‘Red flags for Rohl as Rangers routed in first game’

Another Rangers head coach begins in this manner. More clumsiness, more avariciousness in defense, more front-facing powder-puffing, and more wide men running in ever-increasing circles.

Another defeat, yet another performance with no points and no goals.

For all their other shortcomings at the time, Rangers faced Athletic Club, Benfica, RB Leipzig, and Borussia Dortmund in the final few seasons.

They are now being defeated by Norway’s third-best team, Brann.

Standards have fallen dramatically, but. These Rangers players lack character, not just physical ability, but also stomach for the fight. Do you know what you’ve done to yourself, Danny Rohl?

There was a moment (the first of many) that would have sent a chill up the new Rangers boss before Brann scored their easy first, soft second, and third, turning a pitiful debut into a mortifying one for Rohl.

The German preached pressing and hunting, and he did it frequently, but not from any of his players.

His players retained their former form. Similar to the dog days of Russell Martin, the same as Philippe Clement’s demise, and Michael Beale’s demise.

He had observed a lack of organization and defiance in his team at that point, but at least they were on par. They should have been ahead if they had been 0-0, though they were.

Rohl must have raised the first of many red flags after this. Chermiti never really threatened to score, which is why he never did if he didn’t score.

His action was unintended. Uncertainty, but a lack of confidence. No doubt, a young player. However, Rangers have also invested $ 8 million in a player.

His goalscoring percentage at Rangers, Everton, and Sporting was three goals in more than 25 games of football by the time he was taken off well into the second half.

Chermiti only managed that one touch throughout the entire Brann penalty area. That is just as offensive as it is against his team-mates’ desperate inability to create chances.

The 21-year-old won only four of his 13 duels while his passing accuracy was the second-lowest among any players on the field.

Although Chermiti might come highly recommended, Rohl has not got the time to wait, and he has a good chance of spending the money he has already spent on the striker.

The project was created by Kevin Thelwell. The sporting director is adamant about him, praising his prowess just a few days after the unveiling of Rohl.

Given that Chermiti’s last senior goal came in a 4-0 victory over Pacos Ferreira in May 2023, Thelwell’s faith in the £8 million investment seems unshakeable.

Since the summer, they have spent more than £30 million on transfers and loans, only to have Brann humiliat them. It feigns belief.

You must sympathize with Rohl. He has experience both coaching for the German national team and for Bayern Munich, so it’s obvious he has a lot of experience.

He is praised for his abilities in the management game like a prestigious name. He can be a great leader, too, thanks to his brief time at Sheffield Wednesday and how his players and fans admired him.

Although it’s easy to say that Wednesday is “not Rangers,” it isn’t, but it was a pressurized job done very well by the owner of a club with a very challenging owner.

He now has a very supportive owner, a club hierarchy that is hoping for his success, and players who are afraid of their own shadows.

He has players whose nerves are almost tormented by the fans’ visceral abuse and repeated failures that they have experienced. Their heads are full of mush. They resemble quivering jelly in texture.

They lack self-assurance to the point where Rohl doesn’t just have to work as a coach. He needs to arrange for a sports psychologist.

That’s not glib, that’s. When Brann scored a free header from a free kick, the Rangers players lost all hope in themselves. At that point, they were broken.

The frailty that everyone has witnessed from Rangers’ defenders has been ongoing, though, was what the Rangers defenders have remonstrated with each other. In their final five European games, they have already scored 15 goals.

It must have provided an insight into how much work he needed to do, for Rohl. He might have already known it. He is now without a doubt aware of it.

What he wants from his team, which he does in many ways, is far more than what he actually has.