Clement must bench ‘failure’ who lost the ball 16x vs Killie

Clement must bench ‘failure’ who lost the ball 16x vs Killie

Despite trailing 1-0 at the half in their Premiership match against Kilmarnock, Glasgow Rangers made a bold declaration of purpose on Wednesday night.

As the players confidently emerged from the tunnel, it was clear that Philippe Clement had given them a tough team talk.

Nonetheless, a number of players failed to live up to expectations, with Borna Barisic being the most noteworthy player to perform poorly in a crucial match.

Borna Barisic’s numerical performance vs Kilmarnock

Without a question, the defender has been a valuable team member, but with only a few months remaining on his deal, is it possible that his performance in the middle of the week will force him to move to left defense?

Against the Rugby Park team, Barisic was making just his third league start of 2024, but in the first half, he appeared far off the pace.

Borna Barisic against Kilmarnock
Accurate passes	18
Touches	43
Possession lost	16
Total duels won	2
Key passes	0

In fact, the 31-year-old gave up the ball 16 times in 45 minutes, completed only 69% of his passes, made only two accurate crosses, and won no ground duels. For these reasons, Glasgow World gave him a 4/10 match rating.

Because of his play, the Gers may have given up more goals in the first half, thus Clement moved quickly to substitute him for Ridvan Yilmaz, which proved to be the right move.

Without a doubt, the Turkish defender needs to be unleashed at left-back against Motherwell tomorrow.
Numbers from Ridvan Yilmaz’s season

Yilmaz seemed prepared to be the first, even though it took him a while to arrive.

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