Kemar Roofe ready for Rangers run-in SOS as Leon Balogun bug leaves fans sick – Ibrox squad revealed
dailyrecord.co.ukRangers need a change against Dundee but it will have to be more in attitude than widespread personnel which many fans would most like to see.Philippe Clement’s men are in must-win territory as they head to Dens Park and it will simply have to be third time lucky for the Ibrox men who trail Celtic by four points at the top of the Scottish Premiership with this their game in hand over their fierce rivals who they are desperately trying to stop win a third consecutive league flag.Conceding three goals to the team sitting 11th in the top flight has set alarm bells ringing over a defence that hasn’t kept a clean sheet in five games – their longest run since 2021.
There has been a clamour for veteran Leon Balogun to replace Connor Goldson with Goldson and James Tavernier coming in for stinging criticism and for many associated with repeated failure at the club.
However, Clement ruled Balogun out with a sickness bug so it will be much of the same at the back, albeit Dujon Sterling could replace Borna Barisic at left back with Ridvan Yilmaz still out.Cyriel Dessers yet again missed a hatful of chances but that has been a familiar story all season and Clement’s options in that position have been limited.
He could opt for fit-again Abdallah Sima through the middle but a preferred choice, if the Gers boss has finally lost patience with Dessers, is to get as much of he can out of injury-jinxed Kemar Roofe in this game and the remainder of the season.
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