Danny Rohl's Rangers breaking point named by Andy Gray as 49ers true title demand laid bare

Former Rangers title-winner Andy Gray reckons Danny Rohl must be given more time to bring Premiership glory to Ibrox.

The Light Blues are in the midst of a three-way battle at the top of the table this term and trail league leaders Hearts by three points. Rangers sit a point behind Celtic in third spot with just eight games remaining.

Last weekend's win over St Mirren brought an end to a damaging slump in results that saw the Glasgow giants stumble to three winless games. A draw with Livingston was followed by a 2-2 stalemate with Martin O'Neill's men on derby day, despite Rangers having led 2-0 on home turf.

Rohl then failed to steer his side to the Scottish Cup semi-final after penalty shoot-out defeat to Celtic, leaving the Premiership as the only silverware on offer for Rangers this term. That has sparked some criticism of Rohl from disgruntled punters.

But Gray - who lifted the title with his boyhood heroes in 1989 - insists any questions marks over the boss are "unfair". The German stepped into the hotseat after Russell Martin's disastrous tenure with the club languishing on sixth having won just one of eight games.

Gray reckons Rohl won't be feeling the heat yet from American owners Andrew Cavenagh and 49ers Enterprises. Speaking to Record Sport via BetSelect.co.uk: "He took over in October when Russell Martin had started the season dreadfully, and we were way off the pace.

"It might not be pretty to watch at times, but he dragged us back into the title race. I think to expect him to go in in October when we were so far away and say 'you need to win the league in your first season' - it wasn’t going to happen.

"I would have liked to have seen him be told, 'Danny, we need to see progress. We need to see us