GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - JULY 06: Rangers head coach Russell Martin (L) and James Tavernier during a pre-season friendly match between Rangers and Club Brugge at Ibrox Stadium, on July 06, 2025, in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Rob Casey/SNS Group via Getty Images)
Three games into the Russell Revolution Keith Jackson is throwing up red flags over the hipster that has refused to don the traditional brogues.
There isn’t very much traditional about the former Southampton boss who was sacked last December with five points from 15 matches in the EPL.
Martin insisted on playing Peak Pep with a job lot of Championship level players who were torn apart in the EPL.
Ahead of his appointment at Ibrox most bears were horrified by his life choices, a vegan Buddhist and member of the Green Party, but decided to focus on his WOKE football philosophy as a stick to beat him with.
The Daily Record has saluted signings from Luton and Peterborough as the mark of genius while the limited funds available from the 49GERS has resulted in loan signings arriving from Wolves and Bournemouth.
Mixing that lot with the serial losers assembled by previous managers under the leadership of Captain Disappointed has the hint of a perfect storm.
Jackson watched the 49GERS get outplayed at Motherwell on Saturday, in the Daily Record it seems that he is ready to give up on the latest Revolution even though they have retained the Close Season Cup:
The early indicators suggest Martin’s promised land might be quite some distance away from what it was made to look like in the brochure.
Of course, it’s way too soon to reach any firm or damning conclusions but, it must be said, the early evidence is inconclusive at best.
When Rangers somehow made it through two legs of a Champions League pummelling from Panathinaikos an assortment of fan boys and happy clappers rushed to the defence of the manager while ignoring what they had just witnessed with their own eyes.
The truth is Martin’s side was an incomprehensible mess in both of these games against the Greeks and exactly how these players managed to get through the double header clutching onto a 3-1 aggregate victory almost defied any sort of sound logic.
Yes, granted the end result is ultimately all that really matters and Martin certainly earned himself a bit of badly needed breathing space by leading his team into the next round, where they will face Czech opposition in Viktoria Plzen.
But they will go into Tuesday’s first leg on the back of a woefully timid opening day performance at Motherwell which has further undermined whatever confidence this club’s supporters may have set aside for Martin and his big vision.
Worse still, by very deliberately taking a machine gun to his own players in the immediate aftermath of Saturday evening’s 1-1 draw at Fir Park, Martin has effectively left a blood bath inside his own dressing room.
With every set-back the temptation grows to bring back Daily Record columnist Barry Ferguson to restore the culture of the club with a bench packed with Real Rainjurz men that pure get it.
Teaming Ferguson up with David Martindale might just turn out to be the Dream Ticket that angry bears are looking for with muesli withdrawn from the menu at Murray Park with sandal wearing banned.
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Lol David Martinjail,saw him get interviewed after the Killie game,he looked as if someone dragged him straight out of the pub for the interview looking as pissed as a fart. JAKEBALL.
Martin’s style of play cold possibly be ok if he has the talent pool at his disposal to implement it to the letter ! But when he is relying on Cowell ..Diomande …Barron and Tavpen to lead the way , then all I can say is that big Murts will be doing back flips and hand stands on his living room floor ..in anticipation of a ‘ help ‘ phonecall ? It’s a lucky thing that the big boss of Ibroxland is a health care insurance dude …talk about leading a charmed life …jeepers creepers ?
Must be bad when that fuckin utter cretin Jackshun turns on them !