Player ratings as gutless and heartless Rangers destroyed by Ajax

Embarrassment for heartless Rangers as a feeble and gutless display once again leads to another drubbing away from home.

Ratings for a pathetic night in Holland:

McLaughlin:

Being absolutely honest, he was helpless with any of the goals. Only had one modest save to make, kicking was actually alright. But he was a bystander. 5

Tavernier:

Utterly exposed at this level, bypassed repeatedly on his side, and this was the Young Boys Tav. And yet still managed quite a few clearances. Offered absolutely nothing going forward because he never went forward. 4

Goldson:

Absolutely hopeless – another one exposed even more than usual, once again ducking crosses. Just utterly out of his depth. Are we really stuck with this guy for another four years? 2

Sands:

His defending was patchy, but better than two of the other defenders, which shows how bad it was for the rest. One or two BIG interceptions stopped this being a worse drubbing but he was still found completely wanting for at least two of the goals. 4

Barisic:

By a mile Rangers’ best player, he worked harder than anyone to stop Ajax, and had more defensive contributions than anyone else by a mile (8). Even managed a couple of crosses. Say what you like about this season, but Barisic is the only one in any kind of form. 6

Lundstram:

He’s definitely struggling now – unable to get into this one at all, and we can’t blame it on a partnership with Davis. Maybe on Kamara? Lunny always works but we saw next to nothing of him tonight. 3

Kamara:

Just invisible. Touched the ball the least of all starters apart from Colak by a mile, and he’s a completely empty jersey. His effort is gone and he needs to be dropped. 0

Kent:

Looked scared by the occasion. Didn’t manage many good attacks but did try anyway. Robbed Rangers of a consolation goal through pure laziness. 3

Wright:

Comically out of his depth. It’s the CL ffs not St Mirren. Just embarrassing a former Aberdeen fringe player was selected to start against Ajax. Managed the worst passing percentage we’ve ever seen. 25%. 0

Tillman:

Did manage a good run in the first half but faded dramatically. Offered little after that and was removed. 3

Colak:

Literally starved of anything. Had nothing to feed on. Left utterly isolated and in his only real moment was stomped all over by Bassey. 0

Subs:

It was already gone, none of them impacted the game at all aside Leon King who actually played fairly well.

Manager:

Gio looked absolutely out of his depth tonight. Picked a team that on paper looked poor, and on the pitch looked worse. Two matches in a row he’s got all wrong, but then, this transfer window was dreadful. Mind you, he’s the one who wanted Goldson to stay and picked McLaughlin as his number one. He also ‘persuaded’ Kamara to stay as well. And now we’re abject. The return to action after the window shut has been absolutely horrific. 0