Andy Halliday hasn't seen any real improvement in others who were there under Michael Beale
That's according to Andy Halliday , who has seen the Nigerian step it up to an extent since Michael Beale left, but little else from those who survived the transition to Clement. Dessers broke the 20 goal mark last season despite heavy criticism and plenty of missed chances to further increase his tally.
But Halliday reckons the striker is the only one to have visibly benefitted from Clement's coaching as the Light Blues find themselves five points adrift ion the title race already. He told Clyde Super Scoreboard: "I'd argue maybe Dessers. I thought when he first came in under Michael Beale he came under a lot of criticism and the goals weren't quite as regular or consistent as they have been since Philippe Clement came in.
"Yeah, in terms of his interview in the press I don't know if that's him trying to defend his team or players. He mentions a couple of chances at the start of the game that were offside, so even if they go in it's 0-0. "In terms of possession, there's possession with a purpose. Celtic were creating clear chances with it, Rangers were a little bit passive. Where I don't blame him, you talked about implementing his tactics, I'm not having for a minute that Clement's tactics were high-press Celtic for 10 minutes and if we go 1-0 down we'll sit off.
"That, for me, was the players being spooked to going 1-0 down and then not being able to regain control of the game."
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