One thing that Philippe Clement hasn’t been scared to do is rotate his Rangers team since taking over as manager.
The Gers boss doesn’t just rotate for the sake of it either and uses it to keep his squad fresh and to keep them interested.
Philippe Clement is still having to manage a lengthy injury list but is making sure that he is keeping all of his Rangers players ticking over as they knock on his door looking for more game time.
Philippe Clement explains Rangers philosophy
There is a science behind his methodology and one that is geared towards a game plan that has been working, almost since day one.
It is all about intesity.
Asking the same players to go to the well time, after time, just isn’t feasible, however, James Tavernier, Connor Goldson and John Lundstram rarely get any time off such is their importance.
They are also three of the most robust players that you will find in modern football.
Speaking as part of the buildup to tonight’s clash with Kilmarnock, Philippe Clement explained why most Rangers players won’t be playing every game:
“It was the same in my other teams also in periods like that because it is the only way to be there on top every time and with the way we want to play football, with a lot of intensity.
“You cannot do it with the same 12, 13 players for months, every three days. It is impossible. The team understands the story now. Are they totally happy with that all the time? No.
“But they are totally happy all the time until now that they are in this good story now together and they feel also that they are winning a lot of games and they get enough minutes to shine, to be in the spotlight.”
It makes total sense but it doesn’t always work if players don’t buy into the philosophy or what the manager is trying to implement.
What is clear, is that Philippe Clement is getting his message across and the whole squad wants to impress whenever they are given a chance.
They appreciate that it is about the collective and that they have different levels of roles to play but there is an equality.
Whatever he is saying to them, it is working, long may it continue.
