Rangers banter 8

12 Feb 2026 18:59:01
5 of our next 7 fixtures are at Ibrox where we've been strong indet Danny. Win on sunday we are still in this.

12 Feb 2026 20:19:23
A wee bit about seeing the game out last night. Should we have played 5 across the middle or attacked them when they went down to 10 men? DR can't win on this one, seemingly.

12 Feb 2026 20:25:04
We are 100% still in this, that's not in doubt. Rohl needs to learn, and learn fast.

12 Feb 2026 20:32:33
I think, Dado, with the other 2 scoring late and us conceding, it hurt that much more. Danny needs to learn from last night, and i'm sure he will.

12 Feb 2026 20:47:59
I'd have taken Gassama off for Antman, Chermiti for Skov Olsen, to have a midfield 5 with Moore slightly advanced through the middle. Feared the worst when Fernandez came on and we went to a 5 at the back.

I'd like to have seen us go for it when they went to 10.

But I'm not a football manager, so we might've lost 2-1 if we did what I'd have preferred.

12 Feb 2026 21:31:42
The only changes we should have made were full backs and front 3. Keep the core of the team intact. When they went down to 10 men, Antman and Olsen would have worried them massively. He removed Diomande, which was a mistake. I understand he was on a yellow, but he retains the ball better than anyone else.

12 Feb 2026 22:42:56
I have no doubt we are still in it.

Was watching Rangers Review and got to say, I don't like their assessment that its a fan over reaction.

In my view, Rohl has took his eye off the ball. He has been preaching 1 game at a time from the start, but for me he started to lose focus with the Porto game. Played players in a pointless game that they were always going to lose, so much so that players ended up tired and dropping points vs Hibs. In the Motherwell game, he prioritised Hearts over Motherwell, which is stupid. 3 points is 3 points.

You get those 3 points, then a lose to Hearts wouldn't be such a disaster. Now, if we lose to Hearts, it could be too far back for us, and makes you think if it wasn't for the booing in the Kilmarnock game, would we have got the same drive and subs in the second half.

My point is, guys at Rangers Review putting fan reaction down to one game, when its a few things that have been creeping in. Feel we should always just go with the one game at time thing, and when we moved away from that and looking at the bigger picture, that's when we started to fail.

12 Feb 2026 22:45:33
Whatsmyname, I think that is a good point. Last night, he seemed to decide to defend that 1-0 lead, especially against 10 men. It didn't work (obviously), so I hope he learns and goes more attacking, or at least more balanced, next time.

12 Feb 2026 23:56:14
Given DR's record, let us write that one down to learning and move on, all to play for.

13 Feb 2026 05:02:42
Why would anyone think we're not bang in this title race? 😲

13 Feb 2026 06:28:36
Because SWS, we have a lot of pantie wetters in our support. The overreaction is ridiculous.

13 Feb 2026 08:05:22
Forever, it was Chris Jack who was saying that about the fans.
To be fair, I thought Josh Barrie's assessment was accurate, and he spoke about how we need to dominate the ball better rather than playing like a counter team against Motherwell.
He agreed that the fans were frustrated, and, like on here, most of the comments were on point and reflected the disappointment.

13 Feb 2026 08:54:11
Win the Hearts game, and then we are among contenders. Drop points in either of these games, then our best hope is the cup.

13 Feb 2026 09:11:57
Of course we are still in it.
5 behind.
12 games still to play.
But this is the business end of the season.
And poor away performances against Hibs and Motherwell, where we dropped points, will not win us the title if we continue in that vein of form.
We have 7 league games before the split, all winnable.

13 Feb 2026 09:18:47
There is no doubt we are 'still' in this. Wednesday night was a setback, but by no means a major one. I agree that the late goals in all three games were tough to accept, but it's still in our hands (as the other two contenders will also suggest).
Everything to play for - Wednesday is gone - let's take care of business against the Jambos.

13 Feb 2026 10:22:48
You've hit the nail on the head, Souness. None of us are football managers, and hindsight is a wonderful thing. If Celtic had drawn and we won, exactly the same performance would have been hailed as champions form from us and disastrous from them.

12 Feb 2026 18:11:19
On big Chermiti's miss through on the keeper last night, i have honestly no doubt Naderi or Miovski would have buried that chance and put us 2-0 up 🤔

12 Feb 2026 18:46:32
I would say Miovski would, going by his standards this season. Chermiti will never, ever, be a goalscorer in terms that we need.
Anyone who thinks otherwise is kidding themselves on.

12 Feb 2026 18:50:05
Or probably anyone else in the team, look at the way Raskin finished his chance.

12 Feb 2026 19:03:51
How long is it going to take Danny Rohl to realize that Chermiti is a dud?

12 Feb 2026 19:36:05
Chermiti, as a striker, is to score goals. Obviously, that's not happening. I've no confidence in him, but obviously Danny Rohl has.

12 Feb 2026 19:58:43
Yeah, its concerning, Whatsmyname.

12 Feb 2026 20:30:41
Not saying Rohl is not the one, but he's not convinced me yet, and when I read comments like "All in all, I am totally convinced we have a strong starting 11, but also we will need good subs today."

Rohl added it would be "too much risk" to start Naderi, with Chermiti ready to start after a short injury lay-off.



Rohl also added he expects a "running game" and wants his team to be strong like they were in a 2-0 win away to Aberdeen. It doesn't help his case. My reaction to this is "what the f****".

12 Feb 2026 20:41:56
Swsobe, you have no doubt the other strikers would have scored? Not having a go, well, maybe. 😕 Its a bit like your bets over the years you pur on here, Tav any time and Rangers to win by 2, 3, or 4. No one knows.

12 Feb 2026 21:29:30
There are one or two that shouldn't be anywhere near a Rangers jersey, Aasgaard being top of that list. An absolute empty jersey in my eyes. However, Danny Rohl seems determined to shoehorn the guy in where he can. I would only risk him as a sub if we were already 15-0 up.

12 Feb 2026 22:44:33
Unfortunately, i need to agree with Storm. I've been really disappointed in Miovski, thought he would be a much better signing.

13 Feb 2026 08:30:55
Unfortunately, Chermiti isn't a Rangers player, which most of us have known for a long time, in truth. Also felt small decisions went against us, which impacted us greatly, eg Dio and Raskin booked early on, Chermiti penalty shout, and the one-on-one we should score.

The proof is in the pudding, when we conceded, we looked absolutely lost and void of ideas to find a goal, which is also concerning.

13 Feb 2026 10:26:54
Although it does look like Chermiti is never going to be a regular goalscorer, I've got sympathy with him. The defender's clearance hit him, and he hit it on target on the volley with power. It's not like he ballooned it into row Z.
As for Miovski, i'd be interested to see his goals per minute. Don't think it's quite as bad as made out.

13 Feb 2026 10:30:24
If indeed there were offers of 10 and 15 Million for Gassama and Chermiti, respectively, in the January transfer window, we should have grabbed the cheques and drove the players to their new clubs. Gassama blows cold more often than he does hot. Chermiti is never a goal scoring striker and never will be.

12 Feb 2026 17:47:49
Sorry Mr Potato Head.you're better at this. But on the subject of managing players' game hours:

Rangers played 64 competitive matches during the 1992–93. 27 players were used, with 16 making 45 appearances or more.

The following season we played 57 competitive games, 26 players, 16 playing 45+ games. In 1998/99 we played 55 games with 26 players, 17 of whom played 45+ games.

This season we will play 53 games with 34 players and it looks like only 7 or 8 of them will have 45+ games.

12 Feb 2026 17:31:50
Team I'd go with for Hearts:

Butland
Sterling Djiga Fernandez Rommens
Diomande Chukwuani Raskin
Skov-Olsen Naderi Antman

Moore to come on and impact the game from the bench.
Only real consideration for me is Souttar or Djiga but for me Djiga was better of the 2 CBs against Well

12 Feb 2026 18:05:57
Souttar was outstanding at the back for us against Motherwell last night, Scotty, with Djiga also not far behind him. So, Souttar starts for me, with Fernandez partnering him. 🤔 I lost count how many last-ditch blocks Souttar had against Motherwell last night. 👌🇬🇧

12 Feb 2026 18:08:37
While I'm at it, I'll put this one to everyone on here, ie. "Who was our best player against Motherwell last night?" 🤔 It was Big Soapy for me, with Djiga and Raskin not far behind him. 🤔🇬🇧

12 Feb 2026 18:10:07
I agree with the line up, Scotty. Djigas played well since he came back.

12 Feb 2026 18:39:44
Raskin's goal and goal line clearance, for me, were 2 massive moments in the game. He gets MOTM from me, and Soapy was sleeping at their goal, and Djiga looked fitter and sharper last night.

12 Feb 2026 18:47:40
Souttar was not outstanding last night at all.

If we went with that team last night, we win the game.

12 Feb 2026 18:51:33
Djiga or Butland. Souttar was playing well, but had his usual couple of switch-off moments that nearly cost us, and then did cost us.

12 Feb 2026 19:04:25
Absolutely, Souttar played well last night. What are some of you watching who say he didn't play well? 😲 Incredible.

12 Feb 2026 19:07:59
Souttar was terrible last night.

12 Feb 2026 19:38:04
Souttar, more than once last night, got caught out wanting too much time on the ball. He could also have picked up Welsh for their goal, but was ball watching.

12 Feb 2026 19:45:19
Thought Diomande played well, but got his usual yellow and always borders a red.

12 Feb 2026 20:03:56
Souttar doesn't look fit to me.

12 Feb 2026 20:09:19
I'd swap Dio for Moore, play him behind Naderi.

12 Feb 2026 20:37:06
Sorry, Walter, Souttar was miles off it, worst performance for a while, though, so il cut him some slack.

12 Feb 2026 20:38:18
A different spin on it, coops. If Souttar positioning was better, he wouldn't have to make last-ditch blocks.
I do like Soapy, and I'd offer him another contract, but at the minute he's not looking match fit, and that leads to sloppy moments and concentration lapses.

12 Feb 2026 20:50:21
Butland's saves made it 1pt rather than zero points, so only one winner, imho. 👍

12 Feb 2026 21:01:11
Big Soapy was outstanding? Is there 2 of them? The 1 I watched was not close to outstanding, unless our standards have fell that far. 🤷🏼‍♂️

12 Feb 2026 21:10:54
Evening, troops. Haven't posted much over the years, but I'm afraid Big Soapy is a scare. Last-ditch tackles and blocks are not the sign of an accomplished defender. You would never see a top-class centre half do that. They stay on their feet, control the situation, and instill confidence in their defensive team. Soapy will never be that man, I'm afraid.

13 Feb 2026 09:28:54
Not sure what game some guys were watching, but Souttar was guff.

He got lucky on a few occasions that the ref gave us free kicks when they weren't fouls. Also seen penalties given for the handball on the ground (i know its not technically a handball, but I've seen similar given, so its always a risk).



Djiga actually looked better and made less mistakes.

I'd agree with Scotty for the starting 11 against Hearts.

Butland
Sterling Djiga Fernandez Rommens
Diomande Chukwuani Raskin
Skov-Olsen Naderi Antman

Plus, Souttar offers nothing at corners or free kicks.

13 Feb 2026 10:31:18
Id put most of our poor moments all season down to players wanting too much time on the ball. You can see the difference when we move it quickly. Whether this is down to arrogance or no pass being available, i'm not sure, but the amount of times i'm screaming, get rid of it, to the telly is outrageous.

12 Feb 2026 16:23:54
Just watched the lowlights again of last night's performance.Something that struck me is how many times we came off 2nd best in tackles, 2nd best in jostles for the ball, basically we get pushed around far too often for my liking.Mikey Moore is an example I know he's only a young guy but for all his skill gets muscled off it more often than not.Let's toughen up can we employ a tackle coach along with the set piece coach.

12 Feb 2026 16:53:01
Fair point, although Chermiti and Chucky come out on top a lot, and Djiga.

12 Feb 2026 17:11:19
Was very impressed with Slattery, and said last night, for Motherwell. They honestly controlled the game. Not helped by our very poor passing. Souttar, Tav, Butland, all putting us under real pressure. And i know i keep mentioning him, but Chermiti is god awful. Will never ever be a good striker. He's just not got it in him.

12 Feb 2026 17:13:46
It's because sometimes the tackles are half arsed.

12 Feb 2026 17:26:24
Our 2nd ball winning was really poor imo. I don't know if the stats backed that up, but that's where i thought we lost the game.

12 Feb 2026 17:27:30
A tackle coach, is that a new term for a sex therapist? 🤣 If a player needs a coach to teach a tackle, then we really are in bad shape.

12 Feb 2026 17:41:55
I thought our midfield 3 did well in the duels with their midfield, tbh. As for the performance, their star man, Maswanhise, didn't do a lot in the game.

12 Feb 2026 18:03:56
And yet Slattery lost the ball the same amount of times as Tavernier when passing. 🤷

12 Feb 2026 18:49:06
Angus, he had a much better game than Tav and is in the middle, also. Please stop with this nonsense, honestly, it's boring.

12 Feb 2026 18:55:36
The number of times a Motherwell player came through two or three tackles and still had the ball was frightening. All three of our midfielders just committed foul after foul, and Raskin, in particular, lost so many fifty fifties by just trying to nip the ball away rather than go and win it.

Moore, Gassama and Meghoma are just lightweights, and you can add Aasgaard to that list.

12 Feb 2026 19:53:28
Storm so we can use stats to show our players are rubbish as that fits the narrative following a draw. but when they are used to show the same for an opposition player then it is boring. fyi FBs are known to play higher risk passes than many CM and CH passes as they look for progressive rather than safe 10 yard passes

btw is it you that now owns the site and says what can be posted 👍

but you are right fans who are positive and support the team aren't welcome on this site.

12 Feb 2026 20:38:57
FBs do not play more risky passes than CMs, Angus.

12 Feb 2026 20:52:14
Correct, Angus, better just being negative, and throwing in the towel half a dozen times over a season. Maybe try being a little positive and just support the direction our club is heading. Probably be better than throwing your toys out the pram after a draw.

We played poor last night, Danny Rohl made a few bad calls, it is done now, hopefully he has learned. Get over it, 3 points needed on Sunday, will still be a good few twists in the remaining games.

12 Feb 2026 22:14:29
Stats show that MFs at dominant clubs like Celtic and Rangers typically register higher volumes of short passes and lower average pass lengths due to their high-possession styles. This is why they achieve high pass success rates.
Tavernier is in the 98th percentile for progressive passes globally for his position, so he is less likely to cycle possession and more likely to attempt "smart passes" or direct balls into the channels. Therefore, his successful pass rate will be lower than a CM recirculating balls and making short passes.

We play a lot of balls through our CBs to our FBs, so the CBs have high success rates.
I didn't understand why his success rate was so low when I don't see that level of failure, as I thought the same, so looked it all up over a period of time. It is the explanation I found, and I am happy with that, or choose to believe otherwise; tbh it makes no difference at all to me.

12 Feb 2026 23:03:16
I find it concerning that a Motherwell midfield put together for a relative pittance could completely show up our 3 multi million pound midfielders in terms of passing ability and movement, and outplayed them most of the night.

Yes, Diomande and Raskin combined for our goal, but I feel the 3 who played last night are all too similar and, in general, don't offer enough creatively or in terms of goal return, and shouldn't all play together in the same team.

13 Feb 2026 09:34:30
I thought the same. My only thing on this is that, as a Rangers player, you aren't allowed to act like a hammer thrower like the rest of the teams, like Motherwell. Not to mention, Motherwell got every second ball.

Any time a Rangers player went in strong, it was given as a foul.

Doesn't help that players dive and play act constantly now (Gassama included).

12 Feb 2026 16:22:32
Anyone know or if its been decided yet how many tickets they are getting for cup game

12 Feb 2026 17:34:16
Not decided, thought a read will know by weekend.

12 Feb 2026 19:17:51
Cheers Coopersdad, much appreciated.

12 Feb 2026 22:42:36
I read that there is a pre-match meeting for these games 3 weeks before the game with clubs and police, so I assume there will be a decision made then. So, next week then, if that is even remotely correct. 🤷

12 Feb 2026 15:49:46
Afternoon Bears. I haven't posted for a while but thought I'd chip in with my tuppence worth. Rangers have only lost 2 games in the league this season so far, but drawn 10. If we'd won half of these drawn games we'd be clear at the top. Our new manager has done well but he must pick his strongest starting XI in every game, none of this nonsense about resting players! We can still win the title so let's hope that DR picks his best team for every game in future.

Keep the faith! WATP. Best wishes to you all fellow Bears.

12 Feb 2026 15:52:33
Think a gd few of them draws were under RM, bud. Nice to hear from u, Doiger, hope your well mate. 👍👍

12 Feb 2026 15:58:18
What happens if he picks the strongest 11 (in the fans mind), and the players have burnt out by the Celtic game? We then lose twice to Celtic after beating Motherwell and Hearts, we'd be questioning why we didn't rest players.

We have a competitive squad, not the greatest but competitive. Some players have let themselves down at parts of the season, and some others have proven year after year that they'll struggle to compete at this level at this stage of the season.



Rohl must stop being so respectful of the opposition, especially when they're down to ten men. Ruthless managers and players win trophies.

12 Feb 2026 16:16:47
If Celtic didn't appoint Nancy, they would be free and clear to win the league. The standards are far too low.

Danny Rohl has done an ok job, but no more than that. People should not get carried away and be objective on the job he actually does.



To be clear, i like Danny Rohl, but he has still to win enough big moment games for me to get carried away.

We could have our answer if he's as good as some think very soon. i hope for one he is, but results do the talking, nothing else.

12 Feb 2026 16:40:00
Why would they be burnt out playing one or two games a week? Are they not super fit young men?

12 Feb 2026 16:46:17
Spending 44 million on players over this season should be enough to ensure that we have a tremendously strong squad of boys who can play well consistently. Callum McGregor plays an absolute minimum of 30+ games a season, but we have Nediri, Aasgaard, Olsen, Rommens, Sterling, Souttar, Fernandez, Miovski, Antman, etc. etc., who need rested after what, 2 games? 3? Can't risk them for injury? If they can't play more than 4 games a month, why are they at RFC? Tav is 34 and is never ill or injured.

Like him or not, he tries. Too much is going in to sports science, creating a squad of fragile, glass players. Weak nowadays, these boys. Danilo cost us 4 million in wages whilst injured. Jack, Roofe, Yilmaz also. A drain on funds. If our players are always injured, what's wrong at Ibrox? I've done business with Royal Marines who ran 5 miles+ every day with a hundred sit ups/push ups, but a player gets kicked on a leg and needs a week to recover? Baffling.

12 Feb 2026 17:06:15
If they didn't employ Nancy, what if we didn't employ Martin, and what if my aunty had?

12 Feb 2026 17:08:32
I don't think he 'rested' players. I think he tried to go for the tried and tested players who have been playing and winning games. Motherwell away was always going to be one of the tougher games, considering the season they've had.

I think it's the way we dropped pts in the last few minutes against 10 men that's sticking in people's throats. Had we won 1-0 with the team that played, no one would be questioning Danny Rohl's selection.

12 Feb 2026 17:12:32
Whine, correct, we've squandered some amount of coin on absolute over priced garbage.

12 Feb 2026 17:38:43
Good to hear from you, Doiger. 😁

12 Feb 2026 17:50:49
Did we really spend 44 million?

12 Feb 2026 18:12:27
Danny Rohl has 13 wins, 4 draws, and one defeat in his 18 league games (72% win rate), so he is performing better than any manager we have had for a while with a group of players originally who were considered by a good few to be the worst Rangers team we ever had in their lifetimes.
It isn't about fully fit players being able to play 3 games in 8 days.

It is about those who are coming back from injury and those out since October. But it is hard physically and mentally to peak in every game when you are playing that often.
Celtic and Hearts are scrabbling results, and I remember on here the view was that you can't win every game doing that, so I suppose the logic is the same for those two, and they will drop points.

12 Feb 2026 15:42:06
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Matchday 25 - Quick Round Up

12 Feb 2026 16:28:06
Good read ed, summed up spurs and mu perfectly, one is a bin fire, the other looking like a threat again

{Ed001's Note - thank you Yoke.}

12 Feb 2026 14:58:41
The disappointing thing from last night wasn't the result but more the performance. We didn't look like a team going for a title and unless we buck up our ideas for sunday we could find ourselves out of the race.

12 Feb 2026 15:43:06
Owls, I agree, we haven't played well all yr, apart from the odd 20 mins.

12 Feb 2026 15:55:10
Holding out for a win last night would've been great, but how many of us would've accepted being in with a chance of pulling to within a couple of points at this stage, after the dismal start to the season we had? We should embrace the opportunity and get right behind DR and the players.

12 Feb 2026 16:33:49
Exactly, Onewalter. It goes beyond the result to a genuine concern - did that look like a title-winning team v Motherwell or Hibs?

It did not.

Yes, we've come a long way since the dark days of Martin, but letting ourselves believe this team were ready to bring home a title was maybe cruel self-deception.



As fans, we can hope for the best, but the performances are starting to bring us back to reality.

12 Feb 2026 18:58:27
No, the disappointing thing was definitely the result. If we had closed that game out, nobody would have cared about the performance. If we had played like Motherwell and only drawn, the team would still have been criticised.