Rohl: We'll be tough to stop if results reflect performance

Danny Rohl has said his Rangers side will be “tough to stop” if their results start reflecting their performances.

Rangers find themselves three points behind William Hill Premiership leaders Hearts and one behind Celtic, after a 1-0 win over St Mirren last Sunday.

With eight fixtures remaining, Rohl has called on his side to “bring performance and results together” ahead of Aberdeen’s visit to Ibrox on Saturday.

“If you bring performance and results together, then I think everyone would be very happy”, he said.

“Let’s look back to the last five games. We played a strong performance against Hearts with a good result (4-2). Then we played 50 minutes, 55 minutes against Celtic, strong, but not with the result we wanted (2-2).

“We played Livingston away, a performance with a lot of chances, but we couldn’t take the win (2-2).

“At home, we played over 120 minutes, a good performance, but we didn’t get the result. And now we had one game where we performed not on our highest level, but we took the result.

“You see it as mixed. My wish, of course, is that we have performance and results together. Then I think it will be tough to stop us.

“The key is that we go into the international break with the three points, and then we have two more games, and then we go into the split.

“Time is running out, less games to go, and for us it’s about winning games.”

Rohl also said he was pleased to see Findlay Curtis get his first call-up by Scotland ahead of friendlies against Japan and the Ivory Coast.

The 19-year-old, on loan at Kilmarnock, is the only uncapped player in Steve Clarke’s squad for friendlies.

Rohl said: “I was really happy, I sent him a message. A big congratulations to him. I think it’s a huge step.

“And for me, the plan was that he got his game minutes. He got game minutes, and now he could make the step up in the national squad.

“This is fantastic. I think he is playing in different positions, that helps as well. And our goal was that we bring Findlay back in the summer and we get a better player.

“And all these things go in the right direction. I’m not sure if this is possible (at Rangers) when you have five, six, seven players in the same position. And that was the reason why we made the decision.

“I’m really pleased with this development. I follow him, we follow him as a club, and he helps us as well with good performances and with good results.”

Rohl has doubts over Andreas Skov Olsen and Mikey Moore for the Aberdeen clash, but is hoping Mohamed Diomande will be fit, while confident that Tuur Rommens will shrug off a knock.