A few Rangers fans have been mocking Steven Davis on social media, after the Northern Ireland midfielder set a challenge for young players to complete during the coronavirus crisis.
Davis has challenged young supporters through Twitter to see how many keepy uppys they can manage to record against a wall whilst on lockdown, having been set the task of doing so himself by the Kevin Thomson Academy.
But rather than laud the £1.53m-rated man for his efforts to engage with fans during these unprecedented times, some supporters opted to mock Davis instead and shared their surprise at the 35-year-old not just passing the ball backwards.
Others hinted the 107-cap international should be using the pause in Premiership action to work on his long balls over the top of defences, having averaged just 2.4 accurate chipped passes (54%) and 0.3 key balls per game in the Europa League this season, per Sofa Score data.
Steven Gerrard had trusted Davis with starting and playing the full 90 minutes in each of his eight Europa League appearances this season, while also favouring the former Southampton man in the opening line-up for 20 of his 24 Premiership appearances before the season was postponed.
Here are some of the messages shared as fans replied to Davis’ post…
Forward passing 👀 https://t.co/solvhf5MS4
— Greg (@GregMaclean6) March 31, 2020
Practice yer long balls over the top 🙈🙈🇬🇧💙
— JohnJames Robertson (@JUDSTER53) March 31, 2020
Well done Davo…but i’m sure i noticed you thinking about passing it to a wall behind you. 😂🇬🇧
— Steven Jackson (@J944Jackson) March 31, 2020
Steve is passing it forward here. Lockdown doing crazy things to people https://t.co/6spbjCetmM
— Jack Morton (@_jackmorton) March 31, 2020
Hedge was screaming out for it.
— MaTo (@MaTo_122) March 31, 2020
Surprised he didn’t turn round and pass it backwards https://t.co/OoNinmstNc
— Bill Murray (@billmurRFC) March 31, 2020
In other Rangers news, Steven Gerrard is ‘weighing up’ an approach to a 14-time international defender who is on course to leave his current side this summer.