CammyF

So the manager is to blame as he didn't bring in the correct loan players?

They might, but that doesn't help us replace them.

This argument baffles me - it's a deflection away from what the real issue is. All OF defeats and lack off success is down to a select few players? Or is it a collective failure?

But we have- Sterling, Diomande, Raskin, Yimaz Davies, Balogun name a few. Maybe the players bought to replace them haven't been good enough (I'd argue they haven't been)

He would / might have, but how would we have paid for him? We didn't have the money to buy Shankland in January

And we got one on loan.

What do you think out transfer budget will be in the summer? Seriously, how much money will Clement have to rebuild the entire defence and forward line?

But who do you replace them with? Take the back 4 as an example - none of them up to the job. Would a back 4 of Sterling, King, Balogun and Yfeko win you the league?

The question remains, how could we have addressed it in January when we had no money to spend? We brought in loans, some with options / obligations to buy in the summer.

It's a cycle that needs broken and SG did break the cycle (took him 3 seasons) but what he did was improve us in Europe (generated much need income) and found a way, very quickly to beat Celtic on a regular basis. When we won 55, the board patted themselves on the back and failed to back the manager. That should have been a springboard, it's now just a distant memory. We have very limited disposable income (even Beales spree last pre-season was circa £6M net spend) and not getting to CL limits us further. Not having a good player trading model is also killing us. It's not up to you, me or the wider Rangers support to come up with solutions, that's up to the board and the footballing people employed by the club.

Correct - Gio and Beale also delivered a decent honeymoon period then we reverted to type. We appear to be doing the same under Clement.

No, but we should be able to rely on our defence (and keeper) to stop Ross County from scoring 3 goals. Let's not kid ourselves, Ross County got in as good as, or better positions today (and missed) than we did today.

Hahaha - what striker at our club has the goals and assists of Tav? He was poor today, but so was every other player (who started or brought on). So given your thinking, if any other player took the penalty today, it would have been indulgence?

As well us being unable to defeat Celtic, we have dropped 11 points to teams who have finished in the bottom 6. Let's be brutally honest, we were only in the title race as Celtic have regressed. We have the same failings under Clement as we did under Gio and a Beale. I'm not writing Clement off but we can't deny that recently, his team selections and tactics have been baffling and have cost us dearly. We need a huge change in mindset right through the club. The honeymoon periods are over.

Those would have been sufficient for the three points if we could have defended properly.

Hahaha - here's another simple fact. Without the odd assist and penalty, we'd be further behind than we are now.

We look incapable of beating anyone right now.

1st time we've lost to Ross County - couldn't have came at a worse time. Anyway, said at halftime last week, it's the hope that kills you. We've stumbled along since losing to Motherwell but today feels like the final nail in this seasons League challange. Roll on next season.

Hahaha - so when he's had a bad game he's not allowed to take a penalty - mental

Right, who's gonna be today's Scotty Arfield?

With what? Chocolate buttons?

So Dessers is the only forward player who's allowed to score goals? Dessers is our top scoring forward player. He's not good enough for us but he's not solely the issue.

The whole squad needs cleared out - but that's not possible in one window. Our need for defenders who can defend far outweighs the need for attackers. That's 2 consecutive games we've conceded 3 goals, this week to the team 2nd bottom of the league. Can Shankland play left, right or centre back?

Questions need to be asked of manager - his recent selections, set-up and tactics have been mysterious

Which was actually my point...... Our defence is in far more need of change than our forward players.