The funny thing about this season is it’s almost been the reverse of what we’re used to. Most years we start well enough, get ourselves into a decent position, and then somewhere around this point the wheels start wobbling. Points get dropped in games we should be managing, confidence drains away, and the title race goes from “on” to “we’ve made it hard for ourselves again”.
This time, it’s been the other way round. The start was poor. No dressing it up. But only now, heading towards the business end, it feels like there’s a bit of momentum building instead of fading. And that matters. You don’t win anything in the autumn, but you can certainly lose it there, and Rangers have spent plenty of seasons proving that.
From chasing early to chasing late
What I like about the current mood is that it’s rooted in improvement, not just hope. When you’ve already clawed points back, it changes the psychology of it. You’re no longer pleading for a miracle, you’re asking the team to keep doing what’s got them back into the conversation in the first place.
There’s still a long way to go and nobody sensible is pretending it’ll be straightforward. It won’t. The league run-in is usually decided by who handles the pressure and who blinks first. Rangers can’t afford the sloppy spells that have crept in during other seasons, because the margins are always tight when it gets to spring.
New faces, new edge
The other boost is that we’ve seen bodies come in during the window. Two new players through the door always helps the feeling around the place, even before you get into whether they’re immediate starters or options off the bench. Fresh competition has a way of sharpening everyone up. Training levels lift, standards get enforced, and suddenly there’s less room for passengers.
If there’s still more business to do, even better. But the key is that the squad looks like it’s being nudged in the right direction at the right time, rather than being left to run on fumes.
Let it feel like a proper title race
Truth is, we should allow ourselves a bit of excitement. Not the daft, get-carried-away kind, but the simple buzz of having something real to play for when the fixtures start stacking up and every weekend feels massive.
It’ll be tough. It’ll be tight. It’ll be a fight. But that’s exactly what you want as a Rangers fan. Something to look forward to, something that gets the emotions going again, and a team that looks like it’s moving forward when it actually counts.
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