Lazy and slow, Rangers player is touched by brilliance and the team must be built around him
COMMENT
Rangers midfielder Carlos Pena was brought in from the cold against Aberdeen on Wednesday night and shone in the first-half of the 3-0 win over the Dons but he must pull out his finger on a more regular basis to impress the next manager.
The £2.2million summer signing hadn’t been seen in the side since the Scottish League Cup semi-final defeat against Motherwell but scored the second for the Gers and showed some flashes of brilliance as he made his first start under Graeme Murty.
The 27-year-old fell off the pace a little in the second-half before being substituted but if he can continue to pop up with a goal as often as he’s maybe just buying himself a bit more time to prove himself at Rangers.
There’s still a lot the former Chivas Guadalajara midfielder can do better but – with the right players around him – Pena can become a star player for the Light Blues.
Some of the space Pena finds himself in and the runs he makes show there’s an intelligent, if lazy, player there however a return of five goals in ten games is more than passable for a midfielder.
If someone can build a midfield around him that covers the spaces that Pena should and let him float around then he might finally show why Rangers paid so much for him at a time Rangers aren’t exactly renowned for spending money.
In the latest Rangers news, Murty has had his say on Wednesday’s game against the Dons.
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