ian1964 10,419 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 STUART McCall has revealed he expects Shane Ferguson to arrive at Rangers on loan next week and has refused to rule out the possibility of the Northern Ireland internationalist aiding the Ibrox club's push for promotion. Ferguson was one of five Newcastle United players farmed out to Rangers for the remainder of the 2014/15 season in controversial circumstances back in February before Derek Llambias had been ousted at chief executive. http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/newcastle-loan-star-ferguson-set-to-bolster-rangers-premiership-promotion-bid.122743213 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,419 Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 Toon loan star Fergie set to boost Rangers top flight promotion bid STUART McCall has revealed he expects Shane Ferguson to arrive at Rangers on loan next week. And the interim manager has refused to rule out the possibility of the Northern Ireland internationalist aiding the Ibrox club's push for promotion. Ferguson was one of five Newcastle United players farmed out to Rangers for the remainder of the 2014/15 season in hugely controversial circumstances back in February. The 18-times capped 23-year-old has been recovering from a knee operation and hasn't been in Scotland. But he is expected to travel to Glasgow in the coming days and interim manager McCall has admitted he could play for his side. He said: "I've not spoken to anyone at Newcastle, but the doc has and the physios have. "I think he has coming up for two weeks of training under his belt and is due up next week. "As I have said before, that will have him been out for I think six months. He got the injury in October and the operation in November. "If he has only done two weeks training you would imagine, unless he is one of these lads who is really fit and can come straight back into it, will need at least three or four under-20s games. But we will see when he comes up." McCall added: "When I first got the job I was looking forward to working with him because I do know of him. I saw him at Birmingham and I saw him at Newcastle. But when you have been out with a knee injury for five or six months it is difficult to get up to speed as quickly as we need. "But, listen, if he comes in next week and is ready to train and impresses then obviously he is one who will come in for consideration." McCall, whose side take on Queen of the South in a Championship match at Palmerston Park tonight, is certainly in need of reinforcements due to the number of Rangers players who are unavailable. Kevin Mbabu and Stevie Smith have both suffered fresh injuries in training this week and have joined Jon Daly, Seb Faure, Richard Foster, Lee McCulloch, Streete and Tom Walsh on the sidelines. McCall said: "We actually have eight out unavailable," said McCall. http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/rangers/toon-loan-star-fergie-set-to-boost-rangers-top-flight-promotion-bid-202829n.122745373 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,151 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Not sure we really need another left-sided player as we're already a bit lopsided in that sense. We really need a good right midfielder. It's strange that Temps doesn't play there more often. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Much rather have walsh back and playing. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Much rather have walsh back and playing. Is Walsh injured ? How long ? Walsh has been a revelation. However, I prefer him on the left hand side along with Wallace, he covers fairly well allowing Wallace to overlap. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Is Walsh injured ? How long ? Walsh has been a revelation. However, I prefer him on the left hand side along with Wallace, he covers fairly well allowing Wallace to overlap. McCall says he was his best player in his first 2 games and need him back asap. Think it will be pretty soon. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 (edited) I'd have put Ferguson in ahead of Wallace based on his form until we gained this momentum, now obviously wouldn't be the time for drastic changes. But still what's the harm in having an extra body when he's registered to play for us already? Someone could break a leg the next game for all we know. Edited April 9, 2015 by simplythebest 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,151 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 He's another good option to have but I'd tend to agree Walsh should feature ahead of Ferguson if he's fit. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrahimHemdani 1 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 (edited) I cannot see him being match fit to play in the first team before the end of the league season and would you then risk him.in the play offs ahead of those who got us there? Edited April 9, 2015 by BrahimHemdani 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrahimHemdani 1 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Not sure we really need another left-sided player as we're already a bit lopsided in that sense. We really need a good right midfielder. It's strange that Temps doesn't play there more often. It's very strange to me that Templeton doesn't play more often period. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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