We asked for your views on Rangers’ 2-1 Boxing Day defeat by St Mirren.

Here’s what some of you said:

Steven: Don’t even know where to start with this team. It’s one step forward and two steps back. Opportunity to close the gap at the top and open up some daylight between ourselves and third and they can’t take it. We simply can’t break teams down that set up to defend – hence better performances in Europe. Something has to change – starting with strikers!

Gerry: The inconsistency shown in this Rangers squad beggars belief. Each game brings a different level of performance leaving you wondering what next. That was the best Christmas present Celtic and their fans could have hoped for. We never seem to capitalise on any opportunity we get to make up the points deficit. How long can Philippe Clement keep making excuses?

Brian: Well where do I start, bad passes, couldn’t control a ball properly, discipline was poor, poor leadership, no structure, l could keep going, bad, l think that’s enough. Now the league has gone only the Scottish Cup left, could it be three seconds this year? Sorry Rangers, not acceptable.

Mark: Some of those players definitely need to take a long, hard look at themselves and actually think what playing in the blue shirt means.

Dave: I was naively beginning to think that things were on the turn and that stability was something I could look forward to and perhaps further building in the January window. I’m now not sure if we should be giving Clement any cash in January? Write this season off and let Patrick Stewart do his job by securing investment and a manager to get us where we belong.

Ronnie: Massive let down but predictable. Just when Rangers fans are speculating closing the gap to six points after the next Old Firm, bang, Rangers once again bring those hopes crashing down. The manner of the defeat typifies our season and leaves our season in tatters. Our present Rangers does not resemble the team I have supported all my life.

Gaz: Wow, I’m dumbfounded, I genuinely thought we had turned a corner in the last couple of weeks but the manager has to take the blame for selection. Take nothing away from St Mirren but we are a complete enigma at the minute. The players have some ability as the results in Europe suggest, so it has to be a mentality issue.

Gordon: It’s not good enough to say we had a bad 45 minutes in the first half, Clement must play his best team at the start. Once his team had the game wrapped up, he can afford to give players a rest, not before! The same lack of killer instinct in front of goal will ultimately prove our undoing again this season.