Rangers manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s decision to send on Scott Wright as a second-half substitute against PSV has left supporters rather bewildered.
Considering Rabbi Matondo had performed well against St Johnstone at the weekend, fans on Twitter could not understand why Wright was given the nod to replace Malik Tillman on Tuesday night instead:
I love Gio but his persistence with Wright over others is absolutely baffling.
— – (@Rfc1872I) August 16, 2022
Bringing on Wright over Matondo was a very bizarre decision, disappointed to concede 2 goals from corners but psv are there for the taking.
— Kieran (@KieranS1010) August 16, 2022
Terminate Scott Wright's contract will ye, thanks
— Gary Van Bronckhorst🏴🇷🇴🇳🇱 (@GaryStephen4321) August 16, 2022
Never bring wright on in a game like this again please
— Declan Little (@DeclanL2003) August 16, 2022
Bizarre choice of sub. Matondo was excellent at the weekend.
— G1nger Beerd (@g1ngerbeerd) August 16, 2022
Scott Wright on before Morelos & Matondo🤦🏼♂️
— T🔙 (@ThrowBckBallers) August 16, 2022
Scott Wright your decision making is not Rangers quality
— Matt (@mt2oo8) August 16, 2022
Agreed, strange. Reminds me of Gerrard & Barker.
— G Mac (@macg2670) August 17, 2022
Wright’s decision-making after he came on was pretty disappointing and he hardly justified the faith shown in him by van Bronckhorst.
When he is on form, the 25-year-old is a decent ball carrier and he can take on opposing fullbacks, but he has not shown anything so far this campaign that justifies being given chances ahead of other players.
Matondo, in particular, warrants more game time, and you’d have to say that, even though he has been given the cold shoulder by van Bronckhorst, Fashion Sakala would also merit being selected ahead of Wright. For some reason, though, the Gers boss has kept picking the former Aberdeen player.