As Rangers prepare to face Serie A side Roma in the UEFA Europa League, the noise around Ibrox has little to do with formations or finishing.
The anger that spilled from the stands on Sunday was not just about refereeing decisions or a late defeat against the odds, it was pointed directly upwards.
CEO Patrick Stewart and sporting director Kevin Thelwell are both under heavy scrutiny from the support, with questions over recruitment, long-term planning and the lack of a coherent football structure becoming unavoidable – and the impotent statement around officiating post-Sunday just added fuel to the fire.
Into that atmosphere stepped Danny Röhl, still only weeks into the job, but already attempting to establish how the club should function from the top down.
His comments ahead of the Roma match offered a clear window into how he sees the organisational model, and equally, how far the club still has to travel to earn the supports trust.
“So far I must say this is a great connection,” Röhl said of his relationship with chairman Andrew Cavangah.
“We speak a lot and the people around me support me.
“I missed [out on] such a relationship in the last two years.”
That sentiment is genuine but to the support, the idea of a joined-up hierarchy at Rangers feels distant from reality.
The squad remains inconsistent in profile and balance. Transfer strategy has lurched from marquee gambles to short-term stopgaps not ready or prepared for the Scottish game.
The leadership has too often appeared unprepared and unwilling to understand the idiosyncrasies of the game in this country.
This is why fans are not just frustrated, they are suspicious.
They want transparency, they want a clear football plan, and they want to know who is accountable for the decisions that have shaped a squad now being asked to play in Röhl’s heavy pressing style.
Röhl himself acknowledged he is still assessing what he has inherited. “I need a minimum of three weeks to know more,” he said.
Some players, he believes, have more levels to show; others may simply not fit.
January will not be about volume, but about definition, and that requires alignment between the head coach, the sporting director, and the board – but will we once again see arrogance and a lack of cohesion from those above the boss?
The support, though, will need more than warm words to believe in that alignment.
They need clarity of direction, visible competence, and accountability that has too often been missing.
Röhl can only coach the team in front of him, but the club must match that clarity off the pitch.
If Rangers are to stabilise, the hierarchy must convince a sceptical fan-base that the structure now being described is not just language, but reality.
Because this time, supporters will not accept another reset or transitional season.