The turnover of players we’ve signed or loaned in the spell from GVB and Beale through to Clement really is something else. It’s been constant churn, and that normally kills any chance of building a side with a proper identity. Which is why, to be fair, the competitive nature of the team under Danny Röhl feels all the more remarkable.
When you rattle off the names that have come and gone, it’s like reading different squads entirely. Colak, Lawrence, Tillman, Davies, Yilmaz, Cantwell, Dowell, Lammers, Sima, Dessers, Balogun, Cifuentes, Silva, Cortes, Jefte, Igamane, Cerny, Propper, Kasanwirjo, Rafael Fernandes. That’s a lot of movement for any club, never mind one expected to be coherent and ruthless week-to-week in the SPFL.
The bit that gets overlooked
Constant turnover isn’t just about quality in the starting XI. It affects partnerships, dressing-room pecking order, and even the basics like how well players know the tempo and demands at Ibrox. You can see why fans get twitchy when it feels like we’re forever in “rebuild” mode.
And yet there’s still a core sitting there. Souttar, Raskin, Butland, Diomande, Barron and Kelly are the ones you’ve highlighted as still here. Whatever you think of each individual, it at least gives Röhl something to lean on while he tries to keep standards up and stop the squad looking like strangers to each other.
Who would you actually keep?
Your picks make sense. Tillman, Cerny and Sima are the kind of players who can tilt games without everything being perfect around them. That’s gold in Scotland, where so many matches are about breaking down a set defence, finding a moment, and not panicking when it’s sticky.
I also get the point about Kelly. If you’re not fully convinced, there’s always the argument that a squad place can be better used by a young player learning the Rangers demands early. Not glamorous, but it matters.
The Sterling question
The last group you mention comes with the caveat of “injured or surplus to requirements going by rumours”, and that’s the key. But purely on the football side, having a fit Sterling available all the time would be a big lift. Every squad needs players you can trust to step into different roles without the whole team wobbling.
So the forum question stands and it’s a good one: from each group, who are you keeping, and who are you moving on quicker? Because until that churn settles, Rangers will always feel like they’re one step away from clicking, and one step away from starting again.
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