Barry is delighted the striker caught a Champions League break but admits the jury remains out Get the latest Rangers news from Record Sport with our daily newsletter. We have more newsletters Get the latest Rangers news from Record Sport with our daily newsletter. We have more newsletters After a long summer of never-ending negativity it was a relief for Rangers to take a few positives out of Tuesday night’s Champions League qualifier in Poland.
And no one deserves a break more than Cyriel Dessers. I was absolutely delighted for the big man when he popped up with that equaliser in injury time because, for the last year, he’s had folk queuing up to have a go over his finishing. I’ve felt for him because some of the stick has been savage and, to be brutally honest, way over the top as well.
Is Dessers the finished article as a Rangers No.9? No. Can Philippe Clement hang his hat on him as the first-choice striker for the rest of the season? I wouldn’t be too sure about that either.
But let’s look at the facts over his first 12 months because, as a Rangers striker, first and foremost you are judged on the amount of goals you score. And he ended his first season at the club with 22 of them. I don’t care what anyone says, that’s a decent return.
Yes, the critics like to moan about his link-up play and they’ll argue he has missed more chances than he has taken. Fair enough. He’d probably admit himself he could have scored about 10 more than he did.
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