Rangers face another injury sweat and now have three key players who will be out for, as yet, unknown lengths of time, but there is a temporary solution to the latest problem caused by Kemar Roofe’s setback.
Just as the £4million rated forward was hitting his stride in a Light Blues shirt he had to be withdrawn at half-time in the 1-0 win over Celtic at the weekend, as reported Steven Gerrard on Rangers TV:
“It was on our mind in terms of myself and the coaching staff to make a change because we weren’t happy with the front three in the first 45 minutes.
“It was a stroke of luck really – not in terms of the injury as Kemar has a niggle in his quad which we will have to assess and hope he is back fit.”
Thankfully, we are now into a more relaxed fixture calendar where we will be playing just one game a week for the next few weeks so Roofe, Scott Arfield and Ryan Jack, hopefully won’t miss as many games as was first feared.
There is, however, a solution should Roofe – with 10 goals and two Premiership assists – have more than just a niggle with Kai Kennedy returning to Auchenhowie following his six-month loan at Inverness Caledonian Thistle, the 18-year old has been impressing of late and should be given the chance to show what he can do in the first-team – there is, of course, the small matter of a new contract to sort out as a priority though.