Rangers banter 5

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.

02 Mar 2026 06:21:19
Of course we were poor in the second half, but imo that doesn't have me thinking we can't/won't beat them next Sunday in the Scottish Cup. 🤔 Of course they'll get a lift from that comeback yesterday, but they ain't a great team, and next Sunday's game for me is certainly winnable. 🤔 If we play the way we played in the first half, I fancy us, and likewise, if we drop off like we did in the second half, then they'll be the likely winners.

🤔 All ifs and buts, and it's on the day, so no defeatist attitude from me. It's there to be won, so let's get behind our team and wait and see. 🥊🇬🇧

02 Mar 2026 06:24:36
Didn't blame Tav, Baz. Jesus, mate, you were having a mare last night.

Read the comment again and see if you can process it this time. Good luck.

02 Mar 2026 07:45:48
Here we go again. They ain't a great team. 😂 Coops, neither are we. Jesus wept. The way you and yer pal go on about us, you would think we are prime Brazil in 1970.

We are bang average at best. Our defence is atrocious. I can remember folk banging on about having the best defence in the league. 😂 That was bs.

02 Mar 2026 08:25:38
Read it again, Dado. Still feels like Tav is brought in as a whipping boy, but if that's not how you meant it, fair enuf.

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

02 Mar 2026 06:24:24
Everyone has their opinions, but here's one for the guys who state it's the same old story with Rohl as it was with Clement, Gio, etc. So, should we get shot of Danny Rohl in you guys' eyes, yes or no? 🤔

02 Mar 2026 10:23:18
If it's a penalty, then it's not luck.

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.

01 Mar 2026 18:58:50
Never a pen.

Better the mini Rangers win the league than the timmys too.

01 Mar 2026 19:46:15
Clearly a penalty. Jack nearly saved it, twice, and perhaps a bit of a quicker response from his teammates, and it could have been cleared.

01 Mar 2026 19:51:31
Of course it was a penalty.

01 Mar 2026 20:00:41
Penalty all day. Get a grip.

01 Mar 2026 20:32:33
Stonewall penalty.

01 Mar 2026 18:49:39
Butland- unlucky with the pen
Sterling-solid enough for 60
Soapy-Rash positionally poor
Manny-on hash too laid back
Rommens- great player (MoM)imo
Chucka-gd but ran out of legs
Raskin-can be better
Olsen-assist n involved/tired
Moore- great but release ball
Naderi-great everywhere/ tired
Chermiti-2 crackers/fell away

Dio-not on the game pace
Gassama- far too late

2 subs used, needed more,
Rohl- how can he be so right 1st half n so wrong 2nd half, if its not broke don't fix it or replace with similar players.
Happened a few times now.

01 Mar 2026 19:28:18
Spot on, Fork. The second half was so poor - yes, players tired halfway through second 45, but approach was totally different, and that is on Rohl. It allowed Celtic back in and cost us a vital win.

01 Mar 2026 19:37:25
Both Manny and Soapy just were not where they needed to be, and I have seen a few comments on their second goal, but Soapy follows Maeda to the front post and then just lets him drift back behind him while ball-watching. Both, for me, were dreadful and set us up for defeat in the second half by going back to slow passing and going backwards too much.

Naderi had an okay game, but I, for the life of me, can't see why we paid that kind of money. He is just as likely to trip over his own feet, but he is still very raw at 22.

Olsen, for me, must not be bought. Once he tried to beat his man and it resulted in a goal, but he took the safe option every time and never looked to run at glass ankles.

That quick free kick we took in the first half to him, and what did he do? He turned and passed it all the way back.

Raskin was great in the first half when we were direct, but when we slowed down he was exposed for his lack of passing.

Chermiti scored great goals, but the strange change in formation did him no favours as he became isolated again.

Rohl I was happy with, but again, as you stated, his tweaks and subs are baffling and it has cost us yet again. God knows how we have gotten worse since he was allowed a few players he wanted.

01 Mar 2026 19:44:58
Think it's fallout from making too many subs in the Motherwell game, and it made him afraid to change too much today. Need to remember Rohl is still learning too, but already has potential to be a great manager for us. Next season is his real test when there's a bit more stability at the club for the whole season, and he gets another window and preseason.



It's not over yet, and even if it does go wrong and it's not our year, I feel the future is bright. This is also quite a young group too, remember.

01 Mar 2026 19:48:19
Like u say, bbj, Naderi is raw but the boy works hard to occupy others. I like Olsen n differ from u, bud, but you're right, Soapy n Manny need positional coaching. I thought both of Chermiti's goals were gd. 2nd was a belter.

01 Mar 2026 20:01:09
Aye, Fork, I won't question the young lad's effort as he gets about, and at times has great touches, etc., but should we have paid as much just now? I like Olsen, Forky, but I want to see the Olsen from Brugge where he terrorised defences and was a menace; he just took the safe option too many times for me.



The 2nd shows that he can actually be a striker, just needs to do it week in, week out now.

01 Mar 2026 20:10:47
Soutter is garbage, end of.

01 Mar 2026 20:12:02
Think Olsen maybe hedging his bets a bit for a WC place, possibly, Bbj, but, aye, Olsen from Brugge would be nice.

01 Mar 2026 20:22:52
Fork, whilst I respect your opinion, I can't say I agree.
You've basically said Souttar & Fernandes cost the match due to their poor defensive instincts. Is this correct, or have I misread?
Also, you said Naderi was great everywhere/tired. I thought he was very, very quiet today. So quiet, I couldn't pass judgement on him. Really poor.
Again, please let me know if I'm wrong.

01 Mar 2026 20:36:30
I thought at times Manny and Soapy were positionally unsure, who to track, where to be, naive almost. Whether that's the fluidity of the system, players' interchange or not, I'm unsure. For me, Naderi covered every blade of grass and occupied others to allow Chermiti space. Thought he played well, imo.


No, not saying they cost the match; lots of factors done that. Rohl didn't help with his tinkering.

As if you're wrong, well, it's how u see it, bud, so no, you're not wrong, but I see it and say it how I see it, and that differs from you, mate. Hope that helps explain. 👍

01 Mar 2026 22:05:50
Big Blue, it's probably because we went back to a back four. We couldn't rely on those defenders then, and we cannot now. I said last week that we were praising clean sheets before the end of the year, and that was mainly with a back five.

Now we have a few new players in and want to play a more pressing game, so we reverted to a back four again, and we are conceding goals frequently.

01 Mar 2026 18:24:16
Complacency set in badly thought they'd won after 1st half. Chermiti messed up trying to be clever in middle of the pitch and minute later they score and have momentum. Hard to reset after that and totally conceded control.

Totally a mentality problem. Not blaming him, but the way, just highlited the shift. Soaked up the adulation then got cocky and slack and that's hard to reset. Need to stay focused for 90 not 45 just because u played well.

01 Mar 2026 19:45:53
Yeah, the back heel show boat was criminal when the pass was right there in front of him.

01 Mar 2026 20:42:08
Fernandez needs to stop thinking he's Beckenbauer and do simple things. I think he thinks he's better than he is.

01 Mar 2026 17:58:51
Really frustrated tonight, I'm not sure if the penny has dropped for most people but we're out of the league and likely fighting for third place.

Is this honestly where we are now, perhaps push a title run every three or four years?

Rohl (who has done a solid job under the circumstances) is proving to be very naive and his inexperience is clear for everybody to see. Please don't think this is a criticism, he is young, naive and inexperienced - we knew what we were getting when he signed.

How long do we give this guy to learn? 2 more seasons? What happens after then, he leaves for a bigger job?

He 100% needs the chance to sign his own players over the summer but Christ, he'll need to be hitting the ground running next season.

I'm looking forward to a good clear out over the summer

01 Mar 2026 19:19:28
I agree with most of what you say other than one point. That's that we are now fighting for 4th place, not 3rd, imo.

01 Mar 2026 19:19:41
Nonsense, Dado. We're 6 points behind, that's all. Anybody who refuses to believe we can win the league is reacting to 40 mins of football.

01 Mar 2026 19:28:48
I'm not stressed about 40 minutes, Baz, and my opinion is not built around that. We dropped points to the bottom of the league (rather, Livi dropped points against us), and we dropped points against 10-man Motherwell.

All of these dropped points, including today, are down to poor and very naive tactics from Rohl. Today just adds to the argument.

01 Mar 2026 19:33:44
Lots of twists n turns to come.

01 Mar 2026 19:35:22
No, Dado is correct imo. Our form says we're fighting for 3rd, and if we cannot quickly figure out a way to break down a low block, it will be fourth.

Draw against bottom club who had 10 men for 40 minutes, draw against Motherwell, and a draw at home against Celtic who have a game in hand. Fact is - we s*** the bed over the last 5 games.



If we were genuine contenders we'd be at least level on points with Hearts going into the final 9 games. At the very least, we'd have taken all three points today.

It's advantage Hearts & Celtic. We need favours on top of keeping clean (bed) sheets in the run-in.

01 Mar 2026 19:39:04
Yeah, folk, for Celtic and Hearts, I really hope the latter will win as I can't deal with another Celtic title.

01 Mar 2026 19:39:08
Maybe they're reacting to more dropped points from winning positions, Bazbear, and maybe the fact that Hearts just keep finding ways to win.

01 Mar 2026 19:58:02
And Celtic keeps playing for 104 minutes, Bbj.

01 Mar 2026 20:04:36
J-zer, we're 11 points clear of Hibs, so no, we're not fighting for fourth.

We're sitting in 2nd, waiting to pounce on mistakes from 1st and 3rd (because of the game in hand). So until we vacate 2nd place, we'll still be fighting for first.

01 Mar 2026 20:19:21
We're fighting against Motherwell for fourth, Amo. Not sure what point you've failed to make.

Motherwell are flying and can hold us with 10 men. I'm fearful when they have 11.

01 Mar 2026 23:14:52
You can't say I've failed to make a point, then contradict yourself by confirming my point.

That would be fighting for third place, Dado. Fighting for 4th would be trying not to drop below 4th.

02 Mar 2026 06:43:47
Okay, Amo, I can see your point and accept my fighting for fourth could be positioned differently. The angle I'm coming from relates to us and Motherwell fighting for third, with one finishing fourth. I accept that my wording was unintentionally misleading, and apologies.

01 Mar 2026 17:58:12
I really feel for Butland, three Celtic players chasing down the rebound whilst our lads were watching.

What does our team do if Moore isn't allowed back next season we'll need to sign two players to replace him, he was all over the park.

I'm not giving up though, we are still in it. We've all got a tough run in with playing each other in this FOUR horse race

01 Mar 2026 19:39:03
Prob need to win 8 of 9 games left and draw 1 imo. Just don't think our squad has enough experience.

01 Mar 2026 19:44:46
Well three.

01 Mar 2026 17:14:40
Hi

Like everyone else so disappointed with the draw, if we play the way we did in the first half, we would have blown away most teams in our league.

I got the feeling that they thought the game was over at half time and tried to protect their lead, I hope that was not the case!

Hard one to take, but we move on!

Thoughts

01 Mar 2026 17:50:19
Dr likes to protect a lead, rather than go for the kill, it would seem. We won't get a chance like that too soon & only fires them up for next week!!

01 Mar 2026 18:02:57
I get the impression Rohl is the type of coach that likes to protect a lead. However, we don't have the defensive capability to do that. If we sit back and invite teams on, we get punished. We're not getting beat, but draws are no good to us. We need to win every game we play. Rohl needs to understand this and keep us on the front foot. I don't think a lot of these players are up to it either, and he needs another window.

We need a quality CB to replace Souttar. We need Miovski gone, and another striker in who can partner Chermiti. When Moore goes, we'll need to find someone of similar ability to play that number ten role.

What this team needs more than anything is a quality number 6. Someone who can dictate tempo. Someone who controls games. That won't be easy to find, but it'll make all the difference.

01 Mar 2026 18:12:10
I think subs tell you the story at 2-1. If you're going to do that, do it right. Go Tav and Djiga.
Shore up the right side with Tav Sterling, stop the crosses, and bring in an extra big defender in the middle.

01 Mar 2026 18:36:25
Djiga has been playing well recently since he came back from AFCON. I don't know why he isn't playing instead of Souttar, who has cost us time and time again recently.

01 Mar 2026 19:21:29
I know you've gone hard on Souttar Storm, and I had my doubts about your views, but you're looking pretty spot on since he re-signed.

01 Mar 2026 20:07:24
Today, Danny Rohl, for what I would say was the 1st time, has let himself down "talking". To say he was confused why MoN didn't try and win the tie against Stuttgart, then to try and protect a lead when we were playing our best football of the season, was just a contradiction.

Saying that, the players also let him and the fans down after 35 minutes.

We're still 2nd and still a lot to play for. We keep saying no more mistakes, but we're still sniffing about and we will be, come the end of the season. Nothing to give up on yet.

TCWNS.

01 Mar 2026 20:16:10
Soutter and Tav = no titles.

01 Mar 2026 20:35:40
A lot of people have been saying for ages how bad Souttar is.