Yesterday he was telling us about how teams were now respecting Sevco when they visited Ibrox but unfortunately Pedro Caixinha is running out of lives.
It’s been a fun few months but the signs are that a defeat at Ross County on Sunday could bring his reign to a halt.
Being closer to Neil McCann and Lee McCulloch at the bottom of the SPFL table rather than chasing Brendan Rodgers and Derek McInnes won’t be tolerated for much longer.
All the sound-bites in the world with his sophisticated Euro accent isn’t going to save the fifth best coach in Qatar when the fans turn on the board and let them know that the penny has dropped regarding the latest messiah.
When he does leave Caixinha will have left plenty of memories including two incredible derby capitulations- the first one was explained away with salt and pepper pots in a media conference.
This week the pressure is going to be intense on Caixinha, his tactics and selections will be dissected, questions may even be asked about record signing Carlos Pena.
September brings a visit from Celtic to Ibrox, as it stands it’s odds against Caixinha staying in charge that long but when the final whistle is blown on his Ibrox reign he’ll leave behind glowing memories for fans of Celtic, Aberdeen, Hibs and Progres Niederkorn.
BRUNO’S TITLE
— RhebelRhebel (@RhebelRhebel) August 20, 2017
Cagliari were delighted to cut their losses with the ageing defender who inherited the Joey Barton role, and salary at Ibrox.
A touch of class we were told, after missing out on the Europa League defeat his ability rose further.
He did stroll through a friendly against Marseilles but after comparing playing in the SPFL to outings with the Porto reserve side Alves has started to look like the Portuguese Clint Hill.
With a two year contract he could prove as difficult, and expensive, to get rid of as Barton.
GREEN BOOTS
Time to bring back the Green Boots! pic.twitter.com/Pnz7CcoHIw
— RhebelRhebel (@RhebelRhebel) August 19, 2017
Now we are really scrapping the bottom of the barrel. With his previous connections as a minor scout at Celtic well known Pedro has to go over the top to prove how staunch he is.
To the unhinged it’s a masterstroke, a statement of intent but to the sane world he is a laughing stock, desperate for approval from the people, too desperate.
With multi coloured boots all the rage no one at Celtic batted an eye lid as the blue booted Tom Rogic scored the winning goal in the Scottish Cup Final to clinch an unbeaten treble.
THE SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY MASSACRE
— David-Webb (@AndyGaveUs) August 19, 2017
On the back of a closed doors win over a Watford XI confidence went through the roof following a 2-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday- in a friendly.
Four weeks on the training ground since the Europa League KO from Progres Niederkorn had clearly worked wonders as the pieces of the jigsaw fell into place.
With Bruno Alves and Graham Dorrens brought in to the side things were only going to get better with Jamie Walker and Kenny McLean in the pipeline.
PROGRES?
Good Morning ! Your @Record_Sport back page pictures Rangers boss Pedro Caixinha facing fan fury .. from a bush pic.twitter.com/8syWGYts7g
— The Daily Record (@Daily_Record) July 5, 2017
The first sign of doubt but nothing that a 1-1 draw with Marseilles in a friendly can’t mend.
It has been glossed over but losing to Progres Niederkorn while Celtic prepare for £30m plus from the Champions League is an absolute disaster for Sevco.
Time will tell if it is as fatal as Malmo or Maribor but with no Nikica Jelavic to sell the three bears will have to dig much deeper to keep the lights on till Christmas and beyond.
THE CYCLE
Here’s a first look at your @Daily_Record back page for Tuesday May 16 #scotpapers pic.twitter.com/N8mJYrmAvO
— Daily Record Sport (@Record_Sport) May 15, 2017
For no apparent reason Pedro started getting mouthy about Aberdeen, even claiming that he was in the job that Derek McInnes aimed for.
The Aberdeen boss had suffered the humiliation of losing 3-0 at home to Sevco but continued to work on the training ground rather than the media centre and got his rewards.
Aberdeen handed out a 2-1 win over Sevco at Ibrox leaving Sevco to finish third with the embarrassment of a pitch invasion after beating Partick Thistle summing up their season.