Ibroxholm

Looks like it’s going to be pretty windy tomorrow night also. If the game goes ahead, it’s likely to be a bit of a lottery in more ways than one.

So on the back of a reaction to a bad performance yesterday, you going discard him. And bring in who? Who is this magic player aiming in the wings that’s going to solve our problems? And yes, persevering is the right word in the world Rangers function in at the moment. We need to persevere with the players we have who we think have some quality because the days of going out and buying a DeBoer, Van Brockhurst and Gazza are long gone. Any new players we bring in are essentially out of the bargain bin and we saw from our dealings last summer the level of success that brings. Even with a good manager such a Clement, he’ll struggle to get good young players in our price range this summer. The relative success of Clement since he came in has been perseverance with not the greatest squad or the most talented of players. Although more than likely they’ll be a few signings this summer, it’ll still be the same next season.

But I do know what Lawrence was like pre-injury. Is that player gone? You clearly think so, I think he’s worth persevering with because we don’t have a great deal of quality in our team in regard to composure and picking the right final pass. Ok, arguably the three/four you mention have had been the pick of the bunch this season. Only four though, we need 7 or 8 at least.

Starting midfield of Lundstram, Sterling and Diomande (maybe slightly advanced) would be my choice. Can bring on Cantwell or Lawrence later on in the game if we need a bit of invention. Its our defence that gives me the fear.

I hope I’m right and you’re wrong. Although I think it’ll need a good preseason to see the best of him, we do need him to produce the quality I think he has in our remaining games. It could just make the difference and we need our better players to produce because, to be honest, we’re not a great team at the present time.

Clearly his appearances have been limited by long term injury but he looked the pick of the bunch before he got injured. Do any of our current team match up to your requirement to give standout, impactive performances. I don’t think so. All I’m saying is he’s a good player in terms of what we have available at the club at the moment.

I’ll trust my own judgement on that which at the moment seems to align with our manager.

Doesn’t seem to be vastly overrated on here this morning. He had a poor game yesterday along with the rest of the team. On that evidence, none of our current players are good enough to get where we want to get to (wherever that may be) I still think he’s a player who can contribute and improve us. Clearly, there are better players out there if we can afford them. Again, that could be said for anyone in our team.

Any of our players can be sold if we get the right price for them or indeed pick up a bad injury. Still doesn’t take away from the fact that he’s a good player on his day and will contribute next season if he’s still with us.

That was enough to show he had good quality. Also saw him play for Derby and he was the best player they had.

Similarly, I’ve lost count of the players over the years that fans have dismissed when coming back from injury and have gone to be major contributors to us once they get back up to full match sharpness.

He only needs to get back to the form he showed before he got injured to show he can be an important player for us. Would say he lacks match sharpness at the moment which will be emphasised in matches like yesterday. I like Diomande but I thought even he struggled with the pace of play yesterday which he’ll learn from.

Lawrence was off the pace today but is still a good player imo. It takes a long time to come back from a year long injury. Doubt we’ll see the best of him until next season.

With the home game against us, think they are probably favourites. First goal at their midden will be vital in order for us to get a result.

Think he’s a good solid goalkeeper, reminds me quite a bit of Chris Woods. Don’t think he’s as good a shot stopper as either Goram or McGregor though.