ian1964 10,409 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 The Falkirk manager is desperate to extend the Rangers kid’s loan for the rest of the season. McKinnon, who signed Davis Keillor-Dunn on loan from Ross County yesterday, said: “I absolutely can see Zak as a Rangers first-team player. “He’s scored eight goals with a team that has been bottom all season. “Imagine him playing for Rangers in a couple of years with people setting up chances for him. “He is a goalscorer, he needs to be in that six-yard box, like an Ally McCoist type. He just sniffs out goals.” https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/3733105/zak-rudden-ally-mccoist-ray-mckinnon-rangers-falkirk/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1547203988 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster. 4,808 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 At that age it's about constantly improving year on year. When Ryan Hardie was a similar age he was scoring goals for Raith in the Championship (6 in 753 minutes)* and whilst he has progressed since then, it's been at a rate that suggests he's not going to reach a high level in the game. * Rudden currently has 7 in 1331 minutes. At 18, Rudden has a chance to make it big but he'll have to work hard and then work harder. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMAA 3,603 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 13 minutes ago, ian1964 said: The Falkirk manager is desperate to extend the Rangers kid’s loan for the rest of the season. McKinnon, who signed Davis Keillor-Dunn on loan from Ross County yesterday, said: “I absolutely can see Zak as a Rangers first-team player. “He’s scored eight goals with a team that has been bottom all season. “Imagine him playing for Rangers in a couple of years with people setting up chances for him. “He is a goalscorer, he needs to be in that six-yard box, like an Ally McCoist type. He just sniffs out goals.” https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/3733105/zak-rudden-ally-mccoist-ray-mckinnon-rangers-falkirk/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1547203988 Great to see he's doing so well at such a young age and receiving praise like that. Falkirk are the lowest scoring team in the league with 17 goals in 20 games. Rudden has played only 15 but scored 7 of those 17 goals. It's fantastic stuff for an 18 year old and what we'd expect from an academy player who is on his way to being a first team player. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMAA 3,603 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 1 minute ago, buster. said: At that age it's about constantly improving year on year. When Ryan Hardie was a similar age he was scoring goals for Raith in the Championship (6 in 753 minutes)* and whilst he has progressed since then, it's been at a rate that suggests he's not going to reach a high level in the game. * Rudden currently has 7 in 1331 minutes. At 18, Rudden has a chance to make it big but he'll have to work hard and then work harder. Falkirk look like they are creating hardly any chances this season though so it's not easy to compare directly with Hardie. It must be frustrating for Rudden to be playing for a team who are so poor in the final third but he's certainly making the most of it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
26th of foot 5,827 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 I hope Ray McKinnon has not inadvertently stuck a label on Zak Rudden. Zak Rudden may, or not be, the next Ally McCoist. It's quite a claim and I understand journalistic license has been utilised. Falkirk's manager praising a young player, searching for a term of reference, has chosen attributes most folks associate with Ally. I remember Billy McBungle praising a young Sellik player, Stevie Fulton. He associated him with Roberto Baggio, on screen; thus no journalistic license. Fulton became a figure of ridicule. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster. 4,808 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, 26th of foot said: I hope Ray McKinnon has not inadvertently stuck a label on Zak Rudden. Zak Rudden may, or not be, the next Ally McCoist. It's quite a claim and I understand journalistic license has been utilised. Falkirk's manager praising a young player, searching for a term of reference, has chosen attributes most folks associate with Ally. I remember Billy McBungle praising a young Sellik player, Stevie Fulton. He associated him with Roberto Baggio, on screen; thus no journalistic license. Fulton became a figure of ridicule. A label yes and perhaps a little more attention and pressure...... but certainly not much in the way of scope for ridicule. There was always going to be comic value in the Baggio/Fulton comparison in any way you approached it If the lad Rudden is made of the stuff he'll need to make it at Rangers, this won't bother him in a negative sense. Edited January 11, 2019 by buster. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,409 Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 Zak Rudden rejoins Falkirk on loan until the end of the season The striker scored eight goals in his first four months with the Bairns and will now go straight into the Falkirk squad for today's game against Partick Thistle https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/3738053/rangers-zak-rudden-falkirk-loan-season/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1547300168 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whosthedado 1,487 Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Makes sense from both sides point of view to send him back. I have a feeling Hardie might go out on loan again too 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannochsidebear 2,306 Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 I see Rudden scored again today, well done young man! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 1,669 Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Does this include adventures with Patsy Kensit? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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