There’s a tendency among some supporters to swing from adulation to exile after a single poor run. It happens at every club, but with Danny Rohl it feels especially unfair. He’s a young head coach who will make mistakes — that’s part of the job — and asking for his head after a blip misses the bigger picture.

Stick with the manager

To be fair, you can see why fans get frustrated. We demand results, and rightly so. But management isn’t a microwave sport. Rohl arrived to tidy up a messy situation left behind by the previous regime, and doing that while trying to keep us competitive isn’t straightforward. He’s shown enough to convince me he’s the right man. The steadier heads know teams need continuity if we’re to win things.

Learning, not failing

Rohl will learn from errors. Every coach does. The important thing is whether he adapts and improves the group — and there are signs he is. We shouldn’t confuse short-term wobble with long-term collapse. Think about structure, tempo, and the way players have been asked to press and transition; ideas take time to bed in. Hounding a manager after a couple of poor results does nobody any favours.

Get behind the team

We’re still in the fight for the big prizes. The league and the cup are not over, so what sense does it make to weaken the dressing room with constant second-guessing? Back the gaffer, back the lads. Give Rohl the breathing space to build the winners we all want to see return to Ibrox. If he keeps learning and we keep supporting, there’s every chance he’ll repay that faith.

In short: patience, backing, and a bit of perspective. That’s what we need right now.

Written by Sir Walter Smith OBE: 14 March 2026

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