With Rangers hosting Ayr United at Ibrox yesterday evening for the Scottish League Cup quarter-finals, eager eyes were on the starting lineup and the makeup of the substitutes bench with fans hoping to see a number of players given a shot as manager Steven Gerrard freshened things up.
Although we saw the likes of Wes Foderingham, Joe Worrall, Graham Dorrans and Glenn Middleton, one man’s omission certainly set tongues wagging on social media when the team was released.
Roma loanee Umar Sadiq remained missing and didn’t even feature on the bench.
With the 21-year-old not really impressing in the second string earlier in the week as we faced Motherwell at the training ground, a number of fans think his time is already up.
Think this says eveything
— derek fleming (@thegrover63) September 26, 2018
Back to roma in January
— Bonny Scott (@BonnySc75966708) September 26, 2018
He should find a club asap if possible, best for him & us. Thought he'd be on the bench tonight, obviously not good enough.
— EBT_1872_????54???? (@RangersW4TP) September 26, 2018
He looked pure pish when he's had a couple of run-outs ???????????? pic.twitter.com/sIZM4UcWY4
— G-ManU ⚽ (@RevItUpAgain) September 26, 2018
Aye seems to be even in the reserves hes not looked braw
— Bonny Scott (@BonnySc75966708) September 26, 2018
Bye Sadiq
— Ross Brown ????????. (@RossBrown25) September 26, 2018
That’ll be Sadiq back to Roma in January if he cannae make the bench for this game.
— Brian Roberts (@Brian_Roberts5) September 26, 2018
Sadiqs rangers career is probably over if he’s naw even making in bench in this game
— ᶜᴿᵃᴵᵍ_¹⁸⁷² (@craig187312) September 26, 2018
It is concerning when Umar Sadiq cannot get onto the bench for tonights match. If we have no interest in playing him why did we sign him? I dont think it was a Gerrard signing.
— Colin Coulibaly (@Colinmc1690) September 26, 2018
The striker hasn’t featured for Gerrard since August and even then he only made three substitute appearances and seems to have quickly fallen down the pecking order with the arrival of Kyle Lafferty, so we’ll have to see if he can make a greater impression in the coming weeks and get himself going.