Rangers are a work in progress, and I think that’s the bit plenty of supporters are finding hardest to sit with. We all want it fixed yesterday. But rebuilding a side isn’t a light switch, and you can already see signs of a team changing even when the performances still feel a bit scratchy.
Possession doesn’t equal control
Take the recent games people keep pointing to. Against Hearts, we had most of the ball and still ended up with fewer shots. Then you’ve got a match like Motherwell where they can have plenty possession and not actually do a lot with it, while we create more with less of the ball. That’s why I’m not having the blanket “possession equals dominance” thing.
Equally, folk can scoff at raw shot counts, but if you’re consistently getting efforts away, it usually points to territory, pressure, and at least an element of control. It’s not perfect. It’s not the finished product. But it’s not nothing either.
Better at the back, more chances up top
The big positive for me is we’re starting to look more defensively dogged while also creating more than we were earlier in the season. That matters because we’re not going to be clinical every week. You might score three from fewer chances one Saturday, and then miss a few sitters the next. That’s football.
Truth is, if you keep making chances, the goals usually come along over time. Not because it’s guaranteed, but because giving yourself more looks at goal is how you tilt games in your favour.
Support the player, not the price tag
On Chermiti, I’m in the same place as most fans on the fee. He’s not “worth” £8m in the way people talk about it. But he didn’t set his own price, and he won’t improve with everyone on his back either. If there’s a player in there, we’re only helping ourselves by getting behind him.
And more broadly, I don’t buy that building on structure and organisation is some sort of betrayal of how Rangers should play. Sir Walter’s sides in his second spell were built from the back. That’s how good teams win things. The flair, patterns, and free-flowing stuff takes longer to properly bed in.
I share the squad concerns, I do. I’d just rather see us add a few experienced pros than rip up the whole group and start again, because that approach hasn’t worked for us. In the meantime, give me the scrappy wins if they keep us in touch while Danny Röhl shapes the side the way he wants.
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