Irked Philippe Clement was involved in a heated exchange at his news conference after being informed of growing fan dissatisfaction with Rangers’ “boring” football. The Belgian is under increasing scrutiny following the Premiership defeat to Kilmarnock, which put Aberdeen and Celtic six points clear of the Light Blues at the top of the league heading into Thursday’s Europa League match against Steaua Bucharest. The manner of play under the boss has been widely condemned by the fans, with the fears from the Ibrox stand being sent to the coach prior to the encounter with the Romanian champions.
And one of the biggest Rangers fan media outlets expressed the worries directly to the boss in a stormy exchange, leaving diehards with more questions than answers. Clement was asked: “One of the biggest issues is Rangers’ style of play. There are too many long balls and pointless side-to-side passes. How do you reply to claims that it is too boring to watch? Clement, perplexed, interjected: “You said two completely opposing things there. “Long balls or sideways passing.”
The interviewer stated, “The fans say there’s too much of it, there’s no attack in play, and it’s boring to watch.” How would you respond to that?” Undeterred Clement kept going: “No, but what you say now, is it too many long balls or is it too many sideways passes?” They said, “It can be both…” Clement clapped back: “It’s about not generating enough opportunities. That is the final conclusion. I agree with that throughout the Kilmarnock game.
“It was the case. In other games we created more chances, not in all the games until now. But you see also we’re starting to play with new players in that role who are just in the building. How long Is Nedim Bajrami here? Four weeks or something? Six weeks maximum. And in the six weeks he’s been three or four weeks away with the national team.
“So they’re just in the building. There are other players in other clubs who come to their better level now after the first six months that everybody said they were not good. So Nedim did already good things but of course you need to create these connections on the pitch more and more to get to know each other. Which moment to run, which moment to play deep, which moment to create a chance or the shot. We need to create these moments. We’re playing more and more together.”
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