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Hopes would have been high that Steven Davis could have rolled back the years following his emotional return to Rangers during the January transfer window, but it certainly hasn’t been the case so far.
On the chalkboard
Well, Steven Gerrard opted for some experience to boost his squad in their Scottish Premiership title push last month with the additions of Jermain Defoe and Davis, but the latter has found first-team minutes particularly hard to come by so far.
The 34-year-old has only started four of the seven fixtures in all competitions he has been available for so far despite a lack of football with Southampton in the first-half of the campaign, but he was named in the XI alongside Ross McCrorie and Glen Kamara against St Johnstone at Ibrox on Saturday.
Gerrard would have known that it was a big opportunity to close the gap on arch-rivals Celtic at the summit – especially considering the Bhoys had beaten the same opponent 5-0 the previous weekend – but they could only manage a goalless draw with Davis hauled off before the hour-mark.
What happens next?
As things stand and with his current form, the Northern Ireland international should not be in the team right now.
It was yet another low-key outing for Davis at the weekend, and while he should have been one of their biggest attacking and creative threats from the middle of the park, he was largely anonymous and failed to do much at all before he was replaced by Glenn Middleton in the 59th minute.
The 34-year-old needs to improve massively if he wants to have a future at Rangers beyond the end of the campaign, because as things stand Gerrard will need to ditch him in the summer if he continues to put in performances like the one that he did on Saturday.
