Do Not Sell My Personal Information
Glasgow Rangers: Fans slam James Tavernier’s performance in defeat at Bayer Leverkusen
Glasgow Rangers captain James Tavernier came in for criticism from a number of the club’s fans over his performance in Thursday’s 1-0 defeat at Bayer Leverkusen which ended their involvement in the Europa League.
The 28-year-old was caught out for the game’s decisive moment as he failed to match the run of Moussa Diaby, who latched on to a Charles Aranguiz pass and fired the ball past Allan McGregor for the only goal of the evening (as per BBC).
Tavernier struggled to rein in the scorer all evening, coughing up three shots to Diaby before being substituted for youngster Nathan Patterson with 13 minutes remaining. The ‘Gers captain failed to win any tackles or make any interceptions, while he was culpable of nine inaccurate passes and lost possession 15 times during a match that he will want to forget. [via Sofascore]
The right-back had been a tremendous attacking outlet during the 2019/20 season, contributing no fewer than 15 assists, but only three of those have come this side of New Year’s Day and just one was in the Europa League proper. [via TransferMarkt]
Should Nathan Patterson start instead of Tavernier on Sunday?
Yes
No
These ‘Gers fans took to Twitter to slam his performance in Germany, with one supporter condemning him as a “liability”:
Dunno how many times I need to say it but how is James Tavernier the captain of Rangers Football Club 😠the guy is our worst defender by far and is even starting to offer zilch going forward. Get him out Sharon
— Gary Pringle (@gazpringle) August 6, 2020
Tavernier will always cost us goals. It's what he does. Gerrard obviously happy to put his job on the line for such a liability. A real shame. I'd say SG deserves better but it's his choice. The club certainly do.
— Bruno (@AweAbootRangers) August 6, 2020
James Tavernier looks like he hasn’t had a football at his feet in months
— Joey (@___JoeGreen2) August 6, 2020
Really is mystifying how James Tavernier is a Rangers player let alone the captain
— Alister Quinney (@AlisterQuinney) August 6, 2020
I've said this a thousand times and I'm going to say it again for my new followers and also the hard of hearing. We will never ever win a major trophy while James Tavernier is Rangers captain. Fact. If he stays this season Celtic will win another treble. Fact. Bottom line.
— Bruno (@AweAbootRangers) August 6, 2020
Tavernier to be honest. Is not Good enough. Nice guy and tried hard but…. cmon
— David McGinlay (@davidmcginlay1) August 6, 2020
It’s got to the stage it’s impossible to defend Tavernier anymore, Patterson starts on Sunday for me but we all know he won’t…
— (@rockthekasbah88) August 6, 2020
‘Gers fans, were you disappointed with Tavernier’s performance against Bayer Leverkusen? Comment below with your views!
