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Graeme Young

Charlie Nicholas devises cunning Rangers plan to beat Celtic before plot twist as green specs stay ON

Outspoken Charlie Nicholas reckons Rangers WILL show up against Celtic and has offered a tactical tweak which he is convinced would dent his former team's Treble hope.

But he thinks it will be Ange Postecoglou celebrating Scottish Cup semi final victory despite his admiration for Michael Beale amid his major Ibrox rebuild. Nicholas is a vocal critic of Alfredo Morelos in recent seasons and reckons the striker is now merely an empty jersey. El Bufalo's incompatibility in the eyes of the 60–year-old has forced Nicholas to dust off the his tactics board as he thinks outside the box. And he's told Beale and Co it's time to leave the looming free agent with a watching brief to start.

Speaking in his Express column, he said: "Rangers need to go with a false nine if they are to have any chance of upsetting Celtic in the Scottish Cup semi-final. At the moment, Michael Beale has an empty nine. Alfredo Morelos makes the team so predictable and, as first-choice centre-forward, he is not offering enough. He is a physical battler but he can't run past opponents.

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