Over the course of 16 eventful months there were no shortage of highlights from Phil Clement’s time in Scottish football.
Claiming a Moral Victory after fist pumping his way round Ibrox following a 3-3 draw with Celtic last April was probably the highlight among so many.
It was going to be a tough act following on from Micky Beale, initially Clement was a dull as dishwater but slowly be got sucked into the Ibrox hype.
Faced with his second domestic defeat, at home to Motherwell on March 1 he absolutely flipped.
After the bizarre tactics and substitutions, being handed a lifeline through Tavpen, Clement’s side lost 2-1. Apparently a 5-1 victory would have been a fairer outcome, the bonkers Belgian was off and running with no way back.
Thanks, Phil. pic.twitter.com/0Zc8e2TWQ1
— Ryan Fitzsimons (@RyanStevenF2) February 24, 2025
A week after the Moral Victory his side lost 3-2 away to Ross County, Tavpen was again on the scoresheet but at the final whistle the Ibrox boss raced to the Away Dressing room to console himself without even a nod towards Don Cowie.
By the time of a 0-0 midweek draw at Dundee he had become a climate expert with the away fans quick to let him know what they thought of a run that yielded just two points from three matches.
This season it has been non-stop. The cocktail of horrendous performances matched by Comical Ali style denials in his media appearances
Stats were king, they had over 30 shots at goal in the Scottish Cup defeat from Queens Park but two weeks later the white flag was raised, he couldn’t even turn to Xg to justify losing to St Mirren.
Walking away with a multi-million pay off his contribution to Scottish football is huge, his legacy is Jefte, Hamza Igamane, Robin Propper, Nedim Bajrami and best of all, a £4m deal for Oscar Cortes to be signed from Lens in the summer.
When he next surfaces it is highly unlikely that he will be raiding Ibrox with a bulging war-chest.
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I hope big Pip doesn’t have to wait as long as previous sacked boss – Mark Warburton – to get his dough !
“…Claiming a Moral Victory after fist pumping his way round Ibrox following a 3-3 draw with Celtic last April was probably the highlight among so many…”
Yes, that was the most bizarre episode of all?
A manager wildly celebrating 2 points dropped – at home – and towards the end
of a tight league campaign.
He should have been raging!
Mental.
Aye – Will miss his lunacy after Kilmarnock tomorrow night for sure !
Commons in the daily sevco today licking wee Bennys ARSE.
That’s (tragically) what the vast majority of ex Celtic players do Joker !
We’ll have a different approach from barry the biatch !! it won’t take much to have him snarling over his golden grahams of a morning out to start his day , he’ll come to Celtic prepared to put the boot in , it’s all he knows and he has previous to prove it , the worst thing is the referee’s will give him and his team the green light ,
The masons have been giving every team the green light to do what they want. This season and every other season. The hibs manager said on Saturday he’d told his players to fall over whenever a Celtic player went near them. At one stage there was three of them on the deck at the same time and none of them got booked for diving.. bazza won’t have to tell his players anything, they already know the script
Exactly Jungle – Thank Fuck that I no longer pay to watch this farce !!!
Seeing him jump over advert boards at hampden to celebrate beating st Johnston was a personal favourite… embarrassing is the word I’m looking for.. it’s a pity he’s probably signed an NDA, as it would’ve been funny to hear his side,,,”for sure”..