Sutton felt it was inevitable Beale would go as soon as his own fans started to 'see through' him.
But Chris Sutton insists it was deployed too often and that it wasn't something he could fall back on when things went wrong this term. Beale oversaw an expensive Rangers rebuild this summer, bringing in the likes of Danilo, Sam Lammers and Cyriel Dessers for big money, along with Jose Cifuentes, Kieran Dowell and Jack Butland. Only goalkeeper Butland has performed to the level expected, resulting in the man who signed them being sacked on Sunday night.
"He had the excuse last season of it not being his team," he told BBC Football Daily. "I think he used that excuse far too many times.
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