OFFICIAL Rangers appoint Russell Martin as head coach

[CammyF 9,644]

1 minute ago, Gazza_8 said:

What/who were some fans wanting? 

 

We've been an absolute bombscare of a club on and off the field for the majority of the last 12/13 years. No manager with a huge reputation would come near us. We need to take a risk. 

 

I'm not thrilled but I'm not dead against it either. If I'm honest, I'm a wee bit excited. New manager. New era. 

 

 

100%.

 

The main point for me is that those who interviewed him, and the other candidates are football people. 

 

Are we are naive enough to believe they didn't ask the candidates the questions we are asking? 

 

The point Josha Barrie makes in the tweet I posted is very telling, RM was introduced as Head Coach rather than Manager. 

 

If the support structure behind RM is good and recruitment is good, we may have a chance

[Gazza_8 263]

1 hour ago, blueflag said:

You can't answer the question by saying "but who could it have been"

 

That's a shite cop out. Please show me your logic behind saying he isn't a failure. I at least gave my reasons.

 

He's won a trophy which is more than the Italian guy who's been hanging onto his dad's coat tails and living off that. 

 

He's a fairly new manager. Only managed 99 games or thereabouts. He's made mistakes but that's normal for an inexperienced manager. Let's hope he can learn from them. 

Edited yesterday at 08:16 by Gazza_8

[lenny3k 879]

The way I see it, there are essentially two choices now, either keep moaning about it and set the guy up to fail before he’s even in the door, or accept the decision and at least give it a chance to work. To confirm, I'm not one of the ones who was sold on Russell Martin.
 

There are already plenty of people outside the club who’ll be desperate for us to fail, we don’t need to add to that from within. If the negativity keeps piling up from our own fans, then yeah, chances are he will fail eventually.
 

Whether we like it or not, Martin’s the manager now. He’s here for at least the next few months, like any new appointment. His best shot at making it work is with a bit of backing from the support and to be fair, there are some positives there if folk are willing to look for them, just search for @Rousseau's posts

Anyway, now we can get back to the fun bit of complaining about being linked with unheard of players in The Rangers Summer 2025 Transfer Rumours and Deals - Thread

Edited yesterday at 08:10 by lenny3k

[Rousseau 12,128]

I'm not going to respond to the negative posts - you've made up your mind and are entitled to it. 

 

I'm delighted with the appointment of Russell Martin. He was one of the names I posted at the very start of this thread. 

 

Finally! A coach that has a track record of implementing a progressive, attacking style of play without needing top class players to see results (i.e. MK Dons, Swansea), while developing players. He has demonstrated impressive leadership qualities throughout his career, and has shown in his coaching career how he can manage a squad transition (he managed the turnover of 18 players at the beginning of his Swansea term, and similar at So'ton). He overcame a difficult home environment to make it as a solid player - he himself has always said he was a crap player - and has been thinking about and developing his coaching skills and philosophy since he was a teenager. 

 

Even if he turns out to be the guy before the guy, I think he will lay the foundations of a modern playing style and culture for years to come.

[Sutton_blows_goats 6,510]

3 minutes ago, CammyF said:

If the support structure behind RM is good and recruitment is good

It is now the most integral part of the machine. The pressure needs to be 100% on them to enable Martin to succeed. 

 

We all know the squad is garbage. Over to them to change it.

[Gazza_8 263]

19 minutes ago, JohnMc said:

Much more importantly every picture of Martin I see he seems to be sporting a black jumper or even a gilet (or body warmer as they were called when I was a youth). This is fine if you're manager of some mid table jobbers in the Bundesliga or an architect in Zurich, but in Govan that's really only acceptable on retired trawler men. Can we expect the shirt and club tie look or at least official training gear to be a thing of the past. I realise I'm sounding more and more like my Dad with every passing day. It's a worry. 

Christ, we're commenting on the guys dress sense now. Desperate and sad. 

[Rousseau 12,128]

1 minute ago, Gazza_8 said:

Christ, we're commenting on the guys dress sense now. Desperate and sad. 

I suspect @JohnMc's post was tongue in cheek - at least partly...  

 

(He has pushed back against the negativity around Martin elsewhere, even if he is not fully in favour.)

[CammyF 9,644]

1 minute ago, Rousseau said:

I suspect @JohnMc's post was tongue in cheek - at least partly...  

Aye, but he's one of those vegans tut, tut.....

[Sutton_blows_goats 6,510]

2 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

I'm not going to respond to the negative posts - you've made up your mind and are entitled to it. 

 

I'm delighted with the appointment of Russell Martin. He was one of the names I posted at the very start of this thread. 

 

Finally! A coach that has a track record of implementing a progressive, attacking style of play without needing top class players to see results (i.e. MK Dons, Swansea), while developing players. He has demonstrated impressive leadership qualities throughout his career, and has shown in his coaching career how he can manage a squad transition (he managed the turnover of 18 players at the beginning of his Swansea term, and similar at So'ton). He overcame a difficult home environment to make it as a solid player - he himself has always said he was a crap player - and has been thinking about and developing his coaching skills and philosophy since he was a teenager. 

 

Even if he turns out to be the guy before the guy, I think he will lay the foundations of a modern playing style and culture for years to come.

I have outlined some initial concerns, but now he is here it is time to look at the positives(like the ones you have highlighted) and back him to succeed.

 

I will also be very consistent from here on in. If it doesn't work out for Martin, I refuse to blame him. We know exactly what he is, what are his strengths, and weaknesses.  Its up to the DoF and football ops team to support and enable him. If it doesn't work out, its on them. Not him. 

 

If he is successful, they will all deserve credit as a unit.

[blueflag 419]

Just to be clear. There is no positives that most us can see. The fact he has a similar win rate and plays like Rodgers is no positive for me.

But, I'm not going to make a tit of myself further, already deleted my Facebook this morning. Of course we can only back him, but we all know how this ends.  All I will say now.