Danny Röhl is starting to crack, and a Celtic victory this coming weekend could result in a full on meltdown

Inevitably, it always happens at Ibrox, the pressure gets to every one of them in the end, and its usually brought on by a Celtic manager.

This time, Röhl’s attempts to play mind games with Martin O’Neill are failing miserably.

As we discussed last night on the Trinity Tims, for every year that Danny Röhl has been alive, Martin O’Neill has been a football manager.

Before Röhl was even born, O’Neill had won two European Cups as a player.

Röhl was 11 years old when O’Neill masterminded Celtic’s famous 6-2 victory against Rangers 1872.

So, when he decides to spar with O’Neill in an attempt to outwit him, you see the end result in the aftermath of games like Sunday’s.

Psychologically, O’Neill now has the edge over Röhl going into Sunday’s Scottish Cup tie.

While Röhl’s side dominated us in the first half at Ibrox, in the second half, O’Neill found the key to unlocking them.

Now that he has that key, and the fact his Celtic side clawed it back from 2-0 down, means that the Irishman now has the German in a vice like psychological grip.

Röhl would do well to keep his mouth shut in the run up to this one.

Otherwise, the Celtic boss will just own him again.

He should focus on his own team selection, and refrain from commenting on O’Neill’s.

Stating that we were lucky was also pretty arrogant from the German.

Granted, we were shit in the first half at Ibrox, nobody is going to deny that.

But in the second half, our comeback certainly did not involve any luck.

It was hard graft from start to finish.

We had 16 attempts on goal, it isn’t lucky when you dominate to that extent.

If anything, his side were lucky to hang on to the draw under those circumstances.

Had we been just a little more clinical in our finishing, we could have won the game.

As we discussed on the podcast last night, the pressure gets to every manager over there.

And Danny Röhl is no different.

Its just that he’s under more pressure than most of his predecessors because his side has been heavily invested in, and no Ibrox manager will ever have as good a chance as this to win a title.

The last time Celtic were in this kind of disarray was during the Covid season.

If Röhl fails in his attempts to land any kind of silverware at Ibrox, he will forever be remembered as the manager who could not beat the worst Celtic side in living memory.

Deep down he’s smart enough to know this.

He also knows that psychologically, Martin O’Neill has given him a bit of a battering over the last few days.

If O’Neill masterminds a victory in the Scottish Cup game at the weekend, Röhl will go from cracking, to full on meltdown.

It would be seriously unwise of him to try and play any mind games in the run up to this one.

O’Neill is just too cute when it comes to that.

In the last four fixtures, his side has bottled it in three of them.

In two of those games, they were in control.

At Motherwell, they were 1-0 up, with a man advantage after Lukas Fadinger had been sent off.

Last Sunday against up, they totally dominated against us, and should have been out of sight at half time.

They just don’t seem to have that killer instinct to see out games.

That seems to be Röhl’s weakness as a manager.

Ultimately, it could prove to be his downfall.

Martin O’Neill will happily be on hand to help usher that in.

As I’ve said all along, if they end up trophyless again this season, the meltdown will be epic.

Especially after spending almost £50 million in their quest for dominance.

Time to watch Röhl’s unravelling.

It should make for excellent viewing…

Key Takeaways

• Danny Röhl struggles against Martin O’Neill, as O’Neill has more experience and psychological advantage.
• Röhl should focus on his team and refrain from making arrogant comments about luck in their past match.
• If Röhl fails to secure silverware, he risks being remembered as the manager who couldn’t beat a struggling Celtic.
• The pressure is on Röhl, especially after significant investment in the team, raising expectations for success.
• A trophyless season for Röhl could lead to a significant meltdown, making his future as manager precarious.