“Unforgiveable” – Lundstram video nasty prime example of players throwing Gio under a bus
Soccer Football - Champions League - Group A - Liverpool v Rangers - Anfield, Liverpool, Britain - October 4, 2022 Liverpool's Luis Diaz in action with Rangers' John Lundstram and Leon Thomson King REUTERS/Phil Noble
For forty minutes against St Johnstone, Rangers were in total command. Playing with pace, variety and purpose. It seemed like the opening goal was only going to be scored by one team and the statistics backed it up – 17 shots at goal in the first-half alone.
And then the wheels came off.
One moment in particular encapsulated what has been wrong with Rangers this season. John Lundstram broke from defence and drove forward with purpose but, with no real options ahead of him, took a heavy touch and lost possession. What happened next was deemed “unforgivable” by Gersnet podcast host Colin Armstrong.
This is the moment that led to St Johnstone’s first. Lundstram’s lack of effort to retrieve the ball after his bad touch is as baffling as it is unforgivable. And that’s a senior player, someone who is supposed to be leading us on the park. pic.twitter.com/qwOm4Oga2p
— Colin Armstrong (@moonman1873) November 6, 2022
This is why I feel sorry for Giovanni van Bronckhorst. There is nothing else he could have done in the first-half to set us up to win all three points. We had an attacking threat through the middle with Malik Tillman playing well with Fashion Sakala and Ryan Kent also causing problems on either flank, we weren’t just throwing crosses in and we were winning the ball back high up the park.
But something is clearly wrong.
St Johnstone’s opener saw about four players all contribute to our own downfall, as has been the story so often this season, replacing the manager is one thing but will a new one rid us of such basic errors? The players, after all, will still be the same.
