Rangers banter 4

02 Mar 2026 07:40:54
Now that the dust has settled and it looks a bit more difficult to win the league - still not giving up though.

For next season which personnel would you choose to leave the club, regardless of contract etc.

02 Mar 2026 07:59:10
Still cannot believe Hatate got 3 efforts at his pen without a Rangers player near him. So poor.

To go: Tav, Souttar, Miovski, Raskin, Dio, Antman, Aasgaard.

All loan players to leave, apart from Moore.

02 Mar 2026 08:03:48
Return all our loans except Moore, let go/sell all those out on loan except Curtis, Souttar, Tav, Sterling, Miovski, Matondo, Bajrami, with a big question mark on Antman and Aasgaard.

02 Mar 2026 08:07:26
Most of the loan players.
Aarons - not gd enough.
Djiga - improving but be funny money.
Meghoma - would he be a back up to Rommens?
Olsen - I'm undecided, form needs to improve.
Moore - Spurs will need him.

Tav - done enough, not as gd as he was.
Soapy - liked him but he's lost something.
Raskin - may go for decent cash/trading model.


Dio - as above.
Bajrami - seems surplus.
Aasgaard - yet to be convinced.
Cameron - blotted his copybook, possibly.
Barron - Bologna not going away.

Tbh, it's all up in the air. I think if decent money is offered for anyone they may go, and others are OOC. Just need to wait n see. 👍

02 Mar 2026 08:08:52
Tbh, there are a lot on a shoogly peg, and I've not mentioned some that others have.

02 Mar 2026 08:28:45
I'm struggling to see any club paying double figures for Rangers players who have finished third (or perhaps fourth) in the league?

When we sold Bassey, for example, we were flying, and he'd just played in a European final.

I reckon we'll get half of what people's expectations are for Raskin/Dio, and probably half of what they're worth.



It'll be interesting to see how many years the board will invest cash if the team and management can't deliver.

Big season next season. Huge expectations and pressure coming their way.

02 Mar 2026 09:49:16
Miovski,
Theo,
Olson,
Gassama,
Aarons,
Souttar,
Matondo,
Meghoma,
Djiga,
Moore.

Spurs will recall Moore and take a look at him during their pre-season. If they get relegated, he might even be a starter for them next year. The best we can hope for is another loan, and we won't get an answer to that until late in the summer window, meaning he would miss our pre-season and potentially some Euro qualifiers.



If Rangers can find a number 10 of their own, then I would hope they go and get him. We need our own version of a Maswanhise, or Nygren. Someone who can create and score goals from a wide or central position. I thought Olsen would be that, but it doesn't look like it so far.

02 Mar 2026 04:39:15
Celtic's half-time changes — especially bringing on Hatate — shifted the game. Rangers tried to respond, but Diomande struggled to make any sort of impact. While Rangers faded after the break, Celtic were also much improved in the second half — both sides really only dominated for 45 minutes.

Rangers' 4-4-2 has strengths, but it can get overrun against a three-man midfield. Switching shape to 4-3-2-1 leaves Chermiti isolated, and there aren't strong enough wide options to compensate. Olsen hasn't developed into the game-changing, goal-scoring winger many hoped for, and there's a clear lack of a controlling number 6 — with Raskin often too positionally loose.

Danny Röhl will know the issues, but they can't be fixed until the summer. Right now, he has to work with a squad that lacks a reliable strike partner for Chermiti, a midfield anchor, and goal threat from wide areas, and a dominant CB.

The team isn't losing often — but too many draws, defensive mistakes, limited attacking threat, and a thin midfield are holding them back. Address those areas in the summer, and Rangers will become a real force.

02 Mar 2026 06:54:40
Agree and you echo what was pretty much said by a few yesterday. 👍

02 Mar 2026 07:42:23
Really good post, RohlWithCheese. 👍 I agree with most of what you say, mate, but do you not think Naderi is a reliable strike partner for Chermiti? 🤔 I posted last night in response to some posters saying Chermiti fell out of the game in the second half, and I stated that it wasn't his doing, as we supplied our forwards with nothing to go on in the second half by sitting too deep and isolating them.

When Naderi was subbed, as he was out on his feet, it got even worse for Chermiti, as he became even more isolated. 🤔

02 Mar 2026 08:09:15
I agree with you, Sir W. I think Naderi is ideal, but I'm concerned now that we lack either finesse for the full game or desire. I thought Chermiti and Chucky kept going as long as they could, but ran out of steam. I also thought Olsen was good, but lacking game time.

02 Mar 2026 08:18:44
I wasn't impressed by Naderi, but think his presence up top helped Chermiti perform at his best, and gave our wide players something to aim for. I still can't understand how we brought on an extra midfielder and totally lost control of midfield.

02 Mar 2026 08:41:56
If players are tired after 45 mins there is something seriously wrong. They are young athletes. Tennis players can run non stop for 4, 5 hours. Get Andy Murray's stamina coach.

{Ed001's Note - they are running shorter distances though in comparison.}

02 Mar 2026 08:50:50
Your comment about Chermiti is bang on the button, Sir Walter. He struggles up top on his own. It's fair to say that we struggle with the 4-3-3 formation with him up top on his own. Again, I think this is the naivety of Rohl and his tactics. Dare I say, we'd perhaps have been better with Miovski up top on his own, as at least he has played this with some success during his Aberdeen days.



In effect, we said to Celtic, 'come on then, attack us', while offering nothing in attack ourselves.

I'd love to keep Chermiti if we're going to play a system with two strikers. If this isn't a long-term tactic, then we'd be best finding a forward who can play that lone striker.

02 Mar 2026 08:51:50
Naderi covered so much ground and pulled their players all over the place. Big reason Celtic came back into it was him tiring and being subbed, Kaiser.

02 Mar 2026 09:09:22
Naderi was signed to score goals. He needs to start scoring. The level of fitness for Naderi and others is very concerning.

02 Mar 2026 09:32:04
Whatsmyname, Celtic also had a European tie away during the week, so you would think if any team would fade later in the game it would be them. Strange?

01 Mar 2026 23:18:57
I've never been so angry after a Rangers game in my life looking back I still blame the manager but I do think he's the right guy for the job.

02 Mar 2026 06:30:46
Still truly sickened, Rangers. Still believe Rohl will be a success at Rangers. The only problem I had yesterday was him not bringing Diomande on far earlier once he saw the effects of the game when Hatate came on.

02 Mar 2026 06:33:57
Rfc22, not Rangers.

02 Mar 2026 06:53:52
They only go 1 point ahead.

02 Mar 2026 07:06:25
Was Rohl the only one who did not see the players tiring? His ability to change a game is questionable. Not using more subs is inexcusable.
Let's remember that the team had 5 of the players he wants at the club (including Souttar, as he has just given him a new contract). The only one who gets pass marks is Rommens. The reason Souttar does all these blocks is because his timing is all wrong; he's terrible in the air and was ball-watching for the penalty.
Olsen is a waste of a jersey; not sure what he really offers.

Naderi, I think, shows why he was playing 3rd tier in Germany. Chucky seems a tidy player, but the game just seems to go by without him influencing anything.
We were good in the first half, but was that more down to how bad they were?
We are unable to defend leads; you could see that coming, so why keep doing it? Rohl has to learn quick; it's not as if it's the first time it has happened.
Still in the league, but need to get to the split within 2 or 3 points, then anything can happen.

02 Mar 2026 09:47:36
I'm angry af. Souttar and Fernandez, in particular, needed to be solid in the second half, as they were always likely to have a spell.
Positioning and defending not good enough at this level.

02 Mar 2026 13:07:33
Celtic were bad in the first half because Rangers were great, dominant, constantly pushing and applying pressure.

That died out in the second half, and let Celtic get control of the ball, and there was no real way back from that.

Celtic fans are celebrating like they won the game and the league. It's rather embarrassing.



We have won basically f all in years and get called Sevco etc, but Celtic still love us so much. It's hilarious.

We were near the bottom of the table at the start of the season, with Martin in charge, and now look at us.

It's been a very weird season, and it's not over yet.

(I fancy Dons to get a decent result during the week.)

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 23:16:49
Dio did absolutely nothing when he came on.

02 Mar 2026 05:03:15
We won't win every game, unfortunately.

02 Mar 2026 06:39:13
Rangers somehow get 82 points, imho that will be enough. If we beat Hearts and Celtic and draw one remaining game, we would win the league, but it is nearly impossible going off recent games, mind you.
We need twelve points before the split to have any chance.

02 Mar 2026 06:55:11
They only go 1 point ahead, not 2, if they beat Aberdeen.

02 Mar 2026 07:00:47
It doesn't mean anything now but Barron would have been ideal 2nd half yesterday. His energy to chase down the ball and tackle was missed.

02 Mar 2026 07:16:07
Jling, what Barron brings is nothing, only joking. Only going by a couple of posters, agreed. We do miss his energy and dig in the middle of the park.

02 Mar 2026 07:34:20
The Stig, the problem with what you said is that our team is not capable of winning every game till the end of the season. We have drawn 4 of the last 6 or something like that.

Could be worse than that, Star, we could drop points to a worse, bang-average side than us. 😬 Still waiting on 4-1. 👍

02 Mar 2026 07:47:28
Careful, Star, you're not allowed to have a joke about Barron being unavailable without being accused of writing him off by some. 🤯

02 Mar 2026 07:51:13
I was confident of winning that game. At least them throwing in the towel eight or nine times can launch it once again. Hopefully, when a couple of bumps happen in their life, they ain't so fast in giving up.

02 Mar 2026 08:01:29
Fork, I've never seen anything from you about Barron. Well, I can't remember reading it; fine having a laugh, mate.
I just feel his drive, energy and dig are missing from the middle of the park right now.

02 Mar 2026 08:10:21
It's on banter 6 or 7 by now, bud. 👍

02 Mar 2026 08:11:11
Yesterday, if he was fit, then yes.

02 Mar 2026 08:20:24
Banter 5 Star. 👍

02 Mar 2026 08:24:14
Fork, I wasn't really on much yesterday morning, mate. It's probably the reason I never saw it. All good in banter. 👍

02 Mar 2026 08:30:36
No worries, bud. 👍

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.

02 Mar 2026 06:04:45
It's always been this way by some of our supporters, i.e. Danny Rohl is brilliant and the correct manager for us, and then a blip and a couple of mistakes and he's not the manager for Rangers. Very fickle indeed and wrong, imo. 🤔 Rohl is still a very young manager/head coach who still has to improve and learn from mistakes, but he's a good manager/head coach, and most definitely the manager for us. Rightly so, he will be given time to build us into winners, and I truly think he will.

👍 In Rohl I most certainly trust. 👍 We can't keep hounding managers and wanting them out the door when we hit a blip, and we need to remember the way Rohl has taken the mess that Russell Martin left, and has us challenging for the league title and a good chance of Scottish Cup glory. 👍 🇬🇧 We're not done for any of these 2 trophies yet, so let's get behind Rohl and our team. 🥊 🇬🇧

02 Mar 2026 06:19:10
Agree with all of the above. The amount of comments I saw yesterday saying that Rohl will win nothing, and that he's not the man for Rangers, was astonishing.

02 Mar 2026 06:26:25
SirStruth, most of the posts are coming from posters from the dark side of town. Wearerangers is one of them, I have seen him post something similar. 🪃

02 Mar 2026 07:37:18
Glad to see many agreeing; I was expecting the opposite, which is refreshing.
We can't just expect to bring in a new regime and have it click straight away. The future looks bright, as long as we do it correctly and Rohl remains in charge.

02 Mar 2026 07:37:36
I did say, if we didn't win on Sunday, the knives would be out for him. I don't agree with it, but you could tell a mile away it was happening.

02 Mar 2026 08:15:10
The guy came in when we were at a complete low point, and to get us to where we are with just a handful of his own players is nowt short of amazing. It's not only managers, though. We've slaughtered Dessers and Chermiti on here, probably all of us at some point, but what a front 2 that would be?

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.

02 Mar 2026 07:39:51
Don't bring me into Forky.

I think we missed Joey Barton in our midfield yesterday. We also missed Cerny and Sima.


If Gazza was fit, we would have won that game easy. 👍

02 Mar 2026 07:46:03
Stevie, I agree. Barron's dig and energy are missing from our team. He's due back anytime, mate.

02 Mar 2026 07:55:06
Does my nut on Storm, accused of writing off a player when it's obvious that I'm at the wind up as were u, but I get it. Go figure. People adding mince in to suit their own agenda. Personally, I think we missed Parlane for a bit in 1970's. 😇

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!

02 Mar 2026 06:09:01
C02, I honestly felt sorry for our forwards Chermiti, Naderi and Moore in the second half as they hardly had any service at all due to us sitting back deeper and our midfield creating nothing for them. 👎

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.

02 Mar 2026 06:11:37
Just asking, guys: why do you think the second Chermiti goal was better than his first goal? 🤔 Not having a go, guys, as I thought both his goals were outstanding, but only asking your opinions on why you thought his second strike was better. 🤔 🇬🇧

02 Mar 2026 06:14:00
Chermiti's bicycle kick goal against them yesterday was by a distance better than McTominay's bicycle kick goal, Mcmillst. 🤔😜

02 Mar 2026 06:28:07
Sir Walter, in my opinion, his second was far superior, just with the amount of work he had to put in and movement. That's the type of goal that stands out to me, but I appreciate why people would say his first.

02 Mar 2026 06:35:29
Fight, position, poise, and aplomb. Far better than the first for me.

02 Mar 2026 07:50:08
When I got home from the game yesterday, Fork, my mates did tell me that Lennon actually stated in commentary yesterday that although both Chermiti's goals were class, his second was Larssonesque according to Lennon. 👌

02 Mar 2026 08:14:36
First was a belter, Coops tbh, but thought his all round drive to get the second was better, bud. 👍👍