Philippe Clement Rangers coaching indictment as Andy Halliday names just ONE player he's improved

Andy Halliday believes Philippe Clement has only improved ONE player since taking over at Rangers.

The manager has been copping the abuse from fans since yesterday afternoon when his side were battered by Celtic 3-0 in what was a one-sided derby clash at Parkhead. Clement made it clear he did not feel the gap was too wide, but his comments in the aftermath about having the same number of shots on target have been met with anger.

One fan who called into Clyde's Superscoreboard show was irked by the boss' tactics as well as the players inability to follow a plan. But as Andy from East Kilbride vented his frustrations he also moved onto Clement as a coach compared to Brendan Rodgers on the other side who has improved the likes of Liam Scales, Matt O'Riley, Nic Kuhn and Daizen Maeda.

And the caller believes Clement has not done the same at Ibrox. Halliday was asked to chime in with his thoughts, and the former Gers midfielder could only name Cyriel Dessers as one who has been brought on by the Belgian.

"I'd argue maybe Dessers. I thought when he first came in under Michael Beale he came under a lot of criticism and the goals weren't quite as regular or consistent as they have been since Philippe Clement came in," Halliday said.

"Other than that you'd probably struggle to say any more so Dessers is probably the main one. Yeah, in terms of his interview in the press I don't know if that's him trying to defend his team or players. He mentions a couple of chances at the start of the game that were offside, so even if they go in it's 0-0.

"In terms of possession, there's possession with a purpose. Celtic were creating clear chances with it, Rangers were a little bit passive. Where I don't blame him, you talked about implementing his tactics, I'm not having for a minute that Clement's tactics were high-press Celtic for 10 minutes and if we go 1-0 down we'll sit off.

"That, for me, was the players being spooked to going 1-0 down and then not being able to regain control of the game."