GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - OCTOBER 03: Rangers' Connor Barron and James Tavernier look dejected after Lyon's Alexandre Lacazette scores to make it 2-1 during a UEFA Europa League Matchday Two League Phase match between Rangers and Olympique Lyonnais at Ibrox Stadium, on October 03, 2024, in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Craig Williamson/SNS Group via Getty Images)
Fuelled by the media hype Greegsy Gloves reached to his Twitter account early on in the Europa League clash with Lyon.
Since his first back-pass at Tynecastle in the opening SPFL match Connor Barron has been bigged up beyond belief with Steve Clarke being taken in by including the former Aberdeen midfielder in his squad for the September internationals.
Being the pick of the summer signings at Ibrox isn’t really much to brag about but that label has been on Barron regardless of how he has performed on the pitch.
With expectations low taking the ball from John Lundstram, advancing 10 yards then passing sideways to James Tavernier has been enough to start the speculation over how much the 22-year-old will fetch when the inevitable transfer bids come in.
Nineteen minutes into last night’s match with the score level at 1-1 Robin Propper played a simple pass to Barron, barely looking up the former Pittodrie starlet played the ball inside, Malick Fofana was on it, Souttar was backtracking with Alexander Lacazette netting seconds later.
Barron’s head dropped, the analysts and cheer leaders looked the other way. Aberdeen fans and others laughed at his misfortune.
Over the last 18 months Todd Cantwell, Nicky Raskin and Jose Cifuentes have all had the same hype at attention, all three have less winners medals than Adam Idah.
Scanning & Body-Shape
Connor Barrons’ error last night leading to the 2nd Goal was a harsh lesson in punishment by the quality we are facing.
New to the club and fairly new to the demands of playing as an out’n’out 6.
The difference between himself and Diomande in the 2 clips… pic.twitter.com/ebQotD5o7K
— John Walker (@johnwalker_1986) October 4, 2024
Delighted to be back on the BBC ?
Discussing ??????? in Europe Tonight:
• Rangers v Lyon
• Dinamo Minsk v HeartsAvailable at BBC Sounds & all good book stores ? https://t.co/alKuXZaUXx
— John Walker (@johnwalker_1986) October 3, 2024
Brilliant Barron v Hibs
Signed higher profile players in the past that couldn’t deal with the demands of Ibrox. Yesterday:
• 90mins
• 11 Passes Into Final Third
• 89% Pass
• 100% Long Pass (2/2)
• 100% Tackles (4/4)
• 67% Duels (4/6)Missed Diomande yesterday but he… pic.twitter.com/jcm1BMkAoa
— John Walker (@johnwalker_1986) September 30, 2024
— The ABZ Føøtball Pödcåst ???? (@AbzPodcast) October 3, 2024
We’ll done Agent Barron
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— afc1903mad (@afc1903mad) October 3, 2024
Defence splitting pass from Barron……….??
— SandyDon (@sandyfintray) October 4, 2024
Still doing something to bring a smile to Dandies!
— Kenny Smith (@FinishedZine) October 3, 2024
Nae just sideways, but back at the same time. Impressive
— Duncan Rothney ?? (@mowgli1977z) October 3, 2024
first goal contributions
— ??????’? ?????? ???? ???? (@IGottaThelin) October 4, 2024
Do you have the clip of him being put on his erse for the 4th? Pretty funny
— scottb (@scottb1103) October 4, 2024
Hahahahaha! They let the real deal – Lewis Ferguson – slip through their fingers for the sort of money they wasted on Lammers and about half what they wasted on Ryan Kent! So they ended up with the Poundland version of him! The best part is that they’re still to set a fee for this donkey at the tribunal and all this bigging him up could inflate the fee…..
Will he run away when The Sevco Huns go bust just like Creeksy did when The Rangers Huns went bust…
I say Creeksy because he left them (The Rangers Huns) up shit Creeksy without a paddle !