Sky Sports pundit blasts ‘shocking’ Calvin Bassey in Rangers v Hearts
Sky Sports pundit James McFadden slammed Calvin Bassey after the Rangers left-back almost gifted Hearts a goal on Sunday.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s men dominated the first half but straight after the break, the Gers were all over the place; Bassey, in particular.
The 22-year-old left-back went to head the ball back to goalkeeper Allan McGregor but was woefully short and intercepted by Cammy Devlin.
Luckily for the Light Blues, Devlin’s effort was poor but that didn’t stop Bassey from avoiding McFadden’s criticism.
Speaking on Sky Sports Football on Sunday [6 February, 05:05pm], the ex-Scotland international said: “It’s a huge let-off.
He added: “It’s a shocking error by Calvin Bassey and he gets away with it.
“Devlin has got time, as well.”
New left-back, please
If Rangers have learned anything from the last couple of games, it should have become very clear that the club needs to strengthen their left-back options in the summer transfer window.
Borna Barisic was an embarrassment on Wednesday in the loss at Celtic and was, rightly so, dropped by van Bronckhorst for the clash against Hearts this weekend.
Bassey was moved into his natural left-back role as Leon Balogun returned at centre-back but it was by no means a solid display by the ex-Leciester left-back.
Bassey was poor in possession, in our eyes. He wasn’t exactly a threat when he attacked with Ryan Kent, who had a lot of work to do by himself on the left-wing.
Bassey was also dodgy at the back – he never looked that comfortable.
It’s been a while since Bassey has played at left-back from the off so we’ll give him a bit of lee-way. But we’d rather the club sold Barisic in the summer and left Bassey as a back-up.
In other Rangers news, Aston Villa’s John McGinn lost his mind over what happened with the Gers this week.