Clements reaction

Souness wouldve dropped the lot and played the youngsters.

So he must take the blame %100
HE said himself the first half wasn’t good enough,allowed the shitshow to continue and we were behind in the blink of an eye
At 2-1 down he still didn’t learn ALL 3 goals we lost County had TWO attempts on target and scored with second attempt, that’s criminal at our level.

I know we are all disappointed at losing a game that should have been a shoe in 3 points, but its still all to play for so there is no need to panic.
Comparing Clement to both Advocaat and Souness at the moment is unfair , they both took over as manager in a the close season and Dick in particular had millions to spend. Despite having more resources than the rest of the teams in the league ,including the scum, they also lost games that they were expected to win.Even Walter Smith lost games that we should have won easily. If you look at the players we had in his first spell we should have been winning the leagues unbeaten some seasons and we didn`t.
Advocaat signed Ricksen and he was a hopeless right back and it was only when McLeish converted him into a midfielder that he really shone. As for Amoruso , yeah he took the captaincy off him eventually, but he didn`t do it at the business and of a season and he kept playing him , despite his mistakes. He is lauded as a hero nowadays and we compare him with what we have now but at the time we were all saying , not a patch on Gough or Butcher ( who incidentally also made some real howlers in a Rangers strip ).

Everybody has a right to their opinion and Tavernier deserves some stick for the way is playing recently, but lets not pretend that everything was perfect even in the days when we were splashing the cash and lets give Clement a chance .He is a proper manager and to get us this close given where we were and with a squad that everyone can see has major flaws, proves that .

Since Gerrard we have had two managers that weren`t up to it , where do we go next if we turn on this one so quickly.

You can decry Tavernier all you like and say that his defensive frailties outweigh his goal contributions and point out as a defender his defensive work is his first priority BUT if you drop him somebody else would need to step up to replace his goals and assists and there is nobody in the current team who will do that .Maybe we should play at centre forward because he would be burying all the chances that the likes of Dessers has missed.
Interesting factoid about our recent record at the piggery, is that Tav is the only Rangers player to score there in the last two seasons. He is also the reason that we won the only trophy of the season so far.

Again I seem to remember Larsson and co running Amoruso ragged a few times , and Gough was 10 times the defender he was .There is a guy who was an absolute winner and fantastic leader but you say you were never his greatest fan .Just goes to show how everyone sees football differently. Opinions, as they say ................

There were lots of players to blame for Sundays loss , Dessers for missing sitters, Lawrence for being easily pushed aside at the third goal and Sterling who for the second game in a row missed a tackle in the box to allow the third goal , Lundstram who fell asleep at the rebound for the second and the likes of Dowell and Silva who were pathetic all game.

Tavernier won`t be dropped, although Goldson might and it doesn`t make Clement a bad manager if he sticks with him in my opinion.

But it's not just about Sunday,it's about a history of errors and lack of leadership that goes back years.Amoruso won us a Cup Final as well,Gough was at the centre of our defence for some of our most humiliating European defeats under Walter Smith,but both were leaders ,winners.Tav imo,doesn't lead the team,his errors and defensive shortcomings rattle the team,especially over the last 2/3 years,and there is no leadership coming from Goldson to support him. Clement can still win this league,but imo he has to cut out the weak heart of the team.

Its a matter of eras though , Gough was captain who lost a lot of European ties , but he was also captain of our most successful domestic era ever and he captained us in the year we were cheated out of the CL final by Marseille . Gascoigne , Laudrup , McCoist and co all played in those games too and like Gough they are Rangers legends . Amoruso had some great times with us but wee Dicks team also took some gubbings in Europe with him in the side . Its ironic that when Walter got us to the Europa Final we had a workmanlike team without one real superstar in it .The much maligned Tavernier was the main reason we got to our most recent European final, with his goals ( not all penalties either ) .

I do get it Tav is not the type of leader that Gough ,Amoruso , Butcher or the great John Greig were but who is nowadays and who is in our team ? Who would we give the the captaincy to if not Tav or Goldson ? It one time it was give it to Jack ,he never plays so what`s the point and the latest is Butland .Not sure how a keeper /skipper inspires the team except by making great saves which he does anyway .   

Tavernier's leadership has gone beyond question now,he is sending ripples of fear through the rest of the team,opposition teams target his side constantly,and know he will be out of position regularly.Not an excuse for how badly other players are playing,but he and Goldson are falling apart when they should be leading us.As to who else would take the captaincy,Butland would do for me,keeper or not.It would take his mind off having those two bomb scares playing in front of him.

Just thought it was a bit of a strong reaction to one defeat , bad as it was . He has had one transfer window which there was no money left from the disaster that was Michael Beale so he is making do with what he has got and up to now has done well with them . I didn`t expect to be within 10 points of the scum after the start we had but at least we are now challenging , and its not over yet .That is down to him and personally I`m more than happy with what he has done up to now .
 Thats how I see it and you obviously see it differently .