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Rangers are WORSE under Philippe Clement than they were under Michael Beale insists Kris Boyd
Beale was sacked just over a year ago and there's pressure mounting on his replacement
KRIS BOYD has branded Philippe Clement’s Rangers side WORSE than Michael Beale’s after a year of the Belgian in charge.
And he believes there’s now an intense focus on the Ibrox manager’s position.
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The SunSport columnist and former Light Blues striker was staggered by the poverty of Gers’ play in their 1-0 defeat to his first club Kilmarnock at Rugby Park.
Now Boyd’s no longer prepared to allow Clement to hide behind the off-field shambles at Ibrox with no permanent chairman, no chief executive, no head of football operations and no academy boss.
Talking on Go Ballistic on SunSport’s YouTube channel, he was asked if Rangers were better or worse a year on from Clement taking charge.
Boyd said: “Worse. There’s no getting away from it.
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“I don’t know where Philippe Clement goes from here.
“I’m not saying all the fans have turned, but it’s getting to that stage now.
“There’s something just not working at Rangers. It’s a million miles from where it needs to be.
“He was able to kick the can down the street in the summer. He said he had to get new players in and get them up to speed.
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“They’re up to speed, they’re performing — and they’re just not up to the level Rangers need them to be.
“It’s hard to build a case for saying there’s been improvement in this department, there’s been improvement there and you feel as if it’s going to get better in the long run.
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“I just don’t see it. The Killie performance is as poor as I’ve seen in a long, long time.
“Philippe Clement tried to predict the future in terms of, ‘we will be 200 per cent better come October’. I really don’t see it.
“For me it’s getting to the worrying stage.
“The next couple of weeks is going to be massive. You’ve got a European game on Thursday night, you’ve got a home game against St Mirren.
“Rangers have got absolutely no chance of getting anywhere near Celtic this season.
“I could be left with egg on my face, I’ve said absolutely no chance Aberdeen finish second. I still believe they don’t.
“But looking at it right now, at least they’re a team that’s together, they’re a team that’s fighting, they’re a team fighting for their manager.
“There’s so many problems at Rangers right now.
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“It’ll be interesting to see what the attendance is against FCSB on Thursday.
“Rangers now have seven games in 21 days. It’s a big period for them and it’s a big period for Clement.”
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