New boss is set for his home debut against Kilmarnock and is adamant he can turn the energy inside Ibrox.

Danny Rohl insists he doesn’t fear the ferocious abuse suffered by Russell Martin – because he only sees opportunity not risk at Rangers.

The 36-year-old will make his Ibrox bow against Kilmarnock on Sunday as his reeling Gers side look to end a winless home run in the league at the fifth attempt.

But it follows a disastrous debut in Thursday’s 3-0 Euro defeat in Bergen which saw the new boss vault the hoardings to apologise to the travelling support at full time.

Martin was hounded out after just 122 days following a calamitous start to the campaign that ended with him requiring a police escort out of his last game in charge.

The Englishman had endured weeks of vitriolic criticism and demos which cranked up a notch after the 9-1 aggregate Champions League qualifying humiliation against Club Brugge.

Russell Martin had to be escorted to his car after his final game in charge of Rangers(Image: Daily Record)

Fans have now turned their focus on chief executive Patrick Stewart and sporting director Kevin Thelwell as the toxicity levels inside Ibrox refuse to die down.

But Rohl – who pulled off a great escape in his only previous management job at Sheffield Wednesday – is adamant he can turn the energy inside the stadium back in Rangers’ favour.

And when the question of the abuse aimed at his predecessor was put to the German, the former Bayern Munich and Germany assistant said: “I’m a guy who always sees opportunity and not the risk.

“I see this step as a big, big opportunity to be successful and to win titles. For me there was not one question mark to come here about these things.”

Rohl is well aware of the size of the task but continued: “Our mindset should be a restart here.

“We cannot change the past, but we can start from today, and hopefully a long, long, long change into the future.

“If we go with this mindset, and we have this positive mindset, then we go ahead.

“When I took over in Sheffield, the group of players had, after 11 games, no wins, just two draws, and we were the first team who should have been relegated.

“If you go there and you are not convinced, and you give them no belief, then it’s tough. This is also important to understand.

“I give my players straight the belief, and I come a little bit back to my experience.

“Even in Munich, you had players with big names, but if they had not the self-confidence, they would not perform, and this is a crucial thing.

“Self-confidence comes not just about talking, it’s about doing on the pitch, and this is what we want to try to do.”

Rangers head coach Danny Rohl goes to apologise to fans

Sections of the Rangers support have accused the Gers hierarchy of repeating the Martin mistake by hiring a young head coach with little experience of being the man in charge in the dug out.

Rohl counts assistant gigs at Bayern Munich and the German national team among his his previous posts but has only been in charge of a side, Wednesday, for 89 games.

But he said: “Yeah, I’m Danny Rohl, I’m not Russell Martin. I think to compare coaches is difficult. Hopefully you will soon see which direction we want to play football.

“For me, every coach has his own opinion. I have my clear identity about how I want to play.

“Maybe we’re similar, we have a background both in Southampton and maybe in the Championship, maybe this is the reason why people see this. But if you compare the styles, you will find a lot of different things.”

Martin’s possession-based strategy came in for fierce criticism as Rangers got off to a worst start in almost 50 years.

One win from eight league outings leaves the Ibrox club sixth and a mammoth 13 points behind leaders Hearts ahead of the visit of Killie.

But Rohl has vowed to get his side rocking with an injection of urgency. He said: “I think it’s very important to understand in which areas we have to speed up, but I like also to score after 10 seconds!

“I think this is exactly the picture you should have in mind when you look in the future at games from Rangers and from my team.

“For me, ball possession is not everything – it’s about chances and goals, and for this, you need a direction that’s forward instead of backwards.”