Ranger in line for Blues debut at Port Vale

[Evening Echo]

NILE Ranger is in line to make his Southend United debut at Port Vale on Saturday.

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[shrimpled]

Ranger and Cox together if possible please.

 

[yogi bear up the cagire]

As I put on twitter.............
Good news! Could be worth another goal. Of course, if we concede three again..............it won't be quite enough. :winking:

 

[BlueBore]

If we play 1 up front, will he be the Lone Ranger?

 

[Little Blue Rooster]

I wonder who we should drop though :whistling:

 

[united we stand]

you just know we will play him too early , which will have repocussions either immediately or furher down the line

 

[LennySUFC]

This is Brown, he won't feature at all let alone make the squad

 

[marlow17101032]

He get sent off within 30 mins

 

[pbdream]

Fairly sure Chris has made a story out of a very small comment here. Sounds to be like Ranger might make the bench and come on for the final 10/15 mins? Which will be progress

 

[marlow17101032]

Unless we can sign some players by kickoff tomorrow

 

[greyerfox]

PB says, according to CP, that Ranger has " a real sniff of being fit for Saturday". He then goes on to spell out some caveats. As others have said, what PB has said is a long way from saying he will get game time, let alone a spot on the bench. Let's not rush him and then regret it when some more damage is done.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

From what I saw this week I will be amazed if he starts. He's been doing running on his own and has had hardly any game time. Even a desperate manager must realise he's not ready just yet.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

From what I saw this week I will be amazed if he starts. He's been doing running on his own and has had hardly any game time. Even a desperate manager must realise he's not ready just yet.

He won't start I don't think. I read 'a sniff of being involved' as him having a chance of getting some game time, with the amount depending on the view of what he's capable of at this point. A second half sub coming on is most likely

 

[shrimperjon]

No way he can or will start. Needs game time with the U21s or the infamous behind closed door games. He has hardly played in two years, and been injured for the past three or four weeks, no way match fit.

 

[onceknownasrab]

So if Ranger can be a rush-goalie, make a terrific save and push the ball out to himself in defence, pick out a pass to himself in midfield and then release a killer ball, dissecting the opposition defence, latching on to it himself and dispatching it into the net, he may be the answer. Failing that he will probably be another striker, starved of service, and wondering whether his last chance in football was worth taking. Oh how I would love to be wrong.