graeme_4 35,258 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Michael Beale has updated on Tom Lawrence “He came in as an important signing and experienced member of the squad. He didn’t come in to be a player for the future, he came to be a ‘now’ player.” Beale added: “Tom started the season ever so well. He was important in the PSV games for example. “And then he got a horrific injury. He was on his way back from that and had some complications from that. “I expect him to be back probably a couple of weeks into pre-season. Either at the same time as everybody else or a couple of weeks behind. But having said that he needs to make up maybe eight or 10 months. “So we need to clean that up for sure. We need to have our strongest, oldest, most experienced players available more often next year, playing with a bit more consistency and a slightly tighter squad. “And then we will see where it takes us. The challenges will still be the same, the pressures and the expectations are maybe going to be a little bit higher. It is an exciting time because it’s a time of change and I’m going into it with real optimism.” Dickie1963, RFC55 and Albertz85 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broxi 11,685 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Sounds promising he’ll be back in decent time for start of the season, maybe missing a couple games to get back to fitness and sharpness. Dickie1963 and kelvd1873 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post left winger 14,636 Posted May 17, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2023 6 minutes ago, Broxi said: Sounds promising he’ll be back in decent time for start of the season, maybe missing a couple games to get back to fitness and sharpness. Heeeeellllllllooooooooo, this is Rangers! My money’s on christmas, and we’ll pretend he’s like a new signing in January. blaudrup, HG5, Loyal72 and 7 others 10 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post graeme_4 35,258 Posted May 17, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2023 8 minutes ago, Broxi said: Sounds promising he’ll be back in decent time for start of the season, maybe missing a couple games to get back to fitness and sharpness. It’s always a fear for me when players miss the start of pre-season. Always playing catch-up. JackAlex93, The Godfather, Malkytfp1 and 12 others 15 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegendofCoop 17,486 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Last 2 paragraphs sounds ominous for someone. Is he having a dig at the medical department?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Robot 21,512 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 A fit and firing TL would have been great for the CL qualifiers but looks as that’s not going to happen. graeme_4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
left winger 14,636 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 14 minutes ago, LegendofCoop said: Last 2 paragraphs sounds ominous for someone. Is he having a dig at the medical department?? Sounds more promising to me, tbh - I think he might be laying down a marker. LegendofCoop 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swagger 8,353 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 37 minutes ago, left winger said: Heeeeellllllllooooooooo, this is Rangers! My money’s on christmas, and we’ll pretend he’s like a new signing in January. Yep. We’ve seen this so many times before. The usual Rangers setback will be just around the corner probably. Hope to fuck I’m wrong because he was shaping up nicely. HG5 and delparlane 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackAlex93 11,614 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Lawrence will add plenty to this Rangers team if we can get him firing again when fit. A really good footballer who will get among the goals and assists. KeyserSoze 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayro 3,154 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 I don’t see this as a positive tbh. He will have been out for nearly a year and Beale will likely do a heavy pre-season with the team more akin to what we had with Gerrard. I appreciate its different injuries but Hagi has looked miles off it and he was out for not much longer. We need to come out of pre-season flying for CL qualifiers and the league rather than playing catch up to the filth. HG5 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
esquire8 43,652 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 If he's playing before September it will be a welcome bonus. ayro 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayro 3,154 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Just now, esquire8 said: If he's playing before September it will be a welcome bonus. Agreed. Meant to add in my post above, Lawrence is a smashing player and was settling in nicely to the team, he has leadership qualities and it was a huge blow to the squad last season. Just don’t think the timeline on that update is particularly positive for our start to the season. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swagger 8,353 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 12 minutes ago, ayro said: Agreed. Meant to add in my post above, Lawrence is a smashing player and was settling in nicely to the team, he has leadership qualities and it was a huge blow to the squad last season. Just don’t think the timeline on that update is particularly positive for our start to the season. Really clever footballer but he has a confidence about him too which so many in the squad are lacking. A team with a fit Lawrence, Raskin and Cantwell should start to turn things around hopefully. Him and Cantwell should chip in with a high number of goals Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tao 5 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 This team needs a witch doctor not a physical therapist. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayro 3,154 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 20 minutes ago, Swagger said: Really clever footballer but he has a confidence about him too which so many in the squad are lacking. A team with a fit Lawrence, Raskin and Cantwell should start to turn things around hopefully. Him and Cantwell should chip in with a high number of goals You can see already from Cantwell and Raskin that they have a bit of shithousery about them and are not going to be intimidated, Lawrence gives a bit of that as well which should help the mentality of the squad overall. delparlane and Negri's lovechild 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Persson 548 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Horrific injury? Hard to be the same player again. We have seen it before. HG5, Albertz85 and googglebot 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromDeAnglais 5,708 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Can't see a way back for him unfortunately. Beale will be recruiting in the summer knowing Lawrence won't be match fit possibly until half way through the season. We're looking at wingers along with players like Cantwell and Raskin. I can see him being shipped out on loan in January. plymouthranger and HG5 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assegai 66,365 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 11 minutes ago, PromDeAnglais said: Can't see a way back for him unfortunately. Beale will be recruiting in the summer knowing Lawrence won't be match fit possibly until half way through the season. We're looking at wingers along with players like Cantwell and Raskin. I can see him being shipped out on loan in January. Doubt he wouldn't be issuing a statement out of the blue on a player he didn't fancy. KeyserSoze and bluenose48 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NI 918 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Lawrence started the season so well, frustrating af these injuries he suffered. I hope he'll come back asap, Beale update is a little bit worriying. graeme_4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plymouthranger 3,937 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 I think we’re looking at him coming back after Xmas a la Hagi. If he’s been out for a year and isn’t even going to make the start of pre season, he’ll be behind everyone and that’s before taking into account set backs. Such a shame, but don’t expect to see him in Autumn would be my bet based on that presser. HG5 and graeme_4 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather 72,695 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 You take any update regarding injuries with a pinch if salt with us. Albertz85, TheBluebells, HG5 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights 2,526 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 The positive is that his game isn’t built on physicality Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeparateEntityMyArse 54,297 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Heavy "He'll be like a new signing" vibes Albertz85 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tao 5 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 What was the 'horrific injury'? I know it's the knee Complete tear? Multiple ligaments? It must have been a complete tear whatever it was. Perspective--this in my mind qualifies as 'horrific'. Warning--it's rough 2002 Fiesta Bowl--Positive--McGahee still drafted R1--played 10 years in the league after this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nik2402 1,385 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 What was the actual injury? Feel as though it’s not been mentioned a lot. Just that it was a bad injury. graeme_4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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