Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
MURTY IN WARNING FOR GERS
Aberdeen v Rangers Tomorrow, 12.30pm
GRAEME MURTY has told Rangers players to start showing greater selfbelief or their days are numbered under a new manager.
The stand-in boss is likely to take charge of his last game at Aberdeen tomorrow before chairman Dave King is expected to make a move to lure Derek Mcinnes to Ibrox.
Murty’s parting shot is a sting in the tail, but he insists his assessment is delivered with the best intentions of the squad and club at heart.
He said: “To be a Rangers footballer you must have ability, character and a level that is commensurate with the club. “I see a level of performance and ability in the squad but training doesn’t matter. You have to go and put it into a performance and they can’t just do it once, but over and over again in a relentless manner.
“If they can do that, great, and if they can’t then I’m sure there will be changes.
“I’ve seen what they are capable of, but I just don’t know whether they believe in themselves enough.
“The players’ only job is to make themselves undroppable for the new manager. If they do that on Sunday I’m sure the next guy coming in will have a big smile on his face.”
Murty (above) will leave it late before making a decision on Alfredo Morelos’ fitness
Skipper Lee Wallace and midfielders Graham Dorrans and Jordan Rossiter are still sidelined.