December 23, 2024

Just when things were starting to look up, Rangers and Philippe Clement have been dealy a massive blow with the news that Todd Cantwell is set to be missing for a few weeks. 

As always, the Gers boss dismissed the drama, “this is football”, but he will have to find a way to replace one of our most on-form players of recent weeks.

Rangers are well used to dealing with injuries this season though and, at least, Philippe Clement has a few options that he could turn to in his hour of need.

Cantwell joins Danilo, Abdallah Sima, Rabbi Matondo and Kieran Dowell on the injury list with the first four names in particular being a massive loss in terms of depth for the attack.

Rangers FC v Aberdeen - Cinch Scottish Premiership

What we have seen in recent weeks though, is the emergence of one player and the re-emergence of another who are both more than capable of plugging the gap.

The first player is the most obvious.

Tom Lawrence, when he first arrived at the club, was used in a number ten role.

He might not quite have the same running power as Cantwell, but there are few players in Philippe Clement’s squad with a similar level of footballing intelligence.

 

 

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *