Three players Rangers fans want to see more of including in-form loanee

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Mark Warburton did not give this talented trio a chance at Rangers – but will Pedro Caixinha?

As Chelsea’s reborn wing-back Victor Moses will undoubtedly attest, the arrival of a new manager offers the possibility of a clean slate.

Therefore Pedro Caixinha’s arrival at Rangers could give a number of the players excluded by Mark Warburton the chance to prove their worth next season. And the fans will certainly back them all the way.

Joe Dodoo

The sprightly striker set the bar high on his senior debut. Almost impossibly so. Netting a hat-trick and assisting the other in a 4-1 battering of Bury in the EFL Cup in August 2015, Leicester City looked to have a star on their hands.

Less than a year later, however, he was on his way to Ibrox after his contract expired at the King Power. And, from a ratio of three-in-one on his senior bow, Dodoo is now averaging one-in-three at Rangers and was somewhat unfairly frozen out by Mark Warburton after Christmas.

Making his first appearance since December in Caixinha’s first game in charge, however, the 21-year-old should have a much more important role under the famously forward-thinking Portuguese.

Liam Burt

At 18 years of age, Burt certainly has time on his side. Yet with just one cameo appearance to his name this season, the talented midfielder may have expected a bigger involvement on the fringe of the first-team plans.

Next season could be the Scotland youth international’s (below, far left) time to shine, however. His 40-yard wonder goal in a Youth Cup clash with Hearts is surely enough to justify the odd substitute run-out.

Matt Crooks

Used only once by Warburton after his summer arrival from Accrington, a January loan to Scunthorpe United may have coincided with The Iron’s promotion hopes collapsing but to blame that on Crooks would be harsh in the extreme.

Graham Alexander’s side have won just two of their last 12 games but tellingly Crooks has scored in both of their three-point hauls including a dramatic late winner against Bradford at the weekend. A powerful, dynamic midfielder, he is capable of far more than the deep-lying destroyer role Warburton attempted to force him into.