'Rangers always fail to win the midfield battle'

Your views
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We asked you who will be the key players for Philippe Clement's side as Rangers travel to Celtic on Saturday.

Here's what you had to say:

Callum: Rangers always fail to win the midfield battle, they let Callum McGregor run the game and give the two in front of him far too much time and space. I think a midfield three of Nicolas Raskin, Dujon Sterling and Mohamed Diomande could see Rangers properly compete with Celtic in the middle of the park and could allow them to gain control in the game.

Alistair: The game on Saturday we can win but we need a tight defence and no sloppy mistakes. We need to take our chances and that’s what we need to do to keep the title chase a bit more possible.

Joseph: In all my years watching Old Firm games I always think that these games are won in midfield. If you win this area, you control the game & ultimately win it. I hope the Rangers midfield have the game of their lives & bring back results we used to get in the Walter Smith era. We used to go there & win on a regular basis back then.

Elaine: We have to take any chances that come our way. Not sure who is going to do that. We also have to shut up shop at the back which means our defensive midfielders helping out. If Ridvan Yilmaz plays with Sterling in midfield, we have a chance.

Kenny: Cyriel Dessers has not got the ticker to rough up the Celtic defence, and James Tavernier can’t defend - he costs Rangers as many goals as he scores! These two, and a few of the other passengers, need too be shown the door at the end of the season! Let’s recruit some decent young players with the talent and passion to put in an honest day’s work.

Peter: Honestly believe there should be more discussion about the football. This is a game of 90 minutes same as any other. Rangers need to believe they can overcome their rivals as I said back in January. I also said at the time we had to wait four months to have another go. Lose this and it’s another year. Rangers need to boss it on the park. Let’s go win.

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