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Given all of the health-related inquiries that Philippe Clement must field on a daily basis in his role as Rangers manager, it should come as no surprise that he lacks a medical degree.Seldom does a week pass that the Ibrox manager isn’t asked to predict when one of his injured stars will return. Dujon Sterling and Ross McCausland raised concerns last night when they both hobbled off at Easter Road. As the Gers’ never-ending list of injuries keeps growing, it has also included Todd Cantwell, Danilo, Abdallah Sima, Kieran Dowell, Oscar Cortes, and Scott Wright recently.
As usual, Clement stated that questions about injury diagnoses should be sent to an Ibrox employee with greater training. However, he was pleased to discuss the improved lung capacity his team is demonstrating as they keep up the battle on all fronts. Even though Leith’s performance was lethargic following Thursday’s demanding Europa League encounter in Lisbon, the Light Blues still had enough left in them to defeat Nick Montgomery’s fired-up Hibs in an exciting Scottish Cup quarterfinal match.

That’s mostly because of the intense training camp in January that Gers underwent in Spain, which, according to Clement, was exactly what the doctor ordered. “It is obvious for everyone if you look now and four months ago there is a significant change,” he remarked.It is also evident in every team statistic. There are only a few players who are truly prepared for what I want, which is a competitive team that is there every three days with that intensity, but we are not where I want them to be. For that, I need to prepare them for what they clearly missed because people are still falling out and coming back.There are a few that are developing in that fashion, like Connor Goldson, John Souttar, John Lundstram, and James Tavernier. However, I want the entire team to be like that, and in order to do so, you need further training, which I am unable to do right now due to our busy schedule. The thing is the teamwork; everyone puts in a lot of effort for the team, regardless of role, which is why we receive everything