Derek McInnes admitted Rangers are “not ready” to compete at Europa League level. <\/p>\n
The Ibrox side drew the second leg of their third qualifying round tie against Jagiellonia Bialystok 1-1 at Ibrox, but crashed out 3-2 on aggregate.<\/p>\n
It is their earliest exit from the competition since 2017, as McInnes’ winless start as manager of the Ibrox side stretched to four games.<\/p>\n
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The Rangers fans made their feelings clear at full-time as boos rang around the stadium, something McInnes accepted.<\/p>\n
“It was justified, to be honest. It wasn’t good enough. What we served up, particularly second half, wasn’t good enough,” the former Rangers midfielder said.<\/p>\n
“We need to be honest, the club’s built for Europa League and Champions League and that’s the intention, to get there.<\/p>\n
“But I’m not sure the team is quite ready for it at the moment and it pains me to say that, to be honest, it does.<\/p>\n
“We need to get more quality, we need to try and get more confidence out of the team.”<\/p>\n
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Missing left-back Tuur Rommens and striker Youssef Chermiti through injury, McInnes moved to a back three among five changes from Sunday’s defeat by Hibernian.<\/p>\n
“I felt we had to make the game open and it was a bit too open at times in the first half. Gassama and Yakota playing as kind of effectively wing-backs, we were asking a lot of them at times,” he added<\/p>\n
“But I thought it paid dividends in terms of penalty box action, getting the goal.<\/p>\n
“I thought we were good value for getting it one and a half-time, but I still thought that Jagiellonia had a couple of scares.<\/p>\n
“Once again, it’s not another 90-minute performance.<\/p>\n
Derek McInnes’ start at Rangers <\/h4>\n<\/p>\n\n- Dundee United 1-1 Rangers<\/li>\n
- Jagiellonia Bialystock 2-1 Rangers<\/li>\n
- Rangers 1-2 Hibernian<\/li>\n
- Rangers 1-1 Jagiellonia Bialystock (agg 2-3)<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
“That’s been in the Rangers for a while now. It’s been a continuation of that this season, already.<\/p>\n
“In the four games we’ve played, we’ve had some good moments, but it’s not been good enough and certainly not a strong enough 90-minute performance.<\/p>\n
“But for us to lose the goal. It’s inexplicable how we don’t make a foul, how we don’t stop the flow of the attack, how we don’t just sanitise that whole situation.<\/p>\n
“It’s not lack of bodies, it’s lack of intelligence, it’s lack of doing the right thing, to be honest.<\/p>\n
“We lost all our composure after that, if I’m going to be honest with you.<\/p>\n
The 55-year-old is Rangers’ sixth permanent manager since Steven Gerrard left the club in 2021.<\/p>\n
Despite making a dismal start, he remains confident he can turn things around.<\/p>\n
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“That’s been in the Rangers for a while now. It’s been a continuation of that this season, already.<\/p>\n
“In the four games we’ve played, we’ve had some good moments, but it’s not been good enough and certainly not a strong enough 90-minute performance.<\/p>\n
“But for us to lose the goal. It’s inexplicable how we don’t make a foul, how we don’t stop the flow of the attack, how we don’t just sanitise that whole situation.<\/p>\n
“It’s not lack of bodies, it’s lack of intelligence, it’s lack of doing the right thing, to be honest.<\/p>\n
“We lost all our composure after that, if I’m going to be honest with you.<\/p>\n
The 55-year-old is Rangers’ sixth permanent manager since Steven Gerrard left the club in 2021.<\/p>\n
Despite making a dismal start, he remains confident he can turn things around.<\/p>\n
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