Rangers v St Mirren verdict

Alan Pattullo on more misery for Philippe Clement after Rangers lose at Ibrox again

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00:00Hello, this is Alan Patullo, football writer for the Scotsman at Ibrox, following a fairly

00:10frenetic afternoon where the Rangers succumbed to defeat once more just a matter of 13 days

00:18after an historic reversal against Queen's Park in the Scottish Cup.

00:24The return to Ibrox determined to atone for that defeat in front of their fans and produce

00:31possibly something worse against St Mirren. A very good St Mirren side, let me underline.

00:39Philippe Clement, the Rangers manager, called the 2-0 defeat the worst performance of his

00:4516-month reign, which is quite an admission considering they had been beaten by Queen's

00:55Park two weeks, or less than two weeks earlier. But yeah, this really was an afternoon to

01:01forget for Rangers. The fans started streaming out in their droves midway through the second

01:07half when Olu Saneur had scored St Mirren's second goal, to add to Michael Mandron's

01:16opener shortly after half-time, which was reinstated after being chalked off initially

01:23for a perceived foul on En-Sial, a young Rangers defender. It transpired he'd only just tripped

01:32over his own feet. Mandron finished expertly beyond Jack Butland to make it 1-0. Olu Saneur

01:42brushed past En-Sial again to make it 2-0 after 70 minutes. Cue a mass walkout from

01:51Rangers fans. They came here with, you can see a few Stars and Stripes flags fluttering

01:59around Ibrox. They came here in a fairly optimistic frame of mind given the news of a perceived

02:09or a reported takeover by Enterprise 49ers, the investment arm of the American football

02:17team San Francisco 49ers. But yeah, you can rely on Rangers to puncture such optimism

02:24and they did so here. One does wonder what the future looks like for Clermont. He has

02:32a very perilous assignment this Wednesday at Rugby Park against Kilmarnock, followed

02:41by a return here against Motherwell next Saturday. Who knows what the atmosphere will be like

02:48then. It was pretty toxic after the final whistle here. Clermont went straight down

02:52the tunnel after the final whistle, shortly followed by James Tavenier, the Rangers skipper.

03:00They weren't hanging around. A few Rangers players led by Jack Butland did try and partake

03:07in some kind of lap of dishonour but they were waved away by the Rangers fans. So more

03:15trauma here at Ibrox as this difficult season continues for Rangers and Philippe Clermont.