The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands)
Gemmill’s young Scots draw blank once again
Rangers manager Pedro Caixinha has been trying to stress the main principles of his style during the international break.
Only two Rangers players were on international duty – LeeHodson and Lee Wallace – giving the Portuguese the chance to build on his opening 4-0 victory against Hamilton.
Caixinha, whose Light Blues host Motherwell on Saturday, said: “It is important to establish the priorities. When you establish them, though, we cannot establish everything that my philosophy is going to demand from the team in terms of its performance.
“So we need to establish some points which are the basis. For example, from the Hamilton game, in our opinion we were very good when we had the ball, trying to attack the opponent’s goal. When we didn’t have the ball we tried to attack the ball – that’s the basiswe want to build the team around.
“So this needs to be the basis for the Motherwell game, but with some upgrades regarding principles in these moments and some more upgrades with regards to other areas of our game.
“We have also been working on our set-pieces, andwesee Scottish football has many different types of set-pieces from the opponents we are facing – both attacking and defending – so we are trying to focus on that.”
Midfielder JasonHolt remarked that every training session under Caixinha has been intense.
Holt added: “The main thing has been the stuff we put into play against Hamilton was getting the ball and getting it forward at the earliest opportunity and getting it wide, with people in the box attacking the space aggressively.”