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17 May 2026 22:24:43
I can only speak for myself, but in the short time I've been here - I enjoyed reading Aphe's posts.

I feel he brought a lot to the page and I've certainly noticed a gap since he decided to leave.

Aphe, if you're reading this, you and your input is missed.

Hope to see you back one day, hope you're well.

17 May 2026 23:00:18
He'll be back at some point.

17 May 2026 23:16:59
Great poster, needs to stop thinking we're against him, we're not.

He'll be back over summer when he's ready.

17 May 2026 23:19:40
Again.

18 May 2026 04:06:20
He's already back with another username, troops, not very hard to spot, hopefully doesn't take things as personally this time.

18 May 2026 10:28:31
I liked Aphelion and he brought interesting info, but I hate to say it. The site has been a whole lot better since he chose to leave. Whether that is down to him or down to those who just chose to constantly target him to get a reaction. We're still hurting and angry, and we still have strongly opposing opinions, but it's been totally different without the constant repetitive rubbish in my opinion.

18 May 2026 08:30:49
Star, I must be missing him as I haven't seen that so far.

I liked Aphe, and although we didn't always disagree, I miss his informative posts. You will understand, to an extent, what it feels like to always be targeted, so the fact he reacted badly at times was entirely understandable imo.

Haste ye back, Aphe; a good few miss you.

18 May 2026 08:44:11
Aph was a great poster, but he brought his own problems. Any 1 disagrees with his opinion, then he felt it was a personal attack on him. In the end, I used to scroll by his posts and reply as was all too predictable.

18 May 2026 09:11:47
Asa is very knowledgeable with great inputs.
I for one would like to see you back ASAP, mate.

18 May 2026 15:04:51
I get everyone's posts re Alphe. He commented on Celtic, not in flattering terms, yet we see a pile on defending Celtic and Scottish football.

If that had been me, Walter Seeker, we would have been lauded.
There r certain posts from Alphe I don't like. I simply ignore them and love reading about Scandinavian players.

18 May 2026 16:11:49
That's it, John, if certain posts annoy people all u have to do is ignore them, and soon enough they won't happen.

Aphe hadn't realised yet that most of, or rather the vast majority of, the s*** he gets actually comes within the threads that he starts off to explain or apologise about the same thing.



Football related, Aphe is one of the top posters on here.

18 May 2026 17:38:21
Stevie, not the first time I've scrolled by u Walter Angus Storm, and I'm sure plenty scroll past me and others.

18 May 2026 18:15:43
I personally like & appreciated Aphs comments. Just think he could not get to grips with our strange Scottish sarcasm & sometimes wit.

18 May 2026 18:48:45
People have a problem with him because he's not a true Rangers fan his first love is Brann not Rangers when they played who did he want 2 win his club not ours.

We all have second clubs we like mine is Crystal Palace so it gets 2 people when he's trying tell people he knows better than others.
He even started telling John he was wrong that's when a stopped reading his posts.

18 May 2026 19:23:07
Stevie, personally, I never scroll past anyone, as we all have insight and opinions that can help broaden my understanding. I don't agree with all of them, but would never choose to ignore another poster, and would never look differently at anyone who chooses to do that. However, re Aphe, I wish he would just learn to scroll past the ones where they are just targeting him to get a reaction, or learn to ignore them, and see that not everyone will appreciate his insight or opinion.

As I said earlier, use the site to get things off your chest and spout your opinion. I don't care if anyone disagrees, as long as you put those across respectfully (although that is a broad gamut, as we all have different views on what that means).

18 May 2026 19:54:01
Even when he's not here, it becomes the daily Aph. That's all I couldn't be bothered with. I thought I signed up to a Rangers page.

18 May 2026 22:03:05
Kaiser, that is the other page. This one is a conspiracy forum, so you may need to look elsewhere for that. 😉

19 May 2026 01:05:08
John, sometimes it's the people we bump heads with on opinions or views we respect or want to see most.

17 May 2026 21:42:14
Aphe,
No need to respond but just to say I hope the time away has been restful and you have been able to focus on other things.

Hope to see you back at some point. 👍

17 May 2026 22:02:31
Ditto that thought. ⬆️👍🔱

17 May 2026 22:11:15
Hope you're well, Aphelion. Certainly miss your input.

17 May 2026 22:23:12
Hope to see you back here soon, Aphe. Your input is missed. Hurry back to the brotherhood.
😉

18 May 2026 08:50:18
Jardine as well, he was a great addition, was also gd to see JFM post also. 👍👍

18 May 2026 15:05:44
Jardine and Jfm said they were having a sabbatical.

18 May 2026 16:39:59
Aye John, I seen that bud. 👍👍

17 May 2026 17:19:44
Just saw ACs interview on Rangers TV, in a way it puts great pressure on the manager to not only get
off to a great start but to win the league next season. I don't believe Mr Cavenagh will tolerate another failed season, funnily enough he never mentioned winning cups or doing well in Europe it's the league or nothing is what I took from his interview.

17 May 2026 16:57:18
I think this is the rough amount of departures we are seeing from the club this season due to contracts & loans:

Tavernier
Kelly (I would retain)
Djiga
Cornelius
Meghoma
Aarons
Rice (I would retain)
Moore
Skov Olsen
Ben Davies

This is a significant turnover in one window. We must also couple this with the loanees returning to us who may move on.

Danilo
Mccausland
Cortes
Cifuentes
Leon King
Nsiala.

In total that is 16 players either leaving or out of the picture. This is before we look at any sales or moving on players under contract.

I can't stress how big a summer this is. With such a big turnover, I would 100% be looking domestically to replace some of the outgoing players.

17 May 2026 17:29:39
Rice is already away.

17 May 2026 18:38:51
Marco, not according to the manager, who said on Friday he was training but won't be ready for Falkirk game.

17 May 2026 19:29:14
John, when will the occ players names be released with the season been over? Could be doing with some good news. 👍

17 May 2026 19:45:27
Would keep Kelly as back up and let Butland go.

17 May 2026 21:00:24
We need to wait on other leagues. Window opens 15/6, register 1/7, so no hurry.

17 May 2026 22:00:04
True blue, the last 6 never played for us this season, so not sure they would be replaced. Sell, yes, but there won't be 6 players coming in to replace them.

17 May 2026 23:04:46
Angus, certainly not expecting like for like replacements. Alluding to the fact that it would be serious wages freed up that may allow us to invest more smartly.

Would also expect a few more sales added to this. For me, Butland would be one.
Antman & Miovski, potentially others before we look at our more valuable assets in Fernandez, Raskin, Dio and Chermiti.

18 May 2026 08:08:10
TrueBlue, fine and I agree, but think that she thinks it would be 16 out and 16 in, which I don't either. I look forward to the changes, but think a few of the new players who aren't particularly liked will still be here next season, as they will get a chance to perform as we have seen in flashes.

I think we will add experience and leadership to replace what has left so far. Then 1 for 1 on sales.

18 May 2026 10:35:45
John, I thought he went to Forest?

17 May 2026 14:24:34
Well i'm sure we've now all read andrew cavanagh's statement not long ago and it's now 100% official ie.he's backing Danny Rohl and he'll remain Rangers head coach and be given the time to build his own Rangers squad 🤔I always believed this would be the outcome 🤔

17 May 2026 15:26:54
Walter, how did u, u said last night it was Gerrard with Rohl as an assistant?

Least we know our owner is sticking to his plan. Let's hope we get signings done quick.

17 May 2026 15:43:36
He has flopped in every competition this year, but we will win something next year because of progress? Right. Baffling stuff.

17 May 2026 16:47:12
So did Gerrard in his first and second years.
So did McInnes this year with Hearts.

17 May 2026 19:26:58
Sws well, that's not true, you said SG was coming back lol 😆 I think you covered every outcome, but enjoy your posts all the same.

17 May 2026 20:14:29
He always does Noodles. That's what I love about our coops.

17 May 2026 21:20:44
To be fair to Sws, he just said he was passing on something he heard, and has always said Rohl was going nowhere.

17 May 2026 21:33:16
Kaiser, he always says that beforehand, so can say it was a rumour if wrong. 😆 Still good tho.

18 May 2026 08:09:45
And I thought we didn't give people hassle on here for telling rumours. Sws, keep being you, mate. Your posts make me smile, which is unusual on here. 👍

17 May 2026 13:16:45
A great statement from Cavanagh re Tav, when you're asked to pull on the jersey you pull it on.

Imo that rules out any testimonial.

17 May 2026 13:51:32
Interesting John.

I'm really split on this.

Does the club look classless if we deny him that testimonial?

It's to celebrate his service for 10+yrs, not just the last week.

However, he's in the wrong over the last week. Tough one.

17 May 2026 14:08:33
He doesn't deserve a testimonial after his stunt and publicly undermining an in-situ gaffer who will be leading this group next season.

17 May 2026 14:09:47
Athole holding a testimonial for ta.v when he is another club's player has many issues tagged to it.

Insurance not least of all. What if he does an ACL, who pays salary? Yes, insure.

If he was getting a testimonial it should have been before contract ended imon.

17 May 2026 14:32:38
Yeh, true John.

That's another layer to it.

17 May 2026 15:27:58
Now we get behind owner, management, and team.

17 May 2026 16:58:56
I'm not sure the club would look classless. As a club, we've been needing to hammer down on those that think it's all about them.

My question is, if Tav was a trouble maker within the dressing room, why was he captain under all those managers?

17 May 2026 17:11:26
Gazza, I have the same question. And also why was he so well liked by players across the time he has been here, possibly not universal, but a large majority seem to like him. He let himself down by refusing to play last week, but I think he let his emotions get to him and wasn't thinking straight.

I won't hold that against him, as who knows how any of us would have reacted at that time.

I agree with John that organising a testimonial would be difficult due to the insurance issues. Is one way though to hold it against the club he moves to.

17 May 2026 17:31:40
Gazza, it's a good question. I had started to suspect it was written into his contract. No way I would have kept that man as captain.

17 May 2026 20:54:55
Jeeez, surely not Marco! Is that even a thing? If so, then players really do hold too much power.

17 May 2026 11:02:42
I think there are definitely more supporters now starting to believe Danny Rohl shouldn't continue as manager.

For me, it's not even fully about us blowing the league after putting ourselves in a position where a real run at it looked possible. It's more the overall feeling watching the team week after week.

The constant tinkering with the starting eleven, the questionable substitutions, the tactics and game plans at key moments none of it has inspired confidence. But more than anything, it's the lack of visible enthusiasm, energy and fight from both the manager and the team itself.

Now, to be fair, I completely understand he inherited a poor squad and maybe the mentality within that dressing room has absolutely drained him. Some of these players have looked devoid of belief, character and consistency for long periods, so I can appreciate that would test any manager.

But even taking that into account, I struggle to see a manager with the winning mentality, authority and experience needed to truly rebuild and drive standards back to where they need to be. No matter who comes in this summer player wise, I just don't see Danny as the man capable of pulling all the moving parts together and creating a side capable of sustained success.


My biggest concern is that when the big moments arrived the games that define seasons and define managers we consistently fell short. That's ultimately what separates a promising coach from someone capable of building a winning side in my opinion.

There's a difference between needing time and showing enough to justify that time. Right now, I don't think we're seeing enough.

That's why, personally, I sit firmly in the camp that he has to go unfortunately 😩.

17 May 2026 11:41:59
Stig, but fans have been saying exactly those things about every manager since and including Gerrard, and we have the same result of winning nothing. So, is it that every manager in the world has those behaviours, or is it that they make choices based on things we don't know about internally, such as fitness levels, slight knocks and injuries. Since it is every manager, I would tend to go with the second option, as it has been them all.

Oh, and this season we have a team conditioned to play 45 minutes of high intensity football thanks to Martin and his proposed style of slow football when we needed to be able to play 90 minutes in every game at that intensity.



So, yes, get rid, but if those are the reasons, then we will be back next season when we sack the next manager for not winning every game or staying competitive beyond January, saying that he picks a side we don't agree with, makes subs that are wrong, and my personal favourite, that we don't like his press conferences any more.

Or give him support and time, and make sure for just once we aren't binning a good manager because we don't actually know the ins and outs of anything.

17 May 2026 11:46:22
Here's some questions. Do you think the tinkering is anything to do with the point EHL has mentioned a few times about the fact we don't have 11 fully fit players who can play a full 90 minutes? Also, we have a number of injuries we have been contending with eg Rommens, Naderi, Souttar, even Chermiti has been playing with a knock for a bit and others.



Do you think some of the team selections and subs are because we have commitments through the loan agreements for some loan players that they have to play a certain number of games/minutes or we get hit with additional costs?

Is it a coincidence that since Naderi has been injured, we've lost 4 out of last 5 games?

17 May 2026 12:01:07
Now now Cooper, that type of big picture thinking isn't permitted.

17 May 2026 13:27:51
Maybe if we give Danny Rohl the correct tools to get on with his job we may become more of a success. I'm not just talking about playing staff, but the staff behind the scenes like psychologists, top performance staff and medical staff, but also making sure The Rangers Training Centre is top notch.


Do we have a Centre manager overseeing all these departments, so if we were to change the head coach we don't lose everyone? I'm not too sure. 🤷🏼‍♂️

17 May 2026 12:36:34
Sorry EHL, my bad. Will ask Ed's to delete.

17 May 2026 13:30:22
Cooper,
I also think one of the biggest frustrations from supporters is that even allowing for injuries, there hasn't been enough evidence of adaptability during games. Too often, when things go against us, there's no visible response, no tactical shift that changes momentum, and no real spark from the bench or touchline.

So, while injuries, fitness and squad limitations absolutely explain some of the problems, I don't think they explain all of them. That's why a lot of fans are questioning whether Danny is the man to truly lead a rebuild rather than just manage through difficult circumstances.



And honestly, what does it say about the condition of a professional football club if we're paying professional players professional wages, yet constantly being told large parts of the squad aren't fit enough to play 90 minutes? Especially when the club has access to one of the best training centres and sports science facilities in the country. At some point, questions have to be asked about preparation, conditioning, recruitment or standards behind the scenes because that simply shouldn't be the norm at this level.
Unless you and others think otherwise.
Then, I think we should just give up any hope.

17 May 2026 14:40:55
Stig, on the third point. I don't think anyone would disagree but what's that to do with Danny Rohl? He inherited this mess and Martins' legacy. Been called out on here many times, we are miles behind on some of this stuff, and the training complex etc needs massive investment to bring it up to par. Also, the core fitness of players comes from preseason, ours was a shambles and we've paid the price for it across the season, when you can't really improve it so you have to manage the problem, that's what Dr has had to do.

Dr was getting praised for changing stuff earlier in the season, formations and tactics, and being adaptable, but now we've lost, he's getting panned for not doing it or doing stuff fans disagree with. To my earlier points, he has been hamstrung by availability of personnel, fitness etc, that all impacts this. Add to that, a player like Olsen we all hoped would make a massive improvement and hasn't. Clearly bigger issues there, but not Dr's fault, as an unusual situation.



One of the best things I read on here was from Angus who pointed he started by making us tough to score against and it worked, but limited our attacking play, but we're scraping results. As soon as we started trying to add some attacking style of play we've leaked goals and eventually started to lose games.

We seem to think we have incredible squad depth with all players at the same level of quality, but the reality is we don't. It's not Dr's fault what the club chose to pay 99% of these players or that they were brought in at all. He inherited a split dressing room and a whole range of egos eg the so called leadership group.

We seriously need to stop this rinse and repeat with managers. Let the man do his thing after inheriting a complete mess. Do I agree with everything Dr does, no, and do I get frustrated with some of his choices, yes, but very few of the problems are down to him.

17 May 2026 14:58:37
Good post, Cooper. 👍

17 May 2026 15:41:21
Well, Cooper - that puts to bed the debate.
The statement from AC.

Let's all hope we can build a successful Rangers team with Rohl managing it.

17 May 2026 15:51:21
Excellent post, Cooper, and not just because you give me credit, I probably don't deserve. 😉

It is frustrating that what he was being praised for earlier re tactics and press conferences suddenly become an issue when results don't go the right way.

And it is to do with conditioning, and not just fitness, I think. So, we did have a team who could play for 90 minutes if the ask was to wander around a la Martin and pass the ball back and forth 350 times every minute, but they can't play the high intensity required. Look at Celtic under Nancy as well when they were only able to play his style for 45 minutes but weren't conditioned for 90 minutes of it.

So we weren't alone. The difference was that Mon could revert Celtic back to the way of play they had been conditioned for in pre-season. Rohl didn't have that option.

We now have a manager who has experience of the good and bad of managing Rangers in a title tussle. Also, an owner who has realised what the issues are and is now going to back that manager to be a success.

I, for one, am confident we are moving in the right direction and want to stop this constant change every season.

17 May 2026 18:34:36
Agreed Stig, the pain of this season will fade and the new hope of next season will replace it. Big summer ahead for all concerned.