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What 5 Rangers heroes say about Philippe Clement as pressure mounts on under-fire boss
Rangers manager Philippe Clement remains under fire as the embattled boss searches for results to lead the club out of their current poor run of form.
The Beglian’s side currently side third in the Scottish Premiership, eight points adrift of second-place Aberdeen, and a staggering 11 behind league leaders Celtic. Their 1-1 draw with Dundee United at the weekend was yet another poor result and performance, with more fans throwing in the towel on the 50-year-old’s spell in charge.
A tricky Europa League tie is up next for the Gers away to Nice, with a tough run of fixtures to follow right through until their League Cup final meeting with Celtic in mid Decemeber. Now, five Ibrox heroes have weighed in on the issue and they are split on a number of issues as they make their thoughts known to Gambling.com.
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Kris Boyd
"Philippe Clement has spoken about progression, but I haven't seen it. You can understand it [their poor start in the league] if it's a new team, and there's a lot of bodies to fit in and get used to the way that Rangers play. But you only need to go back a few weeks ago to the Aberdeen game and eight of that starting 11 were there last year as well. So he's saying that it's a new team, I don't think it is. There's some new bodies in it.
"He keeps speaking about a young team, I don't really see that either. There seems to have been a lot of excuses [from Philippe Clement]. At the end of the day, you need to get a team on the pitch that’s capable of winning games of football.
"In Europe, so far Rangers have been a different story. They seem to get themselves up for it and have had some decent performances and results, especially away from home. It’s worrying that they can do it in Europe, considering that Rangers have lost at Aberdeen, Celtic and Kilmarnock - all away from home. But yet are still undefeated on the road in Europe. So that would be a worry. And you would ask, ‘why is that the case?’."
Jermain Defoe
"If you speak to any Rangers fan or ex-players, and if we’re being totally honest, it’s been hard watching it. We won the league when I had the player-coach role, and then after I left the boys came so close to winning the Europa League. I looked at it and thought they would kick on the next season, if they kept the core of good young players and experience, and possibly add a few more. But it’s actually gone the other way, and it has been tough to watch, because I try and watch every game. I go to Glasgow quite a bit, and speak to some of the boys.
"I feel like it’s obvious that something needs to change. The players need to try and find their form. The players need to find some sort of consistency. There are games up there that people expect them to win, and you can slip-up if you don’t approach with the right frame of mind, and that’s what happened last season. You look at the points that Rangers dropped last season, and they're games that you would expect them to win convincingly to be honest."
Barry Ferguson
"Rangers brought a lot of players in, and it takes a bit of time for them to settle. But now, it’s three months into the season. We need to start to see them click and run over the top of teams. Unfortunately, that's not happened.
"There's been some good performances, but also some below-par performances. So the fans are expecting to see more."
Nacho Novo
"I hope so [if Philippe Clement can turn Rangers’ season around]. It's very tough. At the moment he's the manager and we need to support him. Hopefully he's going to change something.
"If he leaves, then who are they going to bring? That’s another question. It needs to be the right person. At the moment he's the club’s manager and we need to respect that. Hopefully, something will change."
Jon Daly
"The club has obviously backed him [Philippe Clement]. He signed a new deal there recently. As a manager it takes time, and I think he's certainly shown that he has a certain calibre and level of quality.
"I've no doubts that he'll get the team back playing the way everybody wants to see them playing, and close the gap on the teams that are above them."
