Rohl on Cornelius future, Curtis call-up & 'needing wins' in title race
[SNS] Rangers head coach Danny Rohl has been speaking with the media ahead of their Scottish Premiership home fixture against Aberdeen on Saturday. Here are the key points: Rohl says the tile race is "fantastic" but stresses "time is running [out], less games to go and for us it's about winning games. I'm looking for the next three points, this is the most important key.
Good performance without a win is nothing. We need wins. " The boss concedes the door has been opened after Hearts lost at Kilmarnock last weekend and says "I think all the three clubs now know what it means.
Every point that you drop now is crucial and important, and that's the reason why it's all about the next cup final and the cup finals we have to win. " Rohl confirms that Canada international Derek Cornelius, who has been out long-term with injury, has been training alone and was allowed to travel early to join up with his international side. He adds: "I had two conversations in the last couple of days with Derek, I will have a conversation when he comes back from the national team again.
We will see after the international break in which direction it goes. On Findlay Curtis' Scotland call up for the pre-World Cup friendlies against Japan and Ivory Coast, having performed well on loan at Kilmarnock, Rohl insists "he deserves this opportunity" adding "now it's up to him, maybe he can go for the World Cup. Our goal was that we bring Findlay in the summer back and we get a better player and all these things go in the right direction.
" Rohl dismisses the idea that Aberdeen will be one of the easier games in the title run-in, despite the Dons having won just one of their last nine fixtures, and says "there's not one easy game. " Rohl stresses Ryan Naderi's overall contribution has been "really great" despite not scoring a league goal since signing in the January transfer window. On increased competition for places, Rohl adds, "it's important that we understand that the team is at the moment the most important thing, not the individual.