KEEP THE FAITH

Wallace in full support of troubled Ibrox boss

Lee WALLACe insists the Ibrox squad remains firmly behind under-pressure manager Pedro Caixinha despite growing frustration from the Rangers support.

Speaking after Saturday’s goalless draw with Hearts, which saw his side slip to sixth in the Premiership — already five points behind Celtic, St Johnstone and Aberdeen — the Ibrox captain conceded that a lack of creativity was hampering his team.

Caixinha has won just nine of his 17 matches in charge and left the arena on Saturday to booing. But Wallace believes it is too early to panic.

‘We are just disappointed in the fact there is that gap and we have not started the way that we wanted to,’ stated Wallace.

‘every single game that we go into, we want to win and we haven’t done that in the last two weeks. That is the overriding feeling in the dressing room, nothing else regarding the manager. We are fully behind what is going on

here. We as players need to recognise that we need to start kicking on and regaining momentum. ‘We demand high standards but, at the same time, it is not a disaster for us. We recognise it is not the start we wanted, but we are going to be working hard to put that right.’ Caixinha takes his side to Dingwall to face Ross County on Sunday — potentially already eight points adrift of the pace-setters. He has signed nine players this summer — five of whom featured at the weekend — but with just one point taken from back to back home matches, Wallace believes the new faces have to adapt quickly to the demands of playing to near capacity crowds. ‘We always have that pressure,’ he added. ‘The guys know that’s what we’ve got. We have always got pressure on us in every single game. ‘It is something that the new guys coming into the team knew about and it is certainly something that we feel. But that just goes with the territory. ‘For me, irrespective of any pressure that they put on us or any restlessness during games, they are the best fans out there.’ Wallace believes that an immediate recapturing of a creative spark is imperative, adding: ‘The manager is adaptable. Even last year, you saw there were a number of changes being made earlier than normal in games. It’s up to the players to be more clinical going forward.’