Danny Rohl surely knew what he was getting into at Rangers. If he didn\u2019t, Thursday\u2019s defeat to Brann will have been a rude awakening.<\/p>\n
In Rangers\u2019 first match under Russell Martin\u2019s replacement, they were beaten 3-0 away to Norwegian side SK Brann in the Europa League.<\/p>\n
Brann 3-0 Rangers: The key moments in Rohl\u2019s first match \ud83d\udc47<\/p>\n
Gers fall behind in the 40th minute
\nBrann double their lead 10 minutes into the second half
\nMikey Moore misses huge chance five minutes later
\nRohl\u2019s men fail to threaten a comeback; Noah Holm rubs salt in the wounds late on<\/p>\n
Managing Rangers<\/a> has become something of a poisoned chalice, and Rohl is the latest man brave enough to take it on.<\/p>\n Former manager Steven Gerrard was the club\u2019s top choice to replace Martin<\/a>, but he pulled out after emerging as the frontrunner.<\/p>\n Rohl then quickly went from being the leading alternative to being out of the equation entirely \u2014 making the appointment of Kevin Muscat seem inevitable, only for him to pull out too, allowing Rohl to re-emerge as the favourite.<\/p>\n After Steven Smith took charge of Saturday\u2019s 2-2 Scottish Premiership draw at home to Dundee United, Rohl was in place for Thursday\u2019s trip to Norway, with Rangers searching for their first points in the 2025\/26 Europa League.<\/p>\n Unfortunately for the former Sheffield Wednesday boss, it was another embarrassing result in an embarrassing season for the Gers, who looked uninspired in attack and shaky defensively as they lost 3-0 to Brann.<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0Russell Martin shows football clubs are often in the hands of fools<\/a><\/p>\n New manager, same result for Rangers<\/p>\n There wasn\u2019t much sympathy for Russell Martin during his catastrophic spell in charge, and Rangers fans won\u2019t be passing on much to Rohl either. But at some point, you have to look at the playing squad and realise it\u2019s simply nowhere near good enough.<\/p>\n And that stems from what\u2019s going on way above the manager, with recruitment nothing short of a shambles under the club\u2019s new ownership group.<\/p>\n There were such high hopes when a 49ers Enterprises-led consortium acquired a majority stake in Rangers back in May, but less than five months on, the mood couldn\u2019t be any lower at Ibrox.<\/p>\n Rohl surely knew what he was getting into, yet his unveiling would still have managed to surprise him, as he became the sideshow while owner Andrew Cavanagh, chief executive Patrick Stewart, and sporting director Kevin Thelwell fell into the firing line.<\/p>\n Thelwell and Stewart, in particular, have been absolutely blasted for the ongoing shambles, with the former admitting he underestimated the size of the club \u2014 an incredibly naive thing to say and do.<\/p>\n It\u2019s nothing short of a circus. Now that Thelwell, Stewart and Cavanagh have faced the media to try and explain Rangers\u2019 horrific start to the season and Martin\u2019s disastrous spell in charge \u2014 which ended with him requiring a police escort out of Falkirk\u2019s stadium \u2014 it\u2019s time for Rohl to become the face of a failing operation and attempt to explain where everything is going wrong.<\/p>\n Thursday\u2019s result and performance were no better than the dross Rangers produced under Martin. It was simply a case of new man in the dugout, same mess on the pitch.<\/p>\n The damage Kevin thelwell & Patrick Stewart has done to this football club can\u2019t be understated<\/p>\n Holding them accountable for their actions has nothing to do with not backing Danny Rohl<\/p>\n Getting those 2 clowns out will only help Rohl<\/p>\n \u2014 CJ (@cjnovo992) October 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Rangers Football Club: Scotland\u2019s answer to Manchester United<\/p>\n