Shocking news: Rangers has finally confirm the suspension of Jack Butland just now…

Shocking news: Rangers has finally confirm the suspension of Jack Butland just now…

Fuming Jack Butland didn’t hold back after Rangers’ draw with Dundee United as they let more points slip through their fingers.

 

And some fans reckon that the brutally honest interview came with a swipe at Philippe Clement with previous post-match comments being taken as jabs between the two. The pressure cranked up a notch on the Belgian after the Light Blues lost their perfect Scottish Premiership home record at the hands of Jim Goodwin’s men.

And captain Butland – who took the armband with James Tavernier sitting on the bench – couldn’t hide his frustration while speaking to Rangers TV after the game. The Ibrox No. 1 said: “It can’t take until the second half to get going. We have got to be better. We are giving away too many easy goals against teams that are just looking to sit in and hold on to something. So, yeah, we have not won. We should never be drawing that game. It feels like a loss. These games have got to be wins.”

Asked if the disappointment came from not taking control of the game, Butland fired back: “It’s not that we didn’t take control, we didn’t do enough to take the game to them. They are coming here to try and get a result and be awkward, which is what teams are going to bring here. It needs more from us – then these goals don’t happen because we are in the ascendancy. We didn’t do that in the first half – and we have not done it enough first halves this season and made our lives difficult.”

Pressed on why that is, the England cap went on: “It’s not for the want of trying. It’s not for the (lack of) reminders. We just have to do it. It’s pointless speaking about it.

 

Rangers manager Philippe Clement

Rangers manager Philippe Clement (Image: PA)

“It has just got to be done. It’s the standard. I hate having these conversations. It’s not what the fans deserve, it’s not what the ground staff deserve who go the game on. It’s not what the paying fans deserve from the game today. Yeah, I didn’t enjoy that.