Tom English speculates that Cyriel Dessers may have “carried away” when he asserted that Rangers are the best team in the SPFL when they are performing well.
For the BBC Sport website, the Ibrox striker’s game-winning two-goal performance against Hearts at Hampden on April 21 was praised. However, the writer raised the possibility that Philippe Clement might take issue with the Nigerian international’s positive statement because “bad things normally follow” such claims from the Light Blues.
English thinks Dessers, who has been criticised this season for the amount of opportunities he misses and is negatively compared to opposite number and Ibrox-linked Jambos captain Lawrence Shankland, may have “silenced” a few doubters with his performance as Rangers advanced to the Scottish Cup final against Celtic with a 2-0 victory. However, the rallying cry may have gone too far.
He wrote: “Perhaps the big man went a little too far when questioned about the race for the league title after that. Encouraged by his goals at Hampden, he declared that Rangers “are the best team in the league” if they could regain their “rhythm.” Oh no.
“Bad things usually follow when you hear that kind of thing from the blue side of the city. But now that he’s stated it, he needs to support it.
Rangers defeats Celtic in the Scottish Cup final
Dessers and everyone else at Ibrox are probably foolish to make too many audacious claims about their calibre given that they have just lost the lead in the title fight over the last two months.
However, they will also need to have the same level of faith as the striker if they are to salvage their remote chances of taking the lead from Celtic once more.
This season, he has received a lot of criticism, which is understandable given the length of his list of missed opportunities. However, he has also been there, giving it his all and scoring a significant number of goals every game.
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In the very least, he has gained the respect of the Rangers supporters, who have watched nearly all other reliable goal sources vanish due to injury for months.
He might be the best option if he were to be Shankland’s backup the following season because if he is the player the team depends on every week, his inevitable inconsistency will catch up with them.
He can’t be accused of not playing his part this season because of his crucial goals against Hearts, including the early opener, which was one of his best for the team. However, it will take a tremendous amount of work for him to be able to support his post-match claims, and aside from the cup win, there hasn’t been enough evidence recently that will allow that to happen.
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