8 Rangers Players Who Should Be Embarrassed To Wear The Shirt
The rebuilding is underway at Ibrox, but the few remaining should hang their heads!
Since Mark Warburton signed on as the newest manager of the club, fans of Glasgow Rangers have been remarkably more upbeat than they were at the tail end of the 2014-2015 campaign. Having shot through the previous divisions with relative ease, Rangers found themselves in the second tier of Scottish football, the Championship. Hopes were high that the club could win the title, paving a path back to the Premiership, but things didn't work out that way.
Finishing third in the table behind both Hearts and Hibernian, the Gers entered the Playoff system, beating both Queen Of The South and Hibs, before eventually succumbing to Motherwell in the final. Quite understandably, fans of the club wanted to know exactly why the players had failed so badly, and 11 first team players were released just weeks after it was confirmed Rangers would be playing in the Championship for at least another season.
Amongst those let go, the likes of Kris Boyd and Lee McCulloch were the most noteworthy, and the fact so many were released meant that Warburton would have to rebuild his playing squad significantly. That's something which is already underway, but what of the 14 first team players who still remained?
This article looks in-depth at 8 of those names, deciding exactly who deserves to be singled out as embarrassing from last season. There can be little argument about the fact that these guys really should have covered themselves in more glory.
8. Nicky Clark
Scoring 41 goals in 46 appearances is good form for a striker at any level of professional football, and that's exactly what Nicky Clark achieved during season 2012-2013 whilst playing for Queen Of The South. It was that kind of form that prompted Rangers to sign the forward in 2013, but Clark hasn't managed to reach those levels at Ibrox.
Perhaps unfortunately for the man, Ally McCoist was the manager who signed him. Even though 'Super Ally' was one of the greatest goalscorers in Scottish football history, he has never really shown himself to be effective when it comes to pulling the best from players as a coach. Playing players out of position regularly, McCoist failed to make Nicky Clark an effective member of the team.
In fairness to the striker, he does try his best, but the main blame must lay at his own feet. Rangers are a team which creates a lot of chances, especially at home, and Clark has been guilty of missing the net far too often during his tenure at the club.
Coming into the last year of his 3 season deal with Rangers, Nicky Clark must have a stellar campaign if he's going to convince new boss Mark Warburton that he's worthy of a fresh contract. Too many times in season 2014-2015, he was found lacking.