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LOOKS to me like certain players at Rangers have ideas above their station right now.
Individuals who possibly think they’re better than they are.
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Name names, Boydy?
Okay, I will.
Connor Goldson has yet to sign a new contract with the club after months of negotiations. I’m not privy to those discussions.
But I’d love to know where he thinks he’s going to go if he leaves Rangers.
Is Goldson unhappy with the money he’s being offered compared to the deals some of his team-mates are on?
I have no inside information on it but that would be my guess.
I just see a player who has let his standards drop through the floor since last season. And he’s not the only one.
Borna Barisic didn’t play in the 2-2 draw with Aberdeen at Ibrox the other night.
But his performances this season have also fallen off a cliff.
After the Old Firm victory over Celtic, he was out on the pitch and virtually in tears as he waved to the supporters. Like he was saying goodbye.
Could it be he didn’t get the move he was expecting before the transfer window shut? Again, I’m merely throwing that out there.
I just look at the Rangers defence right now and all I see is uncertainty.
There’s also the goalkeeper situation. Allan McGregor one week, Jon McLaughlin the next.
Chopping and changing the goalie isn’t doing anyone any good and Steven Gerrard has to see that.
If he’s got concerns about playing McGregor every week then he should play McLaughlin. I just can’t understand why he’s switching between the two for such a specialised position.
When McGregor sits on the bench we hear he’s being rested. Do me a favour. Goalies don’t need rested.
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Then there’s Nathan Patterson — what’s going on there?
The young right-back came into the side for the game against Hibs, he played well and the team won. Yet he’s not been seen since.
Instead James Tavernier has played when his levels have dropped substantially.
He’s obviously the club captain and it’s maybe tougher for Gerrard to leave him out.
But Patterson’s progress is being stunted and that’s not doing him or his market value any good.
I just look at Rangers right now and something is off.
They’ve fallen behind in EIGHT games this season which is an incredible stat.
It’s putting so much pressure on the strikers, and at the moment they’re unable to cope with that.
Those supposed goalscorers have to do better, mind.
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Fair play to Tony Ralston for scoring his third league goal of the season for Celtic at Easter Road.
But if I was Alfredo Morelos right now I’d be embarrassed. In fact, if I was ANY of the Rangers forwards I’d feel like that, given their lack of goals.
Morelos is one strike better off having hit his fourth goal of the campaign against Aberdeen at Ibrox.
I’m sorry, for a Rangers No 9 that’s just not good enough. To be around the same tally as the Celtic right-back after the first quarter of the season should have Morelos shame-faced.
Does he care, though? Is he even bothered?
I don’t like asking that but the way he’s playing right now I would have to say I’m not so sure he is.
There are Rangers fans who can’t see past Morelos. Supporters who think ‘Alfie’ or ‘Buff’ can do no wrong.
But he’s miles off it.
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He’s stopped doing everything that was good about his game last season.
He’s not the nuisance he was previously and isn’t even getting annoyed.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s a good thing he’s not getting yellow cards in every game and being undisciplined.
But as things stand he’s bringing next to nothing to the team. Certainly nowhere near enough.
And here’s a question I’d like someone to answer — what has happened to Jermain Defoe?
I know he’s become part of the coaching staff but he’s still registered as a player and I can’t fathom why he’s nowhere to be seen.
Okay, he’s 39 now.
But this is a proven striker who knows where the back of the net is.
And while he’s in shape he’s always going to have the ability to sniff out a goal. That’s what’s been missing.
Fashion Sakala isn’t that player. In fact, I don’t see him as a Rangers player at all, frankly.
He’s never going to be good enough to score 20-odd goals a season.
Rangers should be concerned right now about the way things are going.
Some people are getting carried away by Celtic’s recent wins and talking them up no end. I’m not going to jump on that bandwagon.
But there is a title race, there absolutely is. Rangers need to get their finger out.
They’ve blown the lead they had at the top of the table and now have Ange Postecoglou’s side breathing down their necks.
They’ve got a tough run of fixtures coming up between now and the festive period and they just need to get back to basics.
They need to remember what really won them the title last season.
It’s not like Gerrard has ripped everything up and changed things.
As I say, he’s got questions to answer — as Rangers manager he has to take his share of the responsibility.
But for me, he’s never tried to shy away from that.
No, this is on the players. They’re the ones who got all the praise going last season.
And they’re the ones who have to prove that it wasn’t a one-off.
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