Philippe Clement is a pretty single-minded manager, he believes in performance, however, what matters most is that Rangers win.
Against Hibernian at Easter Road, this is exactly what he managed to achieve with his threadbare squad and next up is the visit of Benfica to Ibrox.
The faux outrage has done little to distract Philippe Clement though with the Rangers manager posting his thoughts on social media outlet X.
Philippe Clement sends Rangers fans message
That platform in particular has been quite the experience since full-time last night.
Fans of green and white persuasion from both Glasgow and Edinburgh have been lamenting the lack of decisions that went Hibs way and how Steven McLean did eveything to make sure that Rangers won.
I must have missed the part when climbing all over a players back in the penalty area is acceptable or when McLean spoke to Jordan Obita in an attempt to calm him down when he was already on a yellow card.
If anything, Obita was lucky he didn’t get sent off sooner.
I always use the Alfredo Morelos test for certain situations.
Would El Buffalo have been booked for pushing an injured player and the opposing club’s physio off the park?
I think we all know the answer to that one.
And it was the same with Nathan Moriah-Welsh – we’d have seen debates in Holyrood had Morelos launched himself into a tackle like that.
Philippe Clement chose to ignore the nonsense when posting on X as Rangers progressed to the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup with a simple message:
“Another important victory!! Hampden Park, here we come again!”
Given the number of players that are missing – we are back into double figures again – it’s incredible what the big Belgian is achieving.
After watching us limp aimlessly through pre-season, even the most optimistic of Rangers fans wouldn’t have predicted the position we now find ourselves in.
At this stage of the season, every victory is important, but if it hadn’t been for Clement, all we would be playing is a series of dead rubbers.
