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Philippe Clement delivers harsh truth to Rangers youngsters yearning for more first-team minutes
Philippe Clement has outlined that giving more minutes to the younger players in his squad isn’t as simple as it sounds.
But he did offer hope to those youngsters who are seeking to properly break into the first-team when pointing to Ross McCausland’s journey from fledgling winger to established squad player.
Rangers have a very busy schedule ahead with seven matches in 18 days starting with a tough away trip to Kilmarnock on Sunday afternoon.
And fixture congestion was a topic of discussion at Clement’s press conference at the Rangers Training Centre on Friday as he lamented the amount of games modern footballers need to play these days.
Rangers also haven’t been blessed with luck regarding injuries and it’s been a concerning problem at Ibrox for a couple of seasons now.
So it was put to the Belgian by a reporter given how much his squad will be tested in the weeks to come whether the younger players in the side – Bailey Rice, Cole McKinnon, Zak Lovelace and Robbie Fraser to name a few – will get more chances.
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Clement on role of Rangers youngsters this season
Clement replied that McCausland has shown it is possible to take your chance when handed one and strive forward from there.
But he also warned that Rangers are a side who are required to win every game and thus, opportunities for youngsters can be offset by that very fact.
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Clement said: “That depends on them, how they show themselves. It always works from two sides, and for sure from the players’ side.
“So, Ross (McCausland) is a good example of that. He establishes himself in the squad in the moment he gets his chances, and it will be the same with the other young lads.
“And you can put other names also on that, because a lot of them also have been training with us or get minutes in friendly games, like against Dundee, where we played with several young players who train sometimes with us.
“So, in that way, you cannot make any prediction. It’s about what they show on the pitch.
“That’s football, that’s playing also in the top club. It’s not that you can say, ‘OK, we’re going to give five games to one player to show themselves’. It doesn’t work that way.
“It’s about winning and picking the best team, and three days later, again, the best team in that course of games. So, if they show themselves more and more, they will get the win also.”
Rangers ‘need to win every game’
Asked if he has set them the challenge to make their way into his first-team plans, the Rangers boss went on: “I’m not setting them that way. I think every manager in the world is setting that in that way, for sure, in things where you need to win every game.
“Maybe if you can be in a club where they play mid-table and everybody’s happy with that, and you win a game, and you lose a game, and you have a draw and everybody’s happy, you can, in moments, do more things, but not in a club where you need to win every game.
“So, you need to show that you’re better than the other one. It’s normal.”
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