There were numerous reasons why Michael Beale lost his Rangers job and why Philippe Clement now finds himself in the Ibrox hot seat.
The 49-year old Belgian looks as different physically as he will be tactically but there is more than just a game plan that needs to be improved.
One Rangers fan phoning into Clyde Superscoreboard has suggested that mentality and basic effort has been missing, something that Philippe Clement will want to rectify immediately.
It’s not an easy criticism to quantify.
It will also, always, be subject to personal opinion and bias.
We all have our favourite players and, not so favourite, and our judgement is usually affected accordingly.
Rangers need Philippe Clement to restore heart to squad
Phoning into Clyde Superscoreboard, Rangers fan Callum said of the current squad:
“The attitude has been sorely lacking, they don’t know what they’re doing.
“Hopefully, there will be a wee bit more desire.”
If anything, some Rangers players are trying too hard.
Struggling pair, Cyriel Dessers and Sam Lammers reek of players who are low on confidence and know that they haven’t hit the ground running but, as a result, are desperate to make an impact.
In the games we’ve lost this season, effort hasn’t been an issue.
Tactics and organisation, on the other hand, have.
With one, hopefully, the rest will fall into place.
Players with clearer, more defined roles, with players in their natural positions should help to improve performance.
An improvement in performance should see confidence increase too.
Philippe Clement has a difficult task to get Rangers back on track.
As he said in his press conference, the priority has to be taking everything step by step.
Heart and desire should be a given for any professional footballer but a new manager tends to see an increase in subconscious effort.
The players might have looked like they haven’t been trying to some members of the Rangers support but Philippe Clement’s job is to get everyone singing off the same song sheet.
If they don’t, they know where the door is.
