IT'S A FARCE OF HABIT

Rohl admits exasperation at Gers' bad vices but he insists fixing consistency is the key

- BY ANDY NEWPORT

OLD habits die hard, as they say.

And unfortunately for Danny Rohl, the mistakes his Rangers side have been playing on repeat are proving fatal.

They've already effectively killed off any chance of his side qualifying for the Europa League playoffs.

And the German gaffer admits they threaten to snuff out their ambitions of mounting a title race recovery too if they can't kick their compulsion for cock-ups.

Raging Rohl was left boiling in Budapest on Thursday after being forced to sit through another Jekyll and Hyde display against Ferencvaros.

With a goal advantage following Bojan Miovski's sensational scissor-kick and a solid tactical setup devised by their new boss, all Gers had to do was see out the game without producing a major malfunction.

But that proved to be too big an ask for his accident-prone Ibrox squad, who now face being bulleted from the Europa League after again shooting themselves in the foot.

Jayden Meghoma and Djeidi Gassama were both at fault for the Hungarians' equaliser on the stroke of halftime.

And daydreaming defender Manny Fernandez was caught sleeping at the back post as Robbie Keane's side pounced for a win that leaves Gers on one point from 18 and heading for an early exit.

Rohl sees signs of progress in his team but admits that unless they can develop a new pattern of behaviour, they will never kick their losing habit.

"We had a meeting on Friday morning," said the Ibrox head coach ahead of tomorrow night's big Premiership clash with Hibs. "We spoke about the Ferencvaros game.

"It's important that we speak about this then move forward to the next games.