The three Rangers players holding Philippe Clement back as ‘massive’ win points to the futureWhat Philippe Clement wants to see from his Rangers team and what is currently happening are two different things.
The manager talked about playing aggressive football and getting the ball forwards quickly, however, it has been anything but in recent weeks from the Ibrox outfit.Against Motherwell at Hampden, Rangers fans finally saw an improvement with sharper, more technically skilled players on the pitch in what could be a sign of things to come.
READ MORE: Five reasons to be cheerful for Rangers including; wing wizards, a tactical shift and glimpse into futureThe most consistent – and valid – criticism of Clement has been his over reliance on under-performing players.
In particular, James Tavernier, Tom Lawrence and Cyriel Dessers, all of whom have come in for the most criticism for stale and turgid displays
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Lawrence and Dessers have chipped in with a reasonable amount of goals, however, when they don’t score, they contribute very little, as seen at Hampden.
Despite scoring, Dessers’ display was still far from acceptable as he botched a series of golden opportunities to put Rangers in front including an “absolute sitter”.
It has been borderline unfair to lump players like Vaclav Cerny, Nedim Bajrami, Nicolas Raskin and Connor Barron in with some of those who are holding the team back, with the gap between those who are performing and those letting the side down growing bigger by the week.Speaking after the semi-final win over Motherwell, Clement wanted to reinforce that the second half could be the beginning of something, rather than a one off:
“But this needs to be also a reference game for this squad, for this new squad,” claimed Clement.
“To do what we’ve been doing a lot last season and it’s to dig in and in every situation to keep our belief, to keep on going, to keep on fighting and to break the wall if we go behind.
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