Engagement matters, but accountability matters more

Rangers fans can handle hard truths. What sticks in the throat is being told the support is the problem when the club itself has already admitted it got things wrong. That is the bit that never quite lands with some folk: accountability can’t be selective. If mistakes were made at the top, then that’s where the heat should sit.

When the club admits errors, the debate changes

Once you’ve acknowledged you’ve made a mess of something, you don’t get to then rewrite it as supporter overreaction. That’s not me saying fans are always right, far from it. But if the board has conceded missteps, then the conversation has to move on from “stop moaning” and into “what are you doing differently now?”

That’s why some supporters have been willing to give Andrew Cavenagh a bit of credit. Not because anyone enjoys apologies, but because engagement matters. Turning up, listening, and looking like you actually want to understand the club is a start. Rangers is not a normal business, and you can see pretty quickly who gets that and who doesn’t.

Blaming the fans is an easy out

The line that supporters caused turmoil on the pitch is a convenient one. It shifts focus away from the people making decisions and onto the people paying money, travelling, and living every kick. Truth is, the atmosphere at Ibrox can be unforgiving, but it’s rarely random. It comes from frustration, from seeing the same mistakes repeated, from a lack of clarity about what the plan actually is.

And if you want a simple example of fans trying to get behind something, look at how quickly the support warmed to Danny. Whatever anyone thinks of any one appointment, there’s a reason supporters were singing his name early doors. Rangers fans want to believe. They want a figure to rally behind. That doesn’t sound like a support looking to sabotage anything.

Money talks, but rules still apply

There’s also this idea that big fees are going to become the new normal just because there’s wealth in the background. I’m not buying it. Even without getting lost in the detail, football finance rules exist and they shape what clubs can do. Scotland isn’t some free-for-all, and European participation brings its own limits and scrutiny.

So if Rangers do spend £8-10m on a player at some point, it’s far more likely to be an exception than a weekly habit. The smarter conversation is about recruitment quality, wage structure, and making fewer costly mistakes. That’s what moves you forward, not fantasy shopping lists.

In the end, credit should go where it’s earned. If there are genuine changes and a genuine effort to fix past errors, fine. But supporters are well within their rights to demand competence, and to reject being blamed for problems they didn’t create.

Written by Kaisercaillaud: 16 January 2026