Rangers v Celtic

Article by gordon parks

Ever since Daniel Candeias walked away from Rangers, the silence has been deafening.



Not a peep, not a word and not a clue how his best mate Alfredo Morelos feels about current affairs at Ibrox.





The departure of his pal and interpreter was a double whammy both on the right flank and for any chance of hearing from the Colombian striker.



There was a time last June when speculation was rife that the hitman had suitors prepared to fork out serious money to take Morelos elsewhere.





But there was Candeias, shoved out to speak on his team-mate’s behalf and insisting the Ibrox frontman was only thinking about Rangers.



He said: “This moment is for Rangers and he will only get better. We are good friends because Alfredo only speaks Spanish. He doesn’t speak English yet.”



The truth is there were secondary reasons why Morelos had to have a stand-in as his mouthpiece at that particular period.



There was a lack of trust, ongoing disciplinary problems and a reluctance to risk any further collateral damage by putting their biggest asset out front and centre.





It’s over two years since Morelos arrived in Glasgow and no doubt the language barrier has been a hurdle but El Bufalo (The Buffalo in English) has had plenty of time to become familiar with the lingo (slang for language).



Rangers already have the services of an on-site translator so let’s take the lack of English excuse right off the table.



Steven Gerrard insists he has no problems about getting Morelos up to the microphone to try and articulate his thoughts about a range of matters.



And to be fair, a media briefing under the watchful eye of club communication employees is a far cry from being plonked on a big black chair for an edition of Mastermind.



He even offered to go and get him a few months ago so the press could ask him ourselves whether he was happy to remain at the club. It proved to be an empty gesture as the silent one wasn’t forthcoming.


And why does this matter?





Morelos scored in each of the three league wins in September to take his tally to 14 in 19 appearances this season while Rangers led Celtic at the top of the table by two points until Saturday.



For his efforts he’s just been named as Ladbrokes Player of the Month and he was pictured with the sponsors trophy in most of the daily newspapers.









Hiding behind a lack of English or not, the man himself opted out of talking, doing a massive disservice to the sponsor and his fans who I’m sure would love to hear his views on his achievement and his thoughts about the club.



All good positive PR about how well it’s been going at Ibrox this term and his impressive start to the season. But nothing.





As a player, he has a responsibility to promote the club, whether it’s to sell tickets or highlight one cause or another. It’s an unspoken duty of the modern footballer.



Morelos may have a behaviour record which a monk would be proud of in recent months but surely that doesn’t mean he needs to continue his vow of silence


Can't find anything negative to say about Morelos you say!

Ffs

 

McGregor, Tavernier, Goldson, Katic, Barisic, Davis, Kamara, Aribo, Ojo, Arfield, Morelos

Substitutes: Foderingham, Helander, Polster, Halliday, Stewart, Kent, Defoe

 

In fairness...wow

That's scraping the barrel for a dig at Morelos

He doesn't speak English ..**** me !

 

Strong team imho

 

They started it mate!

 

Benefit cheats

 

Thats probably one of the worst things I've read in a long time and thats saying something considering I read posts from Monny on a daily basis.

 

Menshy

 

You have made a mistake, they weren't adults.

 

Tavemare at it again.

 

Useless ****

 

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First I've seen the wee Jap playing for Hearts, looks a handy wee player.

Took his goal well too.

 

Normal rules don’t apply to Ikpeazu

 

Was it a header ?

...wee nip in the air ?



**** up lian

 

Wee team playing like it's a cup final against the elite side. Elite side not getting out of 1st gear.

Standard tbf

 

Hearts CBs due a red card

 

Mental how Ojo gets a game every week

 

Itssssss morelos

 

Get in there!