Emmanuel Fernandez believes that Rangers lacked the “fight” required to win the Scottish Premiership, after disappointing three fixtures.
Rangers are now officially out of the Scottish Premiership title run-in and will have to settle for third place, after three defeats to Motherwell, Hearts and Celtic. Leaving questions to be asked about Head Coach, Danny Rohl’s future.
And Rangers POTY, Emmanuel Fernandez believes his side showed not enough battle in the crucial fixtures to push for league success.
Fernandez, who has flourished under Rohl’s management, spoke after yesterday’s Old-Firm defeat.
He said: “I couldn’t pinpoint an issue. I just feel like maybe we needed to have a bit more fight.
“I can’t say we have been unlucky. I can take stick for it because there are certain moments I probably should have defended better.
“But there is nothing I can really say about my team mates. I will probably just look at myself if anything.”
And after this disastrous two weeks for Rohl’s side, it has left a good portion of the Rangers support in anger.
Fernandez spoke about the fan’s frustration with the team at this moment in time and more on the lack of fight they have shown.
He said: “Yes, 100-per-cent I would totally understand that.
“We knew it was going to be a fight. There were moments in games where we had fight. But in football there are going to be moments where you are going to struggle and go under in the 90 minutes.
“I feel that, as a young team if we are going to grow, if you are going to struggle you stick together and all defend together. Then, when you come out of it, you have opportunities to score.
“That is something we have to improve on.”
During these difficult moments, a lot of the scrutiny falls onto the Head Coach.
However, Fernandez backs Rohl with “100 percent”.
Fernandez said: “I don’t look into what fans say about the manager.
“But I know about the manager 100 per cent. I know that he got us through moments in the season where everybody thought the season was over and there wouldn’t be a title race for us.
“I feel like maybe we went into it with the wrong mindset. I back the manager 100 per-cent. It is the players who should maybe take it, because we didn’t do the job on the pitch and it is something that we should improve on.”
An honest statement from the Rangers defender, who admitted openly the players fell short of expectations set.
