STEVEN MacLean reckons Pedro Caixinha should be trying to plug leaks in the dressing room rather than playing mind games.

The Rangers manager fixed-up a bounce game with Morton during the international break.

And he compared the Championship side to Friday's rivals St Johnstone by saying they share the same philosophy as the Saints.

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But striker MacLean, whose career began at Ibrox, said: “I did have a little chuckle when I read his comments. It is more of Pedro’s mind games.

“There are similarities with Morton. We both play in blue and white. I don’t know where he is coming from. Maybe he is trying to wind us up.

“He’s doing a good job of it. We are all petrified!

“I think he should worry about stopping leaks coming out his dressing room.

“We will take care of his own business and he can keep doing what he wants. It is good banter and we do enjoy it.

“It does add a bit of spice to the game.”

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Tommy Wright's side have become top six regulars in recent seasons.

And MacLean insists the McDiarmid Park squad are immune to snipers from afar.

He said: “We have been called rugby players before but we just take these things with a pinch of salt. It is water off a ducks back.

“People try to come up with new things every year for us. If we are doing well and people want to have a fight then it is a compliment for us.

“It is a good thing in life when somebody puts you down. It makes you want to come out the other end fighting.

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“It is a good attitude to have to prove people wrong. Secretly we use it in the dressing room to spur ourselves on and to try and finish as high up the league as possible.

“We enjoy folk having a dig at us because we know we have more sides to our game. We can fight when it gets dirty and we can play football as well.

“We have not finished in the top four for the past three seasons by just lumping it long.”