Rangers banter 6

01 Mar 2026 16:57:16
I don't even know where to begin. I am absolutely scunnered. And I still can't believe what I witnessed today.

Did anyone get the impression that some of the players, and the manager, thought the game was in the bag after the first half?

It was evident very early on in the 2nd half that the dynamics of the match had changed, and the extra man in midfield for them was the catalyst. They done to us, what we done to them at the midden, and it's cost us.

Today's result, added to the dropped points against a 10 Motherwell side, and those dropped against the worst team in the league, are clear proof that we are never winning the league this season. We do not deserve to win it!

This, I'm afraid, is just a re-run of Clement's first season. We do so well to get back into it, and once we do, we blow it.

That was the first time today in the stadium where I heard DR getting questioned among many supporters. Infact, it caused a few arguements round about me. His honeymoon period is well and truly over, and now he'll find out just how difficult it is being our manager.

01 Mar 2026 17:25:24
I agree about the Clement thing. I said that last week. Getting back in the title race, then bottling it.

01 Mar 2026 17:30:04
4 managers in a row, all with the same thing in common. They all talked a good game.

01 Mar 2026 17:30:23
Can't argue with that.

01 Mar 2026 17:37:26
We have to remember that half the team today are not Rohl's players, with many saying they were not good enough.
The manager has worked wonders to get us back in contention. He needs at least another window to get all the players he wants.


Majorly disappointed after today, and our form has been poor recently, but certainly not giving it up yet. All of the teams will drop points in the run.

01 Mar 2026 17:44:02
SS, it all stems from a back heel in the midfield where we lose the ball, and after that we were under pressure, and that's where their first goal stems from, and that's when I questioned the players' attitude. I believe the players thought the game was finished. Not good enough. Why can't we play for 90 minutes.

01 Mar 2026 17:51:43
Although I agree with your posts to a certain degree, Danny Rohl is a young coach who will have learned a lot this season, understands who in his squad is capable of competing in our league, and will hopefully change it for next season.

This season is far from over, and the old fox, M.

O'Neill, had to change his tactics in the second half today, which we didn't act quickly enough on. Maybe the players should have done more as well to see this, push up more, and stop the meaningless 2 yard passes.

01 Mar 2026 17:56:06
We looked gassed to me. Chermiti was done after 60 mins, same as Chuck. Both should have been taken off. Both had excellent games until then.

01 Mar 2026 18:03:08
43 The only issue is that's been said before, for example under Clement. You try and buy into a re/shuffle, and within months the manager, the DoFs and the chairperson are gone. They didn't align with our strategy. How did they get such a high-profile position? So you claw it back, only to see what you thought when the going gets tough, i.e.

lack of drive, desire and cohesion to get you through 90 mins. Not 45, 90. This reminds me of the year of Tommy Burns, I think it was 96-97, with 11 draws. Draws for lower teams get you points, and if you don't get beat you don't get relegated. Different for league-challenging teams: you don't win, you don't lift trophies. I really hope I'm wrong.

01 Mar 2026 18:15:58
Talk against Danny Rohl is stupid at this stage. I think he got the starting lineup bang on, but yes, maybe again messed up the subs. Maybe still scared from too many subs at one time vs Motherwell. But for me, Moore was spent after running his heart out in the first half.

Naderi is yet to impress me. He works hard, sure, but I have yet to see the 5.5m quality, and I am hoping he's not going to be another javk that we have to manage his minutes.

Rommens is a rock. Dio did nowt, and for me, he does not contribute enough over the season to keep his place.

01 Mar 2026 18:39:14
Forever, yeah, single out a guy that came when Celtic were in the ascendancy. He just couldn't get to grips with the game. Ridiculous to single him out.

01 Mar 2026 18:41:55
Naderi was very poor, I thought, but it did allow Chermiti to play his best performance. Once he went off, we offered nothing.

01 Mar 2026 19:42:01
So we offered lots when Naderi was playing and nothing when he went off, yet he was poor. I disagree. The boy worked his ass off.

01 Mar 2026 19:43:43
SS, according to some of our fans, the players were told to come out second half, and continue doing what they did, but instead they decided to play like they had never kicked a baw in their life!

It's all the players' fault, but, for me, they were asked to sit deeper and try to kill the game off, as it was evident from the start of that half that we were not playing the same way.

So Rohl, for me, got it wrong yet again by changing shape and isolating Chermiti and not subbing Mr safe backpass Olsen earlier.

01 Mar 2026 20:11:17
Not seen anyone say that, bbj. If anything, plenty of comments saying Rohl should have said that, but clearly didn't.

01 Mar 2026 20:25:32
Marco, I'm talking from other sources too, not just on here, bud. I've seen plenty of folk on Faceache and YT, etc., state that it was the players who came out and decided to sit deeper. It's just more happy clappers defending the manager when he clearly got it wrong again, imo.

01 Mar 2026 16:06:10
Questions have to be asked as to why did we look so tired in the 2nd half? They were away in Germany on Thursday, we had a whole week off and hardly won a 2nd ball after 45 mins.

01 Mar 2026 16:32:55
We couldn't keep it, and that was a huge issue, as it kept coming back.

01 Mar 2026 17:05:28
Raskin absolutely disappeared in the 2nd half, as Hatate took control. And O'Neil just targeted our inability to win headers in our own area. Lost count of the free headers they had.

01 Mar 2026 17:08:07
Rangers' weakest link is the manager. After a terrific first half, he made an absolute arse of it in the second.

01 Mar 2026 15:56:54
Today has finally decided for me that Nico Raskin flatters to deceive and is not good enough for us moving forward. He has a good level of ability but he lacks the strength mentally to play for us. Off you trot Nico and take John Souttar with you please. They will have good careers for very average mentality teams. They are NOT winners.

01 Mar 2026 16:48:34
Souttar, I'm afraid, is not going anywhere.

01 Mar 2026 17:10:07
Mfo, something I mentioned last weekend. Just where we are.

01 Mar 2026 17:16:08
Watched the penalty incident back, and Souttar has been drawn towards the near post with no Celtic player close. Awful defending. Our main header needs to be where the danger man is, and he was in the middle of the goal. How many times?
Posted this morning. Defend well and we win, but honestly we don't have the players that can do it.

01 Mar 2026 18:00:53
One player does not make a team. What happened to the rest of the midfield in the 2nd half? As for the defence, why was Rommens in the right-back position at Tierney's goal. Raskin had two players to cover there, and Fernandez seems to be a bit lackluster at times.

01 Mar 2026 18:04:42
Souttar isn't good enough to play for Rangers. Mistakes again, Livingston, mistakes again today. The guy is 29, at his peak, and his best isn't good enough. That new contract was a mistake.

01 Mar 2026 15:43:18
For Rangers to be in full control, 2 nil at half time at home then conceding 2 points is very disappointing. Is the league over? Maybe.

01 Mar 2026 15:57:01
Baxterboy, we've now drawn 12 league games and dropped points in 4 of our last 7 matches. The squad simply doesn't have the quality or the bottle to win a title. I hope I'm wrong, but suspect I won't be.

01 Mar 2026 15:57:33
I believe so.

01 Mar 2026 16:01:47
Onewalter, you're right, mate. So close, but so far.

01 Mar 2026 16:04:32
Correct, Ows, that's why I couldn't understand the confidence of some of our fans.

It's not title-winning form. Rohl has done well getting us back into it, but when the going gets tough, we bottle it.

01 Mar 2026 16:05:07
Agree, One. One win in four is not good enough at this stage.

01 Mar 2026 16:07:31
If for some reason I was taken out the stadium today at half time and was then asked what I thought the score would be at full time from our complete dominance and control in the first half, I would have thought Rangers 4-0 or 5-0 as we ran them ragged in the first half. 🤔 They had no answer to Mikey Moore and Chermiti for 50 minutes today and both were excellent and ran Celtic ragged. 🤔 I felt sorry for both Moore and Chermiti that our midfield decided to go too deep after 50 minutes and allowed them back in the game, and we hardly created anything for Chermiti and Moore because of that. 😡

Moore is a very talented young footballer with a massive future in the game and I feel so sick because we should have been coming away from our stadium today raving about Chermiti's outstanding first goal along with Mikey Moore absolutely tearing them to pieces until we stopped pressing and attacking them.

😡 We should have gone on to hammer them today, such was our dominance, and now we're pig sick we let them off the hook by letting them back in it and in the process have dented our chances of becoming league champions. 😡 I thought Chermiti and Moore especially were superb today and our two best players. Moore has a big future in front of him. 🤔 We just have to move on.

01 Mar 2026 16:32:50
2nd goal wasn't too shabby either.

01 Mar 2026 16:39:17
I thought both were shattered after the 1st half, and the intensity dropped from all our players. They became very passive. I've loved Mm's improvement, and hope we get a result next week to at least have a chance of the cup.

01 Mar 2026 16:47:59
Tbh, Ows, I think at times Mm overdoes it and doesn't release a pass when he should, bud. Then he gets caught in possession. Having said that, he did well today but was tired. 👍

01 Mar 2026 17:13:44
Storm in the first half. You could easily see why our supporters were confident, mate, because we absolutely battered them, and the game should have been done and dusted at half time. 😡 We dropped off and went deep in the second half and allowed them back into the game.

They were there for a skelping today, and it should have been the case, but it wasn't because of us dropping off. No wonder we were all raging leaving that stadium today. 😡 Two points absolutely thrown away.

01 Mar 2026 17:31:53
I was stalking about before the game, and unlucky for us, a game lasts 90 mins, Coops, not 45. Also, in the 2nd half, Chermiti and Moore were non-existent, so, yes, they played superbly in the 1st half, but they did nothing in the 2nd half.

Just like the last game v Celtic at Parkhead, they should have been 4/5 up at HT. They weren't, and we won 3-1. Game of two halves, just like the last one against them.



So, again, where did the confidence come from before the game? We have dropped how many points in the last how many games?


Agreed, Fork, there were a few times in the 1st half when he overran it, when we had good chances to get more goals. Obviously, some don't see that.

We got what we deserved, because you can't try and hold a lead with guys like Souttar in defence.

01 Mar 2026 18:09:42
Hatate coming on changed the game. Celtic controlled the midfield. It allowed them to stay on the front foot, and greatly reduced Rangers' ability to attack.

I think Rohl tried to counter by going three across the middle, but they just weren't as good.

We need better players for next season. A dominant CB, a number 6 that controls games, a number 10 to replace Moore, a striker to replace Miovski. I also highly doubt we will take up the option on Olson, so add a RW to that list.

Rangers are very much a work in progress.

01 Mar 2026 18:17:40
Agree, Storm, in an Old Firm game you need a few battle-hardened players that do the basics well. Crosses coming in when they are chasing it were no surprise, but it was alarming to see how badly we defend our six-yard box.
You can't play on the front foot for 90 minutes, so when you're under the cosh, you need to dig in, scrap, and be organised.


Galls me when they push Maeda up front. The amount of free headers he gets in the box is maddening. Why are Souttar and Fernandez switching off?
Fair enough if some were confident before, as I have always felt we were still a bit short in key areas.

01 Mar 2026 18:27:37
Storm, 🤔 Chermiti and Moore were not as good as they were in the first half because we sat too deep, and created hardly anything for them. 🤔 We didn't get the ball near them in the second half.

Easy to see, my friend, so I don't blame Chermiti and Moore in the second half, and I actually felt sorry for them and the lack of ball to them. 🤔

01 Mar 2026 18:44:03
I never blamed them, Coops, so I don't think you can read posts properly or understand the game. 👀
The full team were non-existent in the 2nd half.

Still, you have not answered the question about being over confident before the game, as you were one of them.



Dropped points in 4 out of the last 6 games or something like that, and you thought we were pumping them. 🤦‍♂️ You say I don't understand the game, but you do, mate. 😬

01 Mar 2026 18:45:24
Rosevale, you are correct. Can't believe Biscuit Hips got a free header in our six-yard box, but apparently best defence in the league, according to some on here. 👀

01 Mar 2026 19:38:08
I was confident because Celtic were there for the taking imo.

01 Mar 2026 21:06:36
Brilliant first half but panicked second half how many misplaced passes, so disappointed.

01 Mar 2026 21:11:36
100% correct Coops and good to hear from someone who is there every week, the midfield fell back and handed possession to Celtic

Whether Rohl's direction or the players, Raskin and Chucky fell back fir no apparent reason, this handed them carte blanche, to attack and isolated Chermiti

01 Mar 2026 15:39:52
We should be celebrating a rousing 4/5 nil win right now.

Two of the best Old Firm goals I've saw from us in quite some time. And maybe even a contender for goal of the season. We were fantastic to a man, we out fought, out played and completely bullied them.

Even the crowd were playing a blinder, I haven't heard Ibrox like that for a very long time.

Then..we 💩 the bed. I don't know who I was watching in that 2nd half. We were completely gone.

Night and Day.

2 changes and a reshuffle from them and we weren't prepare for that?

It was obvious to everyone he was going to change it. As we were left with Rommens free in an overload for most of that first half it was clever from Danny and a good effort from Mikey Moore cutting inside/outside because it stretched the game for us, but MON spotted it and he reacted. He shut it down 2nd half.

We simply failed to react in return imo, I actually thought Dio was the right change but not for Naderi would've swapped him for Chucky who I believe is still missing 🫣 (he a great first half)

And Gassama for me comes on at HT for Skov who ran himself out of energy after 45mins. He also took a knee to the head as well and I just felt change it.

I feel Danny lost the tactical battle today in the 2nd half. And the players thought the game was already won at HT.

What was a beautiful start to the day ended up leaving a bitter taste.

Hearts, Motherwell win the weekend again 😑

01 Mar 2026 16:02:36
Within 5mins of the second half, anyone could see that Hatate was running the show for them - time for a man marker to nullify him, but oh no - 🥺 Jekyll and Hyde as per normal - waiting on others faltering even more now!

01 Mar 2026 16:33:51
Arcade, a very good analysis of the game/day. The only thing I would like to add is that it really gets on my goat when some guys come on here and say that Danny isn't the man to take us forward, or his half-time tactics didn't work. Surely the players need to be held accountable. We went from being Barcelona in the 1st half to Brechin (No offence) in the 2nd half. I understand they put a helluva effort in in the 1st half, so you are expecting a slight fall off, but apart from the Rommens chance at the start of the 2nd half we never created anything. We seemed to go back into our shell and believe we could defend the 2 goal lead like a great Juventus team of the past, and as we know we don't have the skill set to do this.

As they say, the best form of defence is attack, and on top of that our midfield were getting passed very easily. O'Neill did exactly what we did to them at the midden the last time. Danny seems to go from hero to zero in a couple of weeks. If, like me, you said that we would be fighting for the title at the end of February after the total rubbish show at the start of the season, I would be calling the guys in white jackets to take you away. I know we all got caught up in the hysteria of actually winning the league, but deep down we all know we are nowhere near a finished article. As some poster on here said when Danny came in, it would take at least 2, possibly 3 transfer windows to get us back to where we should be and belong.

01 Mar 2026 16:38:25
Danny Rohl, for me today, messed up again. It was plain to everyone in the stadium, bar him, that Celtic were going to score. That first goal was so obvious, he did not see it. He allowed a team that ripped Celtic apart in the first half to sit deep and invite Celtic onto us.

His tactics were spot on in the first half, and pathetic in the 2nd half. I am beginning to get sick of his negative tactics at times now.

01 Mar 2026 18:37:41
First goal is a poor goal to lose, free header.

01 Mar 2026 19:16:05
And I actually really like Danny Rohl. I just felt we should make changes. You could see what we gave in that 1st half. They punched themselves out a wee bit, pressing all over the pitch.

And you knew they would come out and go for it and change.

We just should've seen it coming.

Can't plan for a VAR decision, though, either, I guess. Penalty, not sure at all. Valid arguments for and against here. But as soon as the question was asked, they were always giving it. 💯

01 Mar 2026 15:32:36
7 games 3 wins 4 draws has us needing favours in the league. After watching highlites so apparently they had an extra man in the midfield at start of 2nd half and we didn't react and when we made the change it didn't work so where's plan c or d.

Danny imo showed his inexperience over last few games but he will learn it may need next season before it benefits our team.

01 Mar 2026 16:00:06
Ah, the next season. Shouldn't bag him on this season, but I'm seeing another Clement.

01 Mar 2026 16:06:39
That today and the Motherwell game feel like losses because we were in a winning position and can't see it out. Captain Marvel, the day was brutal in the 2nd half. He is not what we need going forward.

01 Mar 2026 17:17:00
I also thought Raskin was well off it and terrible in the second half today. 🤔

01 Mar 2026 17:33:29
Coops, the midfield were outnumbered 2nd half. Even when Dio came on, it never helped. Barjami should have been on also.

01 Mar 2026 15:23:02
That feels like a defeat today. Should have went and tried to kill the game off and not sit off them.
Also think more subs should have been on, rummens is a player but him and chuki were dead on their feet the last 15 minutes.
Still all to play for but that was a better point for them than us

01 Mar 2026 15:03:05
4 draws in our last 6 games, so after everyone slated RM and rightfully so for drawing too many games. Rohl has now started trying to defend leads when it's clear as day we can't defend.

It was clear Naderi was struggling so replace him with Miovski and stick to 2 up top and keep our style that Celtic couldn't cope with. No idea why we started constantly giving the ball back to Butland to distribute when it's certainly not his strengths. First half we were at the edge of their box and were getting balls in the mixer, second half edge of their box and we pass ALL the way back to our keeper.

I said earlier in the week this would show if Rohl had what it takes to be Rangers manager long term and I'm afraid as the weeks go on and after today, he won't be here too long (no not saying sack him) he has had a decent grace period from fans but since he has been allowed to bring his own players in, we have got worse at winning by any means.

So to have any chance of winning the title we have to go to the midden and win again (b2b wins), something we haven't managed since the 19/20 season if I remember right. Then we need to beat Hearts and hope they drop points elsewhere. Today should have been us laying down a marker but instead shows our rivals we are fragile!

01 Mar 2026 14:47:35
Feels like a defeat bringing Dio on made no difference, how did we run out of steam, kept giving them possessions back very poor.Also how bad is Butlands kicking.Not to sure now about next Sunday big week for DR.

01 Mar 2026 15:44:49
Our defence is a real worry.

01 Mar 2026 16:02:36
Agree and we've given Soapy an extension. 🤷🏼

01 Mar 2026 20:29:16
We are rubbish and will win nothing until we get decent defenders. In Elegy, did we give Souttar a new contract? He is a shocking defender.