Rangers Banter

01 Mar 2026 21:51:29
Well my theory early in week was a draw today and win the rest of our games. Some didn't like my prediction, however when we went 2.0 up I really thought we would have went on to win the game.

Second half we took our foot off the gas and allowed them more time to move the ball about. Tiredness definitely set in with a few players.

Every game now is a must win any more dropped points then I look forward to the summer and see what kind of team we can build for the start of next season.

Hearts sit pretty at the top of the league DM showing with the right support he's a very good manager in our league Motherwell also doing great.

Celtic still have that game in hand which looks like they might go 2 points ahead of us. So every game is now a must win any. Time will tell if we can do it.

Right now I don't think we have the best squad depth we didn't have very good options to bring off the bench that have shown previously they can make a big impact in a game such as today with how the second half was unfolding.

tough one to take, first half and Chermiti goals were outstanding. 2nd half we just stood off and it payed off for Celtic.

01 Mar 2026 22:27:57
I agree with a lot of that, Stig. The main problems were that Rohl didn't deal with their subs at halftime. Dio should have been on earlier, as big Naderi had run his race. The whole team put a lot of energy into the first half, and never reached the same levels in the 2nd half. Tiredness crept in. We sat off, gaps started to show, and they got a massive lift when they pulled one back. I'm with you in that I'm not conceding anything. Just yet.

01 Mar 2026 22:32:48
One point, Stig. 👍

01 Mar 2026 21:41:38
Have been a viewer of this page for years and one thing I notice is the cycle we go through when things don't go our way.
New manager, give him time, does well, brilliant manager, blip happens, he doesn't have what it takes, new manager etc etc.

If you told me based on the start we had with Martin that we would be 3rd or 4th in March I would have bitten your hand off never mind being in the title race.

If we continually get on the back of managers after mistakes we will get stuck in the same cycle year on year.

Rohl has been brilliant since coming in and making good changes. His players look more interested than the old guard. Things don't change in 6 months when the playing squad has been declining since the Europa League final.

He is young, inexperienced in a lead managerial role and will make mistakes. But I think he will learn from them and these tactical errors, dropped points, poor subs or not enough subs will change given the time to learn from it.

Up against an incredibly experienced, smart and wily manager today who turned the game. But Rohl's initial tactics were spot on and everyone was loving it.

Gerrard took 3 seasons to win the league and plenty time to make mistakes. He got that because of his reputation.

Danny needs to be backed. 1 league loss since he came in. We will improve.

01 Mar 2026 22:00:06
Absolutely agree with you.

01 Mar 2026 22:27:05
Super. I don't think the subs they made were a surprise. The game was passing Chamberlain and the other new boy by, and Tounetlki, I was surprised he didn't start.
They were always going to go for broke, and we didn't manage the game or have players that can soak it up and defend. The subs they made they had to, and ours were reactive based on theirs, so that was disappointing. After an hour there were a number of our players blowing a gasket, so I felt Rohl could have changed it a bit earlier. At 2-1, I was thinking put Djiga on to try and hang on, but I wonder if the Motherwell game was playing on his mind.
Good post though.

01 Mar 2026 22:29:03
Agree, Ally, I'm now hearing people saying he's another Clement or Gio. The fact is the common denominator is us and some players. Big Phil should have been given time, and so should've Gio. Got to give it to Danny. This reaction to results that don't go our way is tedious.

01 Mar 2026 22:31:08
Rohl has been brilliant, and he is 100% the man to take us forward.

He needs to learn from his mistakes, though.

If he sent out that team in the second half with a containment strategy, he owns the loss. Wouldn't have been the first time he tried to sit back after taking the lead.

01 Mar 2026 22:40:19
Agree with Gio. I thought he was unlucky considering the Europa final and winning the cup. Clement, I felt, was different. The defeat to Queens was a result very few managers can come back from.

01 Mar 2026 21:40:48
Next sunday is now the biggest game of our season. Hopefully the players learn they can't sit in and defend and i'd like to Djiga started ahead of Souttar. What other changes i'm unsure no doubt Sterling will pick up a knock so maybe Tav starts

01 Mar 2026 21:20:15
I posted earlier we missed Barron, fork u said no we didn't he was injured.

Explain that mate.

Would I say we missed Alfredo in Seville?
Cousin in Manchester?

Course we missed Barron.

That's mad to wrote that off mate

01 Mar 2026 22:41:05
Stop assuming I wrote him off. Where did I do that? If you look at the post, it was tongue n cheek with this emoji 😇 at the end. Sorry, but I'll be oh so serious with my posts from now on. Stop looking for things to be offended by when it's a f*** joke. Get a grip. Honestly pathetic if that's all u worry about.

01 Mar 2026 22:47:07
While we're at it, going to pull Storm too, as he answered too. Stop being selective when someone posts what u don't like or someone has a joke.

01 Mar 2026 21:16:26
The highs and lows of football eh.

Just had a look at the table to assess after the weekend.
Nothing between ourselves( Rangers), Celtic and Motherwell.
Hearts have a 6 point advantage and I feel for the first time this season with only 9 matches remaining, the league title is there for Hearts to lose, oh the pressure and wait of expectation is about to intensify for Hearts.

Fantastic first half today, goals from Chermiti outstanding.
Turned around in the second half which was desperately disappointing but the important thing is that we're still in there competing for the title.
Time to go on a winning run and see how Hearts handle the pressure which will intensify by the match.

As Big Marvin once said (keep believing)

Never Surender!

01 Mar 2026 20:51:30
Although we're all extremely very disappointed with the result today, I'm sure we'll all agree that that was a stunning bicycle kick by Chermiti for our first goal today and definitely up there for goal of the season. 🤔 Was Chermiti's bicycle kick goal today better than McTominay's bicycle kick goal not long ago. 🤔

01 Mar 2026 21:44:07
I genuinely thought his second was better.

01 Mar 2026 21:46:50
While I loved YC's goal today, no overhead bicycle kick will ever beat McTominay; it was simply the best, miles better than anything I've ever seen.

01 Mar 2026 21:53:38
I'm with you, Ryan. Second was better. 👍

01 Mar 2026 22:20:02
Both his goals were class.

01 Mar 2026 22:56:48
Second goal was his best today.

01 Mar 2026 20:25:25
Mystar if the cap fits, wear it mate. It wasn't directed at you there were a load of posters on shouting about how easy it would be. Where you all get the confidence from I'll never know, Hearts aside, we've been horrendous to watch this season, I just don't understand how some think it's going to be easy.

01 Mar 2026 20:37:46
I'm never confident. I know the next rubbishshow is just a corner away. It doesn't matter who it's against.

01 Mar 2026 20:45:43
But it's not the first time you're on having a go straight after the game when Rangers fans are hurting, Boy Blue. That's all I was meaning, mate. I was confident of winning that game. I'm right pissed right off.

01 Mar 2026 20:46:39
All to do again next week. 😉

01 Mar 2026 20:47:49
I agree with you, mate. I honestly don't know how anyone can be confident when we have drawn as many games as we have. We drew against Livi last week, a bottom team that has not won since August, and folk were confident. We are a bang-average side.

01 Mar 2026 20:50:24
Cheers, Fork. 😭😭😭😉

01 Mar 2026 20:51:12
No, just pissed off.

01 Mar 2026 20:52:49
They'll beat us in the cup.

Right now, our players and manager just don't have it in them to win trophies.

Cue the horror and outrage at such a despicable prediction. Convince me I am wrong?!

01 Mar 2026 20:56:05
They are feeling right up for next week. Talk about putting them in their place, we've done the opposite.

A clip from their page:

Martin picked the wrong team. My God, if he gets it right, we'll pump them next week. They are poor.

Pin that up on the wall.

01 Mar 2026 21:01:34
Do you ever notice any of our players raging? They just stare at each other.

01 Mar 2026 21:21:57
No, Laudrup, Tav does a speech saying 'just keep saying we'll learn from this.' 'They buy it every time, I've been doing it for 8 years.' Then they all have a right good laugh before doing a round robin on FIFA.

01 Mar 2026 21:22:09
Pieter. 😉👍👍

01 Mar 2026 21:32:43
The same stuff is said every year about how good our players are, how they will have very good careers, how much profit we will make, how good our manager is, and that anyone who disagrees doesn't know the game or watches a different game.



The same stuff will be said next year too, and so on, until one year we are successful.

It's just rinse and repeat. I don't know why anyone listens to it or takes it seriously.

01 Mar 2026 21:40:59
Would agree after today, Sunshine. I think Rohl has to somehow try and tinker the defence, far too easy to score against us today and recently.

01 Mar 2026 21:49:49
Sounds like some here don't think we should even bother turning up for the cup! Seriously. We had a poor 2nd half, they had a poor 1st half. We've drawn with Livi; they lost to Dundee. It seems to me that neither half of Glasgow is particularly commanding, and that, on recent form, Motherwell are the real ones to fear.


The fact that there are no 'outstanding' sides in Scotland means there are points to win and definitely some that will be lost. Whilst I agree, some of the senior players, in particular, need to be flexing their backbones, nothing is yet decided, and unless I am mistaken neither the Scottish Cup nor the league title have been won yet.

01 Mar 2026 22:32:50
FFS, Dado, Tav wisnae even playing. Surely you can't blame him for that today.

01 Mar 2026 19:56:46
Title winning teams find a way to win today instead of finding a way to drop points.

01 Mar 2026 20:31:44
Danny Rohl is saying Celtic got lucky. I think Rohl is starting to feel the pressure.

01 Mar 2026 20:34:30
Recurring theme, mate. Too many times, the team have either downed tools or Rohl's tactics have dropped us points. Perhaps both.

01 Mar 2026 20:34:50
I do agree.

01 Mar 2026 20:48:06
I remember how cool, calm, and collected Clement used to be when he first came in. That soon changed when things started to come apart.

As I stated earlier on, the similarities right now to Clement's first season are glaringly obvious.

We are, as we have been for years (55 aside), seriously lacking a champions mentality.

01 Mar 2026 20:48:17
Got lucky? Were his eyes closed in the 2nd half?

01 Mar 2026 20:50:40
I do agree, Jim. The result was all that mattered, and that wasn't it.

But there are still positives, because they played at the best level we have seen for the first 45. Everything we want to see, really: intensity, aggression and 2 lovely goals.

I don't believe this team have hit anywhere close to their peak.

If they can replicate the 1st half more consistently, we can still win this. 6 points for Hearts is not a comfortable lead, Celtic are basically level with us.

The league is still there to play for, but you are right, you have to go get it, and today they didn't.

01 Mar 2026 20:54:33
Where did Rohl say they got lucky, visionary? Never seen or heard that, but I've not watched his presser fully.

SS, bang on, mate, we need people with a history of winning things, and not just in the dugout but on the park. The lack of leadership in our team is scary!

01 Mar 2026 21:34:16
Post match interview, Jim.

01 Mar 2026 21:38:05
If they equalised 5 minutes earlier than they did, then they would probably have won it. That's the only way I can see it going. Even when we were winning things, they put us under the cosh in games, but we had more about us in character and defenders who could do the basics.

01 Mar 2026 21:43:21
Any team getting a pen in 92 mins got lucky.

That doesn't mean it's not a penalty.

It means the got lucky, the game could have finished, the ball might not have hit the arm, the player might not have got that connection, the var might not have looked, , they got lucky, and they had 3 attempts at getting it in
L they got lucky again that jack didn't get the ball wide, lucky again no Rangers player reacted, lucky the second attempt came straight back to them

Of course they got lucky

01 Mar 2026 19:02:42
The ox was amazing today but he didn't hold his balls like others.

01 Mar 2026 20:16:47
Getting kinda fed up with you guys saying 'He's only 22'. If you can't shoot, pass, dribble at 22, you never will.