Absolutely terrible. That’s the simple feeling after watching the last few displays. Once again we’re yet to see a Danny Rohl Rangers team that properly controls the midfield and dictates games, and that’s a real problem.
Where’s the shape and forward thinking?
I was watching Motherwell boss Celtic at Parkhead in the first half yesterday and you could see the difference. They played passes a couple of moves ahead, kept tempo and forced the opposition to chase. We, by contrast, look blunt and predictable. The player gets the ball and does the obvious thing – looks up, finds the nearest man, and the move peters out. There’s very little anticipation or variation in our midfield play.
Predictable football won’t win trophies
To be fair, we got the points. But scraping a win against one of the poorer-performing sides and then only managing a draw against the bottom team isn’t the sort of form that builds momentum. Title-winning teams impose themselves in midfield. They change tempo, they probe, they open up space. Right now we’re far too safe and far too easy to read.
The worrying bit: no settled roles
The bigger concern for me is that Rohl still hasn’t settled on a clear best eleven or the exact roles for key players. You can forgive a few selection experiments early on, but we’re into the point where clarity is needed. Players look unsure whether to press, to hold, to drive forward. That uncertainty shows in our transitions and when we’re under pressure.
Look, three points are three points and I’ll take them. But the performances are alarming. If we want to be taken seriously in the title race, the team needs to find a midfield identity and quick. Predictable football won’t cut it.
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