6 recurring Rangers gripes from within boil over as hardline Philippe Clement ponders list of January fixes

Philippe Clement lost his perfect Scottish Premiership record after Sunday’s draw against at Aberdeen at Pittodrie and for spells of the game the fans feared they were watching a rerun of a performance they thought had gone out of the Ibrox exit door along with Michael Beale.

The problem for the Belgian is that while he has brought a freshness to the Light Blues, he is limited in what he can do with a squad of players who were underperforming so badly under Beale. There isn’t much that can be done about that until he can get to the January transfer window and go about bringing his own men in.

Until then, he has to make the best of what he’s got and there is a limit to what he can achieve having previously said he doesn’t have a magic wand. While Clement won’t be let off completely when results don’t go their way, he will certainly be cut plenty of slack which is mainly down to how bad things had become before his arrival. But here Record Sport looks at some of the grumbles that reared their ugly head again after the 1-1 stalemate in the north east.

This is the biggest issue of all. There has been a criticism of this group of players that they just don’t have that winners’ mentality. When Celtic dropped two points on Saturday the chance was there for them to take full advantage and put a bit of pressure on their rivals and league leaders by potentially cutting the gap at the top to just six points and with a game in hand. But they squandered that opportunity, confirming many of the fans’ fears that wouldn’t have it in them to capitalise at a tricky away venue. It’s hard to see how Clement can change that quickly

Michael Beale often sounded like a broken record as he bemoaned their failure to take chances. And the