Right now, the biggest head-scratcher isn’t a shape, a selection, or even a dodgy refereeing call. It’s the silence. Rangers have walked into January with plenty to play for, and yet there’s been no real sense of decisive transfer movement. For a club that’s spoken about being sharper and more ruthless in the windows, it’s starting to feel like we’re watching the same old slow-motion routine.
That’s what makes it so frustrating. This isn’t just another season where you shrug and say, “We’ll build for next year.” Circumstances have opened the door a crack. A title race was not the assumption for most of us a while back, but here we are, still in the conversation. And the truth is, the squad looks like it’s doing everything it can just to stay upright.
A window that has to match the moment
Supporters can accept plenty if there’s a clear plan. What’s harder to accept is hesitation when the stakes are obvious. January is always awkward, everyone knows that. Prices jump, options shrink, and clubs don’t want to sell. Fair enough. But that’s exactly why you move early if you can, get bodies in, and give them time on the training pitch.
Even one good addition can change the feel of a squad. Two or three, in the right areas, can change the energy around the place. Instead, we’re left watching days tick by and wondering if it’s going to become the familiar pattern: a drawn-out chase, a couple of short-term fixes, and then the same problems still there come February.
Fresh legs, real competition, and a bit of thrust
It doesn’t even need to be complicated. Rangers need players who can come in and contribute quickly. Not “projects”, not lads who might be ready in six months, but footballers who can handle the tempo, take responsibility, and raise the level in training straight away.
That’s what a proper January push looks like: competition for places, more options to change a game, and less reliance on the same group running on fumes. It also lets the manager rotate without it feeling like a gamble every time. In the SPFL, where games can be tight and physical, that matters.
Decisive doesn’t mean reckless
No one’s asking for madness. It’s not about throwing money at random names. It’s about matching ambition with action, and not wasting weeks while rivals get on with their business. If the club genuinely want to be robust and decisive, you should feel it in the first week, not in the final days when everything becomes a scramble.
Maybe the work is happening quietly and something will drop soon. I hope that’s the case. But from the outside looking in, it feels like Rangers have a chance here, and the last thing we can afford is a window that drifts by on loans and crossed fingers.
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