Kris Boyd slammed Rangers after they slumped to defeat at Kilmarnock and says they haven’t improved since Philippe Clement took cost.
Rangers failed to shut the hole on Scottish Premiership leaders Celtic, who dropped factors in opposition to Aberdeen on Saturday, as Marley Watkins’ late strike secured a 1-0 win for Kilmarnock at Rugby Park.
Clement’s aspect stay in third, six factors adrift of Celtic and Aberdeen, eight video games into the season.
Michael Beale was sacked final season when Rangers had been seven factors behind Celtic after seven video games and Boyd isn’t satisfied that his successor has managed to alter issues at Ibrox.
“We sat right here final 12 months and stated it wasn’t ok below Michael Beale,” Sky Sports activities pundit Boyd stated after the defeat.
“I do not see any enchancment. I actually do not see any enchancment.
“Rangers have good gamers on this group however they by no means dominate matches. There isn’t any model to something they do.”
He added: “Rangers had been toothless in assault.
“If outcomes proceed the best way they’re, there are massive questions that are going to be requested. Rangers aren’t progressing as a soccer membership.”
Rangers are six factors adrift of leaders Celtic and Aberdeen
Sky Sports activities’ Chris Sutton added: “From Rangers’ perspective, all season the performances have not been there. After they lose within the method that they did right this moment, it’s a must to fear. They appear miles off it.
“However I do assume there needs to be persistence as a result of what’s the various? Sack Clement? Get another person in? The brand new supervisor will are available and say ‘give me £20m to spend on new gamers’.”
Followers held up banners within the second half of the sport calling for the “mismanagement” at Rangers to cease, after interim chairman John Gilligan hit again in midweek at claims over the shortage of management.
Requested if fixing their off-field points might assist Rangers, Clement stated: “I do not wish to go into that as a result of I do not need excuses about pitches, winds, no matter.
“We have to give attention to ourselves, on the gamers, on the brand new gamers coming in, to get them at their finest degree, give attention to the gamers who had been right here, to get to their finest degree, and to play higher than we did right this moment.
“I used to be not happy with that recreation within the first half. The second half was a lot better, however you then get this purpose in opposition to.
“Ultimately, if you happen to win this recreation, which was doable within the second half, and also you scored the purpose, you may have a completely completely different feeling.
“However we did not do sufficient to get that feeling, so we have to be taught from that and be stronger on Thursday and the Sunday after, and the weeks to come back.
“Now we have 30 video games to go, so it is at all times disappointing to lose factors as a result of we wish to win all of the video games. So we’re centered on that.”
Rangers’ Leon Balogun apologises to the followers at full time.
Requested concerning the followers’ unhappiness, Clement stated: “It is regular that they are sad. There’s not one individual on the employees or one participant who was pleased after this recreation, after dropping.
“In order that’s regular. The gamers confirmed respect in the direction of the followers, the followers confirmed what they felt concerning the outcomes, and that is regular.
“So it is about getting again the outcomes, that is the primary factor , after which the followers get behind you.
“I feel the anger has to do with loads of issues. So I might be centered on the sporting aspect to get the perfect out of this squad.
“We will work actually laborious with this squad, and there’s a lot of potential on this squad. Far more potential than individuals see perhaps for the second. So it is about working laborious with them and making them higher.”
