After Sunday’s crushing of Parkhead, Philippe Clement and his Rangers players were not given much of a warm reception upon returning to Ibrox. However, Jack Butland is hoping that the thought of going back to some familiar surroundings will help his shocked team come out of their Old Firm stupor. Following the latest derby debacle, there were ugly scenes when a group of enraged supporters gathered at the Edmiston Drive doorstep to vent their frustrations at Clement and the hapless Belgian’s tortured team. Both the manager and captain James Tavernier were in tight spots. The supporters have obviously had enough of learning the same lessons from Brendan Rodgers’ champions. However, Ibrox No. 1 Butland wants the Ibrox fans to be aware that the athletes
Sunday’s defeat follows a grim summer in which the club struggled to raise funds for new recruits and were forced to decamp to Hampden after a construction cock-up on the Copland Road end. With the delayed steel shipment finally in place, the team are now heading back to their Govan base having penciled in their Premier Sports Cup quarter-final against Dundee on September 21 for their Ibrox return. And Butland hopes that can provide a chink of light amid the bleak Ibrox gloom.
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