Rangers give triple confusion a swerve as Philippe Clement spells out to dressing room exactly what he craves

Confusion on the bus, crystal-clear clarity in the changing room.

Rangers may have had to negotiate a few potholes on their trip to Dundee but Scott Wright reckons there was no chance the Light Blues were going to hit the skids with Philippe Clement at the wheel. An eventful night on Tayside saw the Ibrox outfit turn up more than an hour late as traffic chaos around the City of Discovery clogged up the route from their pre-match base at St Andrews.

Rush-hour madness then gave way to pyro-mania as the game finally got underway 45 minutes after the scheduled start, with the travelling Rangers faithful’s huge crimson flare display sparking another hold up as the Dens smoke alarms were triggered. At one point while trapped in their coach on the Tay Bridge, Wright admits that he and his team-mates had no idea if a game already in doubt because of Storm Ciaran would even get the thumbs up to kick-off.

But once that uncertainty cleared, so did Gers’ minds as Clement’s strict instructions spelled out exactly what he expected against Tony Docherty’s Dark Blues. And Gers duly delivered, following those orders to a tee as they swept to a crushing 5-0 win that keeps them on the tails of Celtic. For us there was a lot of confusion as to what was actually happening,” admitted Wright.

"We were hearing different messages from different people, we were wondering if the game was going to be on with the weather and then with the bus delay. It was far from ideal but we don’t want to make excuses for ourselves. All we wanted to focus on was putting on a performance and we did that.

“It was a good win. It wasn’t ideal with the delays for us as a team getting to the game. Obviously, there was another delay at the start of the game as well.