Livid Leon Balogun erupts in Rangers rage as 'mad' defender raises serious questions over epic Birmingham flop
dailyrecord.co.ukLivid Leon Balogun pulled no punches as he delivered a brutally honest damning verdict of Rangers’ display in their pre-season friendly defeat to English third tier side Birmingham City.The veteran Nigeria international defender made no excuses despite it being a bounce game with Philippe Clement’s side winless in four friendlies and just one more to go - against Union Berlin - before the action starts for real with a Scottish Premiership opening day trip to Hearts followed by the first leg of their Champions League qualifier against Dynamo Kyiv or Partizan Belgrade just days later.Balogun, who signed a one year extension in the summer, admitted the display - after which Clement revealed Todd Cantwell wants to quite Ibrox - was unacceptable with Rangers trailing by two goals at the break before Scott Wright pulled one back after the restart.
The 36-year-old former Wigan Athletic man, speaking to Rangers TV, said of the error-strewn display: "Not good enough, quite frankly.
If we come here and we play the way we played in the first half then you seriously have to question yourself. "I don't want to get into panic mode or anything, but that's just a very honest assessment, there's not much to say other than it was not good enough.
In the second half we showed a bit more but still."“We can say Birmingham are a good side, they got relegated, I don't really care because when you play for Rangers you can't present yourself like that.
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