Ferguson must drop Rangers ace who Sutton thought had a "nightmare"
da cassino online： Glasgow Rangers won their first game of the Barry Ferguson (interim) era on Wednesday night with a 4-2 victory over Kilmarnock away from Ibrox in the Scottish Premiership.
da bet7： It was not easy, and it rarely is for the Gers, though, as they found themselves 2-0 down against an aggressive home side within the opening 13 minutes.
However, Vaclav Cerny pulled one back before the break and that teed up a second-half comeback for the Light Blues, thanks to a brace from Cyriel Dessers and one from Nedim Bajrami.
Despite the eventual victory, Ferguson will not be best-pleased with the first-half performance from his side, and from Clinton Nsiala in particular.
Clinton Nsiala's performance against Kilmarnock
The 21-year-old Frenchman, who arrived from AC Milan last summer, started alongside Robin Propper at the heart of the defence, but was subbed off by his new manager after just 31 minutes.
In his 31 minutes on the pitch, the former Milan prospect did not win a single duel defensively, losing his only contest, and made just one interception and one clearance.
He failed to step in to clear the ball in the build-up to the second goal for Kilmarnock, as the centre-back allowed the ball to bounce before stepping up too late and getting caught out by the pass in behind for Brad Lyons, who finished brilliantly.
The young defender was, then, hauled off the pitch by his manager, who brought Ridvan Yilmaz on to play at right-back with James Tavernier moved into the middle, but he is not the only player who should be dropped by Ferguson.
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Why Robin Propper should be dropped
Rangers’ new head coach should also bin the former FC Twente captain from the starting line-up for their clash with Motherwell at Ibrox on Saturday.
The Dutch central defender lost his marker and then tripped over a Kilmarnock runner whilst trying to backtrack into the space he vacated, which gave Joe Wright all the time he needed to open the scoring after 11 minutes.
Vs Kilmarnock
Robin Propper
Minutes
90
Clearances
16
Ground duels won
3/7
Pass accuracy
79%
Long pass accuracy
30%
Stats via Sofascore
As you can see in the table above, Propper went on to lose the majority of his duels on the ground and struggled with his passes, giving the ball away with 21% of his attempted passes.
After one of his cheap concessions in the second half, Sky Sports commentator Chris Sutton described his touch as “horrendous” and claimed that the Dutchman was having a “nightmare” of a performance.
There were too many avoidable losses of possession and duels with Kilmarnock forwards that were lost for the defender, and he should suffer the same fate as Nsiala – being dropped down to the bench.
Sutton believed that he had a ‘nightmare’ and it is hard to argue with that assessment when you consider how wasteful the ex-Eredivisie ace was with the ball, and how easy it was for the opposition players to get the better of him on the deck.
Whilst John Souttar remains out for several weeks through injury, Rangers did not concede with Tavernier at centre-back on Wednesday night and Lille loanee Rafael Fernandes is available for selection, which means that they could come in to replace Nsiala and Propper at centre-back for the match on Saturday.
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