Danny Röhl has issued a stark warning to his Rangers squad, insisting that the team must undergo a rapid mentality shift if they are to recover from their dismal 3–0 defeat to Brann.
While much post-match attention centred on tactical flaws and individual performances, Röhl made it clear the root issue runs deeper: Rangers, in his view, are playing like disconnected individuals rather than a unified team.
He said: “At the moment you see on the pitch we blame more as individuals instead of a group of footballers.
“We have to suffer together, we have to help each other. If we just try to play our game as individuals, it’s hard.”
The new head coach repeatedly drew contrasts between his own side and Brann, arguing that Rangers were beaten not by superior talent but by a stronger collective identity.
“Maybe they are not the best individual players,” he said of the Norwegians, “but they work so hard as a group and that is why they deserved it.”
Röhl’s assessment suggests he sees mentality and togetherness as the core issues he must tackle first.
He spoke of a squad that has lost trust in its structure and in one another, too quick to isolate blame rather than absorb pressure collectively.
The German was clear: emotional and tactical cohesion must be rebuilt before any individual can be judged fairly.
He said: “We have to defend as a group, avoid mistakes together.
“But when mistakes happen, it’s about how we react for the next team-mate.”
His wording, focused heavily on “we,” “help,” and “unit,” reflected a manager intent on reshaping Rangers’ identity from a fragile, reactive side into one built on resilience and accountability.
Röhl also pointed to the urgency of the fix when he commented: “We must use every single minute to improve this performance.
“It should not happen again.”
Rather than describe Brann as a one-off warning, he positioned it as a defining early test of Rangers’ ability to internalise pressure, adopt a shared responsibility model, and buy into a group-first methodology.
Perhaps most tellingly, he described the job ahead as one of alignment, not just improvement.
Players who cannot adapt to a culture of collective ownership may find themselves phased out quickly. Those willing to “suffer together” will be central to Röhl’s rebuild. However, those comments give some Rangers fans PTSD to sacked ex-boss Russell Martin, who made a similar quote not long ago.
If Brann exposed the technical gaps, Röhl made clear the psychological ones trouble him more.