Philippe Clement allows Rangers fans to get ahead of themselves as s*** safety passes chucked in the bin – Ibrox analysis
dailyrecord.co.ukFirst impressions matter and more than 49,000 Rangers fans left Ibrox with a real spring in their step for the first time in months.But the reaction of the man whose first game in charge fired them with hope a season can be rescued should give them more cause for optimism than the defeat of a Hibs side that played completely into their hands by setting up in a manner that was asking for trouble.They got it.
And then some. Rangers scored four but on another day it would’ve been double that, such was the regularity with which they breached Nick Montgomery’s back line, propelled by a hunger and a tempo that had been so lacking in the dying embers of predecessor Michael Beale’s reign.
But when asked if he had been impressed with what he saw, Philippe Clement’s ice-cold answer will have warmed the hearts of the Ibrox support because his were not the words of a man who looks like he will be easily pleased.He said: “Impressed is a big word.
I’m happy the team acted on the seeds we planted in the days before the game. There now needs to be confirmation of all this.
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