Rangers banter 9

12 Feb 2026 14:37:27
My Son asked me who is the best player to manage in Scotland? Gerrard would be up there and I'm old enough to watch Liam Brady for Arsenal who was a great player! Thought provoking indeed.

12 Feb 2026 15:19:27
Dalglish or Souness?

12 Feb 2026 15:31:57
Frank Sauzee was some player as well.

12 Feb 2026 15:33:32
I've missed the obvious in Graeme Souness. 😂

12 Feb 2026 15:44:10
Russell Martin.

12 Feb 2026 15:53:22
John Barnes. 🎣😇

12 Feb 2026 15:54:50
Sadly, John Barnes must be in with a shout!

12 Feb 2026 17:26:26
Souness and Dalglish definitely in the mix, and I forgot about Frank Sauzee, who was a fine player.

12 Feb 2026 17:47:44
Gazza managed Kettering Town, albeit it was a short spell.

12 Feb 2026 14:47:04
Hello fellow bears - long-term reader but never posted till today.
Just a wee point re the last few games re throw-ins.
Why is there never any of our players making any sort of move to accept the ball? They all just stand still, making it very easy for opponents to mark them.


How many times yesterday did Tav and Meghoma have no other option but to throw it as far as they could down the line? Most of the time the ball fell to a Motherwell player and we were on the back foot again.

12 Feb 2026 17:20:22
Welcome, bud. 👍👍

12 Feb 2026 14:21:29
In 12 games against the top 6 this season:-
We have dropped 18 points – 50% of those available.
And half of those have been under Rohl.
Celtic have dropped 18 points – 50% of those available.
Hearts have dropped 9 points – 25% of those available.
Motherwell have played 10 games against the top 6.
And have dropped 21 points – 70% of those available.

12 Feb 2026 15:08:20
Interesting, and there is why Hearts are top.

12 Feb 2026 16:12:32
But Hearts are top by 5 points, so they must be poorer against the bottom 6 teams, then, since Danny Rohl came in anyway.
In that time, we have only lost 2 points vs bottom 6 teams (Dundee Utd). Hearts have dropped 9 vs the bottom 6, and Celtic have lost 6 points, with 1 game vs Aberdeen postponed.



So, Danny Rohl is at least managing to get us results against the bottom 6, which seemed to be a problem under Clement.

12 Feb 2026 13:41:53
It was the way we dropped the points to 10 men that p***** me off. Chermiti missed a sitter that would have made it 2-0 and game over. He is living off the coattails of the old firm game and should never start again along with the sulking Gassama. bench warmer at best and tav and his giving the ball away and wanting to take every set piece is drastic improvement is a must and it starts with the manager.

Don't be that trophyless manager, DR. you've earned this title - dont blow it by picking imposters

12 Feb 2026 14:22:28
Chermiti isn't the issue. The distance between him and our other players is a major issue. Our back line and midfield need to play far higher.

12 Feb 2026 14:34:57
How can Motherwell play nice, tight, controlled football like they do with a fraction of our budget?

12 Feb 2026 14:38:47
J-zer, no amount of distance missed that sitter last night. He's a dud, pure and simple. He should have been sold when we had the chance.

12 Feb 2026 14:39:54
He was the issue in a one on one with the goalie, and he fluffed it twice.

12 Feb 2026 14:45:36
Next, you'll be telling us he was too far from the goal with that chance he should have scored with.

12 Feb 2026 15:09:01
Nah, he was too close.

12 Feb 2026 15:53:09
Not posting as much this weather, but thought I would put my opinion of last night and pretty much the last few league games. With the exception of the Kilmarnock game, I feel the last three league performances have been pretty average. Maybe pressure is getting to them, as they are more or less a young group.
Celtic have that ability of winning when playing poorly, as we drop points when not playing well.
Mentality issues? Possibly.
Onto last night's game, and I felt the first ten minutes we pressed ok, scored, then started to press less and were hemmed in by a decent Motherwell side. Still concerned by the gaps created on our left when Megholma goes forward.

We can't seem to plug the gaps left by that by our left midfielder and centre half.
The midfield trio were industrious, but they don't control the midfield the way we need to.
And the forward three were pretty non existent and unable to make the ball stick when it went up top.
I, like many, was pretty despondent when their goal went in, but it was deserved over the piece.
We can still make a fight of this, but performance levels need to get much higher, and hopefully the new guys get match fit so we can start to play our best team. It starts with a must win game on Sunday.
Let's hope we can take the game to them from the off.

12 Feb 2026 16:18:37
No, I'm telling you, regardless of who plays that lone front man role in this team, in this system, we will struggle. I'm not saying Chermiti should be first choice, and yes, he should have taken that chance, but the fact remains we were played through too often, and we made very little in the way of openings.

That wasn't a one off, we've been the same all season.

12 Feb 2026 16:19:23
Whatsmyname, they had a pre-season to get players used to it, whereas we had Martin at that time, and Danny Rohl came in and has had to develop a style with 2 games a week. Not using as an excuse, but as a fact.
Someone else said they hadn't made many changes to their squad (which I haven't checked), so that gives stability.

I remember their manager was getting grief in the press at the start of the season, as they started with 5 draws, and there were complaints about the style.
Now people are raving about it.

12 Feb 2026 13:13:24
Does anyone believe we can still win the title. I'm going to say no. Reason being constantly playing with 1 striker leaves them isolated. At 1 point last night Chermiti was about 40 yards in front of any other Rangers player. Our front 3 did nothing. Will we drop more points consistently playing like that.

Yes. I was confident then I seen the lineup and bemused. Our full backs offered nothing either. Personally I think DR got it wrong last night. I'll await the you should be manager snipes that usually come from certain posters

12 Feb 2026 13:31:25
No, you definitely shouldn't be manager if you give up on titles so easy. If you don't think the other two will drop points, that's up to you. When we beat both Hearts and Celtic, I hope you will change your mind.

12 Feb 2026 13:37:57
Aye, I still believe.
Bigger question is, do the players?
Because that was another half arsed performance from some of them.
And, for me, Danny Rohl has been given all the plaudits for getting back into this title race.
But he has to take some criticism for getting it wrong last night.

12 Feb 2026 13:39:42
Well, I think we can still win the league, so you saying no to your own question is invalid. 🤣🤣

The title is there to be won. Danny Rohl just has to make the correct team selection, which shouldn't be that difficult.

Hearts and Celtic will drop points for sure.

12 Feb 2026 13:39:58
Chermiti, last night, went to make loads of runs, and he had space in midfield. Pass sideways or back. Naderi will fail with this system also.

12 Feb 2026 13:45:36
I think we still can, but don't think it'll be comfortable or enjoyable, except from the trophy lift!

I prefer us playing with one striker, but agree that when we do, they often get isolated, as our defence and midfield naturally sit very deep.

12 Feb 2026 14:01:39
Far too early to write us off, albeit I agree with you on your other points.

Celtic were minutes away from drawing at home to Livi last night. Okay, they showed the determination to bag a late winner, but they can't just keep doing that. They're going to drop a significant number of points in the coming months, especially as they have the busiest schedule.

On the plus side for them, they have a wily old manager who knows what it takes to get a team over the line in the SPFL.

I think this could still go all the way till the final day, with three teams in with a chance to win the title. Intriguing stuff.

12 Feb 2026 14:36:28
Win on Sunday, and the mood changes. I still think we can do it, but it won't be easy or nice.

12 Feb 2026 14:47:15
No more midweek games, strongest team from now on.

12 Feb 2026 14:58:12
Davie, you go from we can win the league, to we can't, to we can, to we can't each week.

12 Feb 2026 15:10:25
Ill only say no when we can't possibly win it. The stars all need to line up for us, but its too early to throw the towel in.

We have players just in the door who need to gel, which will help a lot once they do.

12 Feb 2026 15:15:24
I kind of feel DR had an eye on the next few weeks, mainly the weekend, and thought the team he fielded last night could have done the job, or be leading and subs come on and see it though, but he just chose the wrong subs at the wrong time.

It should have been changed at half time, as Motherwell were far better. The team against Hearts will see a lot of changes. We just need to play our best players every game, and if we do, we can beat Hearts & Celtic twice.

12 Feb 2026 15:21:45
It's mental how some work, Tav. Win on Sunday, it's back on, mate.

12 Feb 2026 16:08:05
Tav, clearly, results and performances change opinion.

12 Feb 2026 16:24:48
Davie, fgs man. There was a thread about Danny Rohl being linked to Spurs, so when you criticised his line up, I joked that you should put your CV in for it. Your post happened to be the first I saw after the thread, so I picked you. Sorry, if I had known you were going to react like you have, I would have thought better of it.
I will stop trying to be funny; in fact, people with different opinions on here get so much crap, I am starting to wonder if it is really worth the bother posting.


So, as to fit in, we were rubbish, Chermiti is never a striker; Tav is past it, and Danny Rohl underestimated Motherwell. I think that is it. Can I play now?
Oh, and we aren't going to win the league; wait, if someone could just confirm if we lost points last night, as if we won, I think we will win it.
Sorry, apart from the first bit, all sarcasm before anyone gets upset.

12 Feb 2026 16:36:08
Yours change more than the weather.

So, the league is finished now, yeah? After dropping two points with 12 games / 36 points left to play for? Some people question the players mentality. I guarantee they won't think it's over.

12 Feb 2026 17:19:26
Angus, I did similar, gave my opinion, then Davie went off on one.

12 Feb 2026 17:24:41
Agreed, Tav, players won't, mate, but fans do it regularly. Many posters have thrown the towel in half a dozen times, and still counting.

12 Feb 2026 18:03:28
Nice to see u share your true feelings, Angus. 😉😄😇👍

12 Feb 2026 13:11:10
Will start this off by saying, I'm in no way am suggesting that Rohl isn't the right man to take us forward.

That being said, he has to hold his hands up and take most of the blame for that result. Bad selection, tactics all wrong and baffling subs. Will caveat that by saying the players are also to blame as nobody took charge and showed game management.

Now Rohl can't and shouldn't be going into a game and trying to defend a 1 nil lead, as we have shown time and time again that we can't defend and have relied on Butland saving us on many occasions.

I understand Motherwell play some nice stuff but we are Rangers and to be made look like the hammer throwers we have so often referred to when playing league games, was utterly embarrassing.

Now with a few of his own signings, I am still stumped as to our style of play. Seems non existent to me. Now is this because Rohl keeps changing shape and drastically altering line ups?

Now I'd like to finish by saying I am tired of hearing the player management argument, we start our best 11 every single game unless of course they are not fit enough. But for those that use this excuse, explain how we start a striker that's been out injured yet he is thrown straight back in and lasts till 84 minutes. I'm not one for looking elsewhere but go and look back at Celtic/Hearts line ups week in week out and you will see a core of the 11 being the same with the odd player rotated in and out.

I am just skunnert with back to back awful away performances and these are games we need to be winning if we want to win a title.

12 Feb 2026 13:41:14
Our defence is the best in the league. The problem is not killing games. Defence gets the blame for everything. It's not easy letting a good team attack you for 80 mins and not concede.

12 Feb 2026 13:42:18
He has made a few mistakes, but generally he has done well.

Who doesn't make mistakes at work? At least we have gotten a point from the game at Motherwell. I'm sure a load of fans would have taken a draw before it started.



The likes of Chermiti need to be dropped. Gassama needs to come off the bench about 60-70 mins. Aasgaard. Nothing else to say.

12 Feb 2026 14:11:48
Ryan, our defence is the best in the league due to the amount of times Butland has saved us. I think if you look up how many chances we give up, you'll find a different story. Our defence is easily cut open, and it happens in every game. Poor finishing and great goalkeeping is what makes it seem better than it actually is.

Yeah, Ally, my point, he has done very well to get us to this position, but he needs to start treating every game as a must win and kill games off instead of trying to defend a 1-0 against 10 men.

I'm sure he will learn from this.

Gassama would never start a game for me and should always be an impact sub until he starts showing what he is capable of consistently.

12 Feb 2026 14:20:44
When you play 2 games a week, rotation is mandatory. Players cannot perform twice a week for 60 games at their highest level. It's just not possible, and I understand the frustration at not starting the strongest 11, but you have to do it.

It's also something that we have done throughout DR's tenure whilst getting back into the mix this season.

The starting line up also put us in a winning position last night, and but for a last minute goal, we would have won the game.

We have also picked up about 30 points defending narrow leads under DR, without which we would probably still be in the bottom half of the league where we sat when he came in. So I don't see how he can be criticised for that when it's been so important in getting us back into a title fight.



We still have a third of the season to go, buddy. We have better players to come into the team and are in a great position.

Our opposition done well to pick up their points this round of matches, but Hearts were terrible against Hibs and have not looked good in recent weeks. A good Celtic team would have looked to improve goal difference last night rather than scrape a fortune win against one of the worst teams to play in our league for some time.

I still rate our chances very high, but it won't be easy, and there will be twists and turns, and the twists will have turns, and the turns will have twists. It's how tight title fights go, and I am so excited and nervous for every game. For me, its what football is all about, and after so long I am loving it.

12 Feb 2026 15:51:04
Rangers have conceded 19, Motherwell 18, so no, we're not the best in the league.

12 Feb 2026 16:12:21
Tommy, I understand the need for rotation, of course, but constantly making so many changes upsets the balance and rhythm that our players develop. Hence why I made the point that our 2 biggest rivals have a core that very rarely changes game to game. So the excuse doesn't sit right with me, but it's just my opinion.

That's great that we have so many points defending narrow leads, but in how many of those games has Butland pulled off numerous top class saves to keep that lead? Now, if that goes the other way, we will drop more points, as I will reiterate our defence does very little to protect Butland and is sliced open in every single game, and usually numerous times.



The difference in what you say there is that a good Celtic team would have looked at scoring more, but more importantly is a poor Celtic team still turned a bad game into 3 points. That's the difference. When we look good, the last 2 games, and score plenty, but when we are not at it, we look like dropping points all the time.

12 Feb 2026 16:30:00
Bbj, so has the Motherwell keeper not been in some way responsible for them having the best defence in the league?
It has been asked before, do you want to allow a manager to pick the team he thinks is best and strongest for the game, or the one the fans think is the best and strongest? They will be different at times, as he knows who is fit, who can play 2 games in 3 days when coming back from injury.
Re title, it is 50/50, and it will be tight right up till the end.


However, I can see the start of the slippery slope for the manager with fans. Got selection wrong, can't see system or tactics, said something in press conference. We can't keep going on the same slope, sack the manager, and expect to win leagues.
If we happen not to win league, I hope the board/owners give him time and money to improve us further for next season.

12 Feb 2026 16:34:37
I get it, Jim, and like you, I was gutted with the starting line up. I am struggling massively with Meghoma and Tav every time they play, if I'm honest. They are just so vulnerable defensively, I hold my breath when the ball is in their area.

Our opposition are doing what you want, but at what cost? Hearts have lost 2 key players to injury, and Celtic lost their best player this season to injury last night. If we played Rommens and Sterling last night and both got injured, it would be way worse than the last minute equaliser imo.

There is a long way to go, and we will see a starting 11 develop over the next few weeks now that the schedule allows for it.

I think we have the best squad and am still confident we win the league.

I do blame the manager for last night, but in the bigger picture, he has done unbelievably well to get a group of players most of us were starting to hate into our position. He won't get everything right, and he won't have to!

As long as he keeps getting as much as he has done right up to now, we will be there or thereabouts come the end of the season.

12 Feb 2026 17:46:22
Angus, I have no idea if the Motherwell keeper has kept them in games or not, as the only time I see them play is against us. I can only base my opinion on what I watch of Rangers, and we all know we get cut open very easily and have relied on Butland more than we would like.

I think you missed where I put, Rohl will learn from this, and I still have great confidence that he is the right man to take us forward.
I'm 50/50 on our chances, as we still have our biggest rivals to play, and they have Motherwell too.

I'm in no way wanting Rohl sacked if we don't win the title. Then, aye, he needs backing fully so he get's a fair crack at it next year.

But make no mistake, we can't have back to back results away from home like Hibs/Motherwell, where we were clearly the worst team and lucky to even get a point.

My post isn't a doom and gloom, and we can come on here and praise a manager when he does well (Celtic away), but we are also allowed to question his thought process when he got it wrong (Hibs/last night).

12 Feb 2026 12:45:45
Let's forget yesterday and look ahead at the fixture list. Including cup.

Celtic have Kilmarnock, Hibs, RFC, sheep, RFC then Motherwell, with two games v Stuttgart in between.

RFC have hearts, livi, CFC, CFC, st.mirren, sheep, Dundee unt.

Hearts have RFC, Falkirk, sheep, Killie, Dundee, livi, Motherwell.

The fixture list seems to be easiest for hearts. CFC have European games and potential injuries and more travel. Hearts are missing some players due to suspension. They had 5 red cards in six games. Do the SFA not want Hearts winning the league? Celtic had a red card in march 2024 and no more until January 2026 in the league. Hmm. Celtic look like having a harder calendar than us. If we get a win v hearts, the chase is on. Let's go

12 Feb 2026 13:45:36
7 games until the split.
Hearts win all games apart from Rangers, they will be on 75 points.
Rangers win all their games, we will be on 73 points.
Celtic win all games apart from Rangers, they will be on 72 points.


I know that's a big ask.
But, would anybody be confident of:
1/ Rangers winning all their games?

2/ Rangers winning all their games in the split?
Not beating Hibs and Motherwell has made it a lot harder.

12 Feb 2026 14:20:15
Don't think any team will win all games after the split. We need to win on Sunday, take a breath, and go again. The result from last seems worse as we lost a goal late on and Celtic scored late on. Reality is some of the players we had on last night should not be starting and are not good enough to win the league, but we can be so much better with at least five changes.

The other two title chasers are far from good teams. We are going to be up and down till the rest of the season, hopefully more ups starting from Sunday.

12 Feb 2026 12:32:44
Reading the majority of the comments last nig he n today n it just scunnered me.

Why do Rangers fans think we've got a god given right to beat anyone we play?

Motherwell haven't conceded a goal at home in a crazy long time.

Undefeated against Celtic n hearts. They're flying, they have the most on form player in the league upfront.

We were 14 points behind at one point.
Danny Rohl came in and got the best out a bad group. he's improved in every single dept bar none. he's improved every single player individually.
Most Rangers fans still probably feel were favs for the league

We will drop more points before season is over as will everyone else.

Ye can't just expect to win every single game.

Usual from Rangers fans were either the best thing going or were rotten there's never a medium

12 Feb 2026 14:07:06
Nobody thinks we've got a God-given right. But if you think we will win the title not just by dropping points against Hibs and Motherwell, but in the manner of the performance, then you are sadly mistaken. We scored first against Motherwell. Then Danny Rohl, for whatever reason, decided he couldn't trust the system and went 5 at the back.

We then conceded against 10 men, who were the better side even when a man down. And if settling for clawing back 14 points is any Rangers fans aspirations, then that's a sad indictment of where the fanbase currently stands. We should be kicking on.

And unless you've changed your hairy baws for crystal balls, Stevie, then how do you know who's going to drop points? Because as it stands, we need Celtic and Hearts to drop more than us.


And, rightly or wrongly, the life of a fan (or the ones I know personally) like to analyse the good, bad and ugly of all things Rangers. Now, we are probably talking nonsense at times, but that doesn't stop us venting.

Otherwise, the forum would all be:
1/ Chermiti is a bargain at 10 million pounds.

2/ Tav has the legs to be our number 1 RB for the next 5 years.

3/ Gassama was right to be raging at being subbed last night, as he was immense.

4/ etc.

12 Feb 2026 16:15:00
I get where your opinion is coming from, MPH. I don't agree with it, but understand. But why the need to go after fellow fans, talking about their standards?

Totally unnecessary, and goes both ways. You could be criticised for not being Rangers class for flapping over one game. There is no need for it, but it would be a fair point.



I can say for sure all the teams will drop points. What I cannot say is who drops them and how many. I don't need a crystal ball, I just need look at the teams, fixtures and results. It does not add up to a 14 game winning run for any of them, and is hardly the controversial statement you describe it.

12 Feb 2026 12:25:18
Was absolutely dejected with that equaliser last night, that should not have happened especially with that lot being down to 10. It wasn't one lucky break up the park either, they also looked more like winning at that point, also outplayed from first whistle. I've felt for a while that our players look quite unfit, has anyone else picked up on this, also look a little disjointed at times, no cohesion, no partnerships forming through the team, we just have to be better all over the park. We still haven't managed to play an attractive game of football since that game under martin in Europe at start of season, people will say it's all about the 3 point's and it is, but we all know you can't keep playing badly and winning all the time, it always catches up with you when that's the case, It's obviously far from over, but if we keep playing the way we are i just can't see it happening, why Motherwell looked like they wanted it more is beyond me, especially in the position we were in.

We need to be the 12th man against hearts. Come on Danny you can pull this out the bag sir!

12 Feb 2026 13:13:03
Mate, how easy it was for the Well players to waltz through the middle of our team was scary. As like you say, we looked so disjointed. Yet we set up in a 433 and still had our midfield dominated.

Just a real lacklustre performance away from home.

12 Feb 2026 13:18:50
Seen it coming.

12 Feb 2026 14:41:18
BB, it's the worst I have felt for a long time after a Rangers result. It's the hope that kills us. We must get back to the old saying of one game at a time and stop overthinking it, and thinking of the games after that. I still think we are in there, as all three teams will drop points.

12 Feb 2026 17:42:36
Agree, Flb. Hope your well, pal. 👍