‘Not good enough’ ‘have to question yourself’ ‘panic mode’ Rangers TV interview goes hopelessly wrong

Even Rangers TV were unable to apply comforting spin on last night’s defeat and display away to Birmingham City.

The third tier English outfit were superior in every area, led 2-0 at half-time and should have finished up with an even more convincing scoreline than 2-1.

Picking out players for media duties is looking increasingly difficult with the futures of James Tavernier and Connor Goldson in doubt alongside many of the other experienced names (high earners).

Leon Balogun is as close as they can get to a safe pair of hands to put in front of the cameras, while five others walked away in the summer the ageing defender signed a new 12 month contract under his fourth manager in four years which included one season at QPR.

If the club were hoping to sooth the concerns of supporters then they would be disappointed by the message he put across.

Another pre-season test tonight, what did you make of that one?

Not good enough, quite frankly. If we come here and we play the way we played in the first half then you seriously have to question yourself.

I don’t want to get into panic mode or anything, but that’s just a very honest assessment, there’s not much to say other than it was not good enough. In the second half we showed a bit more but still.

It seems that increasingly desperate measures are being used to drive out the highest earners at Ibrox with their agents using it to their advantage.

Transfer fees being demanded are tumbling fast with clubs and players sitting tight knowing that the asking terms are only going in one direction.

Todd Cantwell is the latest player to fall out with Clement as the Belgian Beale confirmed last night at a second, unscheduled media conference.

It is hard to see any manager wanting to bring the former Norwich starlet into their squad which leaves more bad apples to go through the motions at Murray Park as the excuses are trotted out.