Rangers: Phillipe Clement’s lack of progress criticised by Kris Boyd after Kilmarnock defeat | Football News

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 have been seven factors behind Celtic after seven video games and Boyd is just not satisfied that his successor has managed to vary issues at Ibrox.

“We sat right here final 12 months and stated it wasn’t adequate underneath 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 crew however they by no means dominate matches. There isn’t a type to something they do.”

He added: “Rangers have been toothless in assault.

“If outcomes proceed the best way they’re, there are massive questions that are going to be requested. Rangers will not be progressing as a soccer membership.”

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 immediately, you need to fear. They appear miles off it.

“However I do suppose there must be persistence as a result of what’s the various? Sack Clement? Get another person in? The brand new supervisor will are available in 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 dearth 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 concentrate on ourselves, on the gamers, on the brand new gamers coming in, to get them at their finest degree, concentrate on the gamers who have been right here, to get to their finest degree, and to play higher than we did immediately.

“I used to be not happy with that sport within the first half. The second half was a lot better, however you then get this objective in opposition to.

“In the long run, when you win this sport, which was doable within the second half, and also you scored the objective, you may have a very totally 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.

“We’ve got 30 video games to go, so it is all the time disappointing to lose factors as a result of we wish to win all of the video games. So we’re centered on that.”

Requested in regards to the followers’ unhappiness, Clement stated: “It is regular that they are sad. There’s not one individual on the workers or one participant who was completely happy after this sport, after shedding.

“In order that’s regular. The gamers confirmed respect in direction of the followers, the followers confirmed what they felt in regards to the outcomes, and that is regular.

“So it is about getting again the outcomes, that is the principle factor , after which the followers get behind you.

“I believe the anger has to do with lots of issues. So I might be centered on the sporting aspect to get one of the best out of this squad.

“We’ll work actually onerous with this squad, and there’s a lot of potential on this squad. Far more potential than folks see perhaps for the second. So it is about working onerous with them and making them higher.”