There are already some mumps and moans about Skov Olsen’s early performances but Rohl sees him getting ‘better and better’
18:05, 01 Feb 2026Updated 21:20, 01 Feb 2026
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The Rangers support got themselves in a frenzy over the arrival of their new great Dane.
But so far, Andreas Skov Olsen hasn’t Dane much at all.
Two matches into the Wolfsburg wingers’ highly anticipated loan switch and you’d be hard pressed to pick out any noticeable moments or even flashes of quality.
That won’t impress a fanbase who are often quick to leap to conclusions but you also have to say it would also be incredibly harsh to judge a player who had not kicked a ball for the best part of three months before joining Gers.
Skov Olsen’s last game for his German parent club was a three minute run out against Werder Bremen back on November 7.
His last full game was in the middle of September and the rustiness in his play has been clear for all to see in the two run-outs he’s had for Danny Rohl’s side so far.
While it’s entirely fair to say he needs a show of patience while he gets up to speed, there will be punters quick to point out that with a title race to be won Gers – now six points adrift of leaders Hearts – don’t time to waste while waiting on new recruits to find their feet. And so far Skov Olsen is still looking a little uncertain on his in his new surroundings.
Against Dundee last week he was taken off after 52 minutes, with the only one small glimpse of the ability the punters were told to expect – a cross for a disallowed Tochi Chukwuani goal.
This time against Hibs, there were even fewer moments of promise despite him having stayed behind in Scotland to train this while Rangers played out their final Europa League dead rubber against Porto.
But having pushed so hard to get the former Club Brugge star in on a six-month loan – which could be made permanent in the summer for a £8million fee – Rohl is clearly willing to cut the 26-year-old some slack. And the Light Blues boss has no doubt the wideman will soon be soaring on the Rangers wing.
He said: “It’s step by step. I think this is part in general in January. When you take players, you have to bring them into it. You have to give them time.
Rangers head coach Danny Rohl
“He was available today, but not in the Europa League, which wasn’t helpful for him. But I see he’s getting better and better. He will be physically ready more and more. And I’m very positive.”
The cherry outlook that had been building at Ibrox on the back of an eight-game winning run has dimmed a little after Rohl’s side followed up Thursday’s 3-1 loss to Porto by spilling points in Leith. But Rohl is already looking to Wednesday’s clash with Killie at Ibrox as he looks for his side to bounce back.
He said: “You always want to win games, but it was exactly the expected tough game today. The opponent with physical intensity, I think it was the game they expected.
“At the end, I take the point today. There are some moments for Hibs where they can score. That’s football, we have to carry on. It’s about the next game.
“I think the part, especially the first half, we started very controlled. But then we missed the moment where we get more bodies around into the box.
“Sometimes we can’t really get to the line the last time. And then after 25 minutes, I felt we felt comfortable on the ball, but without an outcome.
“I think it was a topic at half time. We tried to change this in the second half a little more. And then finally, the last 10 minutes, I think there was a lot of up and down from both teams.
“Both teams tried to win this game. And then we ended the game. Now we have to be consistent. And this is the next job on Wednesday to take the next points.”
Rangers thought they’d won it when Mikey Moore burst threw on Raphael Salinger’s goal to score – only to have his celebrations cut short by an offside flag. But it could easily have been Hibs partying at the end were it not for Jack Butland, who made two huge saves to deny Ellie Youan and Martin Boyle before the break.
The Ibrox No1 said: “In the end, it’s a point we have to take because we weren’t good enough. It wasn’t the greatest performance and we gave away too many chances.
“There are things we have to learn from it and be better at. We have to accept it, move on quickly and get back on the horse.
“We will have a look at [the reasons for the performance]. We will analyse the chances we gave up in the first half, where we could have defended better.
“We had opportunities in the second half to get our noses in front but we didn’t show enough composure in the final third.
“It ended up a bit of a basketball game and could have gone either way. We didn’t do enough to win the game and we aren’t happy with a point, but we have to accept it.”
Like his boss, Butland is refusing to get too down on dropping points.
“We were 14 points off the leaders at one point this season,” he said. “We have got ourselves back in a title race and we are still very much in it. People will write what they like about this game but we won’t look at this as a defining moment.
“We have to be better and we know that, but there are a lot of games to go. We need to dust ourselves down and beat Kilmarnock on Wednesday.
“It’s about accepting this result and getting back on it. We have been playing Thursday-Sunday or Wednesday-Saturday all season and it’s about recovering and taking what we need from the game.
“It’s now about winning the next game. That’s the demands of being at this club. They are always high and you need to meet the physical demands and go again in midweek.”