John Rankin

[Francis_begbie_HFC]

Still time for Thomas to make the same type of impact that he had last season.

jakobs in for rankin id say tho im no fan of jakobs either but he has a bit more to offer than rankin ,our weekest link is defo dykes with don thomas ,thomson ,jakobs ,beerman even rankin himself and bell ,i dont know how dykes gets a game in midfield our best team play 3-5-2 and rooney ,fordyce and brownlie ad cameron ,mercer are battling for defence ,the lads i mentioned above are or should be battling for the midfield positions ,lyle ,dobbie ,toderov and fergusson battling for the 2 striker rolls ,and not forgetting danny if he gets fit and marshall ,i really cant see how dykes can be played and yet he seems number one choice for the manager ,sheer madness must be his pet project or something lol .

[ALBERTZ_11]

There is no doubt that Rankin is enthusiastic and non stop but as a spoiler/disrupter of the opposition play rather than creating anything for the team. That role is needed but should it be at the expense of any creativity is the question I am trying to put across here? Most teams do have a player doing this role but again most of them do bring something else in addition to simply trying to stop the opposition.

I've often thought that Jacobs and Rankin are both doing the same job in breaking up play.