Pedro discusses the signing of Pena and his off field problems

[uneasydaz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1416053454183731213

 

[Galstonian Oranje]

Rocket

 

[TPP]

I remember arguing and nearly getting banned he should have been sacked after the first few weeks before we gave him money to piss away….

an utterly mental, full on batshit mental appointment. An absolute charlatan of a manager.

 

[Topps]

Its just mental that we forked out money on him already knowing he had problems.

 

[Gheorghe_Hagi]

Probably the weirdest footballer I've ever seen. More often than not he would control the ball further than he could kick it but he had a weird knack for knowing exactly where to be when on the attack. The proverbial case of "there's a player in there".

 

[ShotaShuffle]

I remember the filth game at Hampden and him trying to control a 5 yard pass. He was blootered. No other explanation

 

[RfcIbrox]

He was guzzling champagne on the flight over ffs

 

[jimbear]

I actually thought that there was a player in there but it was madness to sign him given the problems he had.

 

[Main Stand]

I remember the filth game at Hampden and him trying to control a 5 yard pass. He was blootered. No other explanation

Ironically, one of his best game’s for us was in an OF where he just sat on Brown and stopped him dictating play.

Strange player.

 

[Helander]

They've seemingly filmed quite an interesting interview but will only release 2 minute long snippets of it for some reason

 

[prenzlauerbear]

"He was better but not totally clean."

Quite startling that we decided to take him out of Mexico for the first time ever fully aware of this.

 

[Wade Wilson]

The board couldn't have two more polar opposite manager hirings with Caixinha and then Gerrard. I don't really count Murty.

I don't know if should be worried or excited for who's next after Gerrard.

 

[TerrySilverLoyal]

An absolute fucking waster and an embarassment

 

[Bluehart]

Highly talented player chucks it all away before 30 due to addiction issues. This story is as old as time itself.

 

[prenzlauerbear]

Ironically, one of his best game’s for us was in an OF where he just sat on Brown and stopped him dictating play.

Strange player.

Away you go man

 

[Baloo72]

You and Carlos put us back 3 years

Pair of pricks

 

[So Mote It Be]

Largely irrelevant now, but I don’t think a manager should be discussing a player’s personal issues openly like that.

Unless of course the player has given him his blessing to do so.

Glad we’re no longer associated with either of them.

 

[Plissken]

Mind the guy on here that posted he had seen him coming out of spar with a bag of cans

 

[DylanGer]

You and Carlos put us back 3 years

Pair of pricks

This gent has summed it up........

 

[cloodie]

For all the talk of his fitness struggles the biggest issue for me was his touch was terrible. He just looked really bad.

 

[cloodie]

I remember arguing and nearly getting banned he should have been sacked after the first few weeks before we gave him money to piss away….

an utterly mental, full on batshit mental appointment. An absolute charlatan of a manager.

Was it his first game where we somehow ended up playing with 1 centre half iirc?

 

[pandager1]

The board couldn't have two more polar opposite manager hirings with Caixinha and then Gerrard. I don't really count Murty.

I don't know if should be worried or excited for who's next after Gerrard.

Ross Wilson will probably have a big say in the appointment so I think we should be assured and calm about it.

 

[dh1963]

Ironically, one of his best game’s for us was in an OF where he just sat on Brown and stopped him dictating play.

Strange player.

I honestly have no memory of this. I can only remember Pena being embarrassingly awful against them.

 

[Brian Laudrup]

So we signed a player knowing he had a drink problem,thats just beyond embarrassing

 

[Main Stand]

Away you go man

For obvious reasons I haven’t watched the game back, but it may have just been me trying to find a positive somewhere

 

[dh1963]

Was it his first game where we somehow ended up playing with 1 centre half iirc?

Motherwell at Ibrox.

Didn't Andy Halliday end up at centre back?

 

[helicopter-sunday]

I’ll always remember the thread where someone was in a bar in Glasgow and claimed they saw Pena in the same bar getting stuck into pints of Stella.

The OP took an absolute hammering, sure he even received a ban at one point.

 

[sr1983]

Motherwell at Ibrox.

Didn't Andy Halliday end up at centre back?

Sure that was the first time we seen Jon Toral at centre back was it?

That makes me feel ill

 

[Main Stand]

Was it his first game where we somehow ended up playing with 1 centre half iirc?

It worked fo be fair, we came back from 1 down to get a draw.

Back three of Halliday, Kiernan and Toral IIRC.

*Shudders*

 

[archimedes]

I'll say it...






Rolls Royce.

 

[jackstar]

I remember arguing and nearly getting banned he should have been sacked after the first few weeks before we gave him money to piss away….

an utterly mental, full on batshit mental appointment. An absolute charlatan of a manager.

Wonder if the Board must cringe at the sight of the guy(Pedro) who's probably more suited to a waiter in the Argyle. I know I do as a supporter,really set us back. Thankfully we'll never return to that state.

 

[Battlefield Bear]

That whole episode makes me so angry.

 

[cloodie]

Motherwell at Ibrox.

Didn't Andy Halliday end up at centre back?

Soemthing like that. It was clear right away that things weren't going to be good.

 

[JD1872]

So he spent millions on a player he knew was an alcoholic, thanks Pedro

 

[Isje 931]

Caixinha didnt work out and was in hindsight a bad appointment.

but he did come with decent experience from Mexico and during his time i dont think theres ever been so many terrible refereeing decisions against us

 

[Bristol_bnose3]

Still one of the most amateurish acts by a Rangers board in my lifetime hiring that guy. Absolute dereliction of duty.

I wish Pedro no ill but he shouldn’t even have been on the top 50 possible candidates for the job.

As for Pena, nothing to add.

 

[Stockport bear]

There was a good starting 11 in that squad but never seemed to materialise. Plus Pedro's crazy tactics

 

[Teddyjohn]

Ironically, one of his best game’s for us was in an OF where he just sat on Brown and stopped him dictating play.

Strange player.

Think what happened there is Pena could barely move and Brown just happened to be in his way.

 

[MearnsUnionist]

Rocket

Aye, both of them.

 

[dunn1872]

Ironically, one of his best game’s for us was in an OF where he just sat on Brown and stopped him dictating play.

Strange player.

No chance. He looked like a rabbit caught in the headlights after 10 minutes when he realised the pace of these games and was blowing out his arse after 20 mins.

 

[Raymondgers]

Remember buzzing over signing pena. Then I saw him play and read about his issues.

Bad memories and tried to erase them. Thanks for this

 

[Gdawg]

He had 20+ caps for Mexico, and the YouTube ( i know...) clips suggested he was a talented player..... but he had a drink problem ffs!!

His career was already in major decline due to drink, and he knew the demons hadn't been banished, yet sanctioned a £3m purchase. Probably thought he was the man to sort him out, but the only man who could do that was Carlos, who had no desire to do it.

Shocking signing by a guy whose ego was substantially larger than his ability.

 

[Blue boy]

I’ll always remember the thread where someone was in a bar in Glasgow and claimed they saw Pena in the same bar getting stuck into pints of Stella.

The OP took an absolute hammering, sure he even received a ban at one point.

He was a lying cant, it was Peroni.

 

[rangersforever73]

Caixinha didnt work out and was in hindsight a bad appointment.

but he did come with decent experience from Mexico and during his time i dont think theres ever been so many terrible refereeing decisions against us

The refereeing we were subject was really abysmal, and these 'mistakes' easily cost us double figure points that season.

 

[tazzabear]

The board couldn't have two more polar opposite manager hirings with Caixinha and then Gerrard. I don't really count Murty.

I don't know if should be worried or excited for who's next after Gerrard.

I’m usually quite calm about these things but, not now, not this one.
I can’t see us getting as big a name as Gerrard.
Not that this is the top priority.
Right now though, I’d just chain him to his desk until he signs a fifty year contract.

 

[hammer17]

Halliday tells the story in Si Ferry interview thy Pena would regularly turn up to training howling of booze

 

[St Andrews Bear]

Remember when he made his debut at Ibrox, it was like someone in the crowd had won a raffle to get a game for the team, looked overweight and could hardly run.
Then the same player looked brilliant against Aberdeen when we gubbed them at Ibrox

 

[Dcalm]

I think with Pena there was a player in there, just a pity it was in beside a raging boozer who didn't want to be here.

 

[WATP3006]

The first and last time I watched a YouTube video of a player. I thought we had signed a superstar.

 

[Pentasa]

Its no surprise that Pena in Spanish means Pain