Rohl: decent manager, no clear team identity

To be fair, there’s something to like about Rohl. He seems to get the best out of players on a one-to-one basis and we still have a squad any club in Scotland would envy. But the nagging problem is that those individuals don’t always feel like a team with a clear, repeatable identity.

Individual quality vs collective shape

Look at it this way: we win games because the players are better, not always because the plan is superior. That’s an uncomfortable truth. You can see flashes of inventiveness and individual brilliance, but too often the team looks as if it’s improvising rather than following a drilled pattern. Opponents who have a clear shape and rehearsed combinations make us look ragged in parts of matches. That’s not ideal when you want to dominate games from the outset.

Learning, in-game adjustments and pressing traps

Another valid criticism is the pace of learning during games. There are moments when the opposition has a very obvious plan — they invite a press, spring counters, trap us out wide — and we seem slow to adapt. You remember the match where McInnes worked them out early; that sort of quick tactical switch is what separates the organised teams from the ones reliant on individual recovery. We can claw results back because of quality, but we shouldn’t be doing the learning-by-doing for a full match.

Options and opinions from the stands

Fans will always have solutions. Some, like the suggestion to pay compensation and bring in Askou, come from a frustration with the status quo — the belief that a different voice could impose a clearer identity and win more convincingly. That’s a fair debate to have. For now, the core question remains: do we trust the current manager to turn individual excellence into a recognisable Rangers style? If results continue but the same issues recur, impatience will only grow.

Ultimately, it isn’t about hating the man in charge. It’s about wanting the club’s obvious resources used to their fullest, collectively — not just individually.

Written by zikos: 22 June 2026