Rangers banter 4

08 Mar 2026 16:40:33
Firstly: thought we were superb today, penalties aside.
Secondly: not sure mentality can come into it, they were clearing balls off the line and making last ditch blocks all over the place.
Thirdly: the 'fans' who ran onto the pitch are an absolute embarrassment to the club and should be banned for life. That will be all the talk around alcohol at football put on the shelves for another 20yrs.

And I'm not interested that they ran on first, let them make a fool of themselves and let Celtic get a fine and they can deal with the implications.
Lastly: anyone calling for Rohl to go needs to for themselves a right good shake 😊.

08 Mar 2026 18:10:16
Totally agree with you, ban everyone of the Union Bears, total embarrassment for the club and the loyal fans of our wonderful club.

08 Mar 2026 18:22:36
We must work to different definitions of "superb", mate. We didn't get a shot on target until the second half, and even at that, I'm sure it was hit straight at the keeper from 20 yards.

We were very good at passing the ball from centre half to centre mid, then back to centre half, and then to centre mid, but the honest, hard truth is we never looked like scoring.



Honestly, I'm not devaluing the passing at times (which was excellent), but this was completely ineffective and never troubled Celtic.

08 Mar 2026 18:36:38
Unfortunately, as soon as there were droves of their fans spilling on, I felt that the Union Bears near where I sit would follow. A lot of young men and teenagers don't need any invitation for that type of thing, not excusing it one bit, but it was a stick-on once it happens at the other end.


The club should do something about it, but I doubt that they will.

08 Mar 2026 18:37:07
What game did you watch? At what were we superb?

08 Mar 2026 18:48:42
Ban the Union Bears. I've just been told today that I may need to move from my seat to make way for more Union Bears. I have been in these seats (3) for over 12 years, since I turned pension age, and was in the family section with young members of my extended family, and couldn't remain there due to my age.

Why do they get preferential treatment when loyal fans have to suffer because of them? I went to my first Rangers game over 70 years ago.

08 Mar 2026 18:50:12
Barely created real chances for all our control, so hardly superb. I agree, though, on the fans. Please finally ban them, and for good this time.

08 Mar 2026 19:01:48
Superb we were not. We've lost to 1 of the poorest teams I've seen from the East End, who didn't have 1 shot on target.

08 Mar 2026 19:31:30
Storm, Kaiser, I mentioned in my post that their defence was clearing off the line & blocking all over the place.
We hounded them for 2hrs imo. Scott Arfield seems to have the same opinion, and he's a footballer who's played this fixture, so that's a validation for me.

Not to say you can't disagree, of course.
Trusty is brutal, and he looked like
Maldini today with all the blocks and clearances. It's not like we didn't ask questions.
It is what it is.

08 Mar 2026 20:21:30
Utter nonsense, Souness, and I don't need validation from anyone, as I have eyes, mate.

08 Mar 2026 16:27:11
Defence. solid. Couldn't fault any of the starting 4. Subs took us down a peg or 2, fresh legs should've offered more, not less going forward from open play.
Midfield. solid, but honestly, what we'd give for some creativity, far too one dimensional.
Strikers. effort 8/10. Talent / finishing 4/10. Naderi doesn't look like scoring in 90days never mind 90minutes. HE put a hell of a shift in, but it's easy to see the goals aren't there. Chermiti. should've had his hat-trick.

Pens. an absolute f'n disgrace. All 4 should've missed.

08 Mar 2026 18:24:35
Big Fernandaz was the mutts nutts today, and didn't deserve to walk off the park a loser. Same with Djiga, who was also very solid looking.

08 Mar 2026 19:03:05
On Naderi, his commitment is plain for all to see, but will he get the goals needed? Too early to judge, but concerns are there.

08 Mar 2026 20:45:08
No, he's a donkey. 🫏

08 Mar 2026 16:21:41
We are so insipid. On top for most of 120 minutes yet keep thinking that we can win by passing through the middle. Penalties are penalties and that's how they wanted the game to go. I'm afraid guys like Moore and Olsen are no better than Curtis or Bajrahmi when the going gets tough.

No decent dead ball til Tav came on. Until we realise that winning games involves WANTING to win games then we will never achieve anything.

08 Mar 2026 17:56:26
Disagree on Moore. He's levels above us. I hope to God we're not stuck with Olsen. The boy has no heart and no fight. I can see why every club has wanted rid of him.

08 Mar 2026 18:34:12
Agree re Olsen. A journeyman and a jobber. Already fed up with his miserable face.

08 Mar 2026 19:03:51
Aso isn't a 9m player, certainly not for us with limited budget.

08 Mar 2026 19:13:51
Olsen is no better than Antman or Aasgaard.

08 Mar 2026 19:27:32
He was mince today except for one run.

08 Mar 2026 16:19:30
Poor Danny getting a lot of stick online. I get u can't be Rangers manager if you can't win big games and he's lost 2 cup ties to them and couldn't convert a 2 up. lead last week but is it really his fault Chermiti missed 2 clear chances or we can't score a pen kick.

For me unless we collapse these final 9 games I don't see him going anywhere

08 Mar 2026 16:31:48
The manager should be under immense pressure now, just the way it is.

08 Mar 2026 16:36:09
True. But his tactics meant we didn't put a poor defence under enough pressure. He should know how that mob play. There's a reason why, in two games in two weeks at home, we can't beat a weak, on paper, manky mob.

And he needs to sort that out. Can't score in 120 mins means the lottery of penalties comes into play. Like most of us - totally gutted.

08 Mar 2026 16:40:41
Yes, because we're not creating any chances.

08 Mar 2026 16:42:43
He should be gone. Said it (to my mates after Motherwell game). We'll win nothing with him in charge.

08 Mar 2026 16:43:26
If you can't win this week or last week against a poor Celtic, you need to admit defeat and walk.

08 Mar 2026 16:45:51
Reality is - we are not good enough.

08 Mar 2026 16:47:18
Did you expect anything else, Ows. It's how it is and will be from now on. Unless we win everything every year, the manager isn't good enough. Didn't you know that.

08 Mar 2026 16:48:47
The pressure unfortunately is on Danny. 😩

08 Mar 2026 16:50:06
Gotta feel for him. Totally let down by an inept attack.

08 Mar 2026 17:07:57
Difficult that it is to take, if managers were swapped, then we win both games. We don't score enough simple goals, and that is down to tactics/strategy. Rohl has done ok, but still has a lot to learn. He spoke about the 9 cup finals we have. He needs to know that, in order to win games, you have to score more than the opposite team.

08 Mar 2026 17:08:38
This TikTok brained short term view in football is the death of the game.

08 Mar 2026 17:13:24
I said I don't see him seeing out next season. I think he may not even be in charge next season.

We play terrible football and hardly create anything.

I don't agree with it, but he is under immense pressure now.

Go get Motherwell manager.

08 Mar 2026 17:22:18
We are simply not clinical enough. Raskin, Skov, Souttar are all empty shirts today.

08 Mar 2026 17:22:23
Of course, Rommens and Celtic being poor must automatically mean we're suddenly good. Honestly.

08 Mar 2026 17:23:28
I looked at the stats for today's game, and with 25 shots to their 2 over the match, with only 6 on target, it shows exactly our problem. If those stats had been reversed, they would've tanked us. We are a total enigma of a Club from top to bottom, and the term 'Serial Losers' is justified. We are totally toothless and gutless, and, imo, we will win hee haw this season.

I really have become totally disillusioned with our inept performances. I really don't know how we can come back from this. Just my opinion, folks, a good few of you will totally disagree with me. I hope beyond hope I'm wrong, but sadly, I don't think so.

08 Mar 2026 17:28:53
It does not look good for Danny Rohl when he was backed in January, Celtic brought in Nancy, then beat us with a very underperforming team.
I completely get the whole Russell Martin debacle, and Danny Rohl steadying the ship, etc., but we were 2 points off the leaders with Danny Rohl, and we have capitulated, unfortunately.

08 Mar 2026 17:32:17
The boy will be in for a tough season next season. We will never play against such a poor Celtic team; they'll be remembered as the worst Celtic team to win the league.

This is not what was expected in the first season under the new ownership. Very concerning start.

08 Mar 2026 17:38:50
Quote me on this. 🤔 Danny Rohl will not only finish the season as Rangers head coach, he will absolutely get next season to build his own team. 🤔 Leave the Motherwell manager to them. 🤔 No knee jerk reactions, it just doesn't work. 🤔

08 Mar 2026 17:39:14
Any Rangers manager should be under pressure going out to our biggest rivals in a Cup at home.
It's how he and the players now react that will be most telling.

08 Mar 2026 17:40:59
You have to ask serious questions of any manager who, with the amount of pressure we had, takes off 2 forwards and brings on 2 defenders. Totally unbelievable.

08 Mar 2026 17:43:51
The same Motherwell manager who didn't have a quarter final this weekend?

The same Motherwell manager who has 2 relegations on his record.

08 Mar 2026 17:46:06
Rabbi, you need to take it into context. To the new investors, and the leadership group that are trying to bring success, it's their first season. For fans, it's the 6th, maybe, without a league title. The vast majority jumped on board at the beginning of the season.

They have every right now to complain. Every script about the past has been regarding that we can't keep changing managers, yet the fans don't appoint, don't buy players, or choose tactics. 👍

08 Mar 2026 18:15:24
We totally outplayed them today, and our defence was terrific. Some of the guys are developing well. We missed a link player who can make the pass or the run from midfield to attack; that's all. It's a key position, and they're hard to find.

08 Mar 2026 18:38:11
The Motherwell manager is a flash in the pan. Jimmy Thelin mark 2. He spent this weekend getting beaten by Dundee while we contested a QF.

08 Mar 2026 19:05:29
Exactly, Aphe.

08 Mar 2026 16:18:31
Guys, I'm going to say this again (I've said it before over many seasons) - Rangers are a missive footballing institution and should not be recruiting prospects, we expect (quite rightly) the finished article and DR is far from that!

08 Mar 2026 16:28:27
You were happy enough when Gerrard won the league though?

08 Mar 2026 16:28:39
Yet you wish for Jba 🤣? Finished article? Yes, he can finish a club's time in the top flight of leagues on more occasions than he wins them.

08 Mar 2026 16:34:05
Zikos and the Motherwell manager are. 😂😂

08 Mar 2026 16:48:05
Exactly, Paul.

08 Mar 2026 16:48:41
Aph, do you still think Olsen will come good?

08 Mar 2026 16:52:07
Aye, because Ancellotti and Guardiola are desperate to come, mate. 🤣🤣

08 Mar 2026 16:55:40
I'd take him over Dr all day long!!

Out of possession, we have improved (no doubt).

In possession, we're still. 💩

08 Mar 2026 16:59:37
All about leadership. Coaching and tactics are whiteboard stuff. Can you get more and make the players do more, fight for each other. Danny and Clement are good coaches, just supplying the wrong tools.

08 Mar 2026 17:12:14
Whatsmyname. Honest answer is yes.

Over the same time frame fans wanted rid of:
Cerny
Sima
Moore
Olsen
Lovenkrands

And many more.

08 Mar 2026 17:12:41
Whatsmyname, he should get another game.

08 Mar 2026 17:14:09
Olsen can't be signed. Plain and simple, waste of money.

08 Mar 2026 17:32:27
A lot of it is down to our players not taking the initiative and putting that mob away when we were on top for all of today and 50 minutes last week. 😡 I knew some would blame Danny Rohl, Danny Rohl only, but the majority of that today was down to our players and decision making against a poor Celtic team that was there for the taking. 🤔 We should, undoubtedly, give Danny Rohl the chance to sign and build for next season, and I have absolutely no doubt our board will.

🤔 In the meantime, we fight 'till the day is done in our remaining 9 league games, and see where we sit at the end of the campaign and take stock from there. 🤔 I'm as scunnered as any fellow bear coming out of Ibrox after our penalty kick defeat to them, but I'm most definitely not calling for Danny Rohl to be sacked, absolutely not, and although I'm hurting terribly, he gets next season for me to build his own team. 🤔 🇬🇧

08 Mar 2026 17:41:02
Right now, I wouldn't be signing Olsen full time.
Olsen, at 26, with 40 caps, shouldn't need time - he should be a stand out in this league.
But he has failed to deliver.

08 Mar 2026 17:44:27
Olsen showed absolutely nothing and should return to Wolfsburg.

08 Mar 2026 17:48:25
Tbh, I think it would be too much of a gamble, as the money could be better spent. Maybe not about talent, but more about being suited to the league and its demands. 🤷🏼

08 Mar 2026 17:58:39
He's a really dreadful player, with no appetite to win. I'll wish him well for next season, and I'm grateful it won't be with us.

08 Mar 2026 18:13:39
Not long back from the game, and very disappointed. Not surprised by the penalties, but we should have won it in 90 minutes, never mind 120 minutes. Crossing and corners were poor, and we didn't do enough to turn them. I thought they defended well without us putting them under real pressure at the back.
Rohl got it right with Djiga coming in, as I hoped he might, and I thought he had a good game. It's these games that you need a spark, and it's what Olsen was brought in for. Unfortunately, he looks a shadow of the player he was a couple of seasons back. He does not want to go at the last man, and everything is too safe.

In the second half, he seemed to be more central when we had a clear overload on the right, whether that was the tactic I am not sure.
Gassama also didn't offer much, and these are the players that we are looking to create something.
Not for me the manager going, as disappointing as it is. It shows, still, whilst we have improved since he came in, that we have a way to go.
Can't see the league being in our reach now, so it puts a fair amount of pressure on him and the team to at least have a good end to the season to build on next.

08 Mar 2026 18:17:16
Olsen is a clever player, no doubt, but he doesn't want to commit himself, and that's no good. Cerny was much better.

08 Mar 2026 19:03:38
He's supposed to be an established international player. The guy looks out of his depth playing for Rangers. To make it worse, you have an 18 yr old boy in Mikey Moore who is showing him how it should be done. That's got to be embarrassing for the guy. Use the money to try and sign Moore. Olsen, unfortunately, is a dud.

08 Mar 2026 19:53:46
Whatever has happened to him in the last few years since I saw him playing a few times for Brugge, what happened to this pacy winger that went at players and had a good finish.

Whatever it is, you can see that it's not fitness but his confidence is shot.
He never played much for Wolfsburg, and we can see why.

I don't believe it's lack of fitness either, as he should be up to match fitness by now.
Off the ball today, I noticed Raskin and Diomande gesturing and talking to him about his positioning.
Maybe we thought we could get him playing to the way he used to be.
Sadly, he looks to have lost his way.

08 Mar 2026 16:06:43
Oh well other year of being the but oh the jokes

08 Mar 2026 16:21:48
Sorry, pushed, but that's Rangers' lack of bottle and not the manager. Tav sums up, and Gassama taking the pen knew right away he would bottle it.

08 Mar 2026 16:48:53
Tavs is the best penalty taker we have at the club. Genuinely, don't get this utter pish.

08 Mar 2026 17:44:26
He definitely showed that today ot.

08 Mar 2026 18:15:02
Pressure got to Tav. He hits all his penalties true to the keeper's right, but he went down the middle today. 🤷

08 Mar 2026 19:18:06
Maybe so, Rosevale. I still think he is the best penalty taker at the club though. We are too quick to jump on stuff as a fan base.

08 Mar 2026 19:26:24
Storm, Tav's penalty miss today was his first I can recall for a while, so OT's comments are close to the mark. So I think your reply was very sarcastic. You definitely get a kick out of being sarcastic to genuine posters, of that there is no doubt.

08 Mar 2026 16:04:58
Any player missing the target from a penalty should be fined a weeks wages, there's absolutely no excuses for it! team of bottlers.

08 Mar 2026 16:37:27
Someone has to miss though. Or it would go on forever. It's the law of averages.

08 Mar 2026 16:49:35
And imagine your manager saying that to you. If you make a mistake, you are fined a week's wages.

08 Mar 2026 16:58:03
You can miss by the keeper making a save. You should never miss the target 12 yards out, no chance.

08 Mar 2026 17:32:38
If you've ever stood in front of those goals, you don't miss the target. You just shouldn't. They bottled it at home.