Why does Steven Gerrard keep making this same mistake?

There has been a lot of meltdown over last night’s diabolical display against Aberdeen from fans of a Bluenose persuasion, and we decided to sleep on our own takes on the performance and result before committing quill to parchment.

And one curiosity we remain puzzled by, outwith the ineptitude of the fare on display, is the continuing selection of the absolutely hopeless Lassana Coulibaly.

The Mali international peaked during late July early August, and following his injury against St Mirren on the 12th of that month, hasn’t been seen convincingly since.

One, maybe two passable matches since his return from that fateful thigh injury and the on-loan Angers man has otherwise been an absolute passenger, which is plain for everyone to see.

And as one comment rightly said to us yesterday; ‘Steven Gerrard has forgotten more about football than you’ll ever know’.

So why is he continuing to pick a complete hopeless case?

There is no doubt that briefly we absolutely adored the likable midfielder – his form was destructive and he was putting in a tonne of work in midfield – gritty work that his team mates especially appreciated.

But on his return it’s 80% vanished and we honestly have no clue what he’s bringing to the Ibrox table. Or why Gerrard is continuing to let him try.

It’s evident we have much better options, albeit we concede last night Arfield’s suspension was a big miss – but there were plenty of other options Gerrard could have deployed over Coulibaly – Ross McCrorie or Jordan Rossiter (ironically back on the bench following our puzzlement about his recent absences) could have been a much better bet than Couli, but somehow the 22-year old seems to be a pet favourite.

It’s absolutely 100% time to ditch Coulibaly back to France and start using our own talent.