Raging Rangers punters tell the Hotline 'embarrassing' Philippe Clement is hanging on to job by his toenails

Philippe Clement blamed a stray toenail for Rangers’ painful Pittodrie setback.

But the Hotline regulars reckon he’s got his fingernails to thank for the fact he’s still clinging onto his job. Rangers’ Belgian boss suffered another damaging defeat to Aberdeen as the Ibrox slipped nine points behind Jimmy Thelin’s team and fellow Premiership pacesetters Celtic.

And the Light Blues legion were just as angry with their manager’s post-match comments as they were with another dismal display. Stephen Mulhern, Dumbarton, said: “That was an unbelievable comment Philippe Clement came out with in saying that was one of their best performances of the season. When the reality is his job is now hanging by a toenail."

Stuart McLeod, Stepps, said: “Hopefully last night was the end of this sorry board and manager. There is absolutely no direction at Rangers. We have a skeleton board who hide away and a manager in charge of a team with absolutely no strategy. Clement keeps telling us about the new team needing time to gel. I'm sorry Phil, eight of last night's starters were here before you arrived. My season ticket won't be renewed. I can't watch any more of this dross.”

Willie Mercer, Dumfries, said: “Never mind the score and performance turning the fans against Clement. His comments in interviews after the game will have them turning in their droves.

“To claim (A) that Aberdeen did not outplay us and (B) it was one of our best performances is to treat us Rangers fans as football idiots. If Aberdeen had taken their first-half chances, we could have been down four down at the break. To have only turned up for 20 second-half minutes does not constitute a season’s best performance.”

Jimmy Mac, Glasgow, raged: “That must be the final nail