Derek Ferguson claims that Rangers players will begin to question manager Philippe Clement due to his unwillingness to take responsibility for his errors. Due to a string of disappointing outcomes, particularly in the Scottish Premiership, and uninspired play to accompany them, the Belgian has been under increasing pressure at Ibrox.
But he has repeatedly increased the negative spotlight on himself with bizarre claims after bad games as he attempts to deflect attention away from failings, while insisting his players have been more impressive than they have.
The 2-1 defeat away to Jimmy Thelin’s Aberdeen on 30 October left Rangers nine points adrift of their opponents, as well as Old Firm rivals Celtic, yet Clement claimed afterwards it had been one of his side’s “better performances” of the season [Rangers Review, 30 October], to the disbelief of Gers supporters [Heart & Hand Podcast, 30 October].
Similarly, he responded to a nightmare 3-0 thrashing at Parkhead on 1 September, his fifth failure to win the derby in five, by pointing to the 6-0 victory over struggling Ross County a week earlier [BBC Sportsound via Daily Record, 2 September].
Ferguson believes this sort of behaviour reflects poorly on the Ibrox boss and doesn’t think it will be lost on his players either if he keeps coming up with excuses that make no sense.
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Speaking exclusively to Ibrox News he said: “It’s on him. You look at all the other managers, just talking about Scottish football, most of them are honest and up front.
If they make mistakes they acknowledge it but what they do as well is they tinker a little bit, change the formation, they’ll throw in somebody that’s got a little bit more guile, a little bit more pace, a little bit more power or physicality.
And I think that’s where our manager has got to do better. Because he’s got the players at his disposal. Is he getting the best out of them? At the moment, no. We’re so up and down it’s unbelievable.
“I think the players as well will be looking at him, and they’ll be having slight doubts about him, which I think is totally natural.
I believe that the managers should share some of the blame for those games [Kilmarnock and Aberdeen], but I also believe that he needs to be more forthright and honest when speaking to the media.
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