That is just mince. The lad has grown up playing his entire life as a central defender. He made mistakes against decent and strong centre fowards, but none of those mistakes were ones you wouldn't expect of a young player and he wasn't helped by being paired with Russell Martin. Compare him to Worrall for a second, McCrorie is miles quicker, and much stronger in the tackle, there's not much between then in terms of aerial capability. I am not sure what it is that it is that makes him not a defender. He is 6ft 3, powerful and has great defensive instincts and attributes. If anything we are trying to force the issue with him in midfield rather than the other way around, all because of a couple of naive performances as a young lad, in a shocking team, that got well beaten.
AIn midfield his awareness and distribution in possession are not strong enough to see him anywhere near the Rangers team, expect for in specific matches where we are willing to sacrifice strength in possession for solidity out of it.
Ross McCrorie is a talented player who should be in the side every week, I am not convinced that will ever happen in midfield for Rangers, but he could be in at centre half most weeks and midfield for tough away fixtures and Europe.
We are screaming out for better distribution from the back, Aberdeen have consistently beaten us this season by allowing our centre halves to have the ball and defending tight everywhere else and Goldson and Worrall have been shocking in that regard. McCrorie could be the ideal solution to that challenge for most of our SPFL fixtures.
