‘Absolutely Horrendous’ Recruitment Has Left Danny Rohl With ‘No Chance’ at Rangers, Says Ally McCoist

SME News UK. Oslo — Ally McCoist has launched a scathing assessment of Rangers’ recruitment strategy, claiming new head coach Danny Rohl has “absolutely no chance” of restoring the club to former glories following their 3-0 defeat to Brann in the UEFA Europa League.The loss in Norway marked Rohl’s first game in charge since replacing Russell Martin, but McCoist believes the German has inherited a squad ill-equipped to compete at the level expected of the Ibrox side.> “Can he improve them? He probably can,” McCoist told. “Can he take that squad of players to a level that Rangers should be at? Absolutely no chance, no chance.“The recruitment’s been horrendous, absolutely horrendous. It’s agony for me to say, but they look like wee boys sometimes in the majority of games I’ve seen.“It’s a heavy jersey, and it’s a really heavy jersey when things aren’t going well. [Rohl] might be the best coach on the planet, but I’m not sure he’s got an awful lot to work with at this moment in time.”Rohl, who previously worked alongside Hansi Flick at Bayern Munich and with the German national team, left Sheffield Wednesday in July before taking over at Ibrox earlier this month.Rangers’ defeat in Norway was their third in three Europa League outings this season, leaving them bottom of the league phase table. No side in the competition has conceded more goals, with six shipped in just three matches.The Glasgow giants’ struggles have also carried into domestic competition — they currently sit sixth in the Scottish Premiership after eight games, 13 points behind league leaders Hearts.Former Rangers defender Alan Hutton echoed McCoist’s criticism, describing the club’s European performance as “painful to watch.”> “To have one shot on target against the lowest-seeded team in the competition is really poor,” Hutton said. “Defensively, it’s the same story we’ve seen all season — gaps everywhere.“This goes deeper than managers. You can’t judge Danny Rohl on one game, it’s going to take time. But recruitment’s the big issue for me. It was crying out for experience and leadership at the start of the season. They didn’t get that, went down a different route, and now look where they are.”As Rohl begins the daunting task of reviving Rangers’ fortunes, both McCoist and Hutton believe only a major overhaul in recruitment can give the German coach a fighting chance of success.