Brother Pedro has told Sevco’s in house TV channel that he was ashamed by Sunday’s Hampden surrender.
The new Ibrox boss has put some clear blue water between himself and the players that he must lift for the visit of the champions on Saturday.
Caixinha has the backing of most supporters but some doubts have started to creep in after Sunday’s disastrous tactics are compared to the heroic display that Graeme Murty summoned up to get a cherished point from Celtic Park last month.
After calling Mark Warburton’s squad the best in Scotland the fifth best coach in Qatar must try to get the best out of them over the five remaining matches or more fans will start to doubt his revolutionary approach to soccer tactics.
“We didn’t have the passion that this club is giving to us,” the Daily Record reported Caixinha telling the club TV station. “After the match we went to the Player of the Year dinner and I was feeling ashamed because I couldn’t give the fans the same passion as I was receiving there.
“I want my team to have a different sort of commitment, to have a different level of concentration and a different competitive attitude.
“We prepare the team to be aggressive and we want the team to be aggressive in a good way for the whole game, you can’t even have 45 seconds where you are not focused.
“You have small throw in that maybe means nothing but for you to get the momentum in the game you can’t allow the other team into the game. Maybe the doubts are coming in moments like that and that is definitely what I don’t want.”
It seems, just like the interviewing panel that recruited him, that Caixinha is growing too fond of his own voice.
Rather than slaughtering his players in public or demonstrating tactics using empty tumblers he should be using some of his 15 hour days getting his ideas over to the players he is paid to manage.