4 wins of 5 as things look brighter for Philippe Clement’s Rangers | OneFootball

It would not be safe at all to say that Rangers have turned a corner. Despite 4 wins in the last 5 matches, the humbling at Parkhead very much tells us Rangers have a long way to go before any kind of form or consistency becomes meaningful and our team are challenging Celtic properly at the top of the table.

Five points adrift after only five matches is diabolical, and two of those points dropped were to the worst Hearts side in recent memory, a really horrendous Tynecastle side who plummeted after last season’s heroics, costing their manager his job last night.

So Rangers have tripped over terrible sides as well as a decent one or two, meaning the form really is all over the place and consistency just isn’t there yet.

But it’s also hard to ignore 4 wins out of the last 5, including 4 clean sheets.

True, two of those wins were against very poor sides, Dundee putting up very little at Ibrox to justify their 6th place in the league, while St Johnstone of course have no manager.

But it’s a start.

Improvement has to start somewhere, and regardless of opponent, that’s 4 goals in two matches, none conceded, and one of those wins was against a side above Rangers in the table, themselves having made a very good start this season.

So there is a little to work with here – Philippe Clement might be completely unable to overcome Celtic at the moment (five bad results suggests he might struggle to ever grasp that one) but he’s finding results domestically against the rest.

Aberdeen will be tough, very tough – mercifully Rangers don’t face them till the end of next month, and maybe by then their form will have crashed.

But aside them, there is no side in the league having stellar starts, and third place downwards (sadly including ourselves for now) are there for the taking.

It’s whether Clement can secure long-term consistency and get his win rate dramatically up that decides where this team will be by the time we face Aberdeen.

At that point into early November we’ll have something of a picture of where Rangers really are, and where the Dons and Celtic are too.

For now though, the results, overall, are improving.

It just needs to keep going.