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Alfredo Morelos' 'main problem' at Rangers pinpointed as striker told 'attitude is so poor'

Alfredo Morelos' performance for Rangers against St Mirren has been filleted by Neil McCann.

The Ibrox hero was scathing in his thoughts on the Colombian who was making his first Premiership start of the term during a lamentable 1-1 draw. It's a result that leaves the Light Blues nine points off Celtic in the title race and McCann says that while not every Rangers player can fall into the same category as Morelos, someone must remind him of his responsibilities.

He told Sportsound: "I don't think it was totally not there throughout the whole squad, that's unfair to say. But this is a team that needs 90% of it functioning properly. You chat about the character because it's the one thing that stats can't throw up. Morelos' attitude has been his main problem, not his ability.

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"His attitude whether that be to fitness, his discipline, whether that be his attitude to be properly switched on for opportunities like his first start of the season.

"You should be desperate to play Alfredo Morelos, he should be the guy up top. He ain't doing enough! He's a goal machine. He should automatically be the first pick but his attitude is so poor.

"You can see he's a good guy off the pitch but I would much rather have an absolute horror of a guy off the pitch but a brilliant one on it. I look at the guys out there and I think they should be grabbed and told 'do you realise that you are playing for Glasgow Rangers?'

"An institution of football where winning is everything and see if you don't, people will tell you it's not good enough. There's been titans of this club who have been sunk and just given criticism, so what right do guys like Morelos think they can go out and try now and again, you empty yourself."

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