Hosting Championship outfit Wigan Athletic at Ibrox at the weekend, Rangers secured a 3-0 victory come the full-time whistle to notch up another win and further improvement under manager Steven Gerrard. Goals from Alfredo Morelas and Nikola Katic were added to by an own goal from Alex Bruce as Umar Sadiq tussled with him and all three efforts came inside of a ten-minute spell in the second half. There were plenty of issues with the first-half performance though and Gerrard didn’t dodge those questions when giving his summation of the game following the full-time whistle, and again his words struck a lovely chord amongst the fanbase in terms of him seeing exactly what fans had seen from the stands. A choice of one particular word as it hit the ears of some fans certainly raised a few eyebrows though. Rangers: Alnwick (Foderingham 45) Tavernier (Hodson 64), Bradley (Katic 45), Goldson (Coulibaly 72), Halliday (Murphy 64), McCrorie, Docherty (Kent 72), Ejaria (Arfield 64), Candeias (Kelly 80), Middleton, Morelos (Sadiq 55). Unused subs: Rudden. Wigan: Walton, Morsy, James, Burn, Naismith, Dunkley, Gibson, McManaman, Jacobs, Powell, Vaughan. Subs: Jones, Bruce, Power, Walker, Grigg, Roberts, Lopes, Flores, Evans. Referee: Bobby Madden. Att: 28,779. Speaking to the Official Site Gerrard knew it was a true game of two halves and whilst there were plenty of positives he could take from the game, he didn’t want to see a repeat of the opening 45 minutes again. “I think you saw a side in the first half that waited for the game and waited for the opposition to work them out. We weren’t compact, we were disjointed and we didn’t pass the ball well enough, and that is the side of Rangers that I don’t want to see. The second half, it was a completely different team. We were aggressive, we owned the pitch, we owned the stadium and we looked like a proper football team. We blew Wigan away within 15 minutes of doing it properly. The message to the team is don’t wait for me for a rollicking at half time – do it yourselves before the game and start the game properly.” You sure he said “rollicking”? ???????? — Mungits (@CameronQuinn92) July 29, 2018 rollicking? pic.twitter.com/lPszoJliOh — Stevie G Loyal ???????? (@StevieG_Loyal) July 29, 2018 It wasn’t rollicking he said though ???? pic.twitter.com/4UuAW6lhgj — Tom (@tomtom1872) July 29, 2018 Aye, “rollicking” ???? — Stephen Greenaway (@Steve_Greenaway) July 29, 2018 Let’s be honest, say it as it is, The Gaffer said Ballickin…. ???????? Top Man — Alan Patterson (@A787BRO) July 29, 2018 Rollicking!???????? he didn’t say that! — Isobel Stirling (@Izzy_noho) July 29, 2018 In Stevie we trust — Mark Ellames (@MJE_3) July 29, 2018 Everything the Gerrard is saying right now smacks of undisputed desire to successful. — EK80 (@antillies2001) July 29, 2018 Artistic licence with the quote…. #rollicking ???? — Deryck Schendel (@DeryckSchendel) July 29, 2018
Source: Vital, News
Source: Vital, News
