Overhaul the Side?
The season is tailing off to its completion. Celtic, having already won the SPL have very little to play for now, with Rangers going into the match at Easter Road on Saturday knowing a victory would secure that runners’ up spot in the league, meaning a route into the promised land that is the Champions League via way of the qualifiers.
The bad news was the enforced absence of the inspirational Croat Prso, due to yet another injury, which merely drives home the reasons he is quitting Ibrox in the very near future. The inconsistent winger Burke was left on the bench, and there was likewise no place in the starting 11 for Rae, a player the fans seem to particularly dislike.
Instead, the return of the previous suspended Adam, and a start for Novo on the right wing, with Boyd once again adopting the lone striker role up front.
The side knew what they were playing for, and how significant and critical for the club a place in the CL actually – both in monetary terms and prestige.
And yet, the performance, while not the worst ever produced by Rangers, showed what the side lacks when up against a younger, fitter, more energetic and crucially, quicker side.
The Hibernian team these days is no outstanding outfit, but some of their players seem to be highly coveted, Rangers already having plundered their captain Thomson. And they regularly show a level of performance which is certainly worthy of praise.
Rangers, while arguably man for man a better team, seem to be missing the spark and overall sharpness of a team like Hibernian, and if they could add it to their current general efficiency and ‘hard to beat’ mentality, it would go a long way to evolving the side.
But clearly a radical overhaul is required, and the jury is out on whether that will happen, with clearly dubiety that major money will be spent and volumous dead wood will be shipped out.
This will be a testing summer, in both playing catch up with Celtic, and ensuring enough wheeling and dealing occurs to give the fans hope of a more successful campaign next term.
The bad news was the enforced absence of the inspirational Croat Prso, due to yet another injury, which merely drives home the reasons he is quitting Ibrox in the very near future. The inconsistent winger Burke was left on the bench, and there was likewise no place in the starting 11 for Rae, a player the fans seem to particularly dislike.
Instead, the return of the previous suspended Adam, and a start for Novo on the right wing, with Boyd once again adopting the lone striker role up front.
The side knew what they were playing for, and how significant and critical for the club a place in the CL actually – both in monetary terms and prestige.
And yet, the performance, while not the worst ever produced by Rangers, showed what the side lacks when up against a younger, fitter, more energetic and crucially, quicker side.
The Hibernian team these days is no outstanding outfit, but some of their players seem to be highly coveted, Rangers already having plundered their captain Thomson. And they regularly show a level of performance which is certainly worthy of praise.
Rangers, while arguably man for man a better team, seem to be missing the spark and overall sharpness of a team like Hibernian, and if they could add it to their current general efficiency and ‘hard to beat’ mentality, it would go a long way to evolving the side.
But clearly a radical overhaul is required, and the jury is out on whether that will happen, with clearly dubiety that major money will be spent and volumous dead wood will be shipped out.
This will be a testing summer, in both playing catch up with Celtic, and ensuring enough wheeling and dealing occurs to give the fans hope of a more successful campaign next term.
posted by RangersMedia @ 6:06 PM
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