A short film about Killie (Kilmarnock … 2 GERS … 3)

Is it really the strikers? Well, on Sunday’s more obvious evidence it would seem so. Michale Mols missing from under the crossbar, Lovenkrands hitting the bar when he should have hit the net, Shota slashing one across the face of the goal when he should have passed or rammed it into the top corner.

At first recollective glance, Rangers would have been miles better off against Killie if we’d already signed that lad from Huddersfield or if we’d kept Steven MacLean away from Scunthorpe. We could have scored seven but, in the end, we only needed three - and we got three.

So what about the strikers on show in Ayrshire. They might have been all-white on the night but no-one seems to think our current options up front are alright. While there’s always room for improvement in any department of any team, I tend to disagree that Rangers’ lack of goals of late is down to the strikers.

In short, our front men are having to do too much work on behalf of the midfield. Emerson and Arteta are far too lightweight in the middle of the park. Emerson has an immense physique and fantastic natural talent - Mikel is a tenacious player with the control of a master. But neither can impose themselves on a game at a high enough level for a consistent enough period.

As a result, Arveladze, Lovenkrands and Mols all have too much work to do in the construction of Rangers attacks to allow full focus on the act of executing the same.

At the end of the day against Killie, Lovenkrands should have had a penalty, Shota banged in two beauties and Mols’ touch was central to the equaliser. It’s not that our strikers aren’t doing enough - it’s that they’re being asked to do too much!

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Published:
11.12.03 / 6pm
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