Patrick Stewart ‘has Rangers questions to answer’ in new Ibrox loan developments
Rangers CEO Patrick Stewart has already made an error in his judgement since taking over at Ibrox.
The former Manchester United board member was brought to Govan by interim chairman John Gilligan in December to replace James Bisgrove who left the role in the summer for a move to Saudi Arabia.
The Aberdeen-born official has since held a review of operations in G51 but opted against removing Philippe Clement from his role in the dugout.
One of his main changes at Ibrox has already backfired and appears to be a mistake from the CEO this early into his spell in charge.
Rangers youngsters training only twice a week while on loan
Stewart made the decision that academy stars leaving on loan would be prioritised over playing for the Light Blues’ B team.
This was seen as a method to change the function of the B team to help bridge the gap from the academy to the first team at Ibrox.
This did certainly sound like a positive move from the Govan club but it is clear that due diligence wasn’t paid during the winter transfer window.
It has been claimed those young Gers stars who have departed for part-time outfits will only be training twice a week away from Ibrox [Rangers Review].
Although the prospect of featuring regularly in men’s football may seem to be positive, training on a few and far between basis is unlikely to aid development.
The blame for this factor ultimately has to be down to Stewart and the Ibrox hierarchy who will have sanctioned these loan moves away.
Patrick Stewart makes wrong loan decision at Rangers
There hasn’t been the greatest track record for academy products making their away through to the first-team at Ibrox successfully in recent years.
Ross McCausland is the only true example to have had a positive impact but has seen his importance fall away under Clement in recent weeks and months.
As a result, loaning players out to aid their development felt like a positive step to making sure more youngsters make the step up to featuring regularly for the Light Blues.
This would be the case if suitors had been found where talented starlet’s were going to be training regularly and starting every week.
It is clear that this work hasn’t been done by Stewart who hasn’t put enough work into confirming these loan deals which is frustrating.