James Tavernier slams 'disgraceful' Rangers defeat to Brann
Last updated 23rd Oct 2025
James Tavernier slammed Rangers' performance against Brann as Danny Rohl fell to defeat in his first match in charge of the club.
The Ibrox side defended poorly in a 3-0 in Bergen and failed to create chances at the other end.
It leaves them bottom of the League Phase of the Europa League, with Tavernier left angered by their display.
He said: “It's just a disgraceful performance, it's as simple as that.
“In all the years I've been here, you know, with the consistency of poor performance that we're putting in, I’ve not experienced it before.
“Some of us show our aggression after the games, after we get beat. You expect all the lads to take that in. But individually, we all have to look at ourselves much, much harder because it’s not good enough.
“You can get instructions from managers, but we simply have to put that on the pitch. We were just second-best. Be it first ball, second balls, there was just not enough fight.
“And I shouldn't be saying that for a player of a club like Rangers. That should be the given.
“You should want to fight, to go for every ball. Even if it's a scrappy game, you've got to make it a scrappy game, but it's just far too easy at this minute playing against us, and that's the hurtful thing about this all.
“Oh, I'm raging, this is what I'm saying,” Tavernier said. “It's the first time I've been in this position, being at this club, and the amount of consistent games were on a certain basic levels, we’ve not been performing. And that's what's making me rage.
“The amount of chats that we've had after games, you want it to sink into the players’ heads. But it just isn't at the minute, and that's what I'm raging at.
“I hope the other players are as angry as I am. I'm obviously not in their heads, but I hope they are, because we need to fix this, and the only way we can do this is by everyone playing for the shirt, chipping in and giving them their all.”
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