Chris Sutton has filleted struggling Rangers manager Philippe Clement, branding him a "Belgian waffle".
Rangers dropped yet more points in a 1-1 draw with Dundee and have now only notched 13 out of a possible 33 on the road this season.
This dire form leaves them 15 points behind Celtic in the title race despite having beaten their bitter rivals 3-0 in the New Year's Day derby.
🗣️ "Celtic are laughing at them, Brendan Rodgers will be cracking the champagne and laughing at them" 🗣️ "It's about time he [Clement] took ownership... this Belgian waffle will carry on and carry on" Chris Sutton reckons there is a "losing mentality" at Rangers ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/wLMqvUSWX9
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And forthright pundit Sutton wasn't holding back on the situation, ridiculing the size of the gap and insisting that Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers would be laughing at the lack of title challenge.
He said on Sky Sports: "You look at the Rangers team, the Rangers squad, and you think, well, you know, does the jersey fit for a lot of these players? I mean, as I've said before, there's a losing mentality at the club and nothing really has changed. And this isn't just on Philip Clement. This has been happening now for years and years and years.
"And you watch how insipid that performance was tonight. Everybody, you know, Celtic are laughing at them. Brendan Rodgers will be cracking open the champagne this evening, laughing at them. It's an embarrassment that we are in the early part of January and Celtic are 15 points clear at the top. That is shocking. And it is amazing.
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"And, you know, we're talking before the game. Myself and Chris thought that Philippe Clement should have gone a long time ago. But they are at a sort of crossroads now, because can this go on? The club are in regression.
"And so are we going to look at that? Or is Patrick Stewart going to look at the bigger picture and not just one game against Celtic where they where they raise the game or, you know, the odd game in Europe? This is domestically, domestically, I said before the game, you know, Clement will come out and talk about Celtic having a bigger budget. But Rangers shouldn't be dropping 19 points against sides who, you know, have far, far lesser budgets than them. And he never mentions that.
"And we hear the excuses week in and week out now. And it's not good enough. And it's about time he took ownership. But he won't. But this this Belgian waffle will carry on and carry on and carry on. It won't stop until there's there's a decision made on him."
