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Rangers 'mind games' denied by Jim Goodwin as Dundee Utd boss puts Ian McCall right over his Ibrox tactics

Jim Goodwin has insisted he didn’t try to play mind games with Philippe Clement to help Dundee United come away with a much-deserved weekend point from Rangers.

The United manager got the upper hand before a ball was even kicked when he said he was looking for his players to frustrate the Ibrox crowd by making full use of nervous energy that could be in the air. Clement took the bait and admitted he liked it when others motivate his players - although it didn’t work as Rangers dropped another costly two points at home!

Goodwin explained: “No, I mean, look, I really wasn't trying to be clever. I just was stating the obvious. I think it's something that managers say before every time they play Celtic or Rangers away from home. We know the expectation that's on those two teams and we know that the fans can be quite fickle at times if things aren't going according to plan. I’ve got a lot of respect for Philippe Clement and it wasn't a case of disrespecting anybody.

“I was just stating the obvious. You know, we go there and try to quieten the crowd. We try to frustrate Rangers, try and deny them space and all of those things.”

Dundee United’s pre-match preparations were something of a nightmare. Storm Bert and the debris from a number of road accidents meant it took them several hours to make the short trip from Tannadice to Ibrox and kick-off had to be delayed. Goodwin explained that the bus left Dundee early but had to go via Edinburgh to get through the traffic. United then had to go for pre-match and tried to push for a further delay.

Goodwin stated: “The players had to have pre-match. They'd been sat on a bus from 9.30am I think there were certain people saying we should just go straight to the stadium and just play the

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