Oh, Danny Rohl, you are the gift that keeps on giving. The former Rangers boss is at it again with an inflated sense of self-belief, twisting reality to suit his self-centred agenda.
Rohl left Rangers after one season, moving to RB Salzburg, but indications suggest the Gers were already ready to move on from Rohl, and that stance was accelerated when Derek McInnes became available.
Rohl's Rangers had some good spells last season, but they ultimately collapsed and finished third, safely behind Hearts and Rangers.
Rohl thinks Celtic feared him
It hasn't been too often that Rangers have truly pushed Celtic in recent years, and last season certainly wasn't one of those times. Hearts certainly did, with the Edinburgh side almost punishing the Bhoys for their poor start to the season, but Rangers finished 10 points behind the Hoops last term, and once again failed to hold their nerve in big moments.
Rohl was partly responsible for that collapse, but he seems to think he was a huge success at Ibrox, to the extent that he was feared by Celtic fans.
"How many Rangers managers have had the Celtic fans singing a song against him? That day, 61,000 people sang my song against me," he told the Daily Record. "I couldn't have imagined this, it was incredible.
"I think it showed how much our fans loved me and how much Celtic fans were a little bit scared about me as well. They were worried when we had Rangers challenging them again. It was unbelievable to have 61,000 singing that.
"People think I didn't like it, but no. It showed me something. They weren't celebrating their own team, they went against the Rangers manager.
"It shows me how much we were challenging them. They were more concerned with the Rangers manager than their own team. That was another part of my Old Firm experience."
Rohl is completely missing the point
In reality, it is commonplace for fans, especially rival fans, to take aim at the opposing manager. Fans will target anyone they feel they can rattle to help their side to a win, and it's clear that's all the singing was.
The Bhoys have seen better Rangers managers come through over the years, and Rohl certainly wasn't a manager who struck fear into them. In fact, given his experience with Hearts last year, McInnes may have a genuine chance of having that effect, although that is yet to be seen.
Be it Steven Gerrard or Walter Smith, Rangers have had some title-winning bosses who Celtic fans will have been glad to see the back of, but few would have been worried about Rohl sticking around.
Is he a decent manager? Sure. But a manager who causes fear? Absolutely not. It is not, and has never been, about you, Mr Rohl.
