Killie pitch claims another Rangers player as Rohl loses form man for period | OneFootball

It’s certainly taken Nedim Bajrami some time to settle at Rangers, with the Albanian a very curious addition.

The former Salernitana playmaker was an odd choice of signing from Nils Koppen and Philippe Clement, and it’s safe to say he took a very long time to settle.

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But as seen in the last month or so, he has finally come onto a game and started looking like one of Rangers’ strongest attacking forces.

So it stands to reason that right when he hit that form, he gets injured.

Yes, once again the criminal Killie pitch, being replaced with real turf for 26/27 season, has claimed another victim.

Surface

We knew as soon as he went off early at Rugby Park, it wasn’t good. Despite the club and Danny Rohl saying it was worse than first feared, anyone with experience of this dire surface knows how damaging it is.

Ask Oscar Cortes who could probably blame that turf for why his Rangers career failed – that and dire management from Philippe Clement putting him out there.

Some could argue the same about Rohl – fielding a ‘slender’ and ‘frail’ playmaker on a pitch of that nature, but equally, few attackers are actually robust and all of them are taking a risk on that plastic.

Europe

Fact is, that pitch is a disgrace, as are all plastic pitches in serious football. Yes we know the MLS has plenty of them, but in serious football in Europe such surfaces are dire.

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – NOVEMBER 30: Nedim Bajrami of Rangers reacts during the Premier League match between Rangers and Falkirk at Ibrox Stadium on November 30, 2025 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

And Bajrami is the latest victim taken by one.

Rohl said:

Early projections are he might not be available till January at the earliest, muscle injuries are never good. They can take months to heal.

What a damn shame given he’d finally found form.

Of course he had.