The manager cut a frustrated figure before and after the Old Firm derby with a squad that still has a couple of gaps despite the late additions of Neysharo Kasanwirjo and Nedim Bajrami.skippered the Scotland Under-19 side this week whilst his former Motherwell teammate Lennon Miller was with the Under-21s.
That Miller has seen calls for his name to be added to the senior squad shows just how far he has come under Stuart Kettlewell.The Steelmen’s boss has put his faith in Miller and he has been rewarded handsomely.
He isn’t just one of the best young midfielders in the country, he is one of the best.
When Rangers signed Rice, he was the jewel of Motherwell’s academy, but two years later, only one of them has kicked on.Barry Ferguson was thrown in at the deepend by Dick Advocaat when he had barely a handful of appearances for the first-team and he embraced the challenge.
There is no way of knowing if Rice is really capable unless he is given a similar opportunity.
Rice is a natural number six, something Philippe Clement doesn’t have in his squad
