The Gers boss faced an inquest ahead of the club’s Europa League clash with FCSB, Rangers’ ongoing rebuild struggling to inspire frustrated supporters.As the criticism continues after the defeat at Rugby Park, Philippe Clement took aim at a familiar gripe in Ayrshire which the Belgian manager claims is a big ‘reason’ behind the painful Rangers
will be counting down the minutes until Kilmarnock finally rip up their artificial pitch and replace it with grass at the start of next season.
The Gers have toiled in Ayrshire for the last few seasons with the bobbly, unpredictable artificial surface at Kilmarnock a long-standing bugbear.And I don’t want to hide behind excuses of the kind of pitch. It’s kind of a reason but I won’t want to use that.
“Not before the game, not after the game, so we’re going to keep on working hard to make things better as fast as possible.
“I don’t want to use that as an excuse because it’s part of the story there.
“It’s not an excuse, we should have won, but we will never play the same football as in Malmo at Kilmarnock.
