A section of Rangers fans have taken to Twitter to express their delight at the debut performance of Nikola Katic in Friday night’s friendly win over Bury.
In Steven Gerrard’s first match as manager, the Light Blues demolished the League 2 side 6-0 at Ibrox, through a Scott Arfield double and goals from Katic, Jamie Murphy, Alfredo Morelos and Zak Rudden.
Supporters were particularly impressed by the contribution of Katic, who was signed in the summer, and lined up alongside fellow new arrival Connor Goldson in the centre of defence.
This Is Futbol has rounded up some of the best tweets:
https://twitter.com/GersCentral/status/1015310756773007361
https://twitter.com/Nay_Bother/status/1015312084094062592
Great performance from Rangers. Too many MOTM and leaders on the pitch to count. First half was great although we kept smashing it up to Morelos from time to time which was frustrating. Big Katic and Goldson look great too not too forget Middleton who needs to play more??
— fred (@freddiereeves20) July 6, 2018
Katic looked like a child waking up on Christmas morning whenever we scored, genuine delight. Great to see ?
— Rangers Spares (@GersSpareTicket) July 7, 2018
Aye him and Goldson together were absolutely fantastic
— Kevin Edward Grant Wakeham (@TheReaperKW) July 7, 2018
https://twitter.com/ACS_Rangers/status/1015332599441522688
Allan Mcgregor ??????? 6ft0
Nikola Kati? ?? 6ft4
Connor Goldson ??????? 6ft3
Lassana Coulibaly ?? 6ft0
Umar Sadiq ?? 6ft3Some spine of a team we have next year if these 2 deals go through. absolute unit FC #letsgo #Rangers
— GWright (@Gwright268) June 29, 2018
COMMENTARY:
There is some early love out there on social media for new arrival Katic, who was signed to provide the ballast in defence so often lacking last season. The giant Croatian, who stands at 6ft 4in (Transfermarkt) made a big impression with supporters not only with a debut goal after driving forward from defence, but also with his solid contribution at the back alongside Goldson. The pair are expected to be the first-choice partnership under new boss Gerrard, with David Bates and Danny Wilson long since gone, Bruno Alves set to be sold after a disappointing year and Russell Martin back at Norwich City following a mixed loan spell. The early signs are good with Katic, but much, much bigger tests lie ahead.