With a number of positives to take from Rangers 1-1 draw with Aberdeen at the weekend as we opened the 2018/19 Premiership campaign with a point, one of Steven Gerrard’s new signings certainly came in for plenty of praise following the fulltime whistle.
Rangers’ failure to get the second goal on the day to really kill the game off came back to bite us with the hosts finding a late leveller, but with so many positives and having spent the majority of the match with only ten men following Alfredo Morelos’ stupid but harsh sending off, few were unhappy following the game.
If anything the major emotion was disappointment at not taking all three points as we had more than warranted them.
There were a number of standout performances in the side, and new signing Lassana Coulibaly was certainly one player who caught the eye for his efforts in the middle of the park. The 22-year-old was only making his third appearance after arriving on loan from Angers but some feel the youngster has a great shot at being our Player of the Year already.
Coulibaly will be player of the year this season. Boy is a machine and I'm away to get pished as I'm aff the mora. ????⚪????
— Youngy (@YoungyJ83) August 5, 2018
As Gerrard said, imagine Coulibaly once he’s got a number of games, he’s gonna boss games. Jack clears up everything and keeps it simple, not scared of a challenge, and Arfield is competitive also, could be the difference in games. We still need a quality playmaker though.
— Quavernier. (@Q_RFC_1992) August 5, 2018
Jack and coulibaly though. ????????⚽️
— Kayleigh Marsh (@weemarshy) August 5, 2018
N’golo Kante goes to bed dreaming of coulibaly
— Ross mcgugan (@RosssMcgugan) August 5, 2018
Good luck to anybody trying to get in those CM roles infront of Jack & Coulibaly. Those two are immense especially together. ????????
— Craig Smith (@csljm84) August 5, 2018
It's not happening.
McCrorie and Doc won't be playing much, injury aside.
— Coulibaly Cartel (@Pena_Cartel) August 5, 2018
Extremely confident from what I've seen so far.
The central duo of Ryan Jack and Coulibaly in particular is absolutely brilliant. Those two will boss the majority of games we play. pic.twitter.com/FENYs0vo7L
— Coulibaly Cartel (@Pena_Cartel) August 5, 2018
Oh, 1 more thing. A message to Dave King. For the love of all that is good, if it is in any way possible, please please find a way to sign Coulibaly on a permanent basis. ???????????? end thread
— Jens#FEUPB ???????? (@Jens1872) August 5, 2018
Coulibaly is going to be some player for us ????⚪️????
— Ross Penman (@RossPenman1) August 5, 2018
Half of the world is covered by coulibaly
— Ross Shaw (@rshaw1872) August 5, 2018