It would be safe to say that things are not going the Rangers' way right now. They seem to be on the path to another trophyless season after getting knocked out of the Scottish Cup at the hands of Championship side Queen's Park at Ibrox. Celtic have already won the League Cup and have a formidable lead in the Premiership title race.
Thus, it is hard to see where Philippe Clement goes from here as Rangers manager. Yet, he remains in the Ibrox hot seat.
There are many who have called for him to be given more time although he has not done anything of significance since winning the League Cup early in his run as Rangers boss. One has to wonder whether the Belgian's long-term contract, which he was handed earlier this season, is what has prevented the Ibrox club from showing him the exit door already.
Kris Boyd has even gone on to praise Ange Postecoglou's run as Celtic manager while criticising Clement. As reported by 67 Hail Hail, he told Sky Sports News:
"Gordon (Duncan) is right when he talks about the long-term project, but you can only go with that if you see improvement and I don’t see it. I don’t see this Rangers team improving.
“The prime example for me is Ange Postecoglou. He came into Celtic and that was a rebuild because Celtic had lost so many players. Inside a few weeks, Ange Postecoglou was able to turn (the club around). You could see it straight away, the style of play, and Celtic fans brought into that. They went with it and we know what happened then.
“There will be Rangers fans saying right now, ‘he had so much money to spend’. It’s a myth that Philippe Clement hasn’t had money to spend. He spent £3.5 million on Bajrami in the summer. It’s a lot of money for Rangers. Rangers spent nearly £12 million in the summer. They are already tied into buying Oscar Cortes in the summer coming up for £3 million. He has hardly played. This is where I am with Philippe Clement, it’s not just on him, the recruitment at Rangers for a period of time now has not been good enough. Nils Koppen is to blame for that."
Kris Boyd slams Rangers boss with claim about Ange Postecoglou's Celtic
At clubs like Celtic and the Rangers, you have to produce results. There are no two ways about that, no matter how much you like to talk about long-term projects.
And at the moment, the Rangers are not producing results. They have done a decent job when it comes to the Europa League, but domestically, this season has been an absolute failure to say the very least.
Clement has gotten a decent bit of time as well but there are no real signs of improvement. In fact, the loss to Queen's Park might very well be the lowest point for the Rangers in a long, long time. Let's see what the future holds for the Belgian.