Rangers Super Fans concerned by Borna Barisic display in 2-1 win v Hibernian
This is part of a regular series from our panel of Rangers Super Fans. Each week, our Super Fans will deliver their verdicts on the biggest talking points and news stories around Ibrox.
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Rangers beat Hibernian 2-1 at Ibrox on Sunday but Steven Gerrard’s side were made to work for their win and one player drew the ire of fans for his display.
Borna Barisic has been a reliable performer for the Light Blues this season as they secured the Scottish Premiership title in rapid fashion, and they are still unbeaten with just four games left to play.
The Croatia international has featured in 31 of 34 league games this season, but he endured one of his toughest assignments of the campaign against Hibs.
This was a view held by our esteemed panel of Rangers Super Fans at Ibrox News.
Here is what they had to say…
Barry Ittenson (@BarrySt21172515)
Tavaldo (a22an)
Kyle (@kyleRC_)
Willy (spatestonbear2)
David Rice (@davidrice03)
Adam Walker (@AdamWal99214879)
One to forget
Barisic certainly won’t be adding this game to his highlights reel.
According to Wyscout the 28-year-old lost 60% [6/10] of his duels and 57% of his defensive duels [4/7].
He picked up a yellow card for his troubles and he failed to pose much of a threat going forwards either, with zero attempted dribbles and a 33% cross completion.
The danger for Gers players at the moment is the risk of complacency – with the title wrapped up a number of weeks ago there is a lot less riding on these final games.
In addition, we were knocked out of Europe recently which has surely owered the level of competitiveness even further.
But there are still big things to play for as we are four games away from invincibility and that would be a historic achievement.
A Scottish Cup clash with Celtic also awaits us next week and our players can’t afford to turn their form on and off like a tap, it just doesn’t work like that.
Therefore the onus is on Barisic to raise his game again and revert back to his usual levels.
Given the quality he possesses, we wouldn’t bet against him being a standout performer in the Old Firm fixture.
In other Rangers news, our Super Fans choose their MOTM in 2-1 win v Hibernian.