kenny's form has dipped and he's maybe not on board with the manager - as a result he's been dropped .

What a surprise ...:whistle:

Any positives to report from Friday's match Keith .......????

Most of the media are simply waiting until we next drop points or lose a cup-tie before they want to cover the football side of things.

The media line from the Hamilton game was that we didn't play well. The result isn't important unless we get beat.

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1 minute ago, buster. said:

Most of the media are simply waiting until we next drop points or lose a cup-tie before they want to cover the football side of things.

The media line from the Hamilton game was that we didn't play well. The result isn't important unless we get beat.

Correct re the headlines we didn't play well.

Plenty focus on the red card and greater focus on highlighting instances involving Pena. Almost like an invitation to a Compliance Officer to take an interest...

But oversight that a tug on Pena and potential penalty was missed.

That and traitors, rats and leaks.

You'd almost be forgiven for noticing we moved from 5th to 3rd and showed grit and character to win convincingly with 10 men having gone a goal down in the 1st minute. 

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The fact he was sent home for a rest in one game then dropped from the squad the next then told to go and train and play with the youngsters tells you he's done something he shouldn't have , and the manager dealt with him and hopefully he's finished with us now.

Nothing worse than coming on here every morning and some clown has posted these stories once again from the catholic news...........

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2 minutes ago, Sportingintegritymyarse said:

Correct re the headlines we didn't play well.

Plenty focus on the red card and greater focus on highlighting instances involving Pena. Almost like an invitation to a Compliance Officer to take an interest...

But oversight that a tug on Pena and potential penalty was missed.

That and traitors, rats and leaks.

You'd almost be forgiven for noticing we moved from 5th to 3rd and showed grit and character to win convincingly with 10 men having gone a goal down in the 1st minute. 

Regarding Rangers victories, to be fair the DR did seem more interested that our under 20's beat 2-5 Brentford, the other day.

I can't think why that would be...............

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22 minutes ago, Land Rover said:

Any positives to report from Friday's match Keith .......????

"Hamilton showed great gusto and skill by getting a goal in the first minute. However unfavourable weather conditions meant their pitch was like an ice rink. This threw off many of the accies players shooting, meanwhile on the other end of the spectrum The Rangers had lady luck on her side. With balls sliding across the surface, giving the accies keeper no chance.

This is seen no clearer than at the penalties. Dorrans penalty was the result of the accies keeper slipping on the wet surface while Bingham slipped and misplaced his shot."

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2 minutes ago, RFCRobertson said:

"Hamilton showed great gusto and skill by getting a goal in the first minute. However unfavourable weather conditions meant their pitch was like an ice rink. This threw off many of the accies players shooting, meanwhile on the other end of the spectrum The Rangers had lady luck on her side. With balls sliding across the surface, giving the accies keeper no chance.

This is seen no clearer than at the penalties. Dorrans penalty was the result of the accies keeper slipping on the wet surface while Bingham slipped and misplaced his shot."

Funny thing is if that actually was the article I wouldn’t be surprised. 

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10 minutes ago, buster. said:

Regarding Rangers victories, to be fair the DR did seem more interested that our under 20's beat 2-5 Brentford, the other day.

I can't think why that would be...............

If only we could have played like the bheasts.

They controlled and dismantled Hamilton away. Were sleek, powerful and played with purpose. They dominated from the first minute. Brendan was all smiles. 

All as stated in the record.

They also won 4- 1

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11 minutes ago, backup said:

Some people absolutely willing and needing KM to be the leak,humble pie may soon be the order of the day.

I'd be happer if he could have shown some form on the football park this season.

Back in the day (about 25 years ago), chicken and 'leak' pie from M&S was the dugs bollox.

That said, the best leek currently at Ibrox sounds Irish and plays down the left.

ps. Is Jackson the chicken ?

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There may or may not be anything in KM leaking to the press.

For footballing reasons alone he should not be part of the first team squad. He has played very poorly this season and reacted badly to being subbed.

Jacksons article is nothing more than speculation. He sees a few dots and attempts to connect them painting our club in the worst light he can. Nothing new there. Just persuing their anti Rangers agenda.

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4 minutes ago, thehost said:

if buster is posting you know mini murray and the #hiredhands are in a state of agitation

Cue the theme from the X-Files as angry man with the tired and inaccurate theory enters.

I'm here because I'm now banned from FF.

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