On a irritating afternoon within the Premiership title race for Glasgow Rangers, it was additionally a day of differing fortunes for Danny Rohl‘s facet in assault – together with two males who might or will not be at Ibrox subsequent season.
Beginning with Mikey Moore, the teenage loanee was on the centre of all the things good concerning the Gers but once more, scoring a significant late equaliser on Sunday, having additionally been denied a possible penalty on the demise.
The 18-year-old is probably the most precious participant within the division and is proving why proper now, with stories suggesting that Rohl and co are hoping to increase his keep in Glasgow heading into subsequent season.
Whether or not the Tottenham Hotspur-owned expertise does keep put stays to be seen, whereas the way forward for beginning right-winger, Andreas Skov Olsen, additionally stays an intriguing debate, not least following the Dane’s early withdrawal on the weekend.
Skov Olsen’s efficiency in numbers vs Livingston
After the highs of final weekend’s win over leaders Hearts, this was not the time for Rangers to drop factors, not least confronted with backside membership Livingston.
The Gers had been the dominant drive towards Marvin Bartley’s males, creating seven ‘large probabilities’ in all, but might solely notch twice, with each of these objectives coming after the hosts had been lowered to 10 males.
Rohl’s facet merely hadn’t been medical sufficient, with Skov Olsen proving the early sufferer of a irritating first-half show, having been changed by Bojan Miovski because the German shuffled his pack.
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Moore vs Skov Olsen – vs Livi |
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Stat |
Moore |
Skov Olsen |
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Minutes |
90 |
45 |
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Touches |
52 |
21 |
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Targets/Assists |
1 |
0 |
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Key passes |
5 |
3 |
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Cross accuracy |
88% |
92% |
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Huge probabilities created |
1 |
1 |
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Photographs |
6 |
0 |
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Dribbles |
0/2 |
0/0 |
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Ball misplaced |
12 |
6 |
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Carries |
23 |
9 |
Whether or not that was the appropriate name or not is up for debate, with that opening 45 seeing the on-loan Wolfsburg man present three key passes and try seven crosses, albeit whereas recording simply 21 touches and profitable solely a single duel.
The previous Membership Brugge star had supplied an help for Youssef Chermiti every week earlier, though he wasn’t precisely at his glowing greatest towards the Edinburgh facet both, with Moore actually Rangers’ major outlet on the alternative facet.
Endurance must be afforded Skov Olsen, though it would not bode nicely that Rohl was so fast to exchange him on Sunday, with the 26-year-old having solely a matter of months to show he’s worthy of a hefty £9m everlasting funding.
On present proof, the Gers may be best-placed utilising these funds elsewhere, with Rohl boasting a possible homegrown resolution at Ibrox.
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Forking out a charge of upwards of £9m on Skov Olsen seems an excessive amount of of a bet to take at current, with the membership’s current £8m funding in Chermiti nonetheless but to repay, even with the Portuguese striker scoring 5 occasions towards Celtic and Hearts this season.
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As an alternative of turning to the Dane because the membership’s long-term reply on the flanks, Rangers might utilise their very own teen sensation as an alternative, within the mould of Moore.
Certainly, all of the indicators level to 19-year-old, Findlay Curtis, having a fruitful future again at Ibrox, with the versatile wideman already impressing out on mortgage at Kilmarnock.
The teen – who has operated on both flank, as a quantity ten and even as a right-back this season – was solely not too long ago a part of the Killie facet that ran Celtic shut at Rugby Park, having already notched his first help for the membership every week earlier towards St Mirren.
Like Moore – who began centrally however moved out to the left final trip – Curtis is such an thrilling and adaptable expertise, having already proven flashes of his high quality again in Glasgow.
From 26 first-team appearances up to now for the Gentle Blues, he has chalked up three objectives and three assists, scoring this season towards Panathinaikos, St Mirren and Alloa.
Talking again in October, membership legend Ally McCoist was amongst these questioning the “weird” resolution to herald Moore and the potential influence it might have on younger Curtis, with McCoist even suggesting that there’s “nothing between the 2 of them”.
As current weeks and months have since proven, it is the Spurs product who does seem like the step above, though Curtis has proven greater than sufficient, each for Rangers and for Kilmarnock, to recommend that he might have a brilliant future himself on the prime stage.
Whether or not Moore stays or not stays to be seen, however within the case of Skov Olsen, a everlasting deal may very well be prevented if it means handing Curtis the prospect to nail down that proper flank.
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