Just when Rangers thought their weekend couldn’t get any worse, up pops Sam Lammers for Utrecht.
The Ibrox side are counting the behemoth cost of their shock 3-2 defeat away to Ross County, the first time in the Staggies’ history that they’ve beaten Rangers.
It’s a moment which threatens to derail Rangers’ title tilt, with Celtic now boasting a four point Scottish Premiership lead and a Dens Park banana skin lying in wait this Wednesday.
With one point potentially in it with five games to play, the title is on a knife edge but the profligate display in Dingwall has fans doubting this team’s credentials in the face of championship pressure.
The state of the Rangers frontline is one of many questions surfacing following the defeat and Sam Lammers has just come along and rubbed salt in the wounds.
Sam Lammers breaks Utrecht record
The £3m Dutch striker toiled in the first half of the season at Rangers but is in explosive form with Utrecht back home in the Netherlands.
Whilst we’re under no illusions about the impact Sam Lammers made in his six months at Rangers, the striker’s seventh goal in six Eredivisie games speaks volumes.
Netting his latest in Utrecht’s late 2-1 win over Go Ahead Eagles, it’s been 40 years since a player from the Dutch club scored in six successive league matches.
It’s little wonder Utrecht are desperate to make the Sam Lammers deal permanent.
The forward has had plenty to say about his time at Rangers, most notably that he believed Michael Beale played him out of position.
Flourishing up top back in Holland, the situation comes at an inopportune time for Rangers fans who are seeing their stuttering frontline come up short time and again in their name.
Rangers strikers toil v Ross County
As the dust settles on the damaging defeat to Ross County, Rangers’ wasteful frontline is most firmly in the crosshairs of fans.
Supporters are fed-up seeing their shot-shy attackers cost them points and the likes of Cyriel Dessers and Fabio Silva are losing Rangers fans by the game.
Both players are not prolific enough in front of goal and once again their wastefulness and lack of cutting edge cost Rangers big time.
Sam Lammers is flourishing in the number 9 shirt for Utrecht, Cyriel Dessers is drowning in his at Rangers.
It’s been a costly summer but the striker time and again continues to miss big opportunities in big moments which cost the club.
We’re not saying Sam Lammers is the answer, but it’s clear that the likes of Cyriel Dessers and Fabio Silva aren’t either.
Kemar Roofe also came off the bench and appeared to forget his shooting boots on a disastrous afternoon at Victoria Park.
