Rangers thread | 2025/26

jimharri said:
I see Danny Rohl has been mentioned in dispatches for the gig at Ibrox. They're not keen on him at all on Follow Follow. Too inexperienced, according to them. He did a fabulous job at Wednesday, though. What say you @West Yorks Owl?
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What job did he do at Wednesday? Took them from relegation fodder to mid table? 38% win rate overall? That's just what I'm reading as FF dissect the crap out of his record. Such a young guy as well. I think he's just seen as far too similar to Russell Martin who was pretty much universally despised by the time he left so it's not an appointment that will go down well it seems. He would have to win every game from day 1 to get fans onside by the look of it. Tall order with this squad.
 
goatfeeder100 said:
What job did he do at Wednesday? Took them from relegation fodder to mid table? 38% win rate overall? That's just what I'm reading as FF dissect the crap out of his record. Such a young guy as well. I think he's just seen as far too similar to Russell Martin who was pretty much universally despised by the time he left so it's not an appointment that will go down well it seems. He would have to win every game from day 1 to get fans onside by the look of it. Tall order with this squad.
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You answered your own question there. They were pretty much holed below the waterline when he got the job. I remember having a discussion with our resident owl when Rohl took over. He was more or less resigned to relegation, but I told him not to give up hope. There's no reason he can't do similar at Rangers, who face inferior opposition most weeks to who Rangers face. Agree with your last sentence, though; that's a shite squad that Rangers have. Would a quarter of them be able to hold their own at a mid level PL club?
 
jimharri said:
You answered your own question there. They were pretty much holed below the waterline when he got the job. I remember having a discussion with our resident owl when Rohl took over. He was more or less resigned to relegation, but I told him not to give up hope. There's no reason he can't do similar at Rangers, who face inferior opposition most weeks to who Rangers face. Agree with your last sentence, though; that's a shite squad that Rangers have. Would a quarter of them be able to hold their own at a mid level PL club?
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It was asked rhetorically tbh to set up the rest of the post. Who knows if doing a job like that at Wednesday will stand him in good stead for possibly walking into Ibrox and all that comes with the job there at present.
 
jimharri said:
I see Danny Rohl has been mentioned in dispatches for the gig at Ibrox. They're not keen on him at all on Follow Follow. Too inexperienced, according to them. He did a fabulous job at Wednesday, though. What say you @West Yorks Owl?
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I've been reading the Bear Pit this morning (is that the same forum?) and that has the same tone of "No"
goatfeeder100 said:
What job did he do at Wednesday? Took them from relegation fodder to mid table? 38% win rate overall? That's just what I'm reading as FF dissect the crap out of his record. Such a young guy as well. I think he's just seen as far too similar to Russell Martin who was pretty much universally despised by the time he left so it's not an appointment that will go down well it seems. He would have to win every game from day 1 to get fans onside by the look of it. Tall order with this squad.
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jimharri said:
You answered your own question there. They were pretty much holed below the waterline when he got the job. I remember having a discussion with our resident owl when Rohl took over. He was more or less resigned to relegation, but I told him not to give up hope. There's no reason he can't do similar at Rangers, who face inferior opposition most weeks to who Rangers face. Agree with your last sentence, though; that's a shite squad that Rangers have. Would a quarter of them be able to hold their own at a mid level PL club?
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It's easy to look at his win percentage, or where we finished or how many goals we've conceded to dismiss him without any context.

Comments along the lines as "they managed to stay up and then finished 12th", to add context we had (on paper) one of the bottom 3 squads in the championship that first season, had 2 points from 10 games and were 12 points from safety by November. The 2nd half of the season we were the 7th best team in the division and managed to avoid relegation.

2nd season we were just outside of the playoffs come January, with a bit of a push in the transfer window we could have easily ended in the Po's, obviously hindsight is a wonderful thing, where the reality is Chancer had spent the money and we never stood a chance.

Now if Rangers have one of the worst squads in the SPL then expectations of mid-table at best is fair game, if however (as I suspect) they have one of the better squads then who knows.

I've also seen he's a Russell Martin clone, his football is nothing like Martin's possession based over playing football. Rohl likes to get the ball forward early to a fast front line.

I'm not suggesting he is the right man for Rangers and looking how this season has gone, whoever goes in is on a hiding to nothing, but for me he's not just an inferior lower league manager.

I mean you only haver to look at the other side of the city, is Brendan Rodgers a top tier manager? I know Leicester City fans don't think so.
 
West Yorks Owl said:
I've been reading the Bear Pit this morning (is that the same forum?) and that has the same tone of "No"



It's easy to look at his win percentage, or where we finished or how many goals we've conceded to dismiss him without any context.

Comments along the lines as "they managed to stay up and then finished 12th", to add context we had (on paper) one of the bottom 3 squads in the championship that first season, had 2 points from 10 games and were 12 points from safety by November. The 2nd half of the season we were the 7th best team in the division and managed to avoid relegation.

2nd season we were just outside of the playoffs come January, with a bit of a push in the transfer window we could have easily ended in the Po's, obviously hindsight is a wonderful thing, where the reality is Chancer had spent the money and we never stood a chance.

Now if Rangers have one of the worst squads in the SPL then expectations of mid-table at best is fair game, if however (as I suspect) they have one of the better squads then who knows.

I've also seen he's a Russell Martin clone, his football is nothing like Martin's possession based over playing football. Rohl likes to get the ball forward early to a fast front line.

I'm not suggesting he is the right man for Rangers and looking how this season has gone, whoever goes in is on a hiding to nothing, but for me he's not just an inferior lower league manager.

I mean you only haver to look at the other side of the city, is Brendan Rodgers a top tier manager? I know Leicester City fans don't think so.
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He isnt in the top of the second tier. His recruitment choices alone.

My suffering is endless. Luckily I'm a Titan.

This is a test for him, getting out of the EL first phase with a weakened squad. Winning the league. Playing football I want to watch.

Hes off in the summer and will not give a single fuck.
 
The Messiah returns! Much rejoicing and predictions.

What's that Skippy? He's down a well and can't make it?.

Oh dear Skip, are you sure?

You are?

How we going to spin this Skipoy, any ideas?

Just say he was rotten anyway?

OK, cobber, I'll give a go.
 

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What makes Rangers think they could attract a top tier Manager? Apart from a good salary what does Scottish football have to offer.
 
Earlyriser said:
What makes Rangers think they could attract a top tier Manager? Apart from a good salary what does Scottish football have to offer.
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Regular European football and a club with a real rich history and heritage, 50,000 fans at Ibrox every other weekend etc. There's plenty of appeal. Unfortunately plenty that would put managers off at present too.
 
West Yorks Owl said:
I've been reading the Bear Pit this morning (is that the same forum?) and that has the same tone of "No"



It's easy to look at his win percentage, or where we finished or how many goals we've conceded to dismiss him without any context.

Comments along the lines as "they managed to stay up and then finished 12th", to add context we had (on paper) one of the bottom 3 squads in the championship that first season, had 2 points from 10 games and were 12 points from safety by November. The 2nd half of the season we were the 7th best team in the division and managed to avoid relegation.

2nd season we were just outside of the playoffs come January, with a bit of a push in the transfer window we could have easily ended in the Po's, obviously hindsight is a wonderful thing, where the reality is Chancer had spent the money and we never stood a chance.

Now if Rangers have one of the worst squads in the SPL then expectations of mid-table at best is fair game, if however (as I suspect) they have one of the better squads then who knows.

I've also seen he's a Russell Martin clone, his football is nothing like Martin's possession based over playing football. Rohl likes to get the ball forward early to a fast front line.

I'm not suggesting he is the right man for Rangers and looking how this season has gone, whoever goes in is on a hiding to nothing, but for me he's not just an inferior lower league manager.

I mean you only haver to look at the other side of the city, is Brendan Rodgers a top tier manager? I know Leicester City fans don't think so.
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Very good post mate and definitely helpful to apply context to what he's done so far in what's still a very short managerial career. I think the key difference is.

There's really no telling how this Rangers squad matches up man for man against the rest of the league because it's been coached and managed so abysmally so far this season that who knows how good they actually are. I haven't watched a single minute of any team managed by Danny Rohl so it's impossible for me to have any view on how he wants his teams to play but it will certainly encourage Rangers fans to hear that stylistically he is the complete opposite of Russell Martin. That will go down well. I think Rohl will find that the overall level of player he'll be dealing with on a day to day basis might not be massively different to what he's been used to up to now, but the expectations of fans and the reaction to one or two adverse results will be absolute night and day. It will come down to whether he has the personality and stature to handle that increased level of scrutiny.

It will also help Rohl (assuming he gets the job) to be aware that at the start of a season at Rangers you basically have 8 or 9 must win competitive games before August is even over with. Something Martin seemed inexplicably underprepared for despite it being standard practice for years now. I do hope he gets a pass for a few dodgy results this season because he would be walking into an absolute bonfire of a campaign so can't realistically be expected to work miracles straight away. The fear is because he's not anywhere near the fans first choice he will suffer the same fate as Martin if he doesn't get good results immediately.

God help him or whoever does get the job in all honesty. They'll certainly earn their wage.
 
Not sure where Gerrard thinks he will get another top level football job, if the reports of him not being prepared to ‘work under a sporting director/director of football’ are true?
Seems he wants to be a throwback to an omnipotent ‘manager’ and not be a coach which, hopefully, means we’ve seen the last of him and his whining.
 
The Light Was Yellow Sir said:
Not sure where Gerrard thinks he will get another top level football job, if the reports of him not being prepared to ‘work under a sporting director/director of football’ are true?
Seems he wants to be a throwback to an omnipotent ‘manager’ and not be a coach which, hopefully, means we’ve seen the last of him and his whining.
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He was on Ferdinand’s podcast the past week saying he wants to go to a team that can ‘compete’ - I’m sure *he* does but his CV doesn’t warrant that sort of opportunity

Would he get a top Championship job in England, I doubt it. Unless the owners/chairman are autograph hunters
 
goatfeeder100 said:
Very good post mate and definitely helpful to apply context to what he's done so far in what's still a very short managerial career. I think the key difference is.

There's really no telling how this Rangers squad matches up man for man against the rest of the league because it's been coached and managed so abysmally so far this season that who knows how good they actually are. I haven't watched a single minute of any team managed by Danny Rohl so it's impossible for me to have any view on how he wants his teams to play but it will certainly encourage Rangers fans to hear that stylistically he is the complete opposite of Russell Martin. That will go down well. I think Rohl will find that the overall level of player he'll be dealing with on a day to day basis might not be massively different to what he's been used to up to now, but the expectations of fans and the reaction to one or two adverse results will be absolute night and day. It will come down to whether he has the personality and stature to handle that increased level of scrutiny.

It will also help Rohl (assuming he gets the job) to be aware that at the start of a season at Rangers you basically have 8 or 9 must win competitive games before August is even over with. Something Martin seemed inexplicably underprepared for despite it being standard practice for years now. I do hope he gets a pass for a few dodgy results this season because he would be walking into an absolute bonfire of a campaign so can't realistically be expected to work miracles straight away. The fear is because he's not anywhere near the fans first choice he will suffer the same fate as Martin if he doesn't get good results immediately.

God help him or whoever does get the job in all honesty. They'll certainly earn their wage.
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TBH m8 due to his lack of games as a number 1, it probably wouldn't be great to watch him under us either due to the strength of players at his disposal. Despite how it ended I think a lot of our fans are curious to see how he will do with a decent team.

One thing I liked about him was his ability to change the game tactically if we were losing at HT, is that a good manager or getting your initial set up wrong. Who knows.
 
West Yorks Owl said:
TBH m8 due to his lack of games as a number 1, it probably wouldn't be great to watch him under us either due to the strength of players at his disposal. Despite how it ended I think a lot of our fans are curious to see how he will do with a decent team.

One thing I liked about him was his ability to change the game tactically if we were losing at HT, is that a good manager or getting your initial set up wrong. Who knows.
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That last bit will remain to be seen I guess. Martin came away from his ideals quite often because plan A mostly went to shit in every game but there was an air of desperate throwing shit at the wall hoping something would stick about Martin's 'adaptability'. We can only hope Rohl is a bit more calculated with when he changes things up.
 
West Yorks Owl said:
TBH m8 due to his lack of games as a number 1, it probably wouldn't be great to watch him under us either due to the strength of players at his disposal. Despite how it ended I think a lot of our fans are curious to see how he will do with a decent team.

One thing I liked about him was his ability to change the game tactically if we were losing at HT, is that a good manager or getting your initial set up wrong. Who knows.
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If he thinks he was dealing with pressure at Hillsborough, wait until he goes up there (if he gets the job)!
 
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