Russell Martin is set to be appointed new Rangers Manager.

[KOL]

I see that being said about Martin a lot, but I can't say I've seen that at all. Perhaps it's like that on X, but on the forums the views of him are almost universally negative, with a few, such as myself, offering a somewhat half hearted defence.

Again no mention of Duff. If we were shit a lot of the time under Martin, we were even shittier under Duff. I can't help but think that his dour, northern working class persona is the reason he gets a free ride. Harder to hate than Martin's persona (although ironically Martin had a very tough working class upbringing).

It's quite insane on a large part of SCFC Twitter - please don't call it X - it's like a bloody cult. Baffling. There genuinely is a fetish about the way he used to fist pump the East stand. I swear there's some otherwise straight men who'd love some sort of personal fist pumping from him.

 

[Swansea93]

He’ll be using this as a chance to show off his style of play in Europe as the media love it and in a league they’re expected to dominate with Celtic, he will do a Gerrard and hope to get a bigger move for the Prem/Europe.

 

[AusinIsOurHero]

He'll soon get found out up there and that should be that for him.
If he can't win anything in Scotland, he shouldn't get another job full stop.
Brendan will have a field day against him in the derby.

 

[bytholwyn]

It's quite insane on a large part of SCFC Twitter - please don't call it X - it's like a bloody cult. Baffling. There genuinely is a fetish about the way he used to fist pump the East stand. I swear there's some otherwise straight men who'd love some sort of personal fist pumping from him.

Fair enough. I find it strange that Martin can create such strong feelings positive and negative. Having a strong ego isn't a bad trait in a manager, as Brian Clough demonstrated. It helps if you have the right footballing ideas mind.

 

[Neath_Jack]

Fair enough. I find it strange that Martin can create such strong feelings positive and negative. Having a strong ego isn't a bad trait in a manager, as Brian Clough demonstrated. It helps if you have the right footballing ideas mind.

Russ and Brian Clough

 

[Longlostjack]

 

[Nocountryforoldjack]

It's been reported that Rab C Nesbitt is over the moon at this news but he was fucking wasted at the time.

 

[Itchysphincter]

The bloke's a twat.

 

[MrSwerve]

I’ve said all along that he’s a charlatan that simply wants to bump his stats up so that some owner of a big club will go ‘ooooh look at that possession, it must be great to watch!’.

He managed to con Southampton, where he took up a side that arguably should have had a much easier ride. When sh*t got real in the PL, we saw how utterly dire they were.

Rangers will be a great move for him, where he can walk to at least second place regardless of his shitty tactics. No doubt someone will think ‘oooo moderate success with great possession football!’ and some big club will be conned into bringing him back to the PL. Probably until he ends up at a club with players who are talented enough to play his suicide football and he wins some competitions. You watch. Then, the con will be complete.

 

[exiledclaseboy]

Rangers chairman


“Giving an insight into what a Rangers team under Martin will be like, Thelwell added: "His teams play dominant football, control the ball, dictate the tempo and impose themselves physically. They press aggressively and work relentlessly”.


I mean do they not have tv, videos, YouTube in Scotland cos he’s clearly never ever seen a Russel Martin team play.

 

[FearOfAJackPlanet]

Rangers chairman


“Giving an insight into what a Rangers team under Martin will be like, Thelwell added: "His teams play dominant football, control the ball, dictate the tempo and impose themselves physically. They press aggressively and work relentlessly”.


I mean do they not have tv, videos, YouTube in Scotland cos he’s clearly never ever seen a Russel Martin team play.

He's just reading from the PowerPoint slides Russ sent him.

Never go full PowerPoint.

 

[Ringwood]

After watching the Rangers presser vid introducing the new gaffer.. RM has played a blinder in hood winking the owners. The strangest statement they made was -

RM time in the Prem gave a lot to be proud of

When asked by journos on what Rangers fan can expect

RM - Fast dominated aggressive football

At this point I thought I was living in a parallel universe

 

[Londonlisa2001]

Rangers chairman


“Giving an insight into what a Rangers team under Martin will be like, Thelwell added: "His teams play dominant football, control the ball, dictate the tempo and impose themselves physically. They press aggressively and work relentlessly”.


I mean do they not have tv, videos, YouTube in Scotland cos he’s clearly never ever seen a Russel Martin team play.

It’s even more odd that the chairman only had this epiphany about the ‘total football’ offered by Martin after so many other managers turned them down.

 

[Swansea93]

To be fair he looked different with Southampton in the Championship, same with Cooper when he left for Forest the teams looked different and more attacking I thought.

 

[CurtessECarr]

He'll be able to ply his masterclass football ( sorry footie) to admiring giant European clubs .
He'll have the likes of Barca, PSG , Inter hierarchy drooling and clamouring for his signature when he's taken Rangers to 4th in the SPL.
What next for this genius.