da roleta： Rangers manager Steven Gerrard has been full of praise for young striker Ryan Hardie during his side’s winter training camp in Tenerife, and his recent comments suggest the 21-year-old could get a chance to play alongside January signing Jermain Defoe sooner rather than later.
What did he say?
da imperador bet： Well, speaking to Rangers TV about his attacking options the Liverpool legend said:
“Jermain gives us the option of obviously playing two up front, it gives us that luxury.
“Kyle [Lafferty] also does that so we can go with a target man and a smaller guy around him.
“Ryan Hardie has come into the picture so it has been nice to work with four quality forwards. We haven’t had that luxury and that’s been really nice and a big positive.”
What do his comments mean?
They are certainly interesting, considering he has to find a formation that will surely incorporate both Alfredo Morelos and Defoe into the starting XI – the latter won’t have moved north of the border to be a substitute.
Gerrard is clearly considering trying out a formation that includes two strikers – likely to be Morelos and Defoe at first – which would leave him with two big strikers in Lafferty and Hardie – who stands at 6ft 2in tall – in reserve.
The 38-year-old certainly seems ready to use a taller striker alongside his veteran addition when needs be, and Hardie would certainly be a surprise partner for the former England international in the second-half of the 2018/19 campaign.
The 21-year-old will also take plenty of confidence from the fact that Gerrard has labelled him as a “quality forward”, and he will hope to take advantage starting when the Glasgow giants travel to Cowdenbeath on Friday night.
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