17 May 2026 00:17:34
I'm hurting as much as all of you but having had a few hours to calm down and reflect, a few thoughts for me.
1. Rohl has to go. He has failed every major test.
2. Gerrard would be a shocking mistake of an appointment. There's nothing to suggest he would be a success and the romance of 55 is nothing but a smokescreen.
3. We have two, maybe three players worth keeping.
4. Cavenagh has next season to get things right or will face a ferocious backlash from the supporters.
5. Hearts won't win a league in my lifetime. They lost out to the worst Rangers and them that I can ever remember.
6. Anyway wanting McInnes in needs some good friends around them.
7. Ditto Askou.
I had credible information from the boardroom that the season finished would see a revolution like nothing before. That hasn't happened. We are a basket case with no little optimism for any immediate success. And it pains me to say that more than anyone will be able to comprehend.
Dark times fellow supporters.
17 May 2026 09:09:06
Not much positivity around our Club at the minute. At least this nightmare season is over. I would be all for McInnes. I really don't believe we will get anywhere under Rohl.
17 May 2026 09:15:15
Honestly, stunned reading this from you, mate. You're usually one of the most optimistic voices on here, always backing the club and bringing cracking info from behind the scenes, so for you to sound this deflated genuinely worries me.
Makes you wonder what's actually being seen or heard inside the club for someone like you to come out with "dark times ahead." Feels like there's more going on behind closed doors than supporters are being told, whether it's recruitment, finances, dressing room issues or just complete lack of direction at board level.
The worrying part is when fans who normally keep the faith start losing belief. That's when you know confidence behind the scenes must be on the floor. Hopefully things aren't as bleak as they seem, but this post definitely hits hard coming from you.
17 May 2026 09:16:24
Why would McInnes leave Hearts for Rangers? Hearts finished above us, have an exciting recruitment policy, and European qualifiers to look forward to. Hearts will let McInnes keep that job for years to come. There is no way McInnes leaves a club who is on a high, to join the lows of Rangers where he could be unemployed again in months.
Rangers are a basket case of a club at the moment and many managers won't touch it.
McInnes turned us down before, and he'll turn us down again. He has a better thing going with Hearts.
17 May 2026 09:28:32
Have to agree Rohl with.
17 May 2026 09:35:50
Ibrox4Me, I regard yourself as one of the best, most trustworthy posters on here, mate, and your post absolutely concerns me as a Rangers season ticket holder and shareholder for 50 years now. ☹️ I know you get good info and that's why this has jolted me with concern.
☹️ You state Danny Rohl shouldn't be our manager and neither should Steven Gerrard, Derek McInnes or Askou, so who in your opinion should be our manager, mate? ?
17 May 2026 09:44:45
1. Disagree, got to give him a chance, joining after the vegan disaster isn't a fair crack of the whip.
2. Completely agree, don't fully understand why people want to go back to him.
3. At best, I won't lose sleep over any player leave this summer. I just hope we can move these guys on.
4. Completely agree, real concern he just doesn't get it.
5. Agreed.
6. Not sure, to be honest, and firmly believe he's no better or worse than Rohl.
7. Not sure of the reference, mate.
We're such an unfavourable prospect to potential managers that we have had to take an untested and inexperienced manager from the Championship.
We've then given him an inexperienced team of misfits, youth and loan players. What do we honestly expect to happen within this framework? Do we think this is a key to a successful team?
The thing which really confuses the life out of me, do we honestly believe better more experienced managers are going to look at this framework and think, 'yeah, that's the club for me, that club are going places and I can drive the bus'?
If we sack Rohl, we'll be looking further down the food chain and handing Celtic 10 in a row. Make no mistake, that's the reality and that's the fight ahead.
17 May 2026 09:46:38
Ibrox, for me, spoke of his disillusionment a few days back. Yes, he is normally positive, but I guess his is symptomatic of our whimpering end to the season.
17 May 2026 09:50:17
Keep faith Ibrox4me. It has been seriously disappointing.
At this stage I still have faith in Danny Rohl
17 May 2026 10:22:07
SWS, I have no idea who to bring in as manager. In my opinion, and that's all it is, I believe we need an actual manager, not this head coach approach. Not a project or potential, we need tried and tested. But I doubt we can afford or attract that kind of person. Same goes for the players we need. Maybe Stig can do a job and I'd be keen to retain him.
We're at a crossroads now. We either get it right and kick in or continue the downward spiral we are on.
We cannot continue emptying managers and rebuilding every year. There have been signs of improvement off the pitch but we're still miles and miles away from where we need to be.
We've blown the league, which we had no right to be contesting after the RM era. The potential money from UCL would've been game changing. Now we're back to scraping around for a few quid in tier 2 or 3.
The next 12 months will determine our medium to long term fate.
17 May 2026 10:56:04
For to read something like that coming from you, Ibrox, I find it quite disheartening and worrying. I always look for your posts, as you always have good information and normally quite positive.
Hopefully it's something we can turn around this season.
17 May 2026 11:17:13
Ibrox. Personally the new owners believed their own hype and underestimated the task. The knock on was this season just gone. Astute business men don't make the same mistakes twice, or do they. ?
17 May 2026 11:26:50
As much as Ibrox may have contacts and get information from those contacts this is just an opinion of another fan. No disrespect to Ibrox but other than the revolution like not other he is saying what his thoughts are.
So as that is what is happening:
1. We need to give a manager time to see if they are right. The only league we have won happened 3 years after Gerrard was appointed. It is that obvious and yet we fail to see it. Manager now more aware of the league so has less lessons to learn.
2. Never go back, if we were for me it would be Clement rather than Gerrard.
3. We have more players than 2/3 that worth keeping. They have a year of knowing the demands and, with the right experienced additions, they will get better. Also pre-season and a higher impact style of play will suit us better.
4. Cavenagh needs to hold strong and ignore supporters. We haven't made a particularly good job forcing change in the past so why would now be any different. Pay your ST and, if you aren't, stop paying it and don't go. It is an entertainment business and, whilst people won't like it, that is how it works.
5. I want other teams to be more competitive and Hearts managed it this year. Yes, the OF were poor but Hearts were better and, with continued signings of similar quality, who knows. I could say unless we learn lessons we will never win another league title in my lifetime.
6. I don't want McInnes as we have a coach. We need to keep on that so we don't constantly change players every time one is sacked or leaves.
7. I would want to see another season of Askou to see that he isn't another Thelin. Yes, his style is attractive but would it suit a team where the opposition sit in? Not sure on that.
Every takeover promises the world and it always takes more time to do everything than it is thought. The sacking of Stewart and Thelwell would have limited plans as well.
If we stop sacking managers and binning players just because we haven't won then I am optimistic. Give the club a chance to build for a future rather than scrapping it every 9-12 months. That hasn't worked so far.
17 May 2026 11:53:08
You make a lot of good points, and we've continually tried constantly changing managers after only a short time in charge since Gerrard left, and it hasn't worked. ? So I agree, Angus, why not try for continuity for a change and give Danny Rohl next season and see what he can do with his own players.
? We have to make changes around Danny Rohl, I feel, and I definitely think that will happen for the better. ? ??
17 May 2026 12:15:06
In relation to Ibrox, he is not offering an opinion, he is stating his information comes from inside the boardroom.
I have met Ibrox and his information tends to be very accurate alongside Copland 5.
I know what I prefer to read.
17 May 2026 12:37:44
John, last line of Ibrox4me's post is a concern, as it leaves us all pondering and in the dark.