{"id":509629,"date":"2026-03-07T17:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T17:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/509629\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T17:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T17:32:10","slug":"danny-rohl-is-rangers-issue-after-letting-ego-get-away-from-him-and-i-was-shocked-he-broke-unwritten-rule-chris-sutton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/509629\/","title":{"rendered":"Danny Rohl is Rangers issue after letting ego get away from him and I was shocked he broke unwritten rule – Chris Sutton"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Parkhead hero reveals in his latest exclusive column for Record Sport how he was really surprised at some of the comments from the German boss\"dailyrecord\"<\/p>\n

06:00, 07 Mar 2026Updated 13:01, 07 Mar 2026<\/p>\n

Rangers v Celtic – Scottish Cup Glasgow derby preview<\/p>\n

There was some flak heading my way this week for suggesting the biggest hindrance to Hearts winning the league might be the actions of Derek McInnes.<\/p>\n

I stand by that opinion. But, likewise, I believe Rangers might have a similar problem with Danny Rohl.<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the actions of the Rangers<\/a> manager that could be the problem thought \u2013 it\u2019s the words.<\/p>\n

If people had listened fully to what I said about McInnes<\/a> they would have heard me singing his praises.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s done an outstanding job getting Hearts top of the league and staying there for five months.<\/p>\n

People talk about Jamestown Analytics but it\u2019s McInnes that has pulled this squad together and got them over-performing to a spectacular level.<\/p>\n

I think he\u2019ll get them over the line \u2013 if he doesn\u2019t get too excited on the sidelines, like we saw with stuff like him him barging into Aberdeen players, getting involved with Hibs fans and clashing with Celtic\u2019s<\/a> backroom team.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a time for cool heads. Similarly at Ibrox.<\/p>\n

Rohl showed signs of losing his before the Celtic game last week \u2013 and it will be interesting to see how he gets on this weekend in the Scottish Cup rematch.<\/p>\n

I was really surprised Rohl got mixed up in talking about Celtic\u2019s team section and European performances before the league match.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s kind of an unwritten rule in football not to talk about oppositions teams like that \u2013 especially when it\u2019s Celtic.<\/p>\n

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Rangers manager Danny Rohl and Celtic boss Martin O’Neill <\/p>\n

There was no need to react to Luke McCowan\u2019s comments but it was the comments about the European performance and who would be playing that was bizarre. And it came back to bite him a bit.<\/p>\n

I think even Rangers fans would rather he minded his own business, as he\u2019s got plenty to ponder himself.<\/p>\n

It will be really interesting to see how Sunday goes on the back of last weekend.<\/p>\n

I think this is a bigger game for Rohl than O\u2019Neill.<\/p>\n

People will \u2013 rightly \u2013 cut him some slack for getting Rangers back in the title race after the start they had.<\/p>\n

But it does look like his ego got away from him a little bit. He should be concentrating on what really matters rather than a silly tit-for-tat.<\/p>\n

And the last manager you want to engage in a battle of wits is Martin O\u2019Neill.<\/p>\n

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Celtic manager Martin O’Neill at training(Image: SNS Group)<\/p>\n

Clearly, Rohl is a good coach but you can get your comeuppance if you don\u2019t back it up.<\/p>\n

The reality Is Rangers are unlikely to come up against a Celtic side as weak as this one and that means there\u2019s a pressure to take advantage.<\/p>\n

If I was Callum McGregor and I got my hands on the Premiership trophy this season, I wouldn\u2019t even celebrate. I\u2019d be laughing my head off.<\/p>\n

I really would.<\/p>\n

If Celtic win the league it would be a robbery. Of course the team with the most points at the end will deserve it, but with all that has gone on at Parkhead, it would be utterly remarkable.<\/p>\n

The Scottish Cup is a different matter but it might end up a vital trophy for Celtic and Rangers if Hearts can get the job done in the league.<\/p>\n

Anything could happen again this weekend. We saw it last Sunday. It was the cliched game of two halves.<\/p>\n

You wonder how Rangers will approach it having been so dominant and then folding. Likewise, how will Celtic set up this time around after being so far off the pace in that woeful first half?<\/p>\n

O\u2019Neill\u2019s team selections have screams of a manager desperately trying to find some kind of magic formula.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been like names out of a tombola at times and there could be more surprises on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Celtic\u2019s deficiencies in the final third are glaring, with no strikers looking capable of being reliable goal scores.<\/p>\n

Who knows what\u2019s happening with Kelechi Iheanacho as he only can play in Europe it seems, while Tomas Cvancara and Junior Adamu haven\u2019t showed yet the are the ones who can be trusted to lead the line.<\/p>\n

That leaves Daizen Maeda again. He made a difference though the middle in the second half last week and I\u2019d expect him to get the call again this time.<\/p>\n

But he\u2019s really going to have to rediscover his goal scoring touch, otherwise it\u2019s going to be another struggle.<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s how to fit in the great enigma that is Benjamin Nygren, who needs to be on the pitch for his goal threat but it means Celtic can\u2019t control games in midfield.<\/p>\n

At the back, you\u2019d expect O\u2019Neil to draft in Auston Trusty despite Benjamin Arthur shoring up well at Pittodrie and Dane Murray winning everything in the air at Ibrox in the league game.<\/p>\n

Tursty just has that experience \u2013 but he has to keep it simple rather than thinking he\u2019s a player.<\/p>\n

What is clear is, if Celtic are to kick on and claim silverware this season, their performance levels have to improve.<\/p>\n

They can\u2019t keep getting away with it. Yes, the late goals are a positive in terms of fighting spirit and so on.<\/p>\n

At some stage though, they will come a cropper. The displays have to improve because after this cup game, I wouldn\u2019t put any money on Celtic beating Motherwell in the league next week, or both Dundee clubs up afterwards for that matter.<\/p>\n

And the same goes for Rangers.<\/p>\n

In years gone by, you\u2019d think the winners of the Scottish Cup will come from this tie at Ibrox.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think you can hang your hat on it this year \u2013 because both teams have their weaknesses.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s what makes this latest encounter absolutely impossible to predict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Parkhead hero reveals in his latest exclusive column for Record Sport how he was really surprised at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[71705,128497,136733,124828,140342,3151,82409,214362,403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-509629","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-celtic-fc","9":"tag-chris-sutton","10":"tag-derek-mcinnes","11":"tag-hearts-fc","12":"tag-martin-oneill","13":"tag-premium","14":"tag-rangers-fc","15":"tag-scottish-cup","16":"tag-soccer","17":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}