Clearly a defeat by St Mirren is just not as humiliating as a loss to a Championship facet, however there have been nonetheless a sequence of statistics pre-match to counsel that this isn’t a suitable consequence.
The 34-year interval for the reason that final time it occurred is an apparent one, as is the 45-year look forward to back-to-back St Mirren league wins over Rangers.
Rangers had gained their final 14 at Ibrox in opposition to the Paisley facet, however even for those who take a look at more moderen kind, it shouldn’t have been on the playing cards.
Previous to kick-off, Clement’s facet had taken extra factors than some other staff in 2025 (20), successful their previous 5 within the league, whereas nobody had earned fewer factors this calendar 12 months than St Mirren (4).
Former Rangers midfielder Ian McCall laid the bIame on the toes of the gamers.
“I assumed they downed instruments,” he mentioned. “The extent of efficiency was not ok. There are extreme points now. There perhaps was earlier than.
“I used to be on the Queen’s Park sport and freak outcomes occur, however as we speak was significantly worrying. St Mirren deserved to win.
“I am not going to name for a supervisor to go. But when I used to be Philippe Clement, I might be very nervous as a result of among the gamers actually chucked it and seemed like they wished the tip of the sport. It was really woeful.”
One other issue that should have an effect on the board’s considering is the potential takeover at present being mentioned.
No board would need to make a everlasting managerial substitute underneath such circumstances, although will that be sufficient to maintain Clement in place till the Europa League conferences with Fenerbahce?
Clement himself sounded as little as he has ever sounded in his post-match interviews, however refused to throw within the towel.
That call might lastly be taken out of his palms earlier than Wednesday’s journey to Rugby Park to tackle Kilmarnock.
