02 Jul 2026 18:55:16
Interesting listening to Dan Neil saying he toured Ibrox a few months ago before making his decision to come so hopefully time Will tell if that's another credit to Rohl is due as well wanting to sign Shankland and McCrorie.
02 Jul 2026 19:44:09
Or credit to the recruitment team of Thelwell and Purdy.
02 Jul 2026 19:45:06
I watch McCrorie's interview, I'm sure he says it was an easy decision to sign once he knew the gaffer was going to be at Rangers? I think that one is down to McInnes.
02 Jul 2026 19:53:08
It's strange how little people actually know how our transfers work. The manager, whoever it might be, probably has the least input in the whole situation.
02 Jul 2026 20:15:59
Only credit if they do well, otherwise the pitchforks will be out.
02 Jul 2026 21:02:59
Strange how people think McInnes is signing these players but Rohl wasn't. And they might identify some EHL, but a manager has to okay them, and they will also be making their own suggestions.
02 Jul 2026 21:13:08
Polar, the recruitment team will put months, sometimes even years, of work into building player profiles before the Manager or Head Coach okays the signing.
Of course, Managers / Head Coaches can share insight and knowledge on players they are aware of with the recruitment team - who then go and build the profile.
However, our signings so far have been the result of a change in recruitment strategy driven by Stig and Purdy - originally drafted by Koppen and binned by Thelwell Snr - and the work carried out by Thelwell Jnr and the wider recruitment team.
02 Jul 2026 21:25:36
I know how it works, Ehl. I have worked in the industry.
Think you are contradicting yourself though, as McCrorie said he's known for months, as has Dan Neil. Both would have been identified for Rohl's style, as would Shankland, who
was signed for Rohl whilst still here, which differs from McInnes' style, so the players and strategy would change going by your logic.
Think any manager has a bigger say than you give credit for. McInnes wouldn't be working with players he didn't like, or have faith he could work or win with either, so think it's a bit of both inputs.
02 Jul 2026 21:26:38
Thanks for the mention, Ehl.
I have been working hard. ?
02 Jul 2026 21:33:28
He's talking about the strategy of the club, not the manager. So Koppen's strategy was changed by Thelwell Sr, then they pivoted back to that strategy when he left.
02 Jul 2026 22:03:57
Reread my post, and I can't see any contradiction at all, Polar?
In fact, I think my post is pretty much spot on.
02 Jul 2026 22:24:30
Or perhaps McInnes is going to continue playing the club style which Rohl started.
So players are still being signed who were identified by the recruitment team, as they will still fit. They were identified as the club want to have a strong Scottish core and play a certain way.
If, as you say, managers have a huge say in this, then that is the only answer; otherwise, why would DM accept players scouted for Danny Rohl if he wants to play a different style?
Or, if he is playing a different style but taking Rohl's signings, then surely that would suggest the manager has little say.
Not in industry, but I did learn to think at an early age. ?
02 Jul 2026 23:34:38
Think you think too much about your sports science at times, EHL. That's your opinion, I don't agree with it all, so isn't spot on, sorry. They are 2 different managers with 2 different playing styles. Sometimes it's just a case of a manager wanting players they want in the team.
02 Jul 2026 23:43:10
Why would Macinnes change his style. ?
Job interview. Come to Rangers, Derek, and play the same tactics as Rohl that just got us 3rd place. Obviously, you didn't learn very well.
As I said, the manager would have an input, nobody mentioned huge, but my opinion is Rohl should get credit as I think he had a say in the signings. ?
They must both be copying Russell Martin.
03 Jul 2026 07:21:40
Have no issues with you or anyone disagreeing with anything I post, Polar, as you are correct as it is an opinion.
However, I was saying it was spot on in response to you advising that I was contradicting myself - which I can't see.
The strange unrelated dig at sports science tells me all I need to know.
03 Jul 2026 07:56:47
It wasn't strange or unrelated, I thought it was relevant, but that's my opinion. I felt the same about initial digs, same as I did about another on here that argues on every post with sly digs. Opinions are like arseholes, everyone has one. ?
03 Jul 2026 09:13:33
Because the club want to create a way to play and strategy which works no matter who the manager is and stop us from having to get rid of whole squads every time we change one.
Also, perhaps McInnes has played the way he has because of player limitations, but the way he now wants to play is in the ballpark of how the club want; not exactly like Rohl though.
But, mainly, as you said, you think the manager has more say and yet he has taken players who were picked for Rohl's style which is so different they wouldn't fit, surely. So, how much say does he have if these have been foisted on him?