Sky Sports, NOW OR NEVER Philippe Clement has two games to save his job, says Kris Boyd, that’s if Rangers still operate to same standards I knew.
PHILIPPE CLEMENT has two games to save his job as Rangers boss.
Or he should have — IF the club is still operating to the standards I grew up with.
Clement deemed the Boxing Day defeat at St Mirren “unacceptable”.
He was correct, but Rangers remain 12 points behind Celtic after 17 games.
If that deficit develops to 15, or worse, this week, Clement’s time as leader must end.
In the last seconds at Paisley, a TV camera focused on Patrick Stewart, the new CEO of Ibrox.
We’ll soon find out what his responsibilities are at Gers. And whether the club is serious about battling the Celts.
Is Stewart only there to balance the books and be satisfied with the squad finishing second for a chance in the Champions League qualifiers?
Do Rangers still have ambitions to challenge Celtic?
Clement will urge for patience and reiterate that this is a massive renovation with a young group.
They were hooked and replaced with two players he inherited 14 months prior.
In reality, Gers concluded the game with just THREE players signed by Clement.
This is an expensively built squad, and no one can convince me it has improved under him.
There’s no justification for falling so far behind Celtic thus early in the season.
Michael Beale and Gio van Bronckhorst lost their jobs when the margin was less.
My detractors will say, ‘Here he goes again after a Rangers defeat’.
Trust me, I didn’t get carried away with the apparent recent revival.
Gers performed well against Nice and Tottenham in the Europa League. They performed well against Celtic in the Premier Sports Cup final, but were unfortunate to lose.
However, the last four games, against St Johnstone, Ross County, Kilmarnock, and Dundee, should be won.
They were exaggerated since the previous outcomes had been so terrible.
So much of what is going on at Gers makes no sense to me, from Clement’s words to his strategies.
You’ve never seen his teams dominate a game from start to end.
They also have a tenderness about them, which St Mirren made full use of.
The Gers have now played eight away games in the Premiership, losing four of them.
They’ve dropped 14 points in those games and have a road goal difference of minus one.
Unlike before Spurs and Celtic, Clement does not discuss budgets in relation to Rangers’ poor performance.
There has been a lot of change at Ibrox, but has the Belgian put together a group that will ever be good enough, or care enough?
Again, maybe I’m old-fashioned, but it appears to me that some of these players are coasting, content to earn the highest salary of their lives at the largest club they will ever be at.
Do Oscar Cortes, Rabbi Matondo, and Kieran Dowell offer value for money?
Rangers will face Motherwell at Fir Park tomorrow, but it’s unlikely that anyone would bet on their victory.
The second league derby of the season will be against Celtic at Ibrox, where Brendan Rodgers’ side are expected to go all out for victory.
Clement will try to pull off a win, but if he loses another Old Firm game, he will not be able to recover.
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