The men at the top of the Ibrox marble staircase might be on board with his vision for the future
06:00, 23 Mar 2026Updated 09:48, 23 Mar 2026
Danny Rohl
There’s work to be done this season but Danny Rohl is allowing himself to peer into the distance.
Sitting down with a grin on his face after Saturday night’s dismantling of an awful Aberdeen side, the Ibrox gaffer revealed he and the club’s money men have already met up to discuss how to spend Andrew Cavenagh’s pile of dollars ahead of the new campaign.
He said: “You can be convinced that we started this week to prepare for the summer. We are in a good position, we are very clear what we want. It’s also helpful now we have the idea of how I want to play football.”
The men at the top of the marble staircase might be on board with his vision for the future but for the punters, some are still scrambling to work out what Rohl-ball is supposed to actually look like.
For a good many, it appears the German’s main approach has been to simply bludgeon opponents into submission with a team made up of imposing monsters and towering giants.
He admitted himself ahead of the Dons demolition job that pretty performances mean nothing if they don’t lead to points.
And with a needs-must mantra, Rohl has set about keeping Rangers in this title race any way he can, even if it’s not always appeared so pleasing on the eye.
But the former Sheffield Wednesday gaffer has grander designs for his side next term.
He’s hoping with the benefit of a full pre-season and his own signings, he can construct a side that shows more, much more, than this season’s fixer-upper.
In the meantime, Rohl is having to make do and get by with the mix-match line-up he’s inherited from Russell Martin, complemented by his own powerhouse January signings. You can see the difference players such as Ryan Naderi, Tochi Chukwuani and Tuur Rommens have made to the Light Blues starting XI.
They’ve added both inches and muscle to a team that was in danger of collapsing under the weight of expectation at Ibrox.
But while the sledgehammer approach to renovating Rangers’ title hopes has a time and a place – such as last week’s gritty win over St Mirren’s gang of street fighters – on other occasions, a more delicate touch has been required.
It was hoped Andres Skov Olsen would be the man to provide the finesse in the final stretches of the season.
Nicolas Raskin of Rangers celebrates after he scores his team’s third goal vs Aberdeen(Image: Getty Images)
But the Dane has proved about as effective as his fellow Scandinavian Thelo Aasgaard in that regard.
So yet again, it was left to the youngest player on the team to provide the scalpel when the bulldozers were in danger of breaking down.
They say you should never fall in love with a loan player but the Ibrox faithful are head over heels for Mikey Moore.
And their affection will only have grown after the Spurs kid’s performance against the relegation-threatened mess Stephen Robinson has stepped into at Pittodrie.
There were moments in the first half when Rangers appeared at risk of getting bogged down amid a sea of red jerseys. But where others hit dead ends, it was Moore more than anyone else who came up with the short cut through to goal.
Perpetual motion, the 18-year-old had a hand in the opener after 34 minutes as Rommens did brilliantly to streak past the sleeping Dylan Lobban and cut back into the box.
Moore’s shot was blocked but Chukwuani did brilliantly to control his low finish past Dimitar Mitov.
The Ibrox support were desperate for a second before the break but they only had to wait three minutes after the restart to go two-up – and it was this move that perhaps gives an indication of the kind of stuff Rohl has in mind for next season.
Incisive, quick and clinical, it involved only two passes before Moore finished it off but it was devastating in its simplicity. Nico Raskin robbed Toyosi Olusanya before feeding Naderi.
The German frontman might still have to show he is a real threat in the box but his link play is improving by the week – and it was his pass that left Aberdeen feeling the sharp end of Moore’s talents.
With a couple of touches to set himself, his third produced the killer swipe as he caressed a fabulous finish in off the base of the far post.
It was a goal that left his manager purring: “It’s all about the pressure on the ball, that was the topic during the week and the group did fantastic.
“I like to see my team on the front foot, to be not scared. I think we have a strong XI, if we can do this again and again.” Rangers did score again and again but only after handing.
Aberdeen a lifeline when Dennis Geiger slammed past Jack Butland on his 150th Gers run-out after Chukwuani was caught in possession.
But the Dons soon had that sinking feeling again when Raskin slammed home as Robinson’s team failed to clear a James Tavernier free-kick.
Substitute Bojan Miovski thought he’d netted against his former side late on but saw that goal chalked off for a handball in the build-up by fellow former-Don Connor Barron.
But Gers did grab a fourth, as Tavernier swept a sublime set-piece up over the bar and into the net, with a kiss off the underside of the bar, with the last kick of the game.