‘An unmitigated disaster of a Rangers manager’ ‘kidding himself’ ‘inevitable end’ Jackson sinks the boot into hipster Russ

Keith Jackson has joined the angry bears with an assassination job on the Ibrox hierarchy.

After a disastrous 11 match start to his time as Ibrox that has produced three wins and Champions League humiliation Russell Martin appears to be bomb proof in the manager’s job.

The smooth talking hipster was last heard talking up the heroic performance of his players who had failed to register a single shot on the Celtic goal at home in the Glasgow Derby.

Four matches into the season with a very favourable run of fixtures Martin’s side are in the bottom half of the table, scoring three goals in four matches with only a trademark Tavpen in the closing stages of the draw with Dundee for home fans to celebrate.

Martin is beyond saving with the angry bears now calling out Paddy Stewart and Kev Thelwell for appointing Martin and backing the vegan Buddhist who refuses to bring brogues and a blazer to the Ibrox dug-out.

Taking aim in the Daily Record Jackson fires off with:

Time and patience seldom last as long as they are required.

And so, less than 100 days into the job, Russell Martin knows the damning verdict of public consensus is highly unlikely to be overturned.

He may think he did enough on Sunday to start turning it around by avoiding a defeat at home to Celtic. But he’d be kidding only himself.

The stats say that four games into the league campaign Martin has already shipped eight points and is still waiting for his first win in the top flight.

The jeers that rang out around Ibrox on the final whistle – and which ramped up in volume when he made his way up the tunnel – should tell the manager that he is simply killing time in the dugout until the inevitable end.

This, after all, was another opportunity missed for Martin to start clawing his way back into the affections of the home fans.

It was a wet drip of a derby, played out by two teams devoid of confidence and conviction and contested by two sets of players who looked utterly terrified by the scale of the fixture itself.

A match which captured everyone’s attention before a ball had been kicked, purely because of the state this pair have got themselves into over the summer, but which ultimately satisfied just about no-one.

The only real winner was Hearts who ended the weekend level with Celtic on 10 points at the top of the table – and six points clear of a Rangers side which is going nowhere under Martin’s busted leadership.

So let us be very blunt. This latest limp stalemate means Martin has merely consolidated his status as an unmitigated disaster of a Rangers manager, even marginally worse than many of us anticipated.

Martin’s next two matches are at home to Hearts and Hibs in the SPFL and League Cup.

After today’s transfer activities are completed it is believed that the former Southampton boss will spend some time at a tree hugging retreat.