Morelos still has time to work on his dark side... and Gerrard can bring out best

History of violence cost him at Pittodrie but Gers striker is young enough to turn disciplinary record around at Ibrox

ALFREDO MORELOS’S reputation went before him and counted against him at Pittodrie last week. I don’t think there is any doubt about that.

When the incident with Scott McKenna happened, you watch it for the first time and you think that he has kicked him. When you see it again, it is as if he is trying to take his leg away and there is no malice in it.

He has realised what is going to happen and tries to stop it and then he gets caught in the face by McKenna. He went down holding his face to get McKenna sent off, but that was always going to happen because there was intent when he lashed out.

Rangers fans feel that Morelos has been treated unfairly this season and the problem for him is that, whether it is right or wrong, he now has this reputation. That is an issue for Steven Gerrard.

If he listens to what Steven is saying to him and takes on board the coaching and the chats, there is no doubt he will get a move for serious money in the future.

This is where you will see Steven’s abilities as a man manager come in. It can be difficult when you have a big personality and big figure like that in a dressing room.

From my own playing career, the one that stands out like that is El Hadji Diouf when he came in under Walter Smith. That was a ticking time bomb!

Diouf was quite a character. His situation is different to that of Morelos but the predicament is the same for Steven as it was for Walter in terms of man management.

He liked to go out and do whatever he was doing. In training, he was quite huffy but he wanted to play every game.

The big thing we had at Rangers at that time was a really close-knit dressing room and you didn’t want a big personality changing that dynamic.

Walter managed him tremendously. He had him in one-on-one and spoke to him in front of the rest of the players.

He was a different personality to a lot of that squad but the boys helped Walter manage him as well. Now, I am sure the likes of Allan McGregor and Steven Davis will be helping Steven manage Morelos in the dressing room.

The players know that they need Morelos on the pitch. So the messages don’t always come from the manager, they can come