Philippe Clement talks his way IN to Rangers trouble as something he said after Aberdeen worries Ibrox hero
dailyrecord.co.ukBilly Dodds reckons Aberdeen’s flying start speaks volumes about Jimmy Thelin’s level-headed management skills.But the former Dons and Rangers frontman worries his Ibrox counterpart Philippe Clement could be about to talk himself into a situation he can’t walk back.
The under-pressure Govan boss has been left clinging to his job after a disastrous start to the new campaign.Trailing both Thelin’s rampant Reds and Celtic by nine points, the Ibrox gaffer faces a huge task if he’s to win over a support base who longer want to hear what he has to say.
And for Dodds, it’s Clement’s post-match comments that threaten to undermine him at this perilous moment. The former Brugge and Monaco coach left Gers fans open-mouthed on Wednesday night when he claimed his side’s pitiful Pittodrie performance was one of his team’s best displays this term.It was the latest in a string of questionable lines blurted out by the Belgian in the wake of this season’s set-backs.
At Celtic Park, he resorted to reeling off the shot statistics while trying to defend his team’s feeble 3-0 derby showing. After losing to Kilmarnock, he sounded unconvincing while rhyming off about the potential of his young squad.Even on Wednesday, he complained about having a Ross McCausland goal chopped off because of a toenail offside call.
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