What now for Rohl's Rangers as title hopes fade?

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What now for Rohl's Rangers as title hopes fade?

The former Sheffield Wednesday boss can only take so much responsibility for Rangers' campaign. When he arrived in October to replace Russell Martin, Rangers were, after a significant summer squad …

The former Sheffield Wednesday boss can only take so much responsibility for Rangers' campaign. When he arrived in October to replace Russell Martin, Rangers were, after a significant summer squad overhaul, 13 points behind Hearts and eight off Celtic. Improved form up until mid-April had Rangers within a point of Hearts, and in front of Celtic, before those recent losses pulled them back to third. Overall, Rohl has a 2.22 points per league game average, which is higher than Derek McInnes at Hearts (2.11) but short of Martin O'Neill's 2.5 for the Premiership fixtures he has had in charge of Celtic this season. Only a win at Celtic Park on Sunday, combined with a concession of points by Hearts at Motherwell the night before, will give Rangers any hope in the final two games of the season. Defeat on Sunday would consign Rangers to their first third-placed finish since 2018. When Rangers won 3-1 at Celtic Park in December, it was the last match of Wilfried Nancy's short spell in charge of the hosts. Rohl will need to get the better of O'Neill for the first time to secure a second victory at the home of their city rivals this season. The German was only a couple of weeks in to the job when he took Rangers to Hampden to face interim boss O'Neill's Celtic and, despite a valiant recovery with 10 players after Aasgaard's first-half red card, the Ibrox side lost 3-1 after extra time. …

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