Rangers: Steven Gerrard’s praise of Connor Goldson sparks mixed reaction from these ‘Gers fans

Rangers manager Steven Gerrard lauded the consistency of centre-back Connor Goldson in his press briefing on Friday morning, with his comments polarising opinion among some ‘Gers fans on social media. As per @RangersFC on Twitter, Gerrard said that the 27-year-old “has been extremely consistent”, adding that “you can always trust him”.

https://twitter.com/RangersFC/status/1225709492723163136

The manager has certainly trusted Goldson on a consistent basis, selecting him for every Premiership and Europa League game so far this season. Nobody else in the Light Blues’ squad has racked up more game-time in the current campaign than the 3,690 minutes played by the Englishman, a full 270 minutes more than the next most-used player Allan McGregor (as per TransferMarkt).

Goldson had been a transfer target for Leeds (Football Insider) and Fulham (Football Insider) in the January transfer window, with a match average of 4.7 successful headers testifying to his strength in the air. However, he has been criticised by a portion of Rangers fans for some of his performances this season, while ex-‘Gers defender Alan Hutton told Football Insider that the 27-year-old needs to eliminate “little mistakes” in the early stages of games.

Gerrard’s comments on Goldson sparked a mixture of opinion among these Rangers fans on Twitter, with some lauding the defender and others feeling that he is “average at best”:

Connor has been a rock .

— CHARLIE MURDOCH 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧 (@murdoch_charles) February 7, 2020

My favourite player this season. The big man reads the game so well 🇬🇧

— Gov’nor Walker 💙✋🗡🛡🇬🇧 (@nor_gov) February 7, 2020

He was superb again on Wednesday night.

— Cammy_RFC🇬🇧 (@W20CPW) February 7, 2020

Great in the air , distribution poor

— Andrew Paterson (@pug1309) February 7, 2020

I must watch a different game.
Can defend crosses no problem, but one on one and he is terrible, some of his long balls are not required and should not be vice captain over McGregor or Davis.
Edmundson and Katic is a CB partnership I want to see.

— Jamie Macdonald (@jambo87) February 7, 2020