Alex Lowry - when will he be available?

[The Pontiac Bandit]

Youth players will get a chance, if they are good enough.
It's then up to them what they do with that chance. Ibrox is an unforgiving place

We all want more youth players to breakthrough and become regulars but fact is that very few who don't make it at Rangers go on to make us wish we kept them.

Stephen Kelly is a great example l, last season I was hoping we would get him in the first team.

Fast forward a year and he is struggling for game time at Livingston.

Hopefully Lowry, King and McCann are different.

 

[tazzabear]

And he wasn't even eligible for the game at Anfield, so it's been one game he's missed.

Given the size of the squad just now, it's not a huge surprise.

On Lowry - I hope he's back real soon. I think our biggest issue right now is a lack of attacking options, with the Lawrence injury only adding to that.

Didn’t give that a thought.

 

[Grigo Yossarian]

he didnt have a great game but he played completely fine.

he missed those chances but given his game time its easily forgiven plus, as above, his performance was perfectly fine. He does have loads of time but he's 20, we play in a really shitey league so surely we can see him feature more over the likes of davis, arfield & jack.

Don’t disagree Ubik.

6/10 for me. He didn’t let us down.

I was maybe expecting more, as I really like Charlie. He beat Alex Lowry to B Team POTY, which is a very good achievement.

 

[srb295]

Update from Gio today sounds promising:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1578365917624684544

 

[Arkanoid]

We need to make sure his game time rehab is built up with the first team, that’s down to the performance of the boys that allows a rotation at half time or 60 minutes. As much as our own league is brutal, it’s not full of lawless tackles that crocked him.
First team players play for the first team only, and if it means arranging bounce games for Lowry against English sides then so be it

 

[TinoWatp]

Update from Gio today sounds promising:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1578365917624684544

Real nice

 

[BucksBear]

surely worth a place on the bench tomorrow

 

[Highway Star]

he didnt have a great game but he played completely fine.

he missed those chances but given his game time its easily forgiven plus, as above, his performance was perfectly fine. He does have loads of time but he's 20, we play in a really shitey league so surely we can see him feature more over the likes of davis, arfield & jack.

Tbf, he dropped out of the game for long periods and when one of your central midfielders does that, then the opposition will gain a foothold in the game.

Exactly as Dundee United did.
I say that as a big fan of McCann too.

The difference in the midfield performance at Tynecastle, compared to Dundee United the previous week, was night and day.

 

[ReconRobstar]

If I remember right, it was projected to be about 6 weeks of recovery. That would be around this week from when he was injured so we should at least get an update soon.

You need to add the Rangers injury fudge factor of +20% . In all seriousness hopefully being young speeds this up to normal return.

 

[RangersLad1983]

People need to calm down a bit about Lowry otherwise the pressure on him is going to be immense. I’ve watched him quite a bit for the B team and he has bags of talent but I can’t see him playing every week once he’s fit. Still has lots to learn.

I never fail to be amazed at the football experts on here who say our excellent young talented footballers have a lot to learn,I've never quite got where that comes from are you some incredible expert that knows football better than anyone else,

 

[Recoba]

The chosen one, he has huge talent I cant wait to see him play again.

 

[Rab_bear]

I never fail to be amazed at the football experts on here who say our excellent young talented footballers have a lot to learn,I've never quite got where that comes from are you some incredible expert that knows football better than anyone else,

So you think he’s ready to play every week? I think you’ll find that’s not the case, yet.

The kid has bags of talent but he drifts out of games at Lowland league level so I think it’s fair to suggest that there are still aspects of his game that needs developed. Added to that the expectation levels on him are going to put him under severe pressure quickly. He needs time to bed in.

 

[Alex Venters]

I agree with this - I don’t think Lowry gets fit and straight into the squad never mind the starting XI.

Gio feels more like a Smith or McCoist who would typically go with a good seasoned pro to play out of position, rather than trust a youngster who specialises in that position but lacks experience.

When you look at how Bassey responded, King has responded, even the youngsters in the League Cup the other month responded then I find it frustrating that Gio is so cautious but that’s what we have.


Lowry can’t come in and play 25-30 games in a season at this stage but I’d like to see him in 12-15 and then build on that.

Why can't he? Other 19/20 year old seem to manage it.

 

[dougieblue]

I agree with this - I don’t think Lowry gets fit and straight into the squad never mind the starting XI.

Gio feels more like a Smith or McCoist who would typically go with a good seasoned pro to play out of position, rather than trust a youngster who specialises in that position but lacks experience.

When you look at how Bassey responded, King has responded, even the youngsters in the League Cup the other month responded then I find it frustrating that Gio is so cautious but that’s what we have.


Lowry can’t come in and play 25-30 games in a season at this stage but I’d like to see him in 12-15 and then build on that.

Why can’t he play 25-30 games a season?
If and when he gets an opportunity and plays well he should remain in the side.
We worry about protecting our youngsters far too much.

 

[Alex Venters]

Why can’t he play 25-30 games a season?
If and when he gets an opportunity and plays well he should remain in the side.
We worry about protecting our youngsters far too much.

Yip, but he has to prove himself good enough.
I get that you can't overload 16 or 17 year old with too much game but that's not the case when you get to 19 & 20. If they're good enough then they stay in the side on merit.

 

[RabSpackman]

Why can't he? Other 19/20 year old seem to manage it.

I think there’s enough evidence of young players bursting on to the scene, playing a lot of games and then experiencing muscle or joint problems.

It doesn’t need to be all or nothing - let youngsters come in, build up and then by their early to mid 20s they are physically able for it.

Not playing them at all until they are in their early 20s isn’t the answer though.

 

[roscof]

Back in full training. Just needs a few more sessions, apparently.

 

[OlegKuznetsov]

Al Lowry is going to the very top

 

[exeterbear]

What a load of pish. Gio has given more first team chances to youth players than Gerrard ever did.

Gio gave Lowry his debut. Despite having more experienced options at his disposal and then he managed his game time after that. Mainly due to the pressure him and the team were under at the time. Gio has shown zero reluctance to play youth players, he started King at Anfield when he didn't need to. He could have easily gone for a back three of Goldson, Davies, Lundstram and started Jack or Kamara in midfield on Tuesday night. He trusted King.

Gio's always going to play safe that's why Wright gets a game, he works hard defensively. McCann and Lowry aren't going to give as much protection to the defence which is all important to Gio. He couldn't afford to lose lundstrams energy from midfield and especially with Davis in there so King was his only option. Had Sands been available he would probably played. Just my opinion though, no need for the pish comment.

 

[hippo94735]

I don't think Gio will use him much, hope I'm wrong. When he broke through and played well he then disappeared again. Gio seems like one of those managers who is forced into using youngsters like he has with King.

Mate - I am probably the biggest critic of Gio - but this is well wide of the mark - he does give youth a chance - He played King away at Anfield

 

[Arkanoid]

I never fail to be amazed at the football experts on here who say our excellent young talented footballers have a lot to learn,I've never quite got where that comes from are you some incredible expert that knows football better than anyone else,

Only way to learn is to play

 

[SDR]

Update from Gio today sounds promising:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1578365917624684544

Thank you! The thread title asks "when will he be available", but pretty much every post, until yours, was about what would happen when he IS available!

 

[Whitehorse]

What a load of pish. Gio has given more first team chances to youth players than Gerrard ever did.

Gio gave Lowry his debut. Despite having more experienced options at his disposal and then he managed his game time after that. Mainly due to the pressure him and the team were under at the time. Gio has shown zero reluctance to play youth players, he started King at Anfield when he didn't need to. He could have easily gone for a back three of Goldson, Davies, Lundstram and started Jack or Kamara in midfield on Tuesday night. He trusted King.

I agree - I think gio will give youth a go. Doesn't mean he will make them regulars. Was brave enough to play King at anfield when he could have used Lundstrum in there

 

[Alex Venters]

Let's face it, if he can get fit he doesn't have much stopping him from getting a game.

 

[nasalsinatra]

Everyone wants to see young players getting a chance. But if we lose or draw with young players the manager gets slaughtered. The only way to improve is by playing against top players. But we need to accept there are risks. I remember Scot Simon being criticised mercilessly for a 4-1 loss away to Standard Liege in a European Cup quarter final when he picked Willie Henderson and John Greig instead of Alex Scott and Ian MacMillan and another inexperienced player, Bobby King, had to play at left-back as Eric Caldow was injured.

 

[Q11]

Giovanni van Bronckhorst provides Alex Lowry update as Rangers kid eyes first team return

ALEX LOWRY has stepped up his Rangers recovery as he attempts to play his part in the Premiership title race in the coming weeks.

www.glasgowtimes.co.uk

 

[Tpol_rfc]

Tbf he was available in the latter part of last season and was used very sparingly so I wouldn't expect him to be involved regularly this season either.

Surely there comes a point where he does get more time. If you follow that to it's logical conclusion he'll never play. Maybe this is the season?

 

[jimbear]

I don't think Gio will use him much, hope I'm wrong. When he broke through and played well he then disappeared again. Gio seems like one of those managers who is forced into using youngsters like he has with King.

Yet he appears willing to give a lazy young player like Tillman a game. I just do not get the logic of GvB.

 

[albop]

lowry is totally different from any player we have

maybe offend folks but i would rather him than steven daves

play sakala and matonda get a bit of pace in the team it would make a word of difference