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Stewart Wilson

Simon Jordan launches live radio attack on Kris Boyd over 'unfair' Rangers rant

Simon Jordan has two-footed Rangers legend Kris Boyd over his punditry on Sky Sports in last night's 2-1 defeat to Aberdeen.

The former striker filleted his former club in an epic rant after they dropped nine points behind in the title race. 

In an epic diatribe, Boyd said Philippe Clement should leave the club while stating that the Dons were a "better team than Rangers, better manager than Rangers and with better recruitment" and adding "they have downgraded in every position."

And talkSPORT pundit Jordan, the former owner of Premier League side Crystal Palace wasn't impressed with the passionate comments.

He said: "I know they do (trail in the league) but, in isolation, this game which is creating the headline and reaction from Kris Boyd is an unfair analysis. Go back behind that and see what is happening, what was their transfer policy in the summer? What funds does he have available?

"There has to be a raft of reasons, rather than emotive outbursts from pundits about what is happening at Rangers. If, it is indeed, that Clement has gone from hero to zero, with nothing in between, with no reason behind it, he isn't good enough, he isn't the person people thought he was


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"On one hand, you have got people saying 'get your bloody nose back in the boardroom and away from the football operations, we don't want you here, leave the football people to run it'. On the other hand, it's 'we don't have a CEO, we don't have a chairman', and that's the reason why it is rudderless.

"Clement's side are not not functioning on the field because there is no chairman, or CEO, it might be nice to impart wisdom, but most CEOs are bag carriers, most CEOs, in football, wouldn't get jobs in commercial business around the world. I don't see them as leaders. Most chairman are detached from the business anyway."

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