'We will do everything' - Danny Rohl issues impassioned Rangers title declaration at muted Player of the Year ceremony
The Rangers boss took the microphone a few hours after his side’s damaging 3-2 defeat to Motherwell at Ibrox
Defiant Danny Rohl admits Rangers are in last chance saloon territory and must beat Hearts at Tynecastle next Monday if they want to be crowned Premiership champions.
The German boss was handed the microphone at the club’s muted Player of the Year ceremony last night - just a few hours after a 3-2 defeat to Motherwell left them four points behind the Jambos with only four games left to play and drastically affected their title ambitions.
Rangers’ official social media accounts were silent in the wake of Sunday’s match coverage, but the list of award winners were leaked by fans who attended the event at the Doubletree by Hilton Glasgow Central.
It’s understood centre-back Emmanuel Fernandez won Player of the Year and Tottenham loanee Mikey Moore earned the Young Player of the Year, while goalkeeper Jack Butland was voted as Players’ Player of the Year.
Other awards saw Katie Wilkinson claim the Women’s Player of the Year, while teenage prospect Rydnn McGuire was named Academy Player of the Year, albeit the club have yet to formally announce the list of winners.
Rohl delivers make-or-make title message
Rohl then proceeded to deliver an impassioned speech on stage as he attempted to issue a rallying cry to deflated supporters by confessing it’s a case of win or bust against long-time leaders Hearts in the capital before they venture across to Celtic Park six days later.
He stated: “Last but not least, I arrived with my team, in October. The atmosphere was not well. But we showed as a club, what we can do, if we stick together, if we keep believing.
“These players, our players, have everything to go again next Monday. It’s a Final, we have to win, guys. But this group, our players, will do everything to win this game. And we’ll see who wins at the end of the season. Keep going guys.”
Rohl’s declaration comes at a crucial stage of the campaign. Given their precarious league position, their clash with Hearts is one they simply cannot afford to lose if they are to retain any lingering hope of winning silverware this term.
Anything less that three point could effectively rule the Light Blues out of contention and while Rohl would suggest it’s never over until it’s mathematically over, the former Sheffield Wednesday boss has acknowledged the seismic task facing his players ahead of their trip to Gorgie.