He doesn't need to be dropped, but tonight he seemed to be totally off the boil, and perhaps the manager has to be brave enough to take him off when this happens because when a player is off his game, he will become frustrated and then things begin to go wrong.
As it proved.
What is wrong with taking him off, putting an arm around him and telling him that it wasn't his night and not to worry as this is football?
I would have hooked him a good ten minutes before his dismissal because he was clearly struggling.
This thread is a fucking goldmine for those who were waiting for Morelos to make one mistake.
He was silly tonight for what he did but we'd be utterly fucked without him. Look at the number of goals he scores/provides and tell me it's not worth the trade off.
The alternatives of Lafferty and Sadiq simply don't bear thinking about because they are not on the same playing field as Morelos.
Aye I'm already not very proud of that one honestly mate I've calmed down a little now but I was just so angry. Almost to a man the whole team were fuckin shite tonight, and when we needed him to step up and give us his best, he was a selfish wee dick and got himself sent off, and he can have absolutely no complaints cause he clearly cared more about winning his own wee personal duels and acting the wideo than he did about getting the win
Drop him. Don't give him another minute of football before the winter break and make him train with the unders. Idiot of a boy clearly has can't get it through his head that his antics are only going to cost us, so we can't afford to have him in the team
He needs to tell him to stop the back chat with the refs for a start, the majority of his yellow cards are caused by that
Simply put, he needs to go through him for tonight.
Gerrard is excellent with Morelos, protects him to the hilt, but he shouldn't (and won't) be exempt from getting pulled up.
Forgetting all the knee-jerk reactions of “sell him”...
This is a big, big test of Gerrard’s man management. We went down to 10 men on Sunday, after which Gerrard publicised the fact that he’d had a word with the team about their discipline. Then tonight Morelos has another brain fade and gets another red card. It makes Gerrard look ridiculous.
The boy obviously has some talent but equally obviously needs to sort out his approach. 2 idiotic reds and a rescinded red and it’s only the start of November, plus lots of yellows. We know he is reffed to a different standard at times, but let’s be honest that a number of his cards have been for petulance or for arguing, both of which he has control over.
So what does Gerrard do? Something needs to be done but what? He’s an important player for us but we can’t afford to have him sitting in the stands instead of being on the pitch. He’s talented but needs to learn that he’s not bigger than the team. How does Gerrard get this into the player’s apparently thick skull without curbing the intensity and competitiveness which makes him the player he is. Drop him? If so, replace with Lafferty who hadn’t scored since mid-September?
Personally, I’d drop him to the bench for a few matches to teach him a lesson. I know that he’s a big player for us but this can’t continue,. He needs to wise up quickly and he seems to be showing no signs of being able to do that by himself.
Based on tonight he’s a liability and an idiot.that's what I was going to ask, why did he get booked? If a sheep player had done the same would he had been booked or is Alfie "marked man"?
No offence mate but what a brain dead proposition that is. He’s been carrying us a lot, pissing him right off AND keeping him out the side isn’t really going to do the team much good.
Yes and him sitting in the stand's not do us much good either.
He's acting like an idiot if things don't go his way.
We all support and back him against the odds, but there's only so much fans and a manager can accept from a player, and personally i think he's stepped over the line, and helped to lose us 3 valuable points to - night.
I like Morelos, but what use is he to our club acting like a wee boy with a petted lip in every game he plays.
He needs to get that chip off his shoulder, as the world owes him nothing.Time for him to grow up and wear the Blue jersey of Rangers with some pride, otherwise move on to pastures new. Imo.
This for me.
Gerrard has backed him and backed him and backed him. Morelos let us all down tonight but he especially let his manager down.
I really hope Gerrard tore him an absolute new one in that dressing room after the game.
If Solanke is as good as people say he is on here id be looking to sell Morelos if we can get 8-10 million and get Solanke on loan for a season and a half. Pains me to say but its becoming to much of an issue now with Morelos.
Never mate only read about him on here. If hes that good get him signed up prontoHave you not seen Solanke play? IMO he’s really good and a future England no 9.
You could see after the first ten minutes the red mist starting to descend.He couldn't trap a bag of cement and was getting more frustrated as the game wore on.We all know what's coming next when he's in that huffy childish mood and so should the manager.He should never have came out second half.I really don't see this boy changing .I would sell him in January for any offer over 10m.
Get a gripHe needs to fine him heavily and drop him.
He's a liability we cannot afford!
he's our most important player by a MILE. Selling him in January would concede the league, 100%.
One of my extended in law family is a native Spaniard, trained and practicing child psychologist.
If someone gives me the contact I’ll put her in touch with the club
Tongue in cheek, obviously, although what I’ve said is true. LOL
He’s a big baby ,needs taught a lesson for his own good .
Nobody wants a petulant little child like that in thier team if he doesn’t learn
With respect I disagree. Big money from China in January,a suitable replacement available then he goes. No good to us sitting in the stands.He has us over a barrel. He's our best player AND knows he can always agitate for a move if we pressurise him.
In amongst much of the lunacy in this thread, this is the right answer - train the reaction out of himI'd get our players to trip him in training, pull his shirt, blatantly cheat against him. If Morelos reacts at all, he gets sin-binned for 2 minutes. Keep that up for a couple of weeks or however long is necessary to get it out of his system.
Definitely.Has anyone seen it back? Was it a second yellow? I would like to see it before my pitchfork comes out.
Forgetting all the knee-jerk reactions of “sell him”...
This is a big, big test of Gerrard’s man management. We went down to 10 men on Sunday, after which Gerrard publicised the fact that he’d had a word with the team about their discipline. Then tonight Morelos has another brain fade and gets another red card. It makes Gerrard look ridiculous.
The boy obviously has some talent but equally obviously needs to sort out his approach. 2 idiotic reds and a rescinded red and it’s only the start of November, plus lots of yellows. We know he is reffed to a different standard at times, but let’s be honest that a number of his cards have been for petulance or for arguing, both of which he has control over.
So what does Gerrard do? Something needs to be done but what? He’s an important player for us but we can’t afford to have him sitting in the stands instead of being on the pitch. He’s talented but needs to learn that he’s not bigger than the team. How does Gerrard get this into the player’s apparently thick skull without curbing the intensity and competitiveness which makes him the player he is. Drop him? If so, replace with Lafferty who hadn’t scored since mid-September?
Personally, I’d drop him to the bench for a few matches to teach him a lesson. I know that he’s a big player for us but this can’t continue,. He needs to wise up quickly and he seems to be showing no signs of being able to do that by himself.
Text @chilebear when Morelos got booked, "Morelos will be the scapegoat to even it up around 55.You could tell from the second he got a foul given against him for going into the Aberdeen keeper in the first half that it would end up this way, we’ve seen it all before.
If you want to do that you better get used to the idea of us dropping a whole load more points like tonight then.
The big picture isn’t about him and just wanting to play football. He is badly letting down his manager, his teammates and the supporters. It’s not been that hard for him to take before because he’s gone right back out and done it again.The next few weekends will punish him, players like Morelos just want to play football, being fit and sitting in the stand will be hard for him to take.
You can’t really change a temperament like his, he plays on the edge but it needs to be controlled, by teammates and the managerial team.
He now won’t play for the next two weeks due to his luncacy. He should be told we’re not paying him for that period.
He cost us 3 points tonight. He nearly cost us Europe. It must stop now.
You could tell from the second he got a foul given against him for going into the Aberdeen keeper in the first half that it would end up this way, we’ve seen it all before.
Well he’s not playing for a couple now and I guarantee we will miss him
His behaviour unfortunately i don’t think he will change he shows no sign of learning how to shut up.
I was more concerned about the total sitter he missed which was as bad as the ones against Celtic.
He now won’t play for the next two weeks due to his luncacy. He should be told we’re not paying him for that period.
He cost us 3 points tonight. He nearly cost us Europe. It must stop now.