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James Tavernier got three and Ryan Naderi scored two as Rangers romped past Queen's Park in the Scottish Cup.

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Tuur Rommens is looking forward to advancing his career at Rangers as the Belgian left-back settles into life at Ibrox.

The 22-year-old January signing came off the bench to make his debut in the 5-1 Premiership win over Kilmarnock on Wednesday and is pushing for a place against Queen's Park in the Scottish Cup on Sunday.

"I think it's a good step," said the former Westerlo player. "In Belgium, we didn't play for the highest (position) in the league, so that's changed.

"It takes me away from my comfort zone. It will help me develop as a person and as a player.

"I hope to bring energy into the team. I hope to help the team to achieve the goals and I hope I can make an impact this season.

"It was wonderful to make my debut. There was a little bit of frustration, but I had something in my back, so we had to manage it, and we managed it well.

"And now I'm just focused on getting minutes here."

Rangers were stunned 1-0 by Championship side Queen's Park at Ibrox last year at the same stage of the competition.

It was one of the biggest shocks in the history of the competition but Rommens is aware that a lot has changed in 12 months.

He said: "I also heard about this, but this is a new game, a new season, new people in the club so you cannot compare the two things to each other."

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New Rangers signing Ryan Naderi regards comparisons to Germany strikers past and present as a "big honour" but is determined to forge his own reputation at Ibrox.

Rangers boss Danny Rohl, who signed Naderi on deadline day from German third-tier side Hansa Rostock, revealed the 22-year-old was likened to former Germany forward Fredi Bobic and current Newcastle striker Nick Woltemade by colleagues back home.

Naderi made his debut off the bench in the 5-1 Premiership win over Kilmarnock in midweek and could be handed a first start when Queen's Park visit Ibrox in the Scottish Cup fifth round on Sunday.

"A big honour, definitely," Naderi said of the comparisons.

"I appreciate it but I will always try to play my own game, not to compare to someone else, and to focus on my strengths I have.

"But it's a big honour to be compared to those names. Definitely.

"Those are big footsteps and I will definitely try my best to be as good as possible.

"And yes, it's a big honour that you come up with those names, and it's also part of the pressure because the expectations are high. But I'm ready to fight for everything.

"Personally, I just want to score goals, give good impacts in games, and of course the main target is to be on top of the table and win the league."

Naderi admits he was "a bit nervous" about his move to Ibrox but is excited to help Rohl's side push for the Premiership title.

"I was a bit nervous just because it's a big step for me," he said.

"But I try to enjoy every second and it was an amazing, amazing feeling. I just wanted to get the deal done.

"I noticed that the negotiations were ongoing for summer as well, and I'm just happy to be here now because I can give my input to the team and try to win the title."

Second-tier Queen's Park will be "hoping for deja vu" when they visit Rangers in the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.

Rangers were knocked out by Sunday's opponents at the same stage last year, also at Ibrox, in one of the biggest ever Scottish Cup shocks.

Despite Rangers' dominance, Seb Drozd scored what proved to be the winner in the 69th minute before Callum Ferrie saved James Tavernier's penalty deep into injury-time.

Queen's Park were under the cosh from start to finish at Ibrox. They faced 28 shots, nine on target, and Ferrie made nine saves. Conversely, the Spiders had just one shot, which found the back of the net, but didn't force Liam Kelly into any further saves.

After the cup exit, Philippe Clement lasted just two further matches before being sacked as Rangers manager.

Former St Mirren and Falkirk midfielder Ryan Flynn thinks things will be different for the Ibrox club this time round.

"Queen's Park will be hoping for, deja vu, won't they?" he told the BBC's Scottish Football Podcast.

"The same round of the cup, it was an incredible achievement what they did last year and they deserved to go through. I just think it's different times now.

"Danny Rohl has galvanised that club. They're three points off top of the league, who would have thought come the start of February that's where Rangers would be? It's incredible.

"Queen's Park have had a hard run of fixtures, I just can't see it being the same. Hopefully there's that drama and upset because that's exactly what everybody wants.

"Everyone will be favouring the underdog but I think it's really going to be a tough ask for Queen's Park second time around."

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Rangers coach Steven Smith says a decade of "pain" for supporters was a factor in the half-time booing against Kilmarnock, but called for unity from the stands as the title race heats up.

Following Dominic Thompson's early red card, hosts Rangers were only 1-0 up at the interval against the 10-man strugglers on Wednesday night and supporters aired their frustration.

Danny Rohl's side went on to win 5-1 and next face Queen's Park in the Scotish Cup fifth round on Sunday.

"We know it's a very demanding support, but one thing I will say is we're going to need them between now and the end of the season," said Smith.

"They're going to play a big part, so it has to be everyone together.

"There has to be an understanding of the pain they've had for the last 10 to 15 years. Everybody knows about it.

"I think we're coming to a point in the season where the performances aren't going to be perfect all the time, that's just normal.

"There will be moments that people will get edgy and players will get edgy but that's where the supporters need to stick with us and believe, because they can get us out of some difficult moments."

Rangers were stunned 1-0 by Queen's Park in the Scottish Cup last term to hasten the departure of manager Philippe Clement.

And Smith suggests that giantkilling will help drive the players to avoid another upset.

"I think it'll be fresh in the players' minds," he said.

"There's still six or seven players in the group that were here and involved in that game.

"I don't think we'll treat Queen's Park lightly and players will be ready to go."

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Rangers fans had to wait three weeks for a glimpse of Tuur Rommens - but first impressions were encouraging.

The Belgian left-back, signed from Westerlo on a three-and-a-half year deal, came off the bench for his debut in the 65th minute against Kilmarnock with Rangers 2-0 up and struggling to create against the 10-man visitors.

Rommens, 22, helped reinvigorate an Ibrox side that had left the field to a smattering of boos at half-time before they eventually ran out 5-1 winners.

"Rommens at left-back was up and down, he looks powerful, he looks as if he's got a calmness in his decision-making," former Rangers forward Steven Naismith said on Sportsound.

The numbers from his 25-minute cameo tally with Naismith's assessment.

The full-back had seven touches in the Killie box - second only to Oliver Antman - played 10 forward passes, four balls into the box and created three opportunities, two of which were big chances.

He capped his first appearance with an assist for Antman's goal, Rangers' fourth.

"It was Rommen's level of intelligence that was the most impressive thing," striker Ibrox striker Rory Loy said.

"The timing of his runs, his ability to remain composed in the box, lift his head and pick a man out. That's vitally important.

"Jayden Meghoma is a little bit raw at time and his decision-making in the final third isn't always there. Rommens just looks a little bit more composed on the ball in dangerous areas of the pitch than Meghoma does."

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Rangers boss Danny Rohl was "very surprised" by grumbling from Rangers fans in the 5-1 win over 10-man Kilmarnock.

The Ibrox side struggled to capitalise against second-bottom Killie after James Tavernier's penalty opener following Dom Thompson's fifth-minute dismissal for denying Djeidi Gassama a goalscoring opportunity.

The half-time whistle brought some booing from home supporters before goals from Bojan Miovski, Andreas Skov Olsen - his first for the club - Oliver Antman and Mikey Moore completed a big win, with Killie replying through Greg Kiltie following a Jack Butland blunder.

Victory moved Rangers above Celtic, whose game at Aberdeen was postpoined, and within three points of Premiership leaders Hearts.

Rohl, who took over from Russell Martin in October, said: "I couldn't understand this, I must say this.

"I love our fans, really, but today I was really surprised. In the last couple of weeks we spoke about 'we', and 'we' want to be together, and 'we' need the crowd.

"We led very early in this first half and then I was really surprised, but it's my job then to give my players the right feeling for this game, the right instruction.

"What we saw is that we have a strong bench now, I think this is crucial.

"Some players start, and everyone knows the first 60 minutes is sometimes harder than the last 30 minutes.

"Some players scored, we want to create confidence, give them minutes. It's the reason why I'm very proud of my group at the moment, it's not about me, it's all about my group because they deserve a lot of credit for what they did.

"In some moments we forget very soon and very quickly which position we were in 10 weeks ago, and it was not me, it was my group who came from a position we were behind, from 14 (13) points down to three points.

"Maybe this deserves sometimes a little bit of positive energy."

We asked for your thoughts after Rangers beat 10-man Kilmarnock 5-1 to move three points behind league leaders Hearts in the Premiership.

Here's a taste of what you had to say:

George: Best performance by far in a long time. The football was inventive and entertaining so let's see if Rangers carry this forward. Jack Butland will be fuming with the mistake but he's saved us so many times and in this game there was no harm done.

David: Rangers' finishing was woeful against 10-man Kilmarnock for most of the game, the score flatters them.

Peter: Great to get the three points however Neil McCann is correct, the scoreline flattered us immensely. Early lead thanks to a penalty then only two shots registered on target against a 10-man Killie until the 58th minute. That's quite shocking really. Still far too many squandered chances up front.

Torquil: Took an age for the team to get going but once the new lads came on, we looked like a new team. Positive debuts from Tuur Rommens and Ryan Naderi, but remember this was against a 10-man Killie. The proof will be against Hearts next weekend. Need to keep the momentum up against Queen's Park now

Anon: If Danny Rohl is puzzled by the reaction of the fans after the first half then he needs to be having a look at what he put on the park. We were excited to see the four new signings but none of them started and the starting 11 struggled big time against 10 men for 42 minutes, hence the booing at half-time. Why he keeps playing Thelo Aasgaard is a real issue and I wonder why all of Russell Martin's signings, with the exception of Joe Rothwell, are still there.

Steven: That first half was about as bad as it gets: flat, abject and utterly impotent. Aasgaard appeared scared to play forward and Mohamed Diomande was mid-controlling the ball or falling about. Bojan Miovski looked lost, with Nicolas Raskin and Mikey Moore the only ones trying to drive the team forward. Much improved in the second half but we won't play against 10 men every week - we have to do much, much better if we want to be successful.

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Rangers narrowed Hearts' lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership to three points as they eventually dismantled 10-man Kilmarnock at Ibrox.

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Rangers head coach Danny Rohl: "Nice goals. We played with courage. Even after the red card, I felt we had a situation in the box with the opponent. We never played backwards.

"It's not always easy against 10 men because you have to break them down. You have to prepare, have good structure, be aware of counter attacks. In the end, the players did a fantastic job today.

"This should be the level for Mikey [Moore] again and again, and this is the next step for him. I will not speak today about individual performances, it's about the team.

"We spoke in the last two days about making more aggressive runs in behind, at the right moment, to create something. Again and again, we showed we wanted to score more and more. I love the performance today.

"We made some good decisions in the window. I knew before, not everyone from the new players will go straight into an outstanding performance. They need to adapt. Ryan [Naderi] gives us a lot of energy in front of goal. He has this fire in the eyes.

"We worked hard for the momentum. It's not overnight. We had a lot of tough opponents. Sometimes you have to accept a point, even when you're not happy. Hibs was a tough place to go. But we took the opportunity for the next three points."

We asked for your thoughts on Rangers' business in the January transfer window.

Here's what some of you said:

Mike: I'm happy enough with our transfer business, and we have to accept Danny Rohl's assessment of Naderi's quality. I would have liked another centre-back, and probably a right-back as I don't think James Tavernier or Max Aarons are good enough to be automatic picks. After all transfer business has been concluded it looks like no-one has gained a clear advantage so it's still a three-horse race for the title

Elaine: Happy at this stage with hopefully a couple of defenders to come in during the summer window. The board has backed Rohl so now it's up to him to get us to the top of the league with his signings, Andreas Skov Olsen, Tochi Chukwuani, Ryan Naderi and Tuur Rommens. I think he can do that.

Bobby: Chukwuani looks nothing special so far, Olsen does not look fully fit and why let Findlay Curtis go out on loan when he has been one of Rangers' most creative players? Is it because he's Scottish? On the whole a poor window unless Naderi is something special and I worry about Youssef Chermiti leading the line in a title race.

Brian: This transfer window is traditionally seen as a difficult one to do good business in, so in light of that I think the club has excelled itself in bringing in decent additions to the squad. Naderi is an intriguing one and some might say a perplexing signing - not exactly the proven marquee signing you would hope for. He will either prove to be a masterstroke of a signing and catapult us to a league and cup double or prove to be a left-over Christmas turkey.

Sally: If new signings adapt quickly this could be good for Rangers. We have significantly improved at stopping teams scoring, now we have to get at them.

Robert: Still lack a playmaker in the middle of the park. This is something that has not been addressed for the last few years. It's okay signing a centre forward but you need to provide him with the service.

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Rangers defender Jayden Meghoma praised the club's togetherness and insists the Premiership title is "in our own hands."

Danny Rohl's side are third in the table, joint on points with Celtic in second, as they prepare to host strugglers Kilmarnock tonight.

When the German took over in Glasgow Rangers were sixth in the table, 13 points behind Hearts at the top.

Going into tonight's game the gap to the leaders could be reduced to as little as three points with a victory for Rangers.

"It all comes down to us as players, our mentality and the gaffer as well," Meghoma said of the side's turnaround.

"He's really helped us get back into the spirit and I think the togetherness of the group has really helped us get back into this title race.

"We're in a fantastic position, we've clawed back into the race and it's in our own hands. It's down to us to really perform and keep pushing.

"We know what we need to do, we just need to make sure we keep working and focusing on ourselves."

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• Rangers have won each of their last nine home league meetings with Kilmarnock by an aggregate score of 25-4; it's their longest ongoing home league winning streak versus any current Scottish Premiership opponent.

• Kilmarnock have lost 13 of their last 15 league matches against Rangers (W2), including their last four in a row all while conceding 3+ goals since a 1-0 victory in October 2024.

• Rangers have won each of their last five home league games, after having only won four of their previous 13 beforehand (D5 L4).

• Kilmarnock are winless in their last nine away games in the Scottish Premiership (D3 L6) since a 2-0 win at Dundee United in September.

• Kilmarnock boss Neil McCann has managed three away league games against Rangers in his career and lost them all by an aggregate score of 12-1, each coming with Dundee from September 2017 to September 2018.

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With the transfer window now closed Rangers know exactly what they have to do to overhaul Hearts and Celtic at the top of the table to recapture the league title.

The deadline day signing of Ryan Naderi is an intriguing one. A lot of fans were crying out for another striker, with neither Youssef Chermiti nor Bojan Miovski delivering goals in huge quantities.

But I can't help thinking it was a goal creator, rather than goalscorer, that was most urgently required to aid Danny Rohl's quest for glory.

Take the Hibs game at the weekend as an example: Chermiti led the line well enough but ultimately Rangers didn't create sufficient opportunities either for him or anyone else and Raphael Sallinger was barely troubled in the home goal.

That, for me, is what will be Rangers' undoing this season unless they can solve the conundrum of how to break teams down, regardless of who is playing up front.

They badly need players like Andreas Skov Olsen to start producing the goods if they are to come out on top in the three-way contest for the title.

Olsen's pedigree is unquestionable but in his two games so far there have been no signs of the player Rangers thought they were getting.

Rangers need him to quickly find top form, starting with the game at home to Kilmarnock.

It will be interesting to see if Naderi is thrown straight into the team as Rangers aim to narrow the gap to just three points behind the leaders.

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Deadline-day signing Ryan Naderi will go into the Rangers squad, paperwork permitting. Connor Barron (knee) and Derek Cornelius (muscle) are still out.

Aaron Tshibola could feature after rejoining Kilmarnock. Jamie Brandon and Max Stryjek are working their way back to fitness after lay-offs while Kyle Magennis (knee), Djenairo Daniels (knee) and Matty Kennedy (hip) remain out.

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Rangers have confirmed Brazilian striker Danilo has left to join NEC Nijmegen on loan for the rest of the season.

The deal includes an option for NEC, who are currently third in the Eredivisie, to buy the 26-year-old.

Danilo moved to Ibrox from Feyenoord in the summer of 2023, signing a five-year deal, but was troubled by injuries and never nailed down a regular starting place.

The 26-year-old was behind Youssef Chermiti and Bojan Miovski in the pecking order at Rangers, and the deadline-day signing of Ryan Naderi from Hansa Rostock meant the club were happy for him to move on.

Danilo has scored 16 goals in 76 games for Rangers and won the League Cup with the club in 2024.

Speaking on Tuesday morning, head coach Danny Rohl had suggested the player's departure was imminent and said he was happy with the January transfer business as he reshaped his squad for the title run-in.

In addition to Naderi, the club completed deals to take winger Andreas Skov Olsen on loan, as well as sign midfielder Tochi Chukuwani and left-back Tuur Rommens on permanent deals.