We’ll have boasts on toast says Ant
ANTHONY O’CONNOR reckons Rangers have been all talk this season – and he’s determined to force Pedro Caixinha to eat his words.
The Aberdeen defender admitted he’s sick of hearing about the Ibrox club cutting the gap on Celtic – when the Dons are the ones who need to be caught first.
The Pittodrie men host Gers on Sunday and are closing in on sealing second spot and a record points tally for the club.
Ibrox boss Caixinha on his first day in the job suggested
that his players could beat Aberdeen twice to remain in runners-up contention.
But Irish centre-half O’Connor said: “It is easy saying that but it isn’t going to be easy.
“Him saying stuff like that doesn’t bother us too much because we just go on to the pitch and do our business.
“It galvanises us to win more when people are talking about us like that.
“People are talking about Rangers, every time I watch the news it’s people talking about Rangers and Rangers catching Celtic.
“But we are the ones who are in second and people should be talking about us a bit more.
“Rangers are a good team, they are a massive club and it is going to be tough but we are going to show how good we are and to take away three points.”
Aberdeen have won 15 of their last 16 games and are on course to surpass their 75 and 71-point totals of recent seasons and hit their highest mark for 30 years.
O’Connor said: “At the start of the season and before a ball was kicked all the talk was about Rangers coming back into the league.
“It was all about Celtic and Rangers and we were just going to be the team who finished third or fourth.
“We knew what we were capable of and we wanted to put a bigger challenge up to Celtic but with their finances they pulled away and have won the league.
“We have our own little league to finish second.
“People probably wrote us off at the start but we have shown how good we have been all season.
“We haven’t lost many games, we are on a great run of 10 home wins and Pittodrie is a bit of a fortress. We would look to keep that going on Sunday.”
Aberdeen are determined to slam the door on Rangers’ runners-up bid.
O’Connor said: “It is a big gap but we can’t let up.
“Second is in our reach and we have to keep that winning mentality going.”