Rangers Banter

09 Mar 2026 09:34:30
Thoughts on yesterday:-
1/ As brilliant as Butland has been at saving penalties, I thought he looked half arsed compared to last week.
2/ Djiga and Fernandez are our best CH pairing.
3/ Souttar looked a bag of nerves when he came on.
4/ Chukwuani is better than Diomande.
5/ Naderi is wasted as Chermiti's goffer. He makes better runs than Chermiti so should be the focal point of the attack.
6/ Chermiti is never a Rangers No.

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7/ Olsen should not be signed.
8/ Moore was average yesterday. Last week he ripped it up first half. Yesterday there was no end product. But expecting him to be our saviour every week is unfair on an 18-year-old.
9/ The bench was very weak. No game changer.
10/ Tactically we just went like for like with the substitutions.
11/ We looked very nervous at the penalties. To me the players crumbled.

09 Mar 2026 09:55:43
I agree with a lot of that, mate, but for now I would like to see a wide man get to the bye line and cross a ball, rather than crosses pumped in from 25 yards out, making it easier for defenders.

09 Mar 2026 09:58:22
Only thing with Naderi is he doesn't have any pace.

09 Mar 2026 09:59:17
Olsen? Keep waiting for the boy from Brugge to show up. Don't think he's in there.
Naderi, as his fitness improves, he'll get better. A full preseason will help.
Chermiti? The boy has talent, but his consistency/decision-making lets him down.
Moore? Not all that, imo. Needless blind runs, poor set pieces. One gd run yesterday.

He has talent but makes wrong choices.
Back 4 should be our starting 4, fitness depending.
Souttar? Deal extension is a mistake; he's a back-up, nothing more.
Butland. Agreed.
I like Dio, but he seems fragile and invites trouble.
I also like Chukwuani, more robust, but seems as if he's carrying a bit of timber.

09 Mar 2026 09:59:48
The recruitment dept came under scrutiny for the Chermiti deal. They cannot follow that up by signing Olsen.

Unless it's for £3-4M and he drops his wage to the same level as Gassama or Bajrami - but that's never going to happen.

09 Mar 2026 10:00:24
Good post, Mr PH. Hard to disagree with any of the above, other than the Chermiti point. I think he has what it takes to be a success at Rangers, and there will be more improvement from him.
Like you, I thought our penalty takers looked well short of belief, which I found surprising.


We still have something to aim for, but let's do our talking on the pitch in order to stay involved in the title chase.

09 Mar 2026 10:06:19
I'll repeat this because I'm still baffled by it. We were all over Celtic, then Rohl takes off two forwards and brings on two defenders. Any answers?

09 Mar 2026 10:06:40
That was my next point. Our final ball into the box is generally pathetic. We now have 2 6ft plus strikers in the box looking to attack a ball and, more often than not, it does not reach them. It is over hit, blocked, etc. etc.

It needs to be so much better.

09 Mar 2026 10:20:22
Can't remember ever seeing a more one-sided Old Firm game.

We were in total control of the game, however we lack the balls to go and finsih off teams and lack a true goal scorer or even a leader.

Totally embarrassing display in the end with the penalties. Captain, who scores loads of penalties, bottles it, surely that must be him done for the season.

Souttar is a scare now; he makes Djiga look like Maldini.



Djiga looked comfortable yesterday, but that's not saying much when Celtic were absolutely rotten.

Though Araujo was lucky to still be on the pitch, considering Diomande got booked in the first 2 mins of the game.

I'm not sure Rohl is the man to win us trophies, especially with this current squad, as he makes too many wrong decisions during the game.

Overall, it's broken me.

09 Mar 2026 10:26:31
Moore is 18. He will get better.

09 Mar 2026 03:46:59
Aph, I'll read this post before I hit the send button 🤣.

My post wasn't meant to be insulting - you have my word on that.

But the same question - what is it you see in DR that makes you so confident he will be a success? You seem to rave about him - whilst we are playing terrible football having invested massively.

Yet you play down JBA who is playing the best football in the league, who have invested a fraction of what we have.

Are you only looking at results or are you also watching the games? If it's the former then I can understand why you might prefer him to JBA.

But if you're actually watching the same games and thinking this is great then I'm gobsmacked.

If I'm being objective. I would say, out of possession we look a lot more organised than previously (but wouldn't be hard), and playing Moore more centrally is getting more out of him.

But that's it, I can't think of anything else that's really improved.

Our build up play is terrible, we struggle to get into the opposition box and are unable to create space and chances.

Maybe you right and it will click - but I don't see it. And if there wasn't someone better under our noses I might have a different view - but there clearly is.

You mention JBA failures, maybe he needed those to figure things out? Maybe DR needs the same?

09 Mar 2026 07:51:55
Zikos - So should we go for the next "New kid on the block" who is a miracle worker at Motherwell and has hit a purple patch?
Eh, see how they react after the Dundee defeat perhaps? As was the past Aberdeen manager (Thelin) for a period, until his walls came tumbling down at Pittodrie - this club needs Stability and we won't get that jumping from manager to manager on a whim or when some adversity comes our way - imho.

🤔

09 Mar 2026 08:18:59
If JBA had taken several seasons to accomplish with what he's doing with Motherwell, then I would say no.

But he's done it in 6 months with very limited resources, so I would say yes.

Aph gave us a run down on his career to date, so not necessarily a new kid on the block.

Just one that seems to get the best out of his squad, whilst playing a style of football which most teams struggle to come to terms with, which creates chances whilst keeping the back door closed.

09 Mar 2026 08:01:44
Super post.

Rohl has been knocked out of 2 cups by O'Neill, yesterday particularly "master v apprentice" performance of coaches.

He got into a league winning after Hearts faltered and Nancy's management of Celtic.

Then O'Neill came back got their reserve team playing better than us and Rohl has collapsed over the last month - Livingston bottom club 2-2!

He never learns his lessons and the Americans have simply put us back to "Ground Zero" with a wasted season.

If that American does take advice I want him "hounded out"!

New manager required now to build for next season - then Rohl experiment has failed.

09 Mar 2026 10:00:33
Absolute garbage. 🤯

09 Mar 2026 10:04:23
The biggest issue is we don't create enough chances for the strikers.

If we only scrape by with narrow wins, then the law of averages is those narrow wins become draws, and draws become defeats.



I don't know how he changes it, because it isn't working. He has the personnel now to play with more intensity, more movement, but I think his Plan B will be to try and do Plan A better.

09 Mar 2026 02:22:57
I'm as disappointed and angry as the rest of you but some of the comments on here baffle me. We dominated Celtic for near enough 2 hours but couldn't find that finishing touch, that's personnel not tactics, anyone calling for Rohl to go or asking questions of him are just idiotic.

And if your so convinced that we're not going to win the league why bother watching anymore games, if you have a season ticket then give it someone else who believes and don't bother posting on here. You just seem to spit your dummy out when you don't have it your own way and give up at the first hurdle. Might as well not see you till next season. Get a grip!

09 Mar 2026 03:21:29
We had most of the possession - granted. But we couldn't work their goalkeeper in over 2hrs?

For me, that's the tactics and style of play (or lack of).

09 Mar 2026 04:35:19
The second half last week was tactics, or lack of, and anybody who says differently is being idiotic.

Why bother watching us finish third? Because we're Rangers supporters, not glory hunters.

If we could give an award for the worst post ever, you've just won by a county mile.

09 Mar 2026 05:08:26
That's your opinion, Dado, I can think of much worse posts than mine. Just fed up of people throwing the towel in when things don't go their way. Success isn't a right; you have to earn it. We are still in a title fight, yet people seem to want to dismiss it because we're not top of the league or battering Celtic.
Sometimes, with this fanbase, it infuriates me. We're so quick to get on players' backs and ridicule them constantly, along with calling for a manager's head because he's hit a bad run of form. It's just madness to me.

People called the season over back in October, then said it was back on when we beat Hearts. Now, with 9 games to go and it all to play for, people again want to throw the towel in and give up. It baffles me endlessly. I don't think I'm alone in this thinking either, no matter what anybody says. Maybe it's because I'm not in the Glasgow bubble, I want to see this club win more than anything. My childhood was the banter years, I never saw a period like the 90's so I'm desperate for it, but I won't spit my dummy out because we're not top and cruising.

09 Mar 2026 07:55:34
The people who called the season in October look to be right. We aren't going to win anything. We have spent a fortune. We dominated them for 2 hrs, and their keeper didn't have many saves to make. 👍

09 Mar 2026 08:05:59
Rohl has to go, he is an inexperienced manager.

He slipped up in the league almost unnoticed.

But he has failed dramatically over the last month, as O'Neil has come back to steady Celtic!

Rohl could play O'Neil 100 times and not win once! He is a wee boy compared to a master.

He is not the "one"!

09 Mar 2026 08:18:04
You're on the wrong site, Lifer. Head over to the Celtic one. You'll be more welcome there with those comments.

09 Mar 2026 08:23:37
Genuine question, lifer. How much do u put on the manager and his tactics when u totally dominate for 120 mins and give away no chances? Is it not more than down to the players on the park, with shocking, wasteful passing and set pieces? Do they not bear the responsibility when they cross the white line for their performance?

09 Mar 2026 08:30:17
Rostoslo,

Rohl has been "schooled" by O'Neil in the last 2 games. Celtic reserves have just beaten us, and if you can't see that, God help Rangers.

2 up the previous weekend and can't beat them.

You must be a Celtic supporter if both results are acceptable?

09 Mar 2026 08:46:35
Kaiser

1) The visitors were poor - they offered zero.
Statistics suggested they had one shot in 120 minutes.

2) Players or tactics, or both?

I genuinely don't know - I was ok with the team, I was just disappointed.



But does it really matter? Rohl has a bench to use and is able to change formation.

My genuine question to you - would Walter Smith have failed in these two games with the same players against the same opposition?

09 Mar 2026 08:48:39
Storm, we've got 9 games left and it's all to play for. You're entitled to take that view, I just don't see the point in having that mentality at this point. If it's 3 games left and 6 points behind, yeah it's probably a certainty we won't win anything. But with 9 games left it's still very much a possibility.

09 Mar 2026 08:53:18
Kaisser,

PS, I must say, in my opinion, the side are missing key pillars, particularly when you consider that both "captains" Souttar & Tavernier, and so-called pillars, were dropped, and Raskin is not pulling his weight.

No doubt Walter may have surprised us and played Souttar at no.9 and Tavernier on the right wing!

09 Mar 2026 09:17:27
Unfortunately, Walter also lost games against poor Celtic teams too, Lifer. But, if we're to hold every manager up against him, then we've never got a chance, because we doubt we'll see his like again. U were OK with the team, but want the manager sacked? That seems strange. Not saying he couldn't do any better at times, but players have to do more themselves.

When you're all over them, like we were, he must have thought we'd take chances, so maybe that's why he didn't change. Everyone called for Dio, but he had to take him off early. Everyone's been calling for Bajrami, and he didn't make a difference. He dropped Tav, like everyone said, but delivery from everyone else was dire. It's more on the players than the manager, imo.

09 Mar 2026 09:23:26
Dio injured his shoulder and had a booking tbf.

09 Mar 2026 08:38:45
Right lifer, What a comment. 'Schooled', my hole.

MON got lucky that our finishing didn't make the grade yesterday and Celtic got the better of us in one half of those 2 games.

So you've seen enough of Rohl to get rid? Brilliant, who are you bringing in?

09 Mar 2026 08:46:02
Lifer, seriously mate, you've got your head up your backside. Worst start in 50 years under Martin, Rohl drags us into a title race, has had only 1 transfer window, 3 out of 4 he brought in have been decent.

And you want him sacked because of 2 games. Do me a favour. If it were up to you we'd be changing managers every 6 months and winning nothing. I suppose you want the owners gone as well then aye?

09 Mar 2026 10:07:42
Young Blue, I'm totally with you on this. I'm an "Old Blue" who endured Celtic winning their first 9IAR, and had to wait a long time to see us take the title.
I loved the Walter years, but supporters need to take the good with the bad, and stick with the team regardless.


Constant change has not brought us any lasting success. Give DR a chance, at least one full season, then see where we are. Starting again from scratch is madness. 😠

08 Mar 2026 23:21:31
Danny has had 1 window so far and still has a core of players who've let us down for several years until we get them out the door its unrealistic to expect he could fix the problems he inherited in that 1 window.

09 Mar 2026 06:30:18
I agree and back Danny 100% now and to start next season.

09 Mar 2026 06:59:32
I agree with that, One Walter, and would add he has played Tav and Souttar maybe as well, down to lack of options at times, and now knows we need better. Big thing for me yesterday was our captain and vice captain are not good enough to be in our starting line-up, and when people talk about character, etc., well we don't have that in those important roles.


That needs sorted for next season, as well as other positions. Probably near enough a new back line for starters.

09 Mar 2026 07:58:12
I agree, Ows, he needs more than one window. We all thought Jan was a successful window, but it's not turning out like that at all. Chucky and Rommens look good. The other 2 don't at this time. We also gave Souttar a new deal, which, imo, is worrying. He got a wage rise for mediocrity. 🤦‍♂️

09 Mar 2026 08:26:53
I agree, Storm, about Rommens and Chuck. They look the part. Thank goodness Skov is only a loan at the moment. You can argue about quality or whatever, but he's just not working for us. Naderi may come good, but, again, has shown very little so far. We need a big window in the summer to sort all our issues out. I still believe.

08 Mar 2026 21:52:32
Ive a funny feeling the SFA are going to have to be seen to be hard on both clubs after todays scenes, wouldn't surprise me if both clubs get a stand closure.

08 Mar 2026 23:39:54
They should just ban the UBs. It was them who invaded the pitch.

09 Mar 2026 04:36:26
I suspect they'll be banned until the end of the season.

09 Mar 2026 05:30:37
Alloa Ger, Celtic actually were on the pitch first. Scarves round the goals, boys swinging on the bar, etc. UB came on to push them back (which was also wrong).

09 Mar 2026 06:27:45
I hope the SFA do take strong action. Send a serious message to the morons. They're only damaging our club. I'd ban away fans for both clubs. They had their campaign, and this is what u get. I'd actually go further and throw clubs that can't control their fans out the cup.

09 Mar 2026 07:31:26
Came on to push them back? Absolute nonsense, they came on to the pitch looking for a scrap, nothing more. Don't try to make these wee neds into something more than that. They will cost the club a substantial fine and deserve to be banned.

09 Mar 2026 07:52:35
100% DTB. 👍👍

09 Mar 2026 07:54:11
So Celtic fans were doing ok then, were they? That's now put a stop to their ever getting a full allocation back. Wouldn't surprise me if it went to 800 or even zero.

09 Mar 2026 07:59:42
Paul, c'mon mate, you can't believe that "push them back". The ub should be banned and never allowed back on that park. If you are going on the park, at least have the balls not to hide your face.

09 Mar 2026 08:06:12
Hiding their face only saves them from a banning order or even jail.

09 Mar 2026 08:10:32
The ones on the pitch are the same as every other version of that round the UK, grown men or at least young men wanting to fight under the guise of football. It's pathetic and there's no place for it. I'm all for the passion of the game, but look what's happening elsewhere in the world. We got beat, move on, it's football.

09 Mar 2026 08:19:00
Celtic fans should not have been allowed onto the pitch, and then should not have been allowed to stay on the pitch, goading supporters (I was in West Enclosure); they shouldn't have been allowed to storm into the ground either without tickets.

Stewarding and police failure caused this yesterday. As for UB, they were not the only ones trying to get to them either. These games are powder kegs, ready to go off, and the police and stewarding doused petrol on it.

09 Mar 2026 08:46:45
So, fans aren't responsible for their own actions. You should know how to behave.

09 Mar 2026 09:46:52
But, but they bring atmosphere. 🤯
I'd rather watch football in a Morgue than have those idiots in the ground.

09 Mar 2026 10:04:39
Rangers, as a fanbase, had a chance to come out smelling of roses, but UB and others blew that chance by entering the pitch. What headlines would there be if they had stayed in their seats. 🤔

08 Mar 2026 21:22:02
Hate that feeling seeing a players body language going to take a penalty and you know he's missing had that with Gassama 💯

08 Mar 2026 21:36:55
It would be so like us, like, if a scenario came where Hearts had to beat us to pip that mob to the league. All our usual passengers would play blinders.

08 Mar 2026 21:41:42
And why not? We play to win at all times.

08 Mar 2026 21:48:52
Unfortunately, Gers70.

Play to win?! Not against Celtic, certainly not against O'Neil - we lay down like tarts!

08 Mar 2026 21:54:01
And, Tav, short run-up; he stood and took an extra breath - he knew he was missing. Not like him, to be fair. Where was Chermiti, our main striker?

08 Mar 2026 21:56:16
You think? That's why we dominated them then.

08 Mar 2026 22:08:54
Mvg, that's a great point as Dessers got it in the neck for not taking a pen, though he may have been on the 5th one, but that wasn't needed because of the bottlers before him.

09 Mar 2026 02:33:53
Don't like to call it, but my son and I both called it when Tav and Gasamma stepped up and missed. Anyhow, we move on. Let's get recruitment right in the summer, and we'll have a proper go next season.

09 Mar 2026 06:32:27
Knew Tav was going to miss. Always see a player with a short run-up missing in a shootout, and it always seems to be the so-called bigger players that miss.

09 Mar 2026 08:51:57
Come on, you would normally put money on Tav scoring. Think it's the first time I have seen him hit the crossbar.

That said, it then set the tone and added pressure to all those coming after.

I was told Chermiti was number 5, though in my mind strikers should go first. Get the pressure on, and then your "weaker" penalty takers follow thereafter.

08 Mar 2026 20:58:31
Never nice to lose to that lot but its one less distraction for us. We are very much in a title race. Rohl needs to get this team winning games at all costs. 3 points is all that matters. Passengers will be emptied in the summer.

08 Mar 2026 21:23:59
No we're not, not even close.

08 Mar 2026 21:34:09
Few passengers to go then. 👍

08 Mar 2026 21:42:18
I tend to agree, Blue.

08 Mar 2026 22:51:54
Another trophyless season.

08 Mar 2026 22:53:31
I'm starting to think that Rohl is only looking good because of his predecessor!

09 Mar 2026 06:34:28
When we can't win either of two games at home vs a weakened Celtic team, then sorry, I don't hold much hope for the league. All these loan players will now start to have one eye on next season and avoid getting hurt.